The first table below looks at the demand for CCSA in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCSA 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 West Midlands 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
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank 94 102 86
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -16
Contract jobs citing CCSA 1 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.044% 0.322%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.385% 0.315% 2.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £425 £300
% change year-on-year
-29.41% +41.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
260 317 293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.64% 14.08% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 145 132
Average daily rate £325 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 34 25
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCSA
England

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Shropshire - 1 - -
CCSA
England

CCSA
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) CCSE
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia