The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ArcSight products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ArcSight over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Edinburgh 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within ArcSight, an HP company.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ArcSight
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ArcSight 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £263 -
% change year-on-year
+60.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
288 339 421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 34.57% 31.19% 32.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 149 162
Average daily rate £396 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £246 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £440 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 19
Average hourly rate £20.50 £17.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.58% +11.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.29 £13.65 £13.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £25.25 £21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
ArcSight
Scotland

ArcSight
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ArcSight across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Edinburgh ArcSight Jobs Demand Trend

ArcSight
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh ArcSight Daily Rate Trend

ArcSight
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing ArcSight 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 ArcSight.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) SIEM
2 9 (90.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 9 (90.00%) Firewall
3 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
4 6 (60.00%) CISSP
5 4 (40.00%) GIAC
5 4 (40.00%) PMP
5 4 (40.00%) PMI Certification
5 4 (40.00%) Project Management
6 3 (30.00%) UNIX
6 3 (30.00%) Windows
6 3 (30.00%) Linux
6 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
7 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (10.00%) Service Management

ArcSight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing ArcSight 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 ArcSight. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Information Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) SIEM
2 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) GIAC
2 4 (40.00%) PMP
2 4 (40.00%) PMI Certification