The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSP over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 242 230 226
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -4
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 6 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.083% 0.153% 0.074%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.344% 0.611% 0.306%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 5
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-6.97% -14.00%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1745 1800 1635
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.16% 25.04% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1435 1543 1411
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West CCSP Salary Trend

CCSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSP across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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 -7 6 £45,000 +12.50%
CCSP
England

CCSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 14 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (92.86%) Cisco
2 13 (92.86%) CCIE
3 12 (85.71%) Firewall
4 9 (64.29%) CCNP
5 8 (57.14%) MPLS
5 8 (57.14%) OSPF
5 8 (57.14%) BGP
5 8 (57.14%) Network Security
6 7 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
6 7 (50.00%) Wireless
6 7 (50.00%) CheckPoint
7 6 (42.86%) Juniper
7 6 (42.86%) VPN
7 6 (42.86%) WAN
7 6 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (42.86%) F5
8 5 (35.71%) FWSM
8 5 (35.71%) CCDE
8 5 (35.71%) Network Design
8 5 (35.71%) CCIP
8 5 (35.71%) CCNA
9 4 (28.57%) RIP
9 4 (28.57%) LAN
9 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
9 4 (28.57%) VMware
9 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (21.43%) Unified Communications
10 3 (21.43%) Citrix

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) Firewall
2 8 (57.14%) MPLS
2 8 (57.14%) OSPF
2 8 (57.14%) BGP
2 8 (57.14%) Network Security
3 7 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
3 7 (50.00%) Wireless
4 6 (42.86%) VPN
4 6 (42.86%) WAN
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (35.71%) FWSM
6 4 (28.57%) RIP
6 4 (28.57%) LAN
6 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
6 4 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (21.43%) Unified Communications
7 3 (21.43%) WLAN
8 2 (14.29%) SSL
8 2 (14.29%) IPsec
9 1 (7.143%) VoIP
General
1 1 (7.143%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
1 6 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Data Centre Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Data Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Security Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Business Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Cisco Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Sales Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Account Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Network Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Cisco Network Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) UNIX
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Network Design
2 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 1 (7.143%) Business Development
3 1 (7.143%) Network Management
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (92.86%) CCIE
3 9 (64.29%) CCNP
4 5 (35.71%) CCDE
4 5 (35.71%) CCIP
4 5 (35.71%) CCNA
5 3 (21.43%) CCDP
6 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (7.143%) CCSA
6 1 (7.143%) CCVP
6 1 (7.143%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (7.143%) MCSE
6 1 (7.143%) VCAP
6 1 (7.143%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.143%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Cisco
2 7 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 6 (42.86%) Juniper
3 6 (42.86%) F5
4 4 (28.57%) VMware
5 3 (21.43%) Citrix
6 2 (14.29%) HP
6 2 (14.29%) Symantec
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 2 (14.29%) Brocade
6 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
6 2 (14.29%) Blue Coat
7 1 (7.143%) Sun