The first table below looks at the demand for CCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSA over the 3 months to 21 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing CCSA 8 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.639% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.388% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £52,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Qualifications
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
335 378 287
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.78% 32.67% 28.05%
Number of salaries quoted 297 327 262
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCSA
UK

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales CCSA Jobs Demand Trend

CCSA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCSA across the Wales region.

Wales CCSA Salary Trend

CCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSA across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales CCSA Salary Histogram

CCSA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSA within the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Wales - 8 £52,500 -
CCSA
UK

CCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing CCSA 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 CCSA.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Juniper
2 7 (87.50%) CheckPoint
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) CCIE
2 7 (87.50%) CCDP
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) CCSE
2 7 (87.50%) F5
3 5 (62.50%) CCDA
4 3 (37.50%) Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) CCNP
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
5 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 2 (25.00%) CCIP
5 2 (25.00%) CCNA
5 2 (25.00%) CCSP
5 2 (25.00%) MPLS
5 2 (25.00%) OSPF
5 2 (25.00%) BGP
5 2 (25.00%) EIGRP
5 2 (25.00%) CCVP
5 2 (25.00%) Network Design
5 2 (25.00%) JNCIA
5 2 (25.00%) JNCIS
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (25.00%) Network Security
5 2 (25.00%) CCDE
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing CCSA 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 CCSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (25.00%) MPLS
3 2 (25.00%) OSPF
3 2 (25.00%) BGP
3 2 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (25.00%) FWSM
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) CCIE
2 7 (87.50%) CCDP
2 7 (87.50%) CCSE
3 5 (62.50%) CCDA
4 3 (37.50%) CCNP
5 2 (25.00%) CCIP
5 2 (25.00%) CCNA
5 2 (25.00%) CCSP
5 2 (25.00%) CCVP
5 2 (25.00%) JNCIA
5 2 (25.00%) JNCIS
5 2 (25.00%) CCDE
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Juniper
1 7 (87.50%) CheckPoint
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
1 7 (87.50%) F5
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter