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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank 142 132 118
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -14
Permanent jobs citing CCSA 6 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.231% 0.096% 0.108%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.919% 0.363% 0.521%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
Average salary £45,000 £43,000 £40,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.65% +6.83%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
653 551 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 25.13% 26.41% 20.76%
Number of salaries quoted 495 460 337
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCSA
West Yorkshire

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds CCSA Salary Trend

CCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 13 (100.00%) Cisco
1 13 (100.00%) CCNP
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (92.31%) LAN
2 12 (92.31%) WAN
3 11 (84.62%) CCSP
3 11 (84.62%) Network Security
4 10 (76.92%) CheckPoint
5 7 (53.85%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (53.85%) Cisco PIX
5 7 (53.85%) Firewall
5 7 (53.85%) CCNA
6 6 (46.15%) MPLS
6 6 (46.15%) E-Commerce
6 6 (46.15%) FWSM
7 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
7 4 (30.77%) VPN
7 4 (30.77%) CCSE
8 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
8 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
8 3 (23.08%) Information Security
8 3 (23.08%) DHCP
8 3 (23.08%) SNMP
8 3 (23.08%) Juniper
8 3 (23.08%) CISSP
8 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
8 3 (23.08%) Trend Analysis
8 3 (23.08%) DMVPN
8 3 (23.08%) HSRP

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (92.31%) LAN
1 12 (92.31%) WAN
2 11 (84.62%) Network Security
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco PIX
3 7 (53.85%) Firewall
4 6 (46.15%) MPLS
4 6 (46.15%) FWSM
5 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
5 4 (30.77%) VPN
6 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (23.08%) DHCP
6 3 (23.08%) SNMP
6 3 (23.08%) DMVPN
6 3 (23.08%) HSRP
7 1 (7.692%) BIG-IP
7 1 (7.692%) IPsec
7 1 (7.692%) Cisco IOS
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
1 9 (69.23%) Network Analyst
1 9 (69.23%) Security Analyst
1 9 (69.23%) Network Security Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Network Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) E-Commerce
2 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
2 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
2 3 (23.08%) Information Security
2 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
2 3 (23.08%) Trend Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.692%) Supplier Management
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.692%) Product Management
4 1 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) CCNP
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (84.62%) CCSP
3 7 (53.85%) CCNA
4 4 (30.77%) CCSE
5 3 (23.08%) CISSP
5 3 (23.08%) GIAC
6 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (76.92%) CheckPoint
3 3 (23.08%) Juniper
3 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.692%) Blue Coat
4 1 (7.692%) Nokia
4 1 (7.692%) ArcSight