The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP 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 CCSP over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 93 102 88
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Contract jobs citing CCSP 2 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.121% 0.045% 0.317%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.800% 0.321% 2.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £338 £350 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -0.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £368 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.48% +0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
250 312 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.14% 13.98% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 141 136
Average daily rate £325 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.76%
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 22 33 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 £31.25 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands CCSP Daily Rate Trend

CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 £338 -
CCSP
England

CCSP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 1 (50.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) CCEE
2 1 (50.00%) CCIA
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCEA

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) CCEE
2 1 (50.00%) CCIA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCEA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) VMware