The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Websense 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 Websense 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 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 Websense, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Websense
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Websense 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.081% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.178% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £301 £365
% change year-on-year
-16.80% -17.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £27.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-29.62% +100.00%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1122 1048 1183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.28% 39.16% 43.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 470 511
Average daily rate £365 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £211 £214
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 34 51 55
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.85 £10.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Websense
UK

Websense
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Websense Jobs Demand Trend

Websense
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Websense Daily Rate Trend

Websense
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Websense 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
Lanarkshire - 2 £250 -
Websense
UK

Websense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIA
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIE
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Clearswift
2 1 (25.00%) MIMEsweeper
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) SSL

Websense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) SSL
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Security Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Security Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIA
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIE
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Clearswift
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco