The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP 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 CCSP over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 212 171 218
Rank change year-on-year
-41 +47
Contract jobs citing CCSP 13 76 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.166% 0.751% 0.253%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.669% 3.472% 1.181%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 22
Average daily rate £320 £358 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.48% -2.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £272 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £437
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £365 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1944 2189 2202
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.86% 21.64% 21.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 992 894
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 130 198
Average hourly rate £22.25 £23.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.26% -8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.77
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East CCSP Jobs Demand Trend

CCSP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East CCSP Daily Rate Trend

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCSP across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East CCSP Daily Rate Histogram

CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East CCSP Hourly Rate Trend

CCSP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 -38 6 £345 -1.42%
Buckinghamshire +9 4 £425 -
Hampshire - 1 £288 -
Kent - 1 £300 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £300 -
CCSP
England

CCSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing CCSP 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 CCSP.

1 24 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (75.00%) Firewall
3 14 (58.33%) Cisco
4 11 (45.83%) CISSP
4 11 (45.83%) SC Cleared
4 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
5 9 (37.50%) Cryptography
5 9 (37.50%) CCIE
5 9 (37.50%) CCNP
5 9 (37.50%) CCNA
6 8 (33.33%) CESG
6 8 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (29.17%) MPLS
8 6 (25.00%) OSPF
8 6 (25.00%) CCIP
8 6 (25.00%) Information Assurance
9 5 (20.83%) Unified Communications
9 5 (20.83%) DV Cleared
9 5 (20.83%) Cisco PIX
9 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
9 5 (20.83%) Windows
9 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
10 4 (16.67%) Internet
10 4 (16.67%) VMware
10 4 (16.67%) SAN
10 4 (16.67%) Oracle
10 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
10 4 (16.67%) MS Exchange
10 4 (16.67%) SMTP
10 4 (16.67%) Citrix

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing CCSP 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 CCSP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (12.50%) SOAP
1 3 (12.50%) JMS
2 1 (4.167%) COM
2 1 (4.167%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 3 (12.50%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) Firewall
2 8 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (29.17%) MPLS
4 6 (25.00%) OSPF
5 5 (20.83%) Cisco PIX
5 5 (20.83%) Unified Communications
6 4 (16.67%) Network Security
6 4 (16.67%) NAS
6 4 (16.67%) Internet
6 4 (16.67%) SMTP
6 4 (16.67%) SAN
7 3 (12.50%) ICMP
7 3 (12.50%) BGP
7 3 (12.50%) iSCSI
7 3 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (8.333%) FWSM
8 2 (8.333%) VPN
8 2 (8.333%) LAN
9 1 (4.167%) VoIP
9 1 (4.167%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Military
2 1 (4.167%) Banking
2 1 (4.167%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Network Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) IP Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Design Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.167%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Cryptography
2 8 (33.33%) CESG
3 3 (12.50%) Clustering
3 3 (12.50%) PKI
4 2 (8.333%) Fat Client
4 2 (8.333%) Thin Client
5 1 (4.167%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.167%) UNIX
3 1 (4.167%) Linux
3 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (12.50%) Security Architecture
2 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
2 3 (12.50%) Network Design
2 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (8.333%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.167%) Network Security Management
4 1 (4.167%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (45.83%) SC Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) CISSP
3 9 (37.50%) CCNA
3 9 (37.50%) CCIE
3 9 (37.50%) CCNP
4 6 (25.00%) CCIP
5 5 (20.83%) DV Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) MCTS
7 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (12.50%) MCP
7 3 (12.50%) MCSE
7 3 (12.50%) ISEB
8 2 (8.333%) CCDP
9 1 (4.167%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (4.167%) JNCIA
9 1 (4.167%) JNCIS
9 1 (4.167%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (12.50%) XenApp
3 1 (4.167%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) OpenView
1 3 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (8.333%) SCOM
3 1 (4.167%) SCVMM
3 1 (4.167%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (4.167%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Cisco
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) Citrix
3 4 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Oracle
4 3 (12.50%) Juniper
4 3 (12.50%) Nokia
4 3 (12.50%) StorageTek
4 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 3 (12.50%) Sun
4 3 (12.50%) HP
5 2 (8.333%) F5
5 2 (8.333%) Twitter
6 1 (4.167%) Redback