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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
Rank 140 154 147
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -7
Permanent jobs citing CCDA 13 1 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.413% 0.029% 0.344%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.489% 0.092% 1.134%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 12
Average salary £42,500 - £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+31.25% -23.80%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
873 1083 1058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 27.74% 31.35% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 505 784 779
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCDA
UK

CCDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland CCDA Jobs Demand Trend

CCDA
Salary Trend

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

Scotland CCDA Salary Trend

CCDA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCDA within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aberdeen +13 11 £42,500 -
Dundee - 2 £42,500 -
CCDA
UK

CCDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing CCDA 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 CCDA.

1 17 (100.00%) ITIL
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (76.47%) CCNP
2 13 (76.47%) CCNA
2 13 (76.47%) Network Security
3 9 (52.94%) Riverbed
3 9 (52.94%) LAN
3 9 (52.94%) WAN
3 9 (52.94%) VPN
3 9 (52.94%) Firewall
3 9 (52.94%) Wireless
4 8 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (35.29%) VoIP
6 4 (23.53%) MCP
6 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
6 4 (23.53%) MCSE
6 4 (23.53%) MCSA
6 4 (23.53%) CISSP
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (23.53%) SAP
6 4 (23.53%) Juniper
6 4 (23.53%) Business Development
6 4 (23.53%) QA
6 4 (23.53%) Security+ Certification
6 4 (23.53%) Information Security
6 4 (23.53%) CISA
6 4 (23.53%) CISM
6 4 (23.53%) SAP Security

CCDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Network Security
2 9 (52.94%) LAN
2 9 (52.94%) WAN
2 9 (52.94%) VPN
2 9 (52.94%) Firewall
2 9 (52.94%) Wireless
3 6 (35.29%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Support Engineer
2 8 (47.06%) Network Support Engineer
2 8 (47.06%) Network Engineer
2 8 (47.06%) Network Support
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Security Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
2 4 (23.53%) Business Development
2 4 (23.53%) Information Security
2 4 (23.53%) SAP Security
2 4 (23.53%) Information Governance
3 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (76.47%) CCNP
2 13 (76.47%) CCNA
3 4 (23.53%) MCP
3 4 (23.53%) MCSE
3 4 (23.53%) MCSA
3 4 (23.53%) CISSP
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (23.53%) Security+ Certification
3 4 (23.53%) CISA
3 4 (23.53%) CISM
3 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (23.53%) QA
2 4 (23.53%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (52.94%) Riverbed
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) SAP
3 4 (23.53%) Juniper
4 3 (17.65%) Twitter
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Experience of quality assurance, ISO27001 / ITIL. It would be highly desirable to have Cisco certifications, CCNP and CCDA You will also be responsible for the Technical department budget.
Search Consultancy
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Responsibilities * configure, maintain, install, upgrade and rollout network devices, such as Cisco firewalls, Cisco and Enterasys switches, Cisco routers, VPN concentrators and other equipment responsible for providing IT...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Responsible for the management of all IT projects to successful conclusion whilst effectively managing the technical department budgets and resources ** Contribute in management meetings on a monthly basis,...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Responsible for the management of all IT projects to successful conclusion whilst effectively managing the technical department budgets and resources ** Contribute in management meetings on a monthly basis,...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013