The first table below looks at the demand for CCSP in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSP over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Rank 380 264 362
Rank change year-on-year
-116 +98
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 56 193 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.254% 0.812% 0.259%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.780% 2.423% 0.937%
Number of salaries quoted 45 175 52
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £56,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -2.77%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7175 7966 6300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.59% 33.52% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5783 6964 5399
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 £38,500
% 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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East CCSP Salary Trend

CCSP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSP across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 -54 17 £40,000 -5.88%
Kent -6 16 £40,000 -2.43%
Buckinghamshire -10 12 £52,500 +23.52%
Surrey -23 8 £50,000 +12.35%
Hampshire -43 2 £38,500 -23.00%
Oxfordshire -14 1 £112,500 +60.71%
West Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
CCSP
England

CCSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 134 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 130 (97.01%) Cisco
3 115 (85.82%) CCNP
4 90 (67.16%) CCNA
5 74 (55.22%) CCIE
6 68 (50.75%) Firewall
7 64 (47.76%) MPLS
8 61 (45.52%) Network Security
9 56 (41.79%) Cisco ASA
10 55 (41.04%) CheckPoint
11 54 (40.30%) CCIP
12 52 (38.81%) Cisco PIX
13 49 (36.57%) Juniper
14 37 (27.61%) Unified Communications
14 37 (27.61%) F5
15 36 (26.87%) BGP
16 35 (26.12%) WAN
17 33 (24.63%) CCSA
18 31 (23.13%) VPN
19 30 (22.39%) OSPF
19 30 (22.39%) CCSE
19 30 (22.39%) Wireless
20 22 (16.42%) EIGRP
20 22 (16.42%) Microsoft
20 22 (16.42%) CCDP
20 22 (16.42%) FWSM
21 21 (15.67%) Finance
22 19 (14.18%) Network Design
22 19 (14.18%) VoIP
23 18 (13.43%) VMware

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 (2.239%) CSS
2 1 (0.746%) .NET
2 1 (0.746%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.746%) IIS
1 1 (0.746%) MS Exchange
1 1 (0.746%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 3 (2.239%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.493%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.493%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 68 (50.75%) Firewall
2 64 (47.76%) MPLS
3 61 (45.52%) Network Security
4 56 (41.79%) Cisco ASA
5 52 (38.81%) Cisco PIX
6 37 (27.61%) Unified Communications
7 36 (26.87%) BGP
8 35 (26.12%) WAN
9 31 (23.13%) VPN
10 30 (22.39%) OSPF
10 30 (22.39%) Wireless
11 22 (16.42%) EIGRP
11 22 (16.42%) FWSM
12 19 (14.18%) VoIP
13 18 (13.43%) VLAN
13 18 (13.43%) Cisco Nexus
14 15 (11.19%) BIG-IP
14 15 (11.19%) LAN
15 14 (10.45%) Cisco IOS
16 12 (8.955%) TCP/IP
General
1 21 (15.67%) Finance
2 11 (8.209%) Banking
3 8 (5.970%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.239%) Marketing
5 2 (1.493%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.746%) Legal
6 1 (0.746%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.746%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 92 (68.66%) Network Engineer
2 36 (26.87%) Support Engineer
3 34 (25.37%) Cisco Engineer
4 33 (24.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 32 (23.88%) Security Engineer
6 26 (19.40%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (19.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 26 (19.40%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 24 (17.91%) Consultant
8 22 (16.42%) Network Security Engineer
9 14 (10.45%) Senior Network Engineer
9 14 (10.45%) Network Consultant
10 12 (8.955%) Operations Engineer
10 12 (8.955%) Senior Operations Engineer
10 12 (8.955%) Network Operations Engineer
11 9 (6.716%) Cisco Consultant
12 8 (5.970%) Deployment Engineer
12 8 (5.970%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (5.970%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
12 8 (5.970%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.239%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.493%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.746%) Digital Media
3 1 (0.746%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.94%) Linux
2 5 (3.731%) Windows
3 3 (2.239%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (2.239%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.493%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.746%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (14.18%) Network Design
2 10 (7.463%) Network Management
3 8 (5.970%) ITIL
4 7 (5.224%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 7 (5.224%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (4.478%) Load Balancing
6 4 (2.985%) Data Security
7 3 (2.239%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (1.493%) Validation
8 2 (1.493%) SIEM
8 2 (1.493%) Release Management
8 2 (1.493%) Service Delivery
8 2 (1.493%) Change Management
9 1 (0.746%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (0.746%) Business Development
9 1 (0.746%) Security Architecture
9 1 (0.746%) Network Architecture
9 1 (0.746%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (0.746%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.239%) SQL
2 1 (0.746%) Python
2 1 (0.746%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.746%) C
2 1 (0.746%) Perl
Qualifications
1 134 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 115 (85.82%) CCNP
3 90 (67.16%) CCNA
4 74 (55.22%) CCIE
5 54 (40.30%) CCIP
6 33 (24.63%) CCSA
7 30 (22.39%) CCSE
8 22 (16.42%) CCDP
9 15 (11.19%) CCDA
10 14 (10.45%) JNCIA
11 11 (8.209%) JNCIS
12 10 (7.463%) CCVP
13 6 (4.478%) CISSP
13 6 (4.478%) Security Cleared
14 4 (2.985%) SC Cleared
14 4 (2.985%) JNCIP
14 4 (2.985%) JNCIE
15 3 (2.239%) Degree
15 3 (2.239%) CCDE
15 3 (2.239%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.731%) SLA
1 5 (3.731%) QA
2 4 (2.985%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.239%) ISO 9000
3 3 (2.239%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.493%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (13.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.746%) NFS
2 1 (0.746%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.746%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (2.985%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (2.239%) CiscoWorks
3 2 (1.493%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (1.493%) Cacti
3 2 (1.493%) OpenView
Vendors
1 130 (97.01%) Cisco
2 55 (41.04%) CheckPoint
3 49 (36.57%) Juniper
4 37 (27.61%) F5
5 22 (16.42%) Microsoft
6 18 (13.43%) VMware
7 10 (7.463%) Twitter
8 9 (6.716%) Blue Coat
8 9 (6.716%) Reuters
8 9 (6.716%) Bloomberg
9 7 (5.224%) HP
10 6 (4.478%) Nokia
10 6 (4.478%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.985%) Avaya
11 4 (2.985%) Sourcefire
11 4 (2.985%) Symantec
11 4 (2.985%) McAfee
12 3 (2.239%) Oracle
12 3 (2.239%) Citrix
12 3 (2.239%) SolarWinds
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Posted: 17 May 2013