The first table below looks at the demand for IPsec skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IPsec 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 Communications & Networking category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
Rank 120 99 -
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -
Contract jobs citing IPsec 1 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.040% 0.224% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.370% 1.813% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £210 £410 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
270 331 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.90% 12.37% 9.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 135 73
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £240 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £420 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 31 26
Average hourly rate £30.25 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
IPsec
UK

IPsec
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland IPsec Jobs Demand Trend

IPsec
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland IPsec Daily Rate Trend

IPsec
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland IPsec Hourly Rate Trend

IPsec
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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 - 1 £210 -
IPsec
UK

IPsec
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (83.33%) CA
1 5 (83.33%) SSL
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Workflow
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) EMC
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) SAN
5 1 (16.67%) MCSE
5 1 (16.67%) MCSA
5 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
5 1 (16.67%) VPN
5 1 (16.67%) DNS
5 1 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (16.67%) Data Security
5 1 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) PKI
5 1 (16.67%) Brocade
5 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (16.67%) NAS
5 1 (16.67%) Network Management
5 1 (16.67%) Fibre Channel

IPsec
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) SSL
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) NAS
2 1 (16.67%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Data Security
2 1 (16.67%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
3 1 (16.67%) MCSA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) CA
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Brocade
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet