The first table below looks at the demand for CCSA in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCSA over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank 217 230 249
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +19
Contract jobs citing CCSA 6 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.077% 0.118% 0.095%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.309% 0.546% 0.446%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 7
Average daily rate £260 £450 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.22% +56.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £425 £305
% change year-on-year
-27.64% +39.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1942 2197 2244
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.95% 21.60% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 985 919
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £492 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 134 206
Average hourly rate £22.38 £22.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.64% -1.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.04 £12.50 £11.33
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCSA
England

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCSA across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East CCSA Jobs Demand Trend

CCSA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCSA across the South East region.

South East CCSA Daily Rate Trend

CCSA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCSA across the South East region.

South East CCSA Hourly Rate Trend

CCSA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSA within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +19 5 £260 -
Hampshire -6 2 £288 -36.11%
CCSA
England

CCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing CCSA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CCSA.

1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
1 10 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 8 (80.00%) Network Security
3 6 (60.00%) CISSP
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco
4 5 (50.00%) CCSE
4 5 (50.00%) Juniper
5 4 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (40.00%) Blue Coat
5 4 (40.00%) ProxySG
6 3 (30.00%) Internet
6 3 (30.00%) IPsec
6 3 (30.00%) Sourcefire
6 3 (30.00%) F5
6 3 (30.00%) UNIX
6 3 (30.00%) Windows
6 3 (30.00%) LAN
6 3 (30.00%) WAN
6 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (30.00%) VPN
6 3 (30.00%) SSL
7 2 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (20.00%) CCNP
7 2 (20.00%) CCNA
8 1 (10.00%) Citrix
8 1 (10.00%) HTTP
8 1 (10.00%) SIEM
8 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
8 1 (10.00%) JNCIA

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing CCSA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CCSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) Network Security
3 4 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (30.00%) Internet
4 3 (30.00%) IPsec
4 3 (30.00%) LAN
4 3 (30.00%) WAN
4 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
4 3 (30.00%) SSL
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (10.00%) HTTP
6 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Security Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Security Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 5 (50.00%) CCSE
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CCNP
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) JNCIA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 5 (50.00%) Juniper
3 4 (40.00%) Blue Coat
4 3 (30.00%) Sourcefire
4 3 (30.00%) F5
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix