The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 64 45 51
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 109 138 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 3.416% 3.943% 3.451%
As % of the Vendors category 6.813% 8.127% 7.574%
Number of salaries quoted 71 102 93
Average salary £39,000 £35,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.85% -11.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,750 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,000 £64,800
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Vendors
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1600 1698 1558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 50.14% 48.51% 45.57%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1191 1166
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland Cisco Salary Histogram

Cisco
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Glasgow -7 33 £35,000 -12.50%
Aberdeen +7 29 £42,500 +25.00%
Edinburgh -31 16 £32,500 -7.14%
Renfrewshire +12 4 £45,000 +106.89%
Highlands - 4 £25,000 -
West Lothian -7 3 - -
South Ayrshire - 3 £22,500 -
Dundee -18 2 £42,500 -22.72%
South Lanarkshire - 1 £24,500 -
Cisco
UK

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 104 (44.44%) Windows
2 102 (43.59%) Cisco Certification
3 91 (38.89%) Firewall
4 69 (29.49%) CCNA
5 66 (28.21%) VMware
6 65 (27.78%) Microsoft
7 60 (25.64%) SAN
8 59 (25.21%) CCNP
8 59 (25.21%) Cisco ASA
9 55 (23.50%) Active Directory
10 49 (20.94%) ITIL
11 46 (19.66%) EMC
11 46 (19.66%) VMware Infrastructure
12 45 (19.23%) Telecoms
13 43 (18.38%) TCP/IP
14 42 (17.95%) Linux
15 41 (17.52%) LAN
15 41 (17.52%) Juniper
15 41 (17.52%) Windows Server 2008
16 40 (17.09%) VPN
17 39 (16.67%) Wireless
18 38 (16.24%) Finance
18 38 (16.24%) VoIP
19 37 (15.81%) WAN
19 37 (15.81%) Network Security
20 35 (14.96%) Citrix
20 35 (14.96%) Disaster Recovery
21 34 (14.53%) MS Exchange
22 33 (14.10%) DNS
23 32 (13.68%) Microsoft Certification

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (2.564%) CSS
2 2 (0.855%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (0.855%) LAMP
2 2 (0.855%) HTML
2 2 (0.855%) Application Packaging
3 1 (0.427%) CGI
3 1 (0.427%) XML
3 1 (0.427%) .NET
3 1 (0.427%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.427%) COM
Application Platforms
1 34 (14.53%) MS Exchange
2 20 (8.547%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (6.838%) Exchange Server 2003
4 15 (6.410%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (4.274%) Apache
6 6 (2.564%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.855%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.855%) IIS
7 2 (0.855%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.137%) MS Office
3 1 (0.427%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.427%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.709%) JDE OneWorld
2 2 (0.855%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.427%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 91 (38.89%) Firewall
2 60 (25.64%) SAN
3 59 (25.21%) Cisco ASA
4 43 (18.38%) TCP/IP
5 41 (17.52%) LAN
6 40 (17.09%) VPN
7 39 (16.67%) Wireless
8 38 (16.24%) VoIP
9 37 (15.81%) WAN
9 37 (15.81%) Network Security
10 33 (14.10%) DNS
11 32 (13.68%) Cisco PIX
12 29 (12.39%) NAS
13 27 (11.54%) DHCP
14 23 (9.829%) MPLS
15 18 (7.692%) Unified Communications
16 16 (6.838%) EIGRP
16 16 (6.838%) BGP
17 13 (5.556%) WLAN
18 12 (5.128%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.274%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.564%) MySQL
3 4 (1.709%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.855%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.855%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.427%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (0.427%) Hudson
General
1 45 (19.23%) Telecoms
2 38 (16.24%) Finance
3 8 (3.419%) Manufacturing
4 7 (2.991%) Back Office
5 2 (0.855%) Banking
5 2 (0.855%) Retail
5 2 (0.855%) Billing
6 1 (0.427%) French Language
6 1 (0.427%) German Language
6 1 (0.427%) Russian Language
6 1 (0.427%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.427%) Electronics
6 1 (0.427%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.427%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (27.78%) Network Engineer
2 49 (20.94%) Support Engineer
3 23 (9.829%) Security Engineer
4 20 (8.547%) Network Security Engineer
5 19 (8.120%) Firewall Engineer
5 19 (8.120%) Network Support
6 18 (7.692%) Consultant
6 18 (7.692%) Network Support Engineer
7 17 (7.265%) Analyst
8 15 (6.410%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.556%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 13 (5.556%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (5.128%) SAN Engineer
11 10 (4.274%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (4.274%) Administrator
11 10 (4.274%) Storage Engineer
11 10 (4.274%) IT Support
12 9 (3.846%) Field Engineer
12 9 (3.846%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (3.846%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.829%) Symmetrix
2 20 (8.547%) Replication
3 18 (7.692%) Symmetrix DMX
3 18 (7.692%) Celerra
4 14 (5.983%) Clustering
5 12 (5.128%) CLARiiON
6 8 (3.419%) Blackberry
6 8 (3.419%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.137%) Firmware
8 4 (1.709%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.282%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.855%) EMC Centera
10 2 (0.855%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.855%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.855%) Fat Client
11 1 (0.427%) SaaS
11 1 (0.427%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 104 (44.44%) Windows
2 42 (17.95%) Linux
3 41 (17.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 30 (12.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 23 (9.829%) UNIX
6 12 (5.128%) Solaris
7 8 (3.419%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.991%) Windows XP
9 6 (2.564%) CentOS
9 6 (2.564%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.137%) AIX
11 3 (1.282%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.282%) Android
11 3 (1.282%) Windows Mobile
12 2 (0.855%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.427%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.427%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.94%) ITIL
2 35 (14.96%) Disaster Recovery
3 23 (9.829%) Incident Management
4 19 (8.120%) Service Delivery
5 15 (6.410%) Change Management
6 14 (5.983%) Capacity Management
6 14 (5.983%) Network Design
7 12 (5.128%) Infrastructure Management
7 12 (5.128%) Customer Engagement
8 11 (4.701%) Capacity Planning
8 11 (4.701%) Business Continuity
9 10 (4.274%) Project Management
9 10 (4.274%) PRINCE2
10 9 (3.846%) Load Balancing
10 9 (3.846%) Service Management
10 9 (3.846%) ITSM
11 8 (3.419%) Information Security
11 8 (3.419%) Workforce Management Optimization
12 7 (2.991%) Business Transformation
12 7 (2.991%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.265%) SQL
2 15 (6.410%) C
3 3 (1.282%) PHP
4 2 (0.855%) Ruby
4 2 (0.855%) VBA
4 2 (0.855%) Perl
4 2 (0.855%) Python
5 1 (0.427%) Bash shell
5 1 (0.427%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.427%) C#
5 1 (0.427%) Delphi
5 1 (0.427%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.427%) VB
5 1 (0.427%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 102 (43.59%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (29.49%) CCNA
3 59 (25.21%) CCNP
4 32 (13.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (13.68%) Degree
5 23 (9.829%) MCSE
6 19 (8.120%) CCSE
6 19 (8.120%) JNCIS
7 17 (7.265%) CCDA
8 13 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 12 (5.128%) CCIE
9 12 (5.128%) CCSP
9 12 (5.128%) MCSA
10 11 (4.701%) Security Cleared
10 11 (4.701%) Citrix Certification
10 11 (4.701%) CCIP
11 9 (3.846%) CCA
11 9 (3.846%) Avaya Certification
12 8 (3.419%) CCVP
13 7 (2.991%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.846%) QA
2 8 (3.419%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.991%) SLA
4 4 (1.709%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.855%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (23.50%) Active Directory
2 46 (19.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.128%) VMware ESX
4 10 (4.274%) NFS
4 10 (4.274%) XenApp
4 10 (4.274%) vSphere
5 9 (3.846%) SRDF
6 5 (2.137%) Xen
7 4 (1.709%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.709%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.282%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.282%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.855%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.855%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.855%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.427%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.427%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.427%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.427%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.427%) Samba
Systems Management
1 14 (5.983%) SCCM
2 10 (4.274%) EMC TimeFinder
3 9 (3.846%) Ionix
4 8 (3.419%) NetBackup
5 3 (1.282%) WSUS
5 3 (1.282%) DameWare
6 2 (0.855%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.855%) Windows Storage Server
7 1 (0.427%) SCOM
7 1 (0.427%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 66 (28.21%) VMware
2 65 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 46 (19.66%) EMC
4 41 (17.52%) Juniper
5 35 (14.96%) Citrix
6 31 (13.25%) CheckPoint
7 30 (12.82%) HP
7 30 (12.82%) Brocade
8 28 (11.97%) F5
8 28 (11.97%) NetApp
9 25 (10.68%) Blue Coat
10 19 (8.120%) Websense
11 18 (7.692%) Dell
11 18 (7.692%) Oracle
12 12 (5.128%) Avaya
13 10 (4.274%) Symantec
13 10 (4.274%) Riverbed
14 9 (3.846%) Nortel
15 8 (3.419%) Veritas
15 8 (3.419%) Verint
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