The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 24 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 Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 70 43 71
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 14 51 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.307% 3.744% 1.912%
As % of the Vendors category 2.998% 8.733% 5.245%
Number of salaries quoted 9 32 25
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £28,500 £25,700
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £43,950 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.25% -
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
467 584 572
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 43.60% 42.88% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 302 427 418
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh Cisco Salary Histogram

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 17 (51.52%) Windows
1 17 (51.52%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (48.48%) CCNA
3 13 (39.39%) Active Directory
3 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
4 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (33.33%) Juniper
5 11 (33.33%) Firewall
5 11 (33.33%) VMware
5 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (27.27%) CheckPoint
7 8 (24.24%) Citrix
7 8 (24.24%) MCSA
7 8 (24.24%) ITIL
7 8 (24.24%) Information Security
7 8 (24.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (24.24%) Network Security
8 7 (21.21%) F5
8 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (18.18%) Blackberry
9 6 (18.18%) CISSP
9 6 (18.18%) UNIX
9 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
9 6 (18.18%) DNS
10 5 (15.15%) MCSE
10 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
10 5 (15.15%) Finance
10 5 (15.15%) Network Design
10 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
11 4 (12.12%) PCI DSS

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 Development
1 2 (6.061%) Ruby on Rails
1 2 (6.061%) LAMP
1 2 (6.061%) CSS
1 2 (6.061%) HTML
2 1 (3.030%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) MS Exchange
2 3 (9.091%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.091%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 4 (12.12%) MS Office
3 1 (3.030%) Acrobat
3 1 (3.030%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) Firewall
2 8 (24.24%) Network Security
3 6 (18.18%) DNS
4 4 (12.12%) Unified Communications
4 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
5 3 (9.091%) VPN
5 3 (9.091%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (6.061%) VLAN
6 2 (6.061%) Wireless Security
6 2 (6.061%) Wireless
6 2 (6.061%) IPsec
6 2 (6.061%) LAN
6 2 (6.061%) WAN
6 2 (6.061%) EIGRP
6 2 (6.061%) SAN
7 1 (3.030%) NetScreen
7 1 (3.030%) MPLS
7 1 (3.030%) OSPF
7 1 (3.030%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) MySQL
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
2 2 (6.061%) Billing
2 2 (6.061%) Retail
3 1 (3.030%) French Language
3 1 (3.030%) German Language
3 1 (3.030%) Russian Language
3 1 (3.030%) Spanish Language
3 1 (3.030%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Security Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Team Leader
4 3 (9.091%) Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 3 (9.091%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Network Support
5 2 (6.061%) Systems Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Systems Support
6 1 (3.030%) Consultant
6 1 (3.030%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.061%) Celerra
2 2 (6.061%) CLARiiON
2 2 (6.061%) Replication
2 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.030%) Symmetrix
3 1 (3.030%) EMC Centera
3 1 (3.030%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (3.030%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Windows
2 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (18.18%) UNIX
5 4 (12.12%) Windows XP
6 3 (9.091%) Linux
6 3 (9.091%) AIX
6 3 (9.091%) Windows Mobile
6 3 (9.091%) Mac OS
6 3 (9.091%) Android
7 2 (6.061%) Solaris
8 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) ITIL
1 8 (24.24%) Information Security
2 5 (15.15%) Network Design
3 4 (12.12%) Information Governance
3 4 (12.12%) SAP Security
3 4 (12.12%) Business Development
3 4 (12.12%) Load Balancing
3 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
4 3 (9.091%) ITIL V3
5 2 (6.061%) Network Management
5 2 (6.061%) Web Development
5 2 (6.061%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (6.061%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.030%) Migration
6 1 (3.030%) Change Management
6 1 (3.030%) Service Management
6 1 (3.030%) Fault Management
6 1 (3.030%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.030%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.061%) Ruby
1 2 (6.061%) Python
1 2 (6.061%) PHP
2 1 (3.030%) SQL
2 1 (3.030%) Perl
2 1 (3.030%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (48.48%) CCNA
3 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (24.24%) MCSA
5 6 (18.18%) CISSP
6 5 (15.15%) MCSE
6 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
7 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
7 4 (12.12%) DV Cleared
7 4 (12.12%) Security+ Certification
7 4 (12.12%) CISA
7 4 (12.12%) CISM
7 4 (12.12%) MCP
7 4 (12.12%) CCDA
8 3 (9.091%) Degree
9 2 (6.061%) JNCIA
9 2 (6.061%) CCSA
9 2 (6.061%) CCNP
10 1 (3.030%) Avaya Certification
10 1 (3.030%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) PCI DSS
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (24.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (12.12%) VMware ESX
4 3 (9.091%) XenApp
5 2 (6.061%) vSphere
5 2 (6.061%) ProxySG
6 1 (3.030%) Xen
6 1 (3.030%) XenDesktop
6 1 (3.030%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 3 (9.091%) DameWare
2 1 (3.030%) EMC TimeFinder
2 1 (3.030%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (33.33%) Juniper
2 11 (33.33%) VMware
3 9 (27.27%) CheckPoint
4 8 (24.24%) Citrix
5 7 (21.21%) F5
6 4 (12.12%) Blue Coat
6 4 (12.12%) SAP
7 3 (9.091%) EMC
7 3 (9.091%) Apple
7 3 (9.091%) Symantec
7 3 (9.091%) Brocade
8 2 (6.061%) Axway
8 2 (6.061%) NetApp
8 2 (6.061%) Avaya
9 1 (3.030%) Red Hat
9 1 (3.030%) HP
9 1 (3.030%) Oracle
9 1 (3.030%) Adobe
9 1 (3.030%) Fujitsu
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