The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco 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 Vendors for the Aberdeen region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 18 27 22
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 29 24 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 8.406% 5.634% 6.513%
As % of the Vendors category 13.00% 10.39% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 20 15
Average salary £42,500 £33,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.92% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,650 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £40,000 £61,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Vendors
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
223 231 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 64.64% 54.23% 53.64%
Number of salaries quoted 172 169 113
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,850 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £52,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cisco
Scotland

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cisco across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Aberdeen Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Aberdeen Cisco Salary Histogram

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Cisco 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco.

1 30 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (50.98%) ITIL
3 21 (41.18%) CCNP
4 19 (37.25%) Windows
4 19 (37.25%) VMware
5 18 (35.29%) CCNA
6 17 (33.33%) WAN
7 16 (31.37%) Wireless
7 16 (31.37%) Firewall
8 15 (29.41%) VPN
8 15 (29.41%) Citrix
9 13 (25.49%) Active Directory
9 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
10 12 (23.53%) LAN
10 12 (23.53%) SAN
10 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
11 11 (21.57%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (21.57%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (21.57%) CCDA
12 10 (19.61%) Windows Server 2003
13 9 (17.65%) Degree
13 9 (17.65%) MPLS
13 9 (17.65%) MS Exchange
13 9 (17.65%) DNS
13 9 (17.65%) DHCP
14 8 (15.69%) TCP/IP
14 8 (15.69%) Service Delivery
14 8 (15.69%) NAS
14 8 (15.69%) Riverbed
14 8 (15.69%) Capacity Planning

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Cisco also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 9 (17.65%) MS Exchange
2 5 (9.804%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (9.804%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (9.804%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (3.922%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 17 (33.33%) WAN
2 16 (31.37%) Wireless
2 16 (31.37%) Firewall
3 15 (29.41%) VPN
4 12 (23.53%) LAN
4 12 (23.53%) SAN
5 11 (21.57%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (17.65%) MPLS
6 9 (17.65%) DNS
6 9 (17.65%) DHCP
7 8 (15.69%) TCP/IP
7 8 (15.69%) NAS
8 7 (13.73%) Network Security
8 7 (13.73%) BGP
8 7 (13.73%) VoIP
9 6 (11.76%) FWSM
9 6 (11.76%) EIGRP
9 6 (11.76%) OSPF
10 1 (1.961%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.922%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.922%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (3.922%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.961%) Oracle 10g
General
1 1 (1.961%) Electronics
1 1 (1.961%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Network Engineer
2 10 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (17.65%) Support Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) Cisco Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) Project Manager
6 6 (11.76%) Network Support Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) Network Support
7 5 (9.804%) Cisco Consultant
7 5 (9.804%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 5 (9.804%) Analyst
7 5 (9.804%) Network Consultant
7 5 (9.804%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 4 (7.843%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 4 (7.843%) Technical Manager
8 4 (7.843%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.922%) Architect
9 2 (3.922%) Technical Consultant
9 2 (3.922%) Cisco Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Clustering
2 2 (3.922%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.922%) Celerra
2 2 (3.922%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.961%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (37.25%) Windows
2 11 (21.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (19.61%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (3.922%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.961%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (1.961%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.961%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) ITIL
2 8 (15.69%) Service Delivery
2 8 (15.69%) Capacity Planning
2 8 (15.69%) Network Design
3 7 (13.73%) Performance Management
3 7 (13.73%) Project Management
3 7 (13.73%) Capacity Management
3 7 (13.73%) Business Transformation
4 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 6 (11.76%) Six Sigma
4 6 (11.76%) Matrix Management
4 6 (11.76%) Budget Control
5 5 (9.804%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (5.882%) Network Architecture
7 2 (3.922%) Change Management
7 2 (3.922%) Business Development
7 2 (3.922%) Resource Management
8 1 (1.961%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.961%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 30 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (41.18%) CCNP
3 18 (35.29%) CCNA
4 11 (21.57%) CCDA
5 9 (17.65%) Degree
6 7 (13.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (13.73%) MCITP
6 7 (13.73%) MCSE
6 7 (13.73%) CCIE
6 7 (13.73%) CCA
6 7 (13.73%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (11.76%) CCSP
7 6 (11.76%) CCDP
7 6 (11.76%) CCIP
7 6 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (11.76%) CCVP
8 2 (3.922%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.961%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.843%) QA
1 4 (7.843%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.882%) XenApp
4 2 (3.922%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.922%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.961%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.961%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.961%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.961%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 5 (9.804%) SCCM
2 1 (1.961%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 19 (37.25%) VMware
2 15 (29.41%) Citrix
3 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
4 8 (15.69%) Riverbed
5 5 (9.804%) Dell
6 3 (5.882%) EMC
6 3 (5.882%) NetApp
6 3 (5.882%) Twitter
7 2 (3.922%) HP
7 2 (3.922%) Brocade
8 1 (1.961%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.961%) Iron Mountain
8 1 (1.961%) F5
8 1 (1.961%) Aruba
8 1 (1.961%) Oracle
8 1 (1.961%) Juniper
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