The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared 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 Qualifications for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 72 82 77
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 12 8 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.120% 0.587% 1.530%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.196% 1.810% 4.678%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 18
Average salary £43,750 £38,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.13% -41.53%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.02% +11.87%
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
286 442 513
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 26.70% 32.45% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 166 334 365
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SC Cleared
Scotland

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Edinburgh SC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh SC Cleared Salary Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh SC Cleared Salary Histogram

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SC Cleared 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 SC Cleared.

1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) HP
3 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
4 6 (31.58%) Java
5 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 5 (26.32%) SOA
5 5 (26.32%) LoadRunner
5 5 (26.32%) Performance Testing
5 5 (26.32%) WebSphere
6 4 (21.05%) Business Development
6 4 (21.05%) Fujitsu
6 4 (21.05%) Network Security
6 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
6 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
6 4 (21.05%) SAP Security
6 4 (21.05%) Information Governance
6 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (21.05%) Retail
6 4 (21.05%) Information Security
6 4 (21.05%) Security+ Certification
6 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
6 4 (21.05%) Finance
6 4 (21.05%) CISA
6 4 (21.05%) CISM
6 4 (21.05%) CISSP
6 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (21.05%) Juniper
6 4 (21.05%) SAP
6 4 (21.05%) Cisco

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SC Cleared 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 SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (26.32%) WebSphere
2 1 (5.263%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) LoadRunner
2 1 (5.263%) JIRA
2 1 (5.263%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.263%) Bugzilla
General
1 4 (21.05%) Retail
1 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Test Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Tester
2 5 (26.32%) Performance Tester
2 5 (26.32%) Performance Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Performance Test Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Security Manager
4 3 (15.79%) Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Software Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) ScrumMaster
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Embedded C Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) C Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior C Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.263%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL
1 5 (26.32%) SOA
1 5 (26.32%) Performance Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Business Development
2 4 (21.05%) SAP Security
2 4 (21.05%) Information Governance
2 4 (21.05%) Information Security
2 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
3 3 (15.79%) Software Distribution
4 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (5.263%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (5.263%) Signal Processing
4 1 (5.263%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.263%) Service Management
4 1 (5.263%) Validation
4 1 (5.263%) Scrum
4 1 (5.263%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Java
2 4 (21.05%) VB
3 3 (15.79%) COBOL
3 3 (15.79%) Perl
3 3 (15.79%) SQL
3 3 (15.79%) VBScript
3 3 (15.79%) ALGOL
4 1 (5.263%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.263%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Security+ Certification
2 4 (21.05%) CISA
2 4 (21.05%) CISM
2 4 (21.05%) CISSP
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (21.05%) CCNA
2 4 (21.05%) CCDA
2 4 (21.05%) MCP
2 4 (21.05%) MCSE
2 4 (21.05%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Tivoli
1 3 (15.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
1 3 (15.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) HP
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 4 (21.05%) Fujitsu
3 4 (21.05%) Juniper
3 4 (21.05%) SAP
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco
4 3 (15.79%) Unisys
5 1 (5.263%) Altera
5 1 (5.263%) Actel
5 1 (5.263%) Xilinx
5 1 (5.263%) JBoss
5 1 (5.263%) Oracle