The first table below looks at the demand for CCIE in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCIE over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Rank 114 105 110
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +5
Contract jobs citing CCIE 8 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.324% 0.151% 0.219%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.942% 1.216% 1.749%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £378 £325 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.15% -20.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £285 £402
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £365 £422
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -21.87%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
412 329 343
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.67% 12.45% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 158 134
Average daily rate £345 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £210 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £426 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.08 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.25 £35.80 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCIE
UK

CCIE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCIE across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Scotland CCIE Jobs Demand Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland CCIE Daily Rate Trend

CCIE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland CCIE Hourly Rate Trend

CCIE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aberdeen +6 7 £375 +36.36%
Aberdeenshire 0 1 £380 -
CCIE
UK

CCIE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CCIE 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 CCIE.

1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (92.31%) WAN
2 12 (92.31%) LAN
2 12 (92.31%) Wireless
3 11 (84.62%) Telecoms
4 10 (76.92%) IP Telephony
4 10 (76.92%) VoIP
4 10 (76.92%) CCNP
4 10 (76.92%) Time Management
4 10 (76.92%) Riverbed
5 9 (69.23%) BGP
5 9 (69.23%) EIGRP
5 9 (69.23%) VPN
6 8 (61.54%) H.323
6 8 (61.54%) MGCP
6 8 (61.54%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (61.54%) Degree
6 8 (61.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (46.15%) SAP GTS
7 6 (46.15%) SAP CCM
7 6 (46.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 6 (46.15%) SAP
7 6 (46.15%) Data Management
7 6 (46.15%) Remedy
7 6 (46.15%) Citrix
8 2 (15.38%) Finance
8 2 (15.38%) Network Design
9 1 (7.692%) Firewall
9 1 (7.692%) Aerospace

CCIE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing CCIE 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 CCIE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) SAP GTS
1 6 (46.15%) SAP CCM
1 6 (46.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 12 (92.31%) WAN
1 12 (92.31%) LAN
1 12 (92.31%) Wireless
2 10 (76.92%) IP Telephony
2 10 (76.92%) VoIP
3 9 (69.23%) BGP
3 9 (69.23%) EIGRP
3 9 (69.23%) VPN
4 8 (61.54%) H.323
4 8 (61.54%) MGCP
4 8 (61.54%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (61.54%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (7.692%) Firewall
5 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.692%) VRRP
5 1 (7.692%) Internet
5 1 (7.692%) Network Security
General
1 11 (84.62%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.692%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Network Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Network Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Time Management
2 6 (46.15%) Data Management
3 2 (15.38%) Network Design
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) Performance Management
4 1 (7.692%) Network Management
4 1 (7.692%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (76.92%) CCNP
3 8 (61.54%) Degree
4 1 (7.692%) CCNA
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (76.92%) Riverbed
3 6 (46.15%) SAP
3 6 (46.15%) Remedy
3 6 (46.15%) Citrix
4 1 (7.692%) Nokia
4 1 (7.692%) CheckPoint