The first table below looks at the demand for SCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCSA over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA)
Rank 120 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SCSA 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.163% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.497% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £48,750 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-17.94% +52.34%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
604 451 482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 32.83% 27.60% 34.60%
Number of salaries quoted 512 392 386
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,500 £24,150
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SCSA
West Midlands

SCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SCSA Jobs Demand Trend

SCSA
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham SCSA Salary Trend

SCSA
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SCSA 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 SCSA.

1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP

SCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SCSA 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 SCSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Security Specialist
2 3 (50.00%) Network Support
2 3 (50.00%) Network Specialist
2 3 (50.00%) Network Security Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CCNA
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP