The first table below looks at the demand for CCSE in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSE over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Rank 192 182 156
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -26
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 12 2 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.240% 0.044% 0.379%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.829% 0.180% 1.314%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 14
Average salary £40,000 £46,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.51% +23.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -5.55%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1447 1113 1218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.89% 24.52% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1165 942 983
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands CCSE Salary Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Birmingham - 12 £40,000 -
CCSE
England

CCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 31 (100.00%) Cisco
1 31 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 31 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 30 (96.77%) Firewall
2 30 (96.77%) Network Security
3 28 (90.32%) CCNP
4 26 (83.87%) Cisco ASA
5 24 (77.42%) F5
5 24 (77.42%) Cisco PIX
5 24 (77.42%) JNCIS
5 24 (77.42%) Juniper
6 23 (74.19%) Blue Coat
6 23 (74.19%) Websense
6 23 (74.19%) Telecoms
6 23 (74.19%) Finance
7 6 (19.35%) CCSA
8 5 (16.13%) Wireless
8 5 (16.13%) MPLS
8 5 (16.13%) OSPF
8 5 (16.13%) Check Point Certification
8 5 (16.13%) VPN
8 5 (16.13%) WAN
9 4 (12.90%) DHCP
9 4 (12.90%) ADSL
9 4 (12.90%) LAN
9 4 (12.90%) WLAN
9 4 (12.90%) Windows
9 4 (12.90%) DNS
9 4 (12.90%) CCSP
9 4 (12.90%) Nokia

CCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) Lync
1 1 (3.226%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (96.77%) Firewall
1 30 (96.77%) Network Security
2 26 (83.87%) Cisco ASA
3 24 (77.42%) Cisco PIX
4 5 (16.13%) Wireless
4 5 (16.13%) MPLS
4 5 (16.13%) OSPF
4 5 (16.13%) VPN
4 5 (16.13%) WAN
5 4 (12.90%) DHCP
5 4 (12.90%) ADSL
5 4 (12.90%) LAN
5 4 (12.90%) WLAN
5 4 (12.90%) DNS
5 4 (12.90%) VRRP
5 4 (12.90%) HSRP
6 3 (9.677%) BGP
7 1 (3.226%) FWSM
7 1 (3.226%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (3.226%) IP Telephony
General
1 23 (74.19%) Telecoms
1 23 (74.19%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (87.10%) Network Engineer
2 23 (74.19%) Firewall Engineer
2 23 (74.19%) Security Engineer
2 23 (74.19%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (6.452%) Security Specialist
4 1 (3.226%) Storage Systems Administrator
4 1 (3.226%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (3.226%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (3.226%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (3.226%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (3.226%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
1 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.90%) Time Management
2 3 (9.677%) Service Delivery
3 2 (6.452%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (6.452%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (3.226%) Network Management
4 1 (3.226%) Network Design
4 1 (3.226%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (90.32%) CCNP
3 24 (77.42%) JNCIS
4 6 (19.35%) CCSA
5 5 (16.13%) Check Point Certification
6 4 (12.90%) CCSP
6 4 (12.90%) CCNA
7 2 (6.452%) CEH
7 2 (6.452%) CISSP
7 2 (6.452%) CCIE
7 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.226%) CCEE
8 1 (3.226%) CCAA
8 1 (3.226%) CCIA
8 1 (3.226%) HP AIS
8 1 (3.226%) HP ASE
8 1 (3.226%) HP MASE
8 1 (3.226%) NCIE
8 1 (3.226%) CCIP
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.226%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.226%) XenApp
2 1 (3.226%) XenServer
2 1 (3.226%) XenDesktop
2 1 (3.226%) vSphere
2 1 (3.226%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (3.226%) UAG
2 1 (3.226%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Cisco
1 31 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 24 (77.42%) F5
2 24 (77.42%) Juniper
3 23 (74.19%) Blue Coat
3 23 (74.19%) Websense
4 4 (12.90%) Nokia
4 4 (12.90%) Huawei
5 3 (9.677%) VMware
6 2 (6.452%) CommVault
6 2 (6.452%) Hitachi
7 1 (3.226%) Twitter
7 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.226%) NetApp
7 1 (3.226%) HP
7 1 (3.226%) EMC
7 1 (3.226%) Citrix
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