The first table below looks at the demand for CCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCSA over the 3 months to 20 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Rank 195 198 195
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Permanent jobs citing CCSA 20 16 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.365% 0.306% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.415% 1.263% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 1
Average salary £28,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1413 1267 1090
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.77% 24.25% 22.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1050 1053 896
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCSA
England

CCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire CCSA Salary Trend

CCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCSA across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Yorkshire -3 16 £28,000 -30.00%
North Yorkshire - 4 - -
CCSA
England

CCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 46 (93.88%) CheckPoint
2 42 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
3 38 (77.55%) Firewall
4 36 (73.47%) Cisco
4 36 (73.47%) CCNA
4 36 (73.47%) Network Security
5 35 (71.43%) LAN
5 35 (71.43%) WAN
6 33 (67.35%) VPN
7 27 (55.10%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (55.10%) Cisco PIX
8 26 (53.06%) MPLS
9 20 (40.82%) TippingPoint
10 19 (38.78%) NAS
10 19 (38.78%) Foundry
10 19 (38.78%) OSPF
10 19 (38.78%) BGP
10 19 (38.78%) EIGRP
10 19 (38.78%) SAN
10 19 (38.78%) CCSE
10 19 (38.78%) Brocade
10 19 (38.78%) Load Balancing
11 17 (34.69%) Enterprise Storage
12 14 (28.57%) CCNP
13 13 (26.53%) Juniper
14 12 (24.49%) JNCIA
14 12 (24.49%) JNCIS
14 12 (24.49%) CCSP
15 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
15 8 (16.33%) Blue Coat

CCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 38 (77.55%) Firewall
2 36 (73.47%) Network Security
3 35 (71.43%) LAN
3 35 (71.43%) WAN
4 33 (67.35%) VPN
5 27 (55.10%) Cisco ASA
5 27 (55.10%) Cisco PIX
6 26 (53.06%) MPLS
7 19 (38.78%) OSPF
7 19 (38.78%) BGP
7 19 (38.78%) EIGRP
7 19 (38.78%) SAN
7 19 (38.78%) NAS
8 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
9 7 (14.29%) FWSM
10 4 (8.163%) DNS
11 3 (6.122%) SNMP
11 3 (6.122%) DHCP
11 3 (6.122%) Internet
11 3 (6.122%) DMVPN
General
1 4 (8.163%) Finance
2 1 (2.041%) Legal
2 1 (2.041%) Banking
2 1 (2.041%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (59.18%) Network Engineer
2 18 (36.73%) Security Engineer
3 14 (28.57%) Network Security Engineer
4 13 (26.53%) Analyst
4 13 (26.53%) Network Analyst
4 13 (26.53%) Security Analyst
4 13 (26.53%) Network Security Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Network Architect
6 3 (6.122%) Network Consultant
6 3 (6.122%) Consultant
6 3 (6.122%) Architect
7 2 (4.082%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.082%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 1 (2.041%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
8 1 (2.041%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.69%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (8.163%) Clustering
3 1 (2.041%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.041%) Physics
3 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) UNIX
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Load Balancing
2 7 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 5 (10.20%) Information Security
4 4 (8.163%) Network Design
5 3 (6.122%) TOGAF
5 3 (6.122%) Incident Management
5 3 (6.122%) SIEM
6 2 (4.082%) Network Architecture
6 2 (4.082%) ITIL
6 2 (4.082%) Trend Analysis
6 2 (4.082%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (2.041%) Problem Management
7 1 (2.041%) Product Management
7 1 (2.041%) Supplier Management
7 1 (2.041%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (2.041%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 42 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (73.47%) CCNA
3 19 (38.78%) CCSE
4 14 (28.57%) CCNP
5 12 (24.49%) CCSP
5 12 (24.49%) JNCIA
5 12 (24.49%) JNCIS
6 3 (6.122%) CISSP
6 3 (6.122%) GIAC
7 2 (4.082%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.041%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.041%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 46 (93.88%) CheckPoint
2 36 (73.47%) Cisco
3 20 (40.82%) TippingPoint
4 19 (38.78%) Foundry
4 19 (38.78%) Brocade
5 13 (26.53%) Juniper
6 8 (16.33%) Blue Coat
7 3 (6.122%) Fortinet
8 2 (4.082%) ArcSight
9 1 (2.041%) Nokia
9 1 (2.041%) HP