The first table below looks at the demand for CCSE in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSE over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Rank 306 293 327
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +34
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 15 30 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.129% 0.230% 0.026%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.542% 1.023% 0.123%
Number of salaries quoted 15 30 2
Average salary £57,500 £62,500 £71,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% -12.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,250 £60,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,500 £82,250
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-14.70% -5.55%
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2769 2932 3242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.74% 22.44% 21.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2390 2668 2941
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCSE
London

CCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London CCSE Jobs Demand Trend

CCSE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCSE across the City of London region.

City of London CCSE Salary Trend

CCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSE across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London CCSE Salary Histogram

CCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCSE.

1 30 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 29 (96.67%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (93.33%) Cisco
4 27 (90.00%) CCNP
5 22 (73.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 21 (70.00%) F5
6 21 (70.00%) Firewall
6 21 (70.00%) Network Security
7 20 (66.67%) CCSA
8 19 (63.33%) WAN
9 18 (60.00%) VPN
9 18 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (56.67%) Wireless
11 16 (53.33%) Network Design
11 16 (53.33%) CCIE
11 16 (53.33%) MPLS
12 15 (50.00%) CCSP
12 15 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
13 14 (46.67%) JNCIA
13 14 (46.67%) JNCIS
13 14 (46.67%) CCDP
13 14 (46.67%) Juniper
14 13 (43.33%) CCIP
14 13 (43.33%) OSPF
14 13 (43.33%) BGP
14 13 (43.33%) EIGRP
14 13 (43.33%) CCVP
14 13 (43.33%) FWSM
15 9 (30.00%) Finance
16 7 (23.33%) Change Management

CCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 22 (73.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 21 (70.00%) Firewall
2 21 (70.00%) Network Security
3 19 (63.33%) WAN
4 18 (60.00%) VPN
4 18 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (56.67%) Wireless
6 16 (53.33%) MPLS
7 15 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
8 13 (43.33%) OSPF
8 13 (43.33%) BGP
8 13 (43.33%) EIGRP
8 13 (43.33%) FWSM
9 5 (16.67%) WLAN
10 4 (13.33%) LAN
10 4 (13.33%) Internet
11 3 (10.00%) IPsec
11 3 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (10.00%) SNMP
11 3 (10.00%) SSL
General
1 9 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) Consultant
2 9 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Cisco Consultant
4 5 (16.67%) Network Consultant
4 5 (16.67%) Security Consultant
5 4 (13.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 2 (6.667%) Architect
7 2 (6.667%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (6.667%) Network Specialist
7 2 (6.667%) Network Security Specialist
7 2 (6.667%) Security Engineer
7 2 (6.667%) Network Architect
7 2 (6.667%) Security Specialist
8 1 (3.333%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (3.333%) Cisco Architect
8 1 (3.333%) Cisco Network Architect
8 1 (3.333%) Cisco Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Fixed Income
1 3 (10.00%) Derivative
2 2 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (6.667%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Network Design
2 7 (23.33%) Change Management
3 4 (13.33%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (13.33%) Project Management
4 3 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 3 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (10.00%) Strategic Management
4 3 (10.00%) Network Management
5 2 (6.667%) ITIL
5 2 (6.667%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.333%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 29 (96.67%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (90.00%) CCNP
3 20 (66.67%) CCSA
4 16 (53.33%) CCIE
5 15 (50.00%) CCSP
6 14 (46.67%) JNCIA
6 14 (46.67%) JNCIS
6 14 (46.67%) CCDP
7 13 (43.33%) CCIP
7 13 (43.33%) CCVP
8 5 (16.67%) CCNA
9 4 (13.33%) Check Point Certification
10 2 (6.667%) ACCA
10 2 (6.667%) CIPD
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 28 (93.33%) Cisco
3 21 (70.00%) F5
4 14 (46.67%) Juniper
5 5 (16.67%) Blue Coat
5 5 (16.67%) Twitter
6 4 (13.33%) ProCurve
6 4 (13.33%) HP
6 4 (13.33%) Fortinet
6 4 (13.33%) Sourcefire
7 3 (10.00%) Dell
7 3 (10.00%) Polycom
8 1 (3.333%) Nokia
8 1 (3.333%) Aruba
8 1 (3.333%) Trapeze
8 1 (3.333%) Infoblox
8 1 (3.333%) AirMagnet