The first table below looks at the demand for CCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSA over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank 151 201 160
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -41
Permanent jobs citing CCSA 66 20 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.264% 0.320% 0.565%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.620% 1.000% 2.063%
Number of salaries quoted 53 20 26
Average salary £37,500 £43,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £33,750
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £70,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1823 2000 1406
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 34.91% 31.95% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1368 1728 1164
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCSA
South East

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire CCSA Jobs Demand Trend

CCSA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCSA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CCSA Salary Trend

CCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire CCSA Salary Histogram

CCSA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 25 £35,000 -
Bracknell - 8 £37,500 -
Newbury - 2 £39,000 -
Slough - 2 £46,250 -
CCSA
South East

CCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCSA.

1 136 (97.84%) CheckPoint
2 134 (96.40%) CCSE
3 126 (90.65%) Juniper
4 123 (88.49%) Blue Coat
5 119 (85.61%) TCP/IP
6 117 (84.17%) JNCIA
7 115 (82.73%) F5
8 103 (74.10%) Windows
9 100 (71.94%) UNIX
9 100 (71.94%) CISSP
10 85 (61.15%) Cisco
11 70 (50.36%) Firewall
12 61 (43.88%) McAfee
12 61 (43.88%) Network Security
13 60 (43.17%) PRINCE2
14 59 (42.45%) Project Management
14 59 (42.45%) IBM
14 59 (42.45%) Sourcefire
14 59 (42.45%) JNCIE
15 43 (30.94%) Intrusion Detection
16 41 (29.50%) Internet
17 22 (15.83%) SNMP
17 22 (15.83%) DNS
18 20 (14.39%) DHCP
19 19 (13.67%) Cisco Certification
20 18 (12.95%) CCNP
21 17 (12.23%) JNCIS
22 15 (10.79%) Cisco ASA
23 14 (10.07%) VPN
24 13 (9.353%) French Language

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (2.158%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 119 (85.61%) TCP/IP
2 70 (50.36%) Firewall
3 61 (43.88%) Network Security
4 43 (30.94%) Intrusion Detection
5 41 (29.50%) Internet
6 22 (15.83%) SNMP
6 22 (15.83%) DNS
7 20 (14.39%) DHCP
8 15 (10.79%) Cisco ASA
9 14 (10.07%) VPN
10 12 (8.633%) Junos
11 9 (6.475%) Cisco PIX
12 8 (5.755%) BIG-IP
12 8 (5.755%) FWSM
12 8 (5.755%) Radio Access Network
12 8 (5.755%) 3G
12 8 (5.755%) SMTP
13 7 (5.036%) Broadband
13 7 (5.036%) LAN
13 7 (5.036%) WAN
General
1 13 (9.353%) French Language
1 13 (9.353%) German Language
2 7 (5.036%) Retail
2 7 (5.036%) Billing
3 6 (4.317%) Back Office
4 4 (2.878%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.439%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 64 (46.04%) Security Engineer
2 57 (41.01%) Analyst
3 56 (40.29%) Security Analyst
4 39 (28.06%) Support Engineer
4 39 (28.06%) Security Support Engineer
5 26 (18.71%) Senior Analyst
5 26 (18.71%) Senior Security Analyst
6 17 (12.23%) Consultant
7 14 (10.07%) Security Consultant
8 11 (7.914%) Network Engineer
9 9 (6.475%) IP Engineer
10 7 (5.036%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (4.317%) Network Security Engineer
12 5 (3.597%) Senior Security Engineer
12 5 (3.597%) Senior Support Engineer
12 5 (3.597%) Implementation Engineer
13 3 (2.158%) IT Consultant
13 3 (2.158%) Pre Sales Consultant
13 3 (2.158%) IT Security Consultant
13 3 (2.158%) Pre Sales Engineer
Operating Systems
1 103 (74.10%) Windows
2 100 (71.94%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (43.17%) PRINCE2
2 59 (42.45%) Project Management
3 7 (5.036%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 7 (5.036%) ITIL
3 7 (5.036%) CRM
3 7 (5.036%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (4.317%) Network Management
5 5 (3.597%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (2.878%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (2.158%) Network Design
8 2 (1.439%) Database Security
9 1 (0.719%) Information Security
9 1 (0.719%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 134 (96.40%) CCSE
2 117 (84.17%) JNCIA
3 100 (71.94%) CISSP
4 59 (42.45%) JNCIE
5 19 (13.67%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (12.95%) CCNP
7 17 (12.23%) JNCIS
8 9 (6.475%) CCNA
9 7 (5.036%) CCSP
9 7 (5.036%) Degree
10 2 (1.439%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.719%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.878%) QA
1 4 (2.878%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.755%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 136 (97.84%) CheckPoint
2 126 (90.65%) Juniper
3 123 (88.49%) Blue Coat
4 115 (82.73%) F5
5 85 (61.15%) Cisco
6 61 (43.88%) McAfee
7 59 (42.45%) IBM
7 59 (42.45%) Sourcefire
8 5 (3.597%) Radware
9 3 (2.158%) Microsoft
10 2 (1.439%) Barracuda Networks
Reading, Berkshire
Internet/Network Security skills - firewalls, proxies, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc. Solid Exposure of UNIX & Windows OS. Also, any Professional IT Accreditations (CISSP, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA) would be considered...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30000 - 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Network Security Consultant... Skill Set Require: Check Point - ideally CCSE (CCSA Considered) Further knowledge & certifications with one or more of the following would be desirable Websense Aruba Infoblox...
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £40000.0000 - £45000.0000 per annum + + Allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013