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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA)
Rank 250 235 213
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -22
Permanent jobs citing CCEA 4 10 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.055% 0.141% 0.281%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.229% 0.561% 1.161%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 18
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +42.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,900 £30,000 £34,250
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1746 1784 1636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.21% 25.18% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1434 1526 1410
Average salary £36,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCEA
England

CCEA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West CCEA Jobs Demand Trend

CCEA
Salary Trend

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

North West CCEA Salary Trend

CCEA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCEA within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheshire - 3 £48,750 -
Manchester -15 1 £43,000 +43.33%
CCEA
England

CCEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing CCEA 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 CCEA.

1 12 (100.00%) Citrix
1 12 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 10 (83.33%) XenApp
2 10 (83.33%) XenServer
2 10 (83.33%) XenDesktop
3 9 (75.00%) MCITP
3 9 (75.00%) CCA
4 8 (66.67%) VMware
4 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (66.67%) vSphere
5 7 (58.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (58.33%) HP
5 7 (58.33%) Windows
6 6 (50.00%) IBM
6 6 (50.00%) SAN
6 6 (50.00%) CCIA
7 5 (41.67%) CCEE
7 5 (41.67%) NetScaler
8 4 (33.33%) Change Control
8 4 (33.33%) CCAA
8 4 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
8 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (33.33%) MCSA
8 4 (33.33%) VBScript
8 4 (33.33%) VB
8 4 (33.33%) ITIL
8 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange

CCEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing CCEA 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 CCEA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) SAN
2 5 (41.67%) NetScaler
3 4 (33.33%) DHCP
3 4 (33.33%) DNS
4 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (8.333%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Wintel Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Sales Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Sales Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Account Manager
5 1 (8.333%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Citrix Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) HP StorageWorks
2 1 (8.333%) EqualLogic
2 1 (8.333%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Change Control
1 4 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
1 4 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
2 1 (8.333%) Business Development
2 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
2 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) VBScript
1 4 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (75.00%) MCITP
2 9 (75.00%) CCA
3 7 (58.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (50.00%) CCIA
5 5 (41.67%) CCEE
6 4 (33.33%) CCAA
6 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (33.33%) MCSA
7 3 (25.00%) MCTS
8 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
8 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
9 1 (8.333%) VCDX
9 1 (8.333%) VCAP
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) XenApp
1 10 (83.33%) XenServer
1 10 (83.33%) XenDesktop
2 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (66.67%) vSphere
3 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
6 1 (8.333%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Citrix
2 8 (66.67%) VMware
3 7 (58.33%) HP
4 6 (50.00%) IBM
5 4 (33.33%) Veeam
6 3 (25.00%) NetApp
7 2 (16.67%) CommVault
7 2 (16.67%) Cisco
7 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (16.67%) Brocade
7 2 (16.67%) 3PAR
8 1 (8.333%) Dell
8 1 (8.333%) EMC
8 1 (8.333%) AppSense