Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCSP in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSP 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.

LinkCisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank542547709
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Up+162
Matching permanent IT job ads134123266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.156 %0.145 %0.130 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.751 %0.619 %0.608 %
Salaries quoted110103227
Average salary£47,500£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£24,100£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,250£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.120 %-
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 %-

CCSP
Demand Trend

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

CCSP Demand Trend

CCSP
Salary Trend

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

CCSP Salary Trend

CCSP
Salary Histogram

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

CCSP Salary Histogram

CCSP
Top 30 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 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-1130£47,500+6.74 %
LondonDown-2651£55,000-15.38 %
South EastDown-1834£47,500+30.13 %
City of LondonDown-4220£53,300-18.00 %
YorkshireUp+816£28,000-49.09 %
West YorkshireUp+913£27,000-50.90 %
BerkshireNo change013£47,500+187.87 %
West MidlandsUp+3912£40,000-20.00 %
HampshireUp+2511£47,500+46.15 %
LeedsUp+1610£25,000-54.54 %
SurreyUp+178£47,500+75.92 %
North WestUp+165£42,500-5.55 %
ManchesterUp+35£42,500-5.55 %
East of EnglandDown-45£40,000+5.26 %
OxfordshireDown-55--
CambridgeshireDown-104£38,750-9.88 %
South YorkshireNew entry-4£31,500-
WinchesterNew entry-4--
CambridgeNew entry-4£38,750-
BirminghamUp+203£38,750-22.50 %
LutonNew entry-3£39,000-
SloughNew entry-3£60,000-
ReadingUp+192£42,000-32.80 %
South WestUp+62£37,500+1.35 %
DoncasterNew entry-2£32,750-
ChippenhamNew entry-2£37,500-
UxbridgeNew entry-2£57,500-
WiltshireNew entry-2£37,500-
North WalesNew entry-2£28,750-
WalesNew entry-2£28,750-

CCSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1274 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2238 (86.86 %)Cisco
3180 (65.69 %)CCNP
4149 (54.38 %)CheckPoint
5133 (48.54 %)Firewall
6110 (40.15 %)VPN
796 (35.04 %)Juniper
895 (34.67 %)Cisco ASA
993 (33.94 %)Network Security
1076 (27.74 %)CCNA
1165 (23.72 %)CCSA
1264 (23.36 %)Cisco PIX
1359 (21.53 %)CCIE
1457 (20.80 %)WAN
1556 (20.44 %)CCSE
1653 (19.34 %)Nokia
1750 (18.25 %)LAN
1849 (17.88 %)CISSP
1948 (17.52 %)OSPF
2047 (17.15 %)BGP
2145 (16.42 %)Blue Coat
2241 (14.96 %)NetScreen
2340 (14.60 %)CCVP
2435 (12.77 %)Network Design
2534 (12.41 %)CCDP
2633 (12.04 %)CCIP
2732 (11.68 %)JNCIA
2830 (10.95 %)Telecoms
2929 (10.58 %)JNCIS
3027 (9.854 %)Linux

CCSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (2.190 %)CSS
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (2.190 %)MS Exchange
25 (1.825 %)Exchange Server 2007
34 (1.460 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.365 %)IIS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (1.460 %)MS Project
14 (1.460 %)MS Office
21 (0.365 %)MS Excel
21 (0.365 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1133 (48.54 %)Firewall
2110 (40.15 %)VPN
395 (34.67 %)Cisco ASA
493 (33.94 %)Network Security
564 (23.36 %)Cisco PIX
657 (20.80 %)WAN
750 (18.25 %)LAN
848 (17.52 %)OSPF
947 (17.15 %)BGP
1041 (14.96 %)NetScreen
1127 (9.854 %)Internet
1226 (9.489 %)IPsec
1323 (8.394 %)MPLS
1323 (8.394 %)TCP/IP
1419 (6.934 %)VoIP
1419 (6.934 %)SSL
1419 (6.934 %)DNS
1518 (6.569 %)Wireless
1613 (4.745 %)DHCP
1712 (4.380 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (1.095 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.730 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (10.95 %)Telecoms
221 (7.664 %)Finance
317 (6.204 %)Health
411 (4.015 %)Pensions
59 (3.285 %)Banking
67 (2.555 %)Legal
67 (2.555 %)Games
67 (2.555 %)Online Games
74 (1.460 %)Online Gambling
82 (0.730 %)Auditing
82 (0.730 %)Education
91 (0.365 %)Government
91 (0.365 %)Insurance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
199 (36.13 %)Network Engineer
270 (25.55 %)Security Engineer
341 (14.96 %)Consultant
440 (14.60 %)Network Security Engineer
522 (8.029 %)Pre Sales Consultant
621 (7.664 %)Architect
719 (6.934 %)Sales Consultant
719 (6.934 %)Cisco Engineer
813 (4.745 %)Network Architect
813 (4.745 %)Analyst
912 (4.380 %)Security Manager
1011 (4.015 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1011 (4.015 %)Network Consultant
1011 (4.015 %)Senior Consultant
1011 (4.015 %)Security Analyst
1110 (3.650 %)Network Analyst
1110 (3.650 %)Security Consultant
129 (3.285 %)Senior Network Engineer
129 (3.285 %)Senior Sales Consultant
129 (3.285 %)Network Security Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (3.650 %)PKI
26 (2.190 %)Computer Science
26 (2.190 %)Management Information System
35 (1.825 %)French Language
35 (1.825 %)German Language
43 (1.095 %)CLARiiON
43 (1.095 %)SecurID
52 (0.730 %)Cloud Computing
61 (0.365 %)Firmware
61 (0.365 %)CESG
61 (0.365 %)RMADS
61 (0.365 %)FMCG
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
127 (9.854 %)Linux
226 (9.489 %)Windows
39 (3.285 %)UNIX
46 (2.190 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (1.460 %)Windows Vista
54 (1.460 %)Windows Server 2008
54 (1.460 %)Windows XP
62 (0.730 %)VMS
62 (0.730 %)Solaris
71 (0.365 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.365 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (0.365 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
135 (12.77 %)Network Design
216 (5.839 %)ITIL
311 (4.015 %)Change Management
311 (4.015 %)Information Security
49 (3.285 %)Project Management
58 (2.920 %)Problem Management
66 (2.190 %)Disaster Recovery
66 (2.190 %)Data Security
75 (1.825 %)Load Balancing
75 (1.825 %)Computer Security
75 (1.825 %)Information Management
75 (1.825 %)Migration
84 (1.460 %)Vulnerability Assessment
84 (1.460 %)Security Management
84 (1.460 %)Service Delivery
84 (1.460 %)PRINCE2
84 (1.460 %)PRINCE
84 (1.460 %)Security Testing
93 (1.095 %)Risk Assessment
93 (1.095 %)Network Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (0.365 %)C
11 (0.365 %)SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1274 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2180 (65.69 %)CCNP
376 (27.74 %)CCNA
465 (23.72 %)CCSA
559 (21.53 %)CCIE
656 (20.44 %)CCSE
749 (17.88 %)CISSP
840 (14.60 %)CCVP
934 (12.41 %)CCDP
1033 (12.04 %)CCIP
1132 (11.68 %)JNCIA
1229 (10.58 %)JNCIS
1326 (9.489 %)Check Point Certification
1420 (7.299 %)Security Cleared
1515 (5.474 %)Microsoft Certification
1613 (4.745 %)MCSE
1711 (4.015 %)CCA
1711 (4.015 %)Citrix Certification
1810 (3.650 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
199 (3.285 %)CCEA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (6.934 %)ISO27001
218 (6.569 %)PCI DSS
38 (2.920 %)SLA
44 (1.460 %)QA
53 (1.095 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.365 %)ISO17799
61 (0.365 %)ISO9000
61 (0.365 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (5.839 %)VMware Infrastructure
211 (4.015 %)XenApp
211 (4.015 %)XenDesktop
39 (3.285 %)vSphere
39 (3.285 %)XenServer
46 (2.190 %)Xen
55 (1.825 %)Hyper-V
61 (0.365 %)Active Directory
61 (0.365 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (1.460 %)Cisco IPCC
22 (0.730 %)SCCM
22 (0.730 %)SCOM
31 (0.365 %)SCVMM
31 (0.365 %)OpenView
31 (0.365 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1238 (86.86 %)Cisco
2149 (54.38 %)CheckPoint
396 (35.04 %)Juniper
453 (19.34 %)Nokia
545 (16.42 %)Blue Coat
621 (7.664 %)Nortel
621 (7.664 %)Microsoft
720 (7.299 %)McAfee
720 (7.299 %)VMware
817 (6.204 %)TippingPoint
817 (6.204 %)Citrix
916 (5.839 %)IronPort
1015 (5.474 %)Riverbed
1110 (3.650 %)Vizioncore
1110 (3.650 %)Veeam
1110 (3.650 %)PlateSpin
129 (3.285 %)Fortinet
138 (2.920 %)Crossbeam
138 (2.920 %)Symantec
147 (2.555 %)NetApp