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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Rank 342 346 361
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +15
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 93 98 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.419% 0.406% 0.284%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.288% 1.210% 1.022%
Number of salaries quoted 71 91 46
Average salary £39,250 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.64% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,250 £55,000 £60,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.76% -5.55%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7219 8097 6261
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.50% 33.56% 27.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5814 7070 5373
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCSE
England

CCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East CCSE Salary Trend

CCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSE across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire -3 63 £37,500 -11.76%
Kent -8 11 £45,000 +8.43%
Surrey +21 10 £41,000 +49.09%
Buckinghamshire - 6 £45,000 -
Hampshire -17 3 £44,250 -19.54%
Middlesex - 2 £42,000 -
CCSE
England

CCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 217 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 198 (91.24%) CCSA
3 160 (73.73%) Cisco
4 154 (70.97%) Juniper
5 151 (69.59%) F5
6 132 (60.83%) Blue Coat
7 121 (55.76%) JNCIA
8 119 (54.84%) TCP/IP
9 116 (53.46%) Firewall
10 106 (48.85%) Windows
11 104 (47.93%) CISSP
12 101 (46.54%) UNIX
13 95 (43.78%) Network Security
14 87 (40.09%) Cisco Certification
15 65 (29.95%) Sourcefire
16 64 (29.49%) Project Management
17 61 (28.11%) PRINCE2
18 60 (27.65%) CCNA
18 60 (27.65%) CCNP
19 59 (27.19%) McAfee
19 59 (27.19%) IBM
19 59 (27.19%) JNCIE
20 56 (25.81%) Cisco ASA
21 46 (21.20%) Cisco PIX
22 43 (19.82%) Intrusion Detection
23 41 (18.89%) Internet
24 30 (13.82%) CCSP
25 26 (11.98%) WAN
26 25 (11.52%) CCIE
26 25 (11.52%) ITIL

CCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 3 (1.382%) CSS
Applications
1 5 (2.304%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 119 (54.84%) TCP/IP
2 116 (53.46%) Firewall
3 95 (43.78%) Network Security
4 56 (25.81%) Cisco ASA
5 46 (21.20%) Cisco PIX
6 43 (19.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 41 (18.89%) Internet
8 26 (11.98%) WAN
9 24 (11.06%) BIG-IP
10 22 (10.14%) VPN
10 22 (10.14%) MPLS
11 21 (9.677%) DNS
12 20 (9.217%) SNMP
13 18 (8.295%) DHCP
14 17 (7.834%) VoIP
15 13 (5.991%) LAN
15 13 (5.991%) Wireless
16 11 (5.069%) NetScreen
16 11 (5.069%) FWSM
17 10 (4.608%) Junos
General
1 13 (5.991%) French Language
1 13 (5.991%) German Language
2 10 (4.608%) Finance
3 8 (3.687%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.226%) Retail
4 7 (3.226%) Billing
5 5 (2.304%) Back Office
6 3 (1.382%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.922%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 85 (39.17%) Security Engineer
2 61 (28.11%) Network Engineer
3 58 (26.73%) Analyst
4 56 (25.81%) Security Analyst
5 46 (21.20%) Support Engineer
6 45 (20.74%) Security Support Engineer
7 28 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
8 27 (12.44%) Consultant
8 27 (12.44%) Senior Security Analyst
9 22 (10.14%) Network Security Engineer
10 19 (8.756%) Security Consultant
11 12 (5.530%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.530%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.687%) Network Support
12 8 (3.687%) Deployment Engineer
12 8 (3.687%) Lead Network Engineer
12 8 (3.687%) IP Engineer
13 7 (3.226%) Network Support Engineer
14 6 (2.765%) Network Consultant
14 6 (2.765%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.382%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 106 (48.85%) Windows
2 101 (46.54%) UNIX
3 1 (0.461%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (0.461%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.461%) AIX
3 1 (0.461%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.49%) Project Management
2 61 (28.11%) PRINCE2
3 25 (11.52%) ITIL
4 10 (4.608%) Network Management
4 10 (4.608%) Network Design
5 7 (3.226%) CRM
6 6 (2.765%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (2.765%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (2.304%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (2.304%) Change Management
7 5 (2.304%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (1.843%) Business Continuity
8 4 (1.843%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (1.382%) Problem Management
9 3 (1.382%) ERP
10 2 (0.922%) Information Security
11 1 (0.461%) SIEM
11 1 (0.461%) Network Architecture
11 1 (0.461%) Load Balancing
11 1 (0.461%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.608%) SQL
Qualifications
1 198 (91.24%) CCSA
2 121 (55.76%) JNCIA
3 104 (47.93%) CISSP
4 87 (40.09%) Cisco Certification
5 60 (27.65%) CCNA
5 60 (27.65%) CCNP
6 59 (27.19%) JNCIE
7 30 (13.82%) CCSP
8 25 (11.52%) CCIE
9 21 (9.677%) CCDA
10 19 (8.756%) Security Cleared
11 18 (8.295%) JNCIS
12 15 (6.912%) SC Cleared
13 10 (4.608%) Degree
14 9 (4.147%) CCDP
15 8 (3.687%) Network+ Certification
16 6 (2.765%) MCSE
16 6 (2.765%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (2.304%) VCAP
17 5 (2.304%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.304%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.304%) ISO 9000
2 4 (1.843%) QA
3 3 (1.382%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (3.226%) ProxySG
2 2 (0.922%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.765%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (1.843%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.461%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 217 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 160 (73.73%) Cisco
3 154 (70.97%) Juniper
4 151 (69.59%) F5
5 132 (60.83%) Blue Coat
6 65 (29.95%) Sourcefire
7 59 (27.19%) McAfee
7 59 (27.19%) IBM
8 19 (8.756%) Microsoft
9 16 (7.373%) VMware
10 14 (6.452%) HP
11 12 (5.530%) Mitel
12 8 (3.687%) Websense
13 5 (2.304%) Fortinet
13 5 (2.304%) ProCurve
14 4 (1.843%) Radware
15 3 (1.382%) Twitter
16 2 (0.922%) Crossbeam
16 2 (0.922%) Barracuda Networks
16 2 (0.922%) Aruba
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