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This section looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank93123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.333 %1.080 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£323
% change on same period last year+20.67 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.63£36.28
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads300463
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.468 %
Daily rates quoted6085
Average minimum daily rate£281£348
Average daily rate£308£358
% change on same period last year-14.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2131
Average minimum hourly rate£24.32£18.73
Average hourly rate£26.37£19.84
% change on same period last year+32.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.43£20.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SSL UKSSL
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SSL across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Scotland SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+135--
West LothianNew entry-1--
AberdeenNew entry-1--
SSL UKSSL
UK

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SSL 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 SSL.

18 (66.67 %)VPN
18 (66.67 %)Firewall
27 (58.33 %)Cisco
27 (58.33 %)CheckPoint
36 (50.00 %)LDAP
36 (50.00 %)Blue Coat
36 (50.00 %)IPsec
36 (50.00 %)Network Security
44 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
44 (33.33 %)Java
53 (25.00 %)CCNP
53 (25.00 %)Active Directory
53 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
53 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (25.00 %)LAN
53 (25.00 %)WAN
53 (25.00 %)Microsoft
53 (25.00 %)Sun
53 (25.00 %)PKI
62 (16.67 %)WebSphere
62 (16.67 %)CMS
62 (16.67 %)IBM HTTP Server
62 (16.67 %)Jython
62 (16.67 %)CCIE
62 (16.67 %)CCSP
62 (16.67 %)Oracle
62 (16.67 %)DB2
62 (16.67 %)Ant
62 (16.67 %)UNIX
62 (16.67 %)Juniper

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (16.67 %)WebSphere
21 (8.333 %)Spring
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)CMS
12 (16.67 %)IBM HTTP Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (66.67 %)VPN
18 (66.67 %)Firewall
26 (50.00 %)IPsec
26 (50.00 %)Network Security
26 (50.00 %)LDAP
34 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
43 (25.00 %)LAN
43 (25.00 %)WAN
52 (16.67 %)OSPF
52 (16.67 %)BGP
61 (8.333 %)GPRS
61 (8.333 %)GSM
61 (8.333 %)SNMP
61 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
61 (8.333 %)IMAP
61 (8.333 %)Wireless
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)DB2
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (16.67 %)Ant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Telecoms
11 (8.333 %)Health
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (33.33 %)Network Consultant
14 (33.33 %)Consultant
22 (16.67 %)Security Consultant
22 (16.67 %)Administrator
22 (16.67 %)WebSphere Administrator
22 (16.67 %)Network Security Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Server Specialist
31 (8.333 %)Systems Administrator
31 (8.333 %)Network Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (25.00 %)PKI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)UNIX
21 (8.333 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (8.333 %)Migration
11 (8.333 %)Load Balancing
11 (8.333 %)Network Load Balancing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)Java
22 (16.67 %)Jython
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)CCNP
13 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (16.67 %)CCIE
22 (16.67 %)CCSP
31 (8.333 %)CCDA
31 (8.333 %)CISSP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (58.33 %)Cisco
17 (58.33 %)CheckPoint
26 (50.00 %)Blue Coat
33 (25.00 %)Microsoft
33 (25.00 %)Sun
42 (16.67 %)Juniper
42 (16.67 %)Nokia
42 (16.67 %)Oracle
51 (8.333 %)IBM
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