Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCSE in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSE over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkCheck Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank579544737
Rank change year-on-year
Down-35Up+193
Matching permanent IT job ads97126235
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.113 %0.149 %0.115 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.544 %0.634 %0.537 %
Salaries quoted7197188
Average salary£57,500£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.77 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£35,000£32,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£58,250£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£57,500£42,500£42,000
% change year-on-year
+35.29 %+1.190 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
178321988343743
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.75 %23.44 %21.43 %
Salaries quoted148911663436465
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

CCSE
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CCSE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCSE Demand Trend

CCSE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCSE within the UK.

CCSE Salary Trend

CCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSE over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

CCSE Salary Histogram

CCSE
Top 28 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-4087£60,000+33.33 %
South EastUp+1852£62,500+64.47 %
LondonDown-6820£65,000+23.80 %
OxfordshireNew entry-10--
BuckinghamshireDown-18£57,500+4.54 %
BerkshireDown-106£62,500+72.41 %
West YorkshireUp+115£28,000-44.00 %
YorkshireUp+55£28,000-39.45 %
HampshireUp+294--
LeedsUp+204£25,500-49.00 %
City of LondonDown-654£45,000-10.00 %
WinchesterNew entry-4--
CrawleyNew entry-4£46,250-
BelfastNew entry-4--
County AntrimNew entry-4--
Northern IrelandNew entry-4--
ManchesterNew entry-4£50,000-
West SussexNew entry-4£46,250-
North WestNew entry-4£50,000-
West MidlandsUp+303£45,000+23.28 %
SloughNew entry-3£56,250-
CambridgeDown-42£29,000-
CambridgeshireDown-62£29,000-
East of EnglandDown-102£29,000-49.56 %
KentDown-21£47,500+39.70 %
StaffordshireNew entry-1£45,000-
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-1£45,000-
OxfordNew entry-1--

CCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1172 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
2164 (95.35 %)Cisco
3141 (81.98 %)CCSA
4130 (75.58 %)Firewall
5108 (62.79 %)Cisco Certification
6106 (61.63 %)Cisco PIX
7100 (58.14 %)Blue Coat
888 (51.16 %)NetScreen
888 (51.16 %)CCNP
981 (47.09 %)Check Point Certification
1067 (38.95 %)Network Security
1166 (38.37 %)Juniper
1258 (33.72 %)LAN
1357 (33.14 %)VPN
1456 (32.56 %)CCSP
1540 (23.26 %)Crossbeam
1639 (22.67 %)WAN
1736 (20.93 %)JNCIA
1736 (20.93 %)Telecoms
1835 (20.35 %)Cisco ASA
1934 (19.77 %)Finance
2033 (19.19 %)OSPF
2131 (18.02 %)CCNA
2228 (16.28 %)Nokia
2325 (14.53 %)CCDP
2424 (13.95 %)CCIE
2424 (13.95 %)JNCIS
2424 (13.95 %)Load Balancing
2521 (12.21 %)Nortel
2617 (9.884 %)CISSP

CCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (1.744 %)CSS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1130 (75.58 %)Firewall
2106 (61.63 %)Cisco PIX
388 (51.16 %)NetScreen
467 (38.95 %)Network Security
558 (33.72 %)LAN
657 (33.14 %)VPN
739 (22.67 %)WAN
835 (20.35 %)Cisco ASA
933 (19.19 %)OSPF
1013 (7.558 %)VRRP
1111 (6.395 %)BGP
129 (5.233 %)VLAN
129 (5.233 %)Internet
138 (4.651 %)MPLS
138 (4.651 %)RIP
147 (4.070 %)EIGRP
147 (4.070 %)SSL
156 (3.488 %)TCP/IP
156 (3.488 %)IPsec
164 (2.326 %)Intrusion Detection
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.163 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
136 (20.93 %)Telecoms
234 (19.77 %)Finance
39 (5.233 %)Banking
45 (2.907 %)Education
54 (2.326 %)Government
63 (1.744 %)Auditing
72 (1.163 %)Pensions
81 (0.581 %)Insurance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
156 (32.56 %)Security Engineer
249 (28.49 %)Network Engineer
340 (23.26 %)Consultant
438 (22.09 %)Security Consultant
531 (18.02 %)Firewall Engineer
621 (12.21 %)Network Security Engineer
719 (11.05 %)Senior Consultant
817 (9.884 %)Senior Security Consultant
916 (9.302 %)Network Consultant
1014 (8.140 %)Architect
1014 (8.140 %)Network Security Consultant
1113 (7.558 %)Analyst
1113 (7.558 %)Security Analyst
1211 (6.395 %)Senior Analyst
1211 (6.395 %)Senior Security Analyst
139 (5.233 %)Cisco Engineer
148 (4.651 %)Network Architect
157 (4.070 %)IT Security Consultant
157 (4.070 %)IT Consultant
166 (3.488 %)Technical Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (2.326 %)Computer Science
14 (2.326 %)German Language
22 (1.163 %)Mainframe
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (4.070 %)Linux
24 (2.326 %)UNIX
33 (1.744 %)Windows
42 (1.163 %)HPUX
42 (1.163 %)Windows NT
42 (1.163 %)Windows XP
42 (1.163 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (1.163 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (13.95 %)Load Balancing
27 (4.070 %)Change Management
27 (4.070 %)Incident Management
36 (3.488 %)Network Architecture
45 (2.907 %)Time Management
45 (2.907 %)Project Planning
52 (1.163 %)Migration
52 (1.163 %)ITIL
52 (1.163 %)Network Design
61 (0.581 %)Problem Management
61 (0.581 %)Project Management
61 (0.581 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (0.581 %)Information Security
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (2.907 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1141 (81.98 %)CCSA
2108 (62.79 %)Cisco Certification
388 (51.16 %)CCNP
481 (47.09 %)Check Point Certification
556 (32.56 %)CCSP
636 (20.93 %)JNCIA
731 (18.02 %)CCNA
825 (14.53 %)CCDP
924 (13.95 %)CCIE
924 (13.95 %)JNCIS
1017 (9.884 %)CISSP
1114 (8.140 %)Security Cleared
127 (4.070 %)CCDA
127 (4.070 %)JNCIP
136 (3.488 %)JNCIE
136 (3.488 %)CCVP
136 (3.488 %)SC Cleared
144 (2.326 %)Degree
153 (1.744 %)CCIP
162 (1.163 %)CCENT
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (3.488 %)ISO9001
23 (1.744 %)PCI DSS
32 (1.163 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.163 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.581 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1172 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
2164 (95.35 %)Cisco
3100 (58.14 %)Blue Coat
466 (38.37 %)Juniper
540 (23.26 %)Crossbeam
628 (16.28 %)Nokia
721 (12.21 %)Nortel
817 (9.884 %)TippingPoint
915 (8.721 %)Riverbed
1011 (6.395 %)IBM
118 (4.651 %)Websense
126 (3.488 %)Microsoft
126 (3.488 %)IronPort
132 (1.163 %)Oracle
132 (1.163 %)Aruba
132 (1.163 %)Citrix
132 (1.163 %)Avaya
141 (0.581 %)3Com
141 (0.581 %)VMware
141 (0.581 %)CODA