The first table below looks at the demand for CCSA in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank 241 245 231
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Permanent jobs citing CCSA 2 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.028% 0.028% 0.044%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.115% 0.111% 0.181%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Average salary £61,250 £33,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+85.60% +46.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £32,600 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,250 £33,400 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1744 1795 1655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.27% 25.29% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1433 1537 1435
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCSA
England

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West CCSA Salary Trend

CCSA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSA within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester - 2 £61,250 -
CCSA
England

CCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) WLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCIP
1 2 (100.00%) CCDP
1 2 (100.00%) CiscoWorks
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) CCVP
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) CCDE
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) WLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCIP
1 2 (100.00%) CCDP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CCVP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) CCDE
1 2 (100.00%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) VMware