The first table below looks at the demand for CCSE in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSE over the 3 months to 17 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Rank 568 560 621
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +61
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 41 80 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.094% 0.149% 0.026%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.371% 0.622% 0.111%
Number of salaries quoted 41 77 10
Average salary £52,500 £62,500 £58,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% +6.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £43,400
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £80,000 £69,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -5.55%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11039 12852 13521
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.31% 23.88% 23.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8986 11048 11149
Average salary £50,000 £49,000 £49,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.04% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCSE
England

CCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London CCSE Salary Trend

CCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSE across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London CCSE Salary Histogram

CCSE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSE within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London -5 16 £57,500 -8.00%
Barnet - 3 £45,000 -
Southall - 3 £47,500 -
Croydon - 2 £22,500 -
Docklands, London +8 1 £57,500 -28.12%
CCSE
England

CCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 114 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 95 (83.33%) Cisco
3 90 (78.95%) Cisco Certification
4 80 (70.18%) Cisco ASA
5 75 (65.79%) Network Security
6 71 (62.28%) CCSA
6 71 (62.28%) CCNP
7 60 (52.63%) Firewall
8 52 (45.61%) F5
9 51 (44.74%) Cisco PIX
10 50 (43.86%) Cisco Nexus
11 46 (40.35%) CCSP
11 46 (40.35%) Wireless
12 43 (37.72%) Juniper
12 43 (37.72%) WAN
13 40 (35.09%) CCIE
14 37 (32.46%) VPN
15 33 (28.95%) CCDP
16 30 (26.32%) FWSM
17 29 (25.44%) Fortinet
18 27 (23.68%) Network Design
18 27 (23.68%) WLAN
19 25 (21.93%) CCIP
19 25 (21.93%) Finance
19 25 (21.93%) CCVP
20 24 (21.05%) Change Management
20 24 (21.05%) JNCIA
20 24 (21.05%) Check Point Certification
21 23 (20.18%) MPLS
21 23 (20.18%) OSPF

CCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 2 (1.754%) .NET
1 2 (1.754%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.754%) IIS
1 2 (1.754%) MS Exchange
1 2 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2000
1 2 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 14 (12.28%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 80 (70.18%) Cisco ASA
2 75 (65.79%) Network Security
3 60 (52.63%) Firewall
4 51 (44.74%) Cisco PIX
5 50 (43.86%) Cisco Nexus
6 46 (40.35%) Wireless
7 43 (37.72%) WAN
8 37 (32.46%) VPN
9 30 (26.32%) FWSM
10 27 (23.68%) WLAN
11 23 (20.18%) MPLS
11 23 (20.18%) OSPF
11 23 (20.18%) BGP
12 21 (18.42%) LAN
13 20 (17.54%) EIGRP
14 18 (15.79%) BIG-IP
15 15 (13.16%) TCP/IP
16 8 (7.018%) FirePass
16 8 (7.018%) Junos
16 8 (7.018%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.754%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.754%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 25 (21.93%) Finance
2 9 (7.895%) Banking
3 2 (1.754%) Marketing
4 1 (0.877%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (42.11%) Consultant
2 45 (39.47%) Network Engineer
3 24 (21.05%) Security Consultant
3 24 (21.05%) Security Engineer
4 20 (17.54%) Network Consultant
5 19 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
5 19 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 12 (10.53%) Cisco Consultant
6 12 (10.53%) Firewall Engineer
7 10 (8.772%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (6.140%) Senior Security Engineer
8 7 (6.140%) Network Security Consultant
8 7 (6.140%) Cisco Security Engineer
8 7 (6.140%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 5 (4.386%) Wireless Engineer
9 5 (4.386%) Pre Sales Consultant
9 5 (4.386%) Sales Consultant
10 4 (3.509%) Senior Network Engineer
10 4 (3.509%) Technical Consultant
10 4 (3.509%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.509%) Cloud Computing
1 4 (3.509%) SaaS
2 3 (2.632%) Fixed Income
2 3 (2.632%) Derivative
3 2 (1.754%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.53%) UNIX
2 5 (4.386%) Windows
3 2 (1.754%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (1.754%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.68%) Network Design
2 24 (21.05%) Change Management
3 21 (18.42%) Project Management
3 21 (18.42%) Customer Engagement
4 13 (11.40%) SIEM
5 8 (7.018%) Network Management
6 7 (6.140%) ITIL
7 6 (5.263%) Data Protection
8 5 (4.386%) Load Balancing
9 3 (2.632%) Performance Management
9 3 (2.632%) Strategic Management
10 2 (1.754%) Incident Management
10 2 (1.754%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (1.754%) Business Continuity
10 2 (1.754%) Information Security
10 2 (1.754%) High Availability
10 2 (1.754%) Mobile Device Management
11 1 (0.877%) Network Load Balancing
11 1 (0.877%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 90 (78.95%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (62.28%) CCSA
2 71 (62.28%) CCNP
3 46 (40.35%) CCSP
4 40 (35.09%) CCIE
5 33 (28.95%) CCDP
6 25 (21.93%) CCIP
6 25 (21.93%) CCVP
7 24 (21.05%) Check Point Certification
7 24 (21.05%) JNCIA
8 21 (18.42%) JNCIS
8 21 (18.42%) CCNA
9 13 (11.40%) CISSP
10 7 (6.140%) MCSE
10 7 (6.140%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (4.386%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (4.386%) CCDA
11 5 (4.386%) CCDE
11 5 (4.386%) VCAP
12 3 (2.632%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.386%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (1.754%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.754%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (1.754%) UAG
Systems Management
1 5 (4.386%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 114 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 95 (83.33%) Cisco
3 52 (45.61%) F5
4 43 (37.72%) Juniper
5 29 (25.44%) Fortinet
6 22 (19.30%) Sourcefire
6 22 (19.30%) HP
7 21 (18.42%) Microsoft
7 21 (18.42%) ProCurve
8 20 (17.54%) Blue Coat
9 11 (9.649%) Twitter
10 9 (7.895%) Nokia
11 7 (6.140%) Websense
12 5 (4.386%) VMware
13 3 (2.632%) Dell
13 3 (2.632%) SonicWALL
13 3 (2.632%) Polycom
14 2 (1.754%) Riverbed
15 1 (0.877%) Infoblox
15 1 (0.877%) Aruba