The first table below looks at the demand for CCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSE over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Rank 128 - 114
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 18 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.685% - 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.707% - 0.265%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -5.55%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
665 560 378
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 25.32% 26.54% 20.92%
Number of salaries quoted 504 470 332
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%
CCSE
West Yorkshire

CCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds CCSE Salary Trend

CCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 32 (100.00%) Cisco
1 32 (100.00%) CCNP
1 32 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 32 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 29 (90.63%) Firewall
2 29 (90.63%) Cisco PIX
2 29 (90.63%) Cisco ASA
3 26 (81.25%) Network Security
4 24 (75.00%) Blue Coat
5 22 (68.75%) Juniper
6 19 (59.38%) Telecoms
6 19 (59.38%) Finance
6 19 (59.38%) Websense
6 19 (59.38%) JNCIS
6 19 (59.38%) F5
7 12 (37.50%) CCSP
8 10 (31.25%) CCNA
9 8 (25.00%) Information Security
10 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (12.50%) VMware
10 4 (12.50%) CCSA
10 4 (12.50%) ProxySG
10 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
10 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
10 4 (12.50%) VPN
10 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
11 3 (9.375%) LAN
11 3 (9.375%) WAN
11 3 (9.375%) DHCP

CCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (90.63%) Firewall
1 29 (90.63%) Cisco PIX
1 29 (90.63%) Cisco ASA
2 26 (81.25%) Network Security
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 4 (12.50%) VPN
4 3 (9.375%) LAN
4 3 (9.375%) WAN
4 3 (9.375%) DHCP
4 3 (9.375%) SNMP
4 3 (9.375%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (9.375%) HSRP
4 3 (9.375%) DMVPN
5 1 (3.125%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (3.125%) IPsec
5 1 (3.125%) BIG-IP
General
1 19 (59.38%) Telecoms
1 19 (59.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (65.63%) Security Engineer
2 20 (62.50%) Network Engineer
3 19 (59.38%) Network Security Engineer
3 19 (59.38%) Firewall Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Network Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Security Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Network Security Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (9.375%) Architect
6 3 (9.375%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.125%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Information Security
2 3 (9.375%) TOGAF
3 2 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (3.125%) Supplier Management
4 1 (3.125%) Problem Management
4 1 (3.125%) Product Management
4 1 (3.125%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (3.125%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) CCNP
1 32 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (59.38%) JNCIS
3 12 (37.50%) CCSP
4 10 (31.25%) CCNA
5 4 (12.50%) CCSA
6 3 (9.375%) CISSP
6 3 (9.375%) GIAC
7 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (12.50%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) Cisco
1 32 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 24 (75.00%) Blue Coat
3 22 (68.75%) Juniper
4 19 (59.38%) Websense
4 19 (59.38%) F5
5 4 (12.50%) VMware
5 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 3 (9.375%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.125%) ArcSight
7 1 (3.125%) Nokia