The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security 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 Clearance
Rank 68 74 65
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 16 16 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.494% 1.175% 2.294%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.594% 3.620% 7.018%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 20
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% -43.07%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
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%
Security Cleared
Scotland

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Security Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Security Cleared Salary Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Security Cleared Salary Histogram

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 19 (82.61%) SC Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
3 9 (39.13%) HP
4 7 (30.43%) Java
4 7 (30.43%) ITIL
5 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
5 6 (26.09%) Telecoms
5 6 (26.09%) Finance
5 6 (26.09%) SCOM
5 6 (26.09%) Retail
5 6 (26.09%) Fujitsu
6 5 (21.74%) WebSphere
6 5 (21.74%) Performance Testing
6 5 (21.74%) LoadRunner
6 5 (21.74%) Cisco
6 5 (21.74%) SOA
6 5 (21.74%) Perl
6 5 (21.74%) VB
7 4 (17.39%) SQL
7 4 (17.39%) VBScript
7 4 (17.39%) MCP
7 4 (17.39%) SAP
7 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
7 4 (17.39%) MS Access
7 4 (17.39%) MCSE
7 4 (17.39%) MCSA
7 4 (17.39%) CCNA
7 4 (17.39%) CCDA
7 4 (17.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (17.39%) CISSP

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (21.74%) WebSphere
2 2 (8.696%) XML
3 1 (4.348%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Network Security
2 1 (4.348%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) MS Access
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) LoadRunner
2 1 (4.348%) Maven
2 1 (4.348%) JIRA
2 1 (4.348%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.348%) Bugzilla
2 1 (4.348%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (26.09%) Telecoms
1 6 (26.09%) Finance
1 6 (26.09%) Retail
2 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Performance Test Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Performance Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Performance Tester
2 5 (21.74%) Test Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Tester
3 4 (17.39%) Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Security Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Software Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Embedded C Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) C Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior C Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) CLARiiON
2 1 (4.348%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.348%) Open Source
2 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.696%) Windows
1 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (4.348%) VxWorks
2 1 (4.348%) Linux
2 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) ITIL
2 5 (21.74%) Performance Testing
2 5 (21.74%) SOA
3 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
3 4 (17.39%) SAP Security
3 4 (17.39%) Information Governance
3 4 (17.39%) Software Distribution
3 4 (17.39%) Information Security
3 4 (17.39%) Business Development
4 3 (13.04%) Service Management
5 2 (8.696%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (4.348%) Scrum
6 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity
6 1 (4.348%) TDD
6 1 (4.348%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (4.348%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (4.348%) Signal Processing
6 1 (4.348%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (4.348%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.348%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Java
2 5 (21.74%) Perl
2 5 (21.74%) VB
3 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 4 (17.39%) VBScript
4 3 (13.04%) ALGOL
4 3 (13.04%) COBOL
5 2 (8.696%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.348%) Embedded C
6 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) SC Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) MCP
2 4 (17.39%) MCSE
2 4 (17.39%) MCSA
2 4 (17.39%) CCNA
2 4 (17.39%) CCDA
2 4 (17.39%) CISSP
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (17.39%) CISA
2 4 (17.39%) CISM
2 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Security+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) PCI DSS
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.696%) XenDesktop
3 1 (4.348%) VMware ESX
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.348%) Xen
3 1 (4.348%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) SCOM
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (17.39%) SCCM
3 3 (13.04%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) HP
3 6 (26.09%) Fujitsu
4 5 (21.74%) Cisco
5 4 (17.39%) SAP
5 4 (17.39%) Juniper
6 3 (13.04%) Unisys
7 2 (8.696%) EMC
7 2 (8.696%) Citrix
7 2 (8.696%) JBoss
7 2 (8.696%) Symantec
7 2 (8.696%) NetApp
7 2 (8.696%) VMware
8 1 (4.348%) Brocade
8 1 (4.348%) Xilinx
8 1 (4.348%) Altera
8 1 (4.348%) Actel
8 1 (4.348%) Red Hat
8 1 (4.348%) Oracle
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Lorien Resourcing
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