The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lumension products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lumension over the 3 months to 17 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 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Lumension Security, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lumension
Rank 106 95 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Contract jobs citing Lumension 14 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.574% 0.378% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.264% 0.973% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 0
Average daily rate £440 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £380 £175
% change year-on-year
+15.78% +117.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.02 - -
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1108 1028 1215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.43% 38.81% 43.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 464 525
Average daily rate £363 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 52 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £33.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lumension
UK

Lumension
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Lumension Jobs Demand Trend

Lumension
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Lumension Daily Rate Trend

Lumension
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lumension across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland Lumension Daily Rate Histogram

Lumension
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lumension within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Renfrewshire -12 7 £463 +15.62%
Glasgow - 7 £440 -
Lumension
UK

Lumension
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Lumension 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 Lumension.

1 17 (94.44%) Windows
1 17 (94.44%) Security Cleared
1 17 (94.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 10 (55.56%) McAfee
5 9 (50.00%) Java
6 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
6 8 (44.44%) SharePoint
6 8 (44.44%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 7 (38.89%) Windows XP
7 7 (38.89%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (38.89%) Security Architecture
8 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
8 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (27.78%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (27.78%) McAfee ePO
8 5 (27.78%) vSphere
8 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
8 5 (27.78%) Apache
8 5 (27.78%) .NET
8 5 (27.78%) Internet
8 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (27.78%) HP
8 5 (27.78%) Citrix
8 5 (27.78%) SAN
9 4 (22.22%) Perl
9 4 (22.22%) VBScript
9 4 (22.22%) Solaris

Lumension
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Lumension 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 Lumension. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
2 5 (27.78%) SharePoint Server
2 5 (27.78%) Apache
3 3 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) SAN
1 5 (27.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
1 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Information Security Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Architect
3 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) SaaS
2 3 (16.67%) Thin Client
2 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (94.44%) Windows
1 17 (94.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (38.89%) Windows XP
4 4 (22.22%) Solaris
5 3 (16.67%) Linux
5 3 (16.67%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.556%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (38.89%) Security Architecture
2 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Release Management
3 4 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (11.11%) Service Management
4 2 (11.11%) Information Security
4 2 (11.11%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) Perl
2 4 (22.22%) VBScript
2 4 (22.22%) Korn
2 4 (22.22%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 17 (94.44%) Security Cleared
2 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) vSphere
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (44.44%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 5 (27.78%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
1 10 (55.56%) McAfee
2 5 (27.78%) HP
2 5 (27.78%) Citrix
3 3 (16.67%) Symantec
3 3 (16.67%) Sophos
3 3 (16.67%) Wyse
3 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle