The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification 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 Certification
Rank 98 95 92
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 55 61 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.748% 1.766% 1.923%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.300% 5.633% 6.333%
Number of salaries quoted 35 51 55
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
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%
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Cisco Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Cisco Certification Salary Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland Cisco Certification Salary Histogram

Cisco Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification 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 +9 20 £42,500 +14.86%
Glasgow -9 14 £35,000 +30.84%
Highlands - 4 £25,000 -
Edinburgh -15 3 £33,750 -15.62%
Dundee -14 2 £42,500 -22.72%
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 99 (94.29%) Cisco
2 69 (65.71%) CCNA
3 67 (63.81%) Firewall
4 58 (55.24%) CCNP
5 46 (43.81%) Cisco ASA
6 36 (34.29%) Network Security
7 35 (33.33%) Finance
8 34 (32.38%) Juniper
9 32 (30.48%) WAN
9 32 (30.48%) TCP/IP
9 32 (30.48%) VPN
9 32 (30.48%) Windows
9 32 (30.48%) Wireless
10 31 (29.52%) LAN
11 29 (27.62%) ITIL
12 28 (26.67%) F5
13 27 (25.71%) Cisco PIX
13 27 (25.71%) CheckPoint
14 25 (23.81%) Microsoft
14 25 (23.81%) DNS
15 23 (21.90%) DHCP
16 22 (20.95%) MPLS
17 21 (20.00%) Active Directory
17 21 (20.00%) Blue Coat
17 21 (20.00%) Telecoms
18 19 (18.10%) CCSE
18 19 (18.10%) Websense
18 19 (18.10%) JNCIS
19 18 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
20 17 (16.19%) CCDA

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (0.952%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.524%) MS Exchange
1 10 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
1 10 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (7.619%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (3.810%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 67 (63.81%) Firewall
2 46 (43.81%) Cisco ASA
3 36 (34.29%) Network Security
4 32 (30.48%) WAN
4 32 (30.48%) TCP/IP
4 32 (30.48%) VPN
4 32 (30.48%) Wireless
5 31 (29.52%) LAN
6 27 (25.71%) Cisco PIX
7 25 (23.81%) DNS
8 23 (21.90%) DHCP
9 22 (20.95%) MPLS
10 16 (15.24%) BGP
10 16 (15.24%) EIGRP
11 14 (13.33%) VoIP
12 12 (11.43%) WLAN
12 12 (11.43%) Ethernet
12 12 (11.43%) SNMP
13 11 (10.48%) SAN
13 11 (10.48%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.905%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (1.905%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.905%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (0.952%) Data Mining
General
1 35 (33.33%) Finance
2 21 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.905%) Back Office
4 1 (0.952%) French Language
4 1 (0.952%) German Language
4 1 (0.952%) Russian Language
4 1 (0.952%) Spanish Language
4 1 (0.952%) Retail
4 1 (0.952%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 61 (58.10%) Network Engineer
2 31 (29.52%) Support Engineer
3 23 (21.90%) Security Engineer
4 20 (19.05%) Network Security Engineer
5 19 (18.10%) Firewall Engineer
6 17 (16.19%) Network Support
7 16 (15.24%) Network Support Engineer
8 13 (12.38%) Cisco Engineer
8 13 (12.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 9 (8.571%) Analyst
9 9 (8.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (8.571%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (6.667%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (4.762%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
11 5 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 5 (4.762%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 5 (4.762%) Cisco Consultant
11 5 (4.762%) Network Consultant
11 5 (4.762%) Consultant
11 5 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.619%) Client/Server
2 6 (5.714%) Clustering
3 3 (2.857%) Cryptography
3 3 (2.857%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.905%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.905%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.952%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 32 (30.48%) Windows
2 17 (16.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (15.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (8.571%) Linux
5 6 (5.714%) UNIX
6 2 (1.905%) AIX
6 2 (1.905%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.62%) ITIL
2 13 (12.38%) Network Design
2 13 (12.38%) Capacity Management
3 9 (8.571%) Capacity Planning
3 9 (8.571%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (7.619%) Information Security
4 8 (7.619%) Business Continuity
5 6 (5.714%) Service Delivery
5 6 (5.714%) Performance Management
5 6 (5.714%) Business Development
6 4 (3.810%) PRINCE2
6 4 (3.810%) SAP Security
6 4 (3.810%) Information Governance
7 3 (2.857%) Demand Management
7 3 (2.857%) ITIL V3
7 3 (2.857%) SIEM
7 3 (2.857%) Load Balancing
7 3 (2.857%) Project Management
7 3 (2.857%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (2.857%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.905%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (65.71%) CCNA
2 58 (55.24%) CCNP
3 19 (18.10%) CCSE
3 19 (18.10%) JNCIS
4 18 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (16.19%) CCDA
6 15 (14.29%) CCSP
7 13 (12.38%) CCIE
7 13 (12.38%) MCSE
8 11 (10.48%) CCIP
9 10 (9.524%) CISSP
10 8 (7.619%) MCP
10 8 (7.619%) Degree
10 8 (7.619%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (6.667%) MCSA
11 7 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
11 7 (6.667%) CCVP
12 6 (5.714%) CCA
12 6 (5.714%) CCDP
12 6 (5.714%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.619%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.810%) QA
2 4 (3.810%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.952%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.571%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.857%) XenApp
4 2 (1.905%) VMware ESX
4 2 (1.905%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.905%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.857%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 99 (94.29%) Cisco
2 34 (32.38%) Juniper
3 28 (26.67%) F5
4 27 (25.71%) CheckPoint
5 25 (23.81%) Microsoft
6 21 (20.00%) Blue Coat
7 19 (18.10%) Websense
8 14 (13.33%) Citrix
8 14 (13.33%) VMware
9 11 (10.48%) HP
10 10 (9.524%) Riverbed
11 8 (7.619%) Dell
12 4 (3.810%) SAP
13 3 (2.857%) Twitter
13 3 (2.857%) Symantec
14 2 (1.905%) EMC
14 2 (1.905%) CommVault
14 2 (1.905%) Avaya
15 1 (0.952%) ProCurve
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
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
Scotland
Competent in all skills as shown: CISCO (CCNA or CCNP), SNMP, FTP, networking theory. Nice to have: Netcool, DOORS, Starteam (configuration tool) Other key skills/product knowledge: Requirements...
EADS
Posted: 16 May 2013
Scotland
Formal Education and training: A Technical qualification (CCNA/CCNP) backed by several years experience producing network solutions... Competent in all skills as shown: CISCO (CCNA or CCNP), SNMP,...
EADS
Posted: 16 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cisco Engineer with strong Networking (Routers and Switching) experience required for lead position with long established consultancy in the Aberdeen area. After a successful period of growth and...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 7 May 2013