CCSE Jobs in England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE) UK / England
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	757	752	693
Rank change year-on-year	-5	-59
Permanent jobs citing CCSE	98	155	266
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England	0.12%	0.17%	0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.48%	0.63%	0.93%
Number of salaries quoted	74	140	154
Median salary	£57,500	£55,000	£54,750
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.54%	+0.45%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,900	£42,500	£38,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£65,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£54,000	£52,500	£47,000
% change year-on-year	+2.85%	+11.70%

CCSE is in the academic qualifications and professional certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies advertised in England.

Academic & Professional Certification England
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	20554	24654	28457
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England	24.62%	26.61%	27.36%
Number of salaries quoted	16095	20173	22718
Median salary	£46,500	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.10%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£27,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing CCSE as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

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Salary Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCSE in England.

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Salary Histogram in England

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing CCSE in England over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSE within the England region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+20	48	£60,000	+9.09%	3
South East	+15	20	£55,000	+4.76%	1
East of England	+4	16	£47,500	-19.14%	2
Yorkshire	-7	6	£34,000	-38.18%
North West	-40	5	-	-	1
East Midlands	+26	2	£58,750	-
West Midlands	+15	1	-	-
South West	+6	1	£50,000	+33.33%
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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing CCSE also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the England region with a requirement for CCSE.

1	206 (100.00%)	CheckPoint
2	188 (91.26%)	Cisco Certification
3	179 (86.89%)	Cisco
4	146 (70.87%)	CCNP
5	145 (70.39%)	Firewall
6	137 (66.50%)	Network Security
7	106 (51.46%)	F5
8	91 (44.17%)	Juniper
9	90 (43.69%)	CCSA
10	87 (42.23%)	Palo Alto
11	82 (39.81%)	Cisco ASA
12	75 (36.41%)	Fortinet
13	73 (35.44%)	CCIE
14	67 (32.52%)	Blue Coat
15	61 (29.61%)	LAN

16	60 (29.13%)	WAN
17	59 (28.64%)	HP
18	53 (25.73%)	Data Centre
19	50 (24.27%)	BGP
19	50 (24.27%)	VPN
19	50 (24.27%)	Cisco Nexus
20	49 (23.79%)	JNCIS
20	49 (23.79%)	OSPF
20	49 (23.79%)	Microsoft
21	48 (23.30%)	CCNA
22	42 (20.39%)	F5 BIG-IP LTM
23	40 (19.42%)	Linux
23	40 (19.42%)	Information Security
24	39 (18.93%)	Internet
25	37 (17.96%)	Windows

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Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	3 (1.46%)	Skype for Business
2	1 (0.49%)	IIS

Applications
1	36 (17.48%)	Microsoft Office
2	25 (12.14%)	MS Visio
3	20 (9.71%)	Microsoft Excel
3	20 (9.71%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Cloud Services
1	3 (1.46%)	Akamai
1	3 (1.46%)	Amazon AWS
1	3 (1.46%)	Amazon ELB
1	3 (1.46%)	Google Cloud Platform
1	3 (1.46%)	Microsoft Azure
1	3 (1.46%)	Virtual Private Cloud
2	1 (0.49%)	Cloud Computing

Communications & Networking
1	145 (70.39%)	Firewall
2	137 (66.50%)	Network Security
3	82 (39.81%)	Cisco ASA
4	61 (29.61%)	LAN
5	60 (29.13%)	WAN
6	50 (24.27%)	BGP
6	50 (24.27%)	Cisco Nexus
6	50 (24.27%)	VPN
7	49 (23.79%)	OSPF
8	42 (20.39%)	F5 BIG-IP LTM
9	39 (18.93%)	Internet
10	34 (16.50%)	DNS
10	34 (16.50%)	NetScreen
10	34 (16.50%)	Wireless
11	31 (15.05%)	F5 BIG-IP GTM
11	31 (15.05%)	TCP/IP
12	26 (12.62%)	Wireshark
13	25 (12.14%)	Cisco IOS
14	23 (11.17%)	Junos
15	21 (10.19%)	Cisco PIX

Database & Business Intelligence
1	5 (2.43%)	SQL Server

General
1	33 (16.02%)	Finance
2	20 (9.71%)	Digital Economy
3	13 (6.31%)	Pharmaceutical
3	13 (6.31%)	Retail
4	6 (2.91%)	Law
5	4 (1.94%)	Banking
6	1 (0.49%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	54 (26.21%)	Consultant
2	51 (24.76%)	Network Engineer
2	51 (24.76%)	Security Consultant
2	51 (24.76%)	Security Engineer
3	36 (17.48%)	Network Consultant
4	35 (16.99%)	Network Security Consultant
5	27 (13.11%)	Network Security Engineer
6	26 (12.62%)	Senior Security Engineer
7	23 (11.17%)	Support Engineer
8	20 (9.71%)	Juniper Engineer
9	18 (8.74%)	Architect
10	16 (7.77%)	Cisco Consultant
10	16 (7.77%)	Cisco Security Consultant
11	15 (7.28%)	Security Specialist
11	15 (7.28%)	Senior Consultant
12	14 (6.80%)	3rd Line Engineer
12	14 (6.80%)	Analyst
12	14 (6.80%)	Senior Security Consultant
13	13 (6.31%)	Network Specialist
13	13 (6.31%)	Security Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	14 (6.80%)	802.1X
2	4 (1.94%)	CSS

Miscellaneous
1	53 (25.73%)	Data Centre
2	21 (10.19%)	Security Operations Centre
3	13 (6.31%)	Analytical Skills
4	12 (5.83%)	Fat Client
4	12 (5.83%)	Thin Client
5	11 (5.34%)	Driving Licence
6	10 (4.85%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
7	8 (3.88%)	Computer Science
8	7 (3.40%)	Management Information System
8	7 (3.40%)	Public Cloud
9	4 (1.94%)	Linux Command Line
10	3 (1.46%)	iPad
11	2 (0.97%)	Greenfield Project
12	1 (0.49%)	Cyberthreat
12	1 (0.49%)	Enterprise Software
12	1 (0.49%)	Mobile Banking

Operating Systems
1	40 (19.42%)	Linux
2	37 (17.96%)	Windows
3	22 (10.68%)	Windows Server
4	9 (4.37%)	Windows 7
4	9 (4.37%)	Windows XP
5	7 (3.40%)	VMS
6	5 (2.43%)	Unix
7	3 (1.46%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	40 (19.42%)	Information Security
2	35 (16.99%)	Presales
3	31 (15.05%)	ITIL
4	29 (14.08%)	Load Balancing
5	28 (13.59%)	Network Management
6	27 (13.11%)	Security Management
7	26 (12.62%)	Risk Management
8	25 (12.14%)	Network Design
9	24 (11.65%)	Kalman Filter
9	24 (11.65%)	Mentoring
10	21 (10.19%)	Security Operations
11	20 (9.71%)	Content Management
12	13 (6.31%)	E-Commerce
12	13 (6.31%)	Programme Delivery
13	12 (5.83%)	Analytics
13	12 (5.83%)	Change Management
13	12 (5.83%)	Information Management
13	12 (5.83%)	Line Management
13	12 (5.83%)	SIEM
13	12 (5.83%)	Vulnerability Scanning

Programming Languages
1	8 (3.88%)	SQL
2	1 (0.49%)	Python

Qualifications
1	188 (91.26%)	Cisco Certification
2	146 (70.87%)	CCNP
3	90 (43.69%)	CCSA
4	73 (35.44%)	CCIE
5	49 (23.79%)	JNCIS
6	48 (23.30%)	CCNA
7	34 (16.50%)	Check Point Certification
8	33 (16.02%)	CCSP
8	33 (16.02%)	CISSP
9	29 (14.08%)	CCDP
10	24 (11.65%)	CCIE Service Provider
10	24 (11.65%)	JNCIP
11	22 (10.68%)	Security Cleared
12	21 (10.19%)	JNCIE
12	21 (10.19%)	SC Cleared
13	18 (8.74%)	CCIE Security
14	15 (7.28%)	CISA
15	12 (5.83%)	GIAC
15	12 (5.83%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
15	12 (5.83%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	30 (14.56%)	SLA
2	11 (5.34%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	7 (3.40%)	QA
4	6 (2.91%)	Cyber Essentials
4	6 (2.91%)	GDPR
4	6 (2.91%)	PCI DSS
5	5 (2.43%)	GPG13
5	5 (2.43%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

System Software
1	27 (13.11%)	ProxySG
2	24 (11.65%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	3 (1.46%)	vCloud

Systems Management
1	18 (8.74%)	FortiGate
2	3 (1.46%)	HP NNM
3	2 (0.97%)	Nagios
3	2 (0.97%)	SCOM
4	1 (0.49%)	HAProxy
4	1 (0.49%)	McAfee ePO
4	1 (0.49%)	QRadar

Vendors
1	206 (100.00%)	CheckPoint
2	179 (86.89%)	Cisco
3	106 (51.46%)	F5
4	91 (44.17%)	Juniper
5	87 (42.23%)	Palo Alto
6	75 (36.41%)	Fortinet
7	67 (32.52%)	Blue Coat
8	59 (28.64%)	HP
9	49 (23.79%)	Microsoft
10	37 (17.96%)	Sourcefire
11	32 (15.53%)	Imperva
12	26 (12.62%)	VMware
13	25 (12.14%)	McAfee
14	23 (11.17%)	Citrix
15	20 (9.71%)	Proofpoint
15	20 (9.71%)	Riverbed
15	20 (9.71%)	TippingPoint
16	18 (8.74%)	Aruba
17	15 (7.28%)	SolarWinds
17	15 (7.28%)	Tufin