The first table below looks at the demand for ProxySG skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ProxySG over the 3 months to 22 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 System Software category 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat Proxy SG
Rank 54 57 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.121% 0.091% -
As % of the System Software category 1.563% 1.429% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £200 £275
% change year-on-year
+106.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
64 70 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 7.748% 6.341% 7.883%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 33 20
Average daily rate £220 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.30% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £215 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £409 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
Average hourly rate £15.50 £16.25 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% -20.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
ProxySG
Scotland

ProxySG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh ProxySG Jobs Demand Trend

ProxySG
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh ProxySG Daily Rate Trend

ProxySG
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing ProxySG 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 ProxySG.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (50.00%) IronPort
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) NetScreen
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

ProxySG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing ProxySG 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 ProxySG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NetScreen
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Consultant
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (50.00%) IronPort
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint