The first table below looks at the demand for CCSE in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCSE over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Rank 502 522 538
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +16
Contract jobs citing CCSE 38 59 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.101% 0.070%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.446% 0.585% 0.441%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 30 31
Average daily rate £365 £400 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.75% +21.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £304 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £454 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £320
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +32.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +36.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8525 10094 9522
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.06% 17.27% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4567 5265 4539
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 551 661
Average hourly rate £23.35 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.13% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%

CCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCSE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCSE Jobs Demand Trend

CCSE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCSE within the UK.

CCSE Daily Rate Trend

CCSE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCSE within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

CCSE Daily Rate Histogram

CCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCSE within the UK.

CCSE Hourly Rate Trend

CCSE
Top 19 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSE within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +23 37 £365 -8.75%
East of England +16 8 £413 +28.90%
Colchester +5 8 £413 -
Essex +4 8 £413 -
London -2 7 £365 -8.75%
West Midlands +17 5 £300 -
South East +16 5 £315 -30.00%
City of London +6 5 £365 -8.75%
Yorkshire - 5 £400 -
Shropshire - 5 £300 -
Telford - 5 £300 -
Berkshire +9 4 - -
Reading +8 3 - -
North Yorkshire - 3 £413 -
York - 3 £413 -
Leeds - 2 £363 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £363 -
Hampshire -16 1 £315 -30.00%
Southampton - 1 £315 -

CCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCSE 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 CCSE.

1 64 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 52 (81.25%) Cisco
3 47 (73.44%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (60.94%) Firewall
5 38 (59.38%) Network Security
6 37 (57.81%) CCNP
7 32 (50.00%) CCSA
8 24 (37.50%) CCIE
9 22 (34.38%) CCNA
9 22 (34.38%) Project Management
10 20 (31.25%) Juniper
11 19 (29.69%) F5
12 18 (28.13%) Blue Coat
13 17 (26.56%) Network Design
14 16 (25.00%) LAN
15 15 (23.44%) Check Point Certification
16 12 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (17.19%) Cisco IOS
17 11 (17.19%) 4G
17 11 (17.19%) 3G
17 11 (17.19%) 802.11
17 11 (17.19%) CCSP
17 11 (17.19%) Wireless
17 11 (17.19%) Change Management
17 11 (17.19%) ProxySG
18 10 (15.63%) BIG-IP
18 10 (15.63%) Linux
18 10 (15.63%) E-Commerce
18 10 (15.63%) OSPF
18 10 (15.63%) Internet

CCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCSE 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 CCSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.563%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (1.563%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.563%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 39 (60.94%) Firewall
2 38 (59.38%) Network Security
3 16 (25.00%) LAN
4 12 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (17.19%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (17.19%) 4G
5 11 (17.19%) 3G
5 11 (17.19%) 802.11
5 11 (17.19%) Wireless
6 10 (15.63%) BIG-IP
6 10 (15.63%) OSPF
6 10 (15.63%) Internet
7 9 (14.06%) VPN
8 8 (12.50%) NetScreen
9 6 (9.375%) DMVPN
9 6 (9.375%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (9.375%) TCP/IP
9 6 (9.375%) DHCP
9 6 (9.375%) DNS
9 6 (9.375%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.563%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (7.813%) Finance
2 3 (4.688%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.125%) Banking
3 2 (3.125%) French Language
4 1 (1.563%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.563%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (1.563%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Designer
2 11 (17.19%) Network Engineer
3 10 (15.63%) Consultant
4 7 (10.94%) Network Security Engineer
5 6 (9.375%) Security Specialist
5 6 (9.375%) Firewall Engineer
5 6 (9.375%) E-Commerce Specialist
5 6 (9.375%) Network Security Specialist
5 6 (9.375%) Network Specialist
6 5 (7.813%) Analyst
6 5 (7.813%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (7.813%) Security Consultant
7 4 (6.250%) Support Engineer
7 4 (6.250%) Architect
8 3 (4.688%) Security Support Engineer
8 3 (4.688%) Cisco Consultant
8 3 (4.688%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
8 3 (4.688%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.688%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Thin Client
1 7 (10.94%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.563%) PKI
2 1 (1.563%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.563%) Clustering
2 1 (1.563%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.63%) Linux
2 9 (14.06%) Windows
3 7 (10.94%) UNIX
4 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.563%) Solaris
4 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Project Management
2 17 (26.56%) Network Design
3 11 (17.19%) Change Management
4 10 (15.63%) E-Commerce
5 4 (6.250%) ITIL
5 4 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 4 (6.250%) Load Balancing
6 3 (4.688%) SIEM
6 3 (4.688%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (3.125%) Service Delivery
7 2 (3.125%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (3.125%) Security Architecture
8 1 (1.563%) Release Management
8 1 (1.563%) Network Management
8 1 (1.563%) Network Architecture
8 1 (1.563%) Change Control
8 1 (1.563%) ITIL V3
8 1 (1.563%) Build Automation
8 1 (1.563%) Business Transformation
8 1 (1.563%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.375%) C
2 2 (3.125%) Perl
3 1 (1.563%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (73.44%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (57.81%) CCNP
3 32 (50.00%) CCSA
4 24 (37.50%) CCIE
5 22 (34.38%) CCNA
6 15 (23.44%) Check Point Certification
7 11 (17.19%) CCSP
8 8 (12.50%) CISSP
9 5 (7.813%) JNCIA
10 4 (6.250%) CCDA
10 4 (6.250%) CCDP
11 3 (4.688%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (4.688%) SC Cleared
11 3 (4.688%) Security Cleared
12 2 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (3.125%) MCSE
13 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (1.563%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (1.563%) JNCIS
13 1 (1.563%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.563%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (17.19%) ProxySG
2 7 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.563%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (1.563%) UAG
3 1 (1.563%) NFS
3 1 (1.563%) Snort
Systems Management
1 6 (9.375%) Cisco UCCX
1 6 (9.375%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (3.125%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 52 (81.25%) Cisco
3 20 (31.25%) Juniper
4 19 (29.69%) F5
5 18 (28.13%) Blue Coat
6 9 (14.06%) Fortinet
7 7 (10.94%) Citrix
7 7 (10.94%) VMware
8 6 (9.375%) Infoblox
8 6 (9.375%) Imperva
8 6 (9.375%) HP
9 5 (7.813%) Nokia
10 4 (6.250%) Crossbeam
11 3 (4.688%) McAfee
12 2 (3.125%) Clearswift
12 2 (3.125%) Symantec
12 2 (3.125%) Twitter
12 2 (3.125%) Qualys
13 1 (1.563%) Oracle
13 1 (1.563%) SAP
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Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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