The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSP over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 542 548 573
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +25
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 55 93 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.126% 0.173% 0.079%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.500% 0.724% 0.338%
Number of salaries quoted 40 90 34
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% +9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £48,250
10% offered a salary of more than £69,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.04% -3.33%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10995 12837 13333
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.28% 23.85% 23.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8946 11045 11000
Average salary £50,000 £49,000 £49,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.04% -1.01%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £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%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London CCSP Jobs Demand Trend

CCSP
Salary Trend

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

London CCSP Salary Trend

CCSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSP across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London CCSP Salary Histogram

CCSP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 -12 31 £55,000 -8.33%
Croydon +11 2 £22,500 -50.00%
Docklands, London +8 1 £57,500 +35.29%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing CCSP 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 CCSP.

1 154 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 143 (92.86%) Cisco
3 117 (75.97%) CCNP
4 105 (68.18%) Firewall
5 94 (61.04%) CCIE
6 88 (57.14%) Cisco ASA
7 85 (55.19%) Network Security
8 78 (50.65%) CheckPoint
9 67 (43.51%) Cisco PIX
10 66 (42.86%) VPN
11 59 (38.31%) Juniper
12 54 (35.06%) FWSM
13 51 (33.12%) MPLS
14 49 (31.82%) WAN
14 49 (31.82%) F5
15 48 (31.17%) CCIP
16 47 (30.52%) CCNA
17 45 (29.22%) Wireless
17 45 (29.22%) CCSA
17 45 (29.22%) CCSE
18 44 (28.57%) BGP
19 40 (25.97%) CCDP
19 40 (25.97%) Cisco Nexus
20 39 (25.32%) Network Design
20 39 (25.32%) OSPF
20 39 (25.32%) EIGRP
21 32 (20.78%) CCVP
22 30 (19.48%) Finance
23 26 (16.88%) JNCIA
24 25 (16.23%) CISSP

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing CCSP 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 CCSP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.948%) ASP
2 2 (1.299%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.299%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.247%) IIS
1 5 (3.247%) MS Exchange
1 5 (3.247%) SAS
2 2 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2000
2 2 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 13 (8.442%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.545%) MS Visio
2 7 (4.545%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 105 (68.18%) Firewall
2 88 (57.14%) Cisco ASA
3 85 (55.19%) Network Security
4 67 (43.51%) Cisco PIX
5 66 (42.86%) VPN
6 54 (35.06%) FWSM
7 51 (33.12%) MPLS
8 49 (31.82%) WAN
9 45 (29.22%) Wireless
10 44 (28.57%) BGP
11 40 (25.97%) Cisco Nexus
12 39 (25.32%) EIGRP
12 39 (25.32%) OSPF
13 22 (14.29%) Unified Communications
14 20 (12.99%) TCP/IP
15 17 (11.04%) LAN
16 15 (9.740%) Junos
17 14 (9.091%) SSL
17 14 (9.091%) IPsec
18 13 (8.442%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.299%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.299%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (1.299%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (1.299%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (0.649%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 30 (19.48%) Finance
2 9 (5.844%) Banking
3 6 (3.896%) Telecoms
4 4 (2.597%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 78 (50.65%) Network Engineer
2 45 (29.22%) Security Engineer
3 40 (25.97%) Cisco Engineer
4 39 (25.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 37 (24.03%) Consultant
6 26 (16.88%) Network Security Engineer
7 21 (13.64%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (9.740%) Support Engineer
8 15 (9.740%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (9.740%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (9.740%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 12 (7.792%) Network Consultant
10 10 (6.494%) Cisco Consultant
11 9 (5.844%) Security Manager
11 9 (5.844%) Senior Network Security Engineer
11 9 (5.844%) Senior Security Engineer
12 8 (5.195%) Senior Cisco Engineer
12 8 (5.195%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
13 7 (4.545%) Security Consultant
14 6 (3.896%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.247%) SaaS
3 4 (2.597%) Computer Science
3 4 (2.597%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.299%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.64%) Windows
2 16 (10.39%) Linux
3 10 (6.494%) Solaris
4 5 (3.247%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (2.597%) UNIX
6 3 (1.948%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.299%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.32%) Network Design
2 16 (10.39%) Network Management
3 10 (6.494%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (5.844%) Risk Assessment
4 9 (5.844%) Information Management
4 9 (5.844%) Change Management
4 9 (5.844%) Change Control
4 9 (5.844%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (3.896%) Data Protection
5 6 (3.896%) Load Balancing
5 6 (3.896%) ITIL
6 5 (3.247%) Information Security
6 5 (3.247%) Network Planning
7 4 (2.597%) Time Management
7 4 (2.597%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (2.597%) Business Analysis
7 4 (2.597%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (2.597%) Project Management
8 3 (1.948%) High Availability
9 2 (1.299%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.844%) Perl
1 9 (5.844%) Python
1 9 (5.844%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 154 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 117 (75.97%) CCNP
3 94 (61.04%) CCIE
4 48 (31.17%) CCIP
5 47 (30.52%) CCNA
6 45 (29.22%) CCSA
6 45 (29.22%) CCSE
7 40 (25.97%) CCDP
8 32 (20.78%) CCVP
9 26 (16.88%) JNCIA
10 25 (16.23%) CISSP
11 22 (14.29%) JNCIS
12 19 (12.34%) Degree
13 9 (5.844%) GSEC
13 9 (5.844%) CISA
13 9 (5.844%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (4.545%) MCSE
15 6 (3.896%) CCDA
15 6 (3.896%) Security Cleared
16 5 (3.247%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.195%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.545%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.247%) ISO 9000
3 5 (3.247%) SLA
4 1 (0.649%) QA
System Software
1 7 (4.545%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.299%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (1.299%) UAG
3 1 (0.649%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (7.792%) SolarWinds Orion
2 11 (7.143%) CiscoWorks
3 10 (6.494%) Cacti
3 10 (6.494%) OpenView
4 3 (1.948%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 143 (92.86%) Cisco
2 78 (50.65%) CheckPoint
3 59 (38.31%) Juniper
4 49 (31.82%) F5
5 20 (12.99%) Microsoft
6 17 (11.04%) HP
7 15 (9.740%) VMware
8 10 (6.494%) Twitter
9 9 (5.844%) SolarWinds
9 9 (5.844%) IronPort
10 8 (5.195%) Nokia
11 6 (3.896%) Citrix
12 4 (2.597%) Blue Coat
13 3 (1.948%) Fortinet
13 3 (1.948%) Foundry
13 3 (1.948%) Riverbed
14 2 (1.299%) Oracle
14 2 (1.299%) Q1 Labs
14 2 (1.299%) WatchGuard
14 2 (1.299%) Polycom