The first table below looks at the demand for NetScreen skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NetScreen 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Juniper Networks NetScreen
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing NetScreen 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.258% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.407% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £375 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Communications & Networking
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
27 29 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 16.98% 15.34% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 12
Average daily rate £375 £326 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.94% +8.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £282 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £355 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 11
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £29.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +10.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.10 £32.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
NetScreen
Scotland

NetScreen
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NetScreen across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Aberdeen NetScreen Jobs Demand Trend

NetScreen
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NetScreen across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen NetScreen Daily Rate Trend

NetScreen
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing NetScreen across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen NetScreen Hourly Rate Trend

NetScreen
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing NetScreen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited NetScreen.

1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Juniper
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Release Management
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) CCSP
2 4 (80.00%) C
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) CMDB
3 3 (60.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) MS Visio

NetScreen
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing NetScreen also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited NetScreen. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Release Management
2 3 (60.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (60.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCSP
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Juniper
2 3 (60.00%) HP