The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Support in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank 133 140 143
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 21 13 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.658% 0.371% 0.380%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.695% 0.393% 0.402%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 12
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -38.09%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3021 3308 3235
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.67% 94.51% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1807 2408 2435
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Support
UK

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Network Support Salary Trend

Network Support
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland Network Support Salary Histogram

Network Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support 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
Aberdeen +8 7 £42,500 +34.92%
Highlands - 4 £25,000 -
Edinburgh -6 2 £47,500 +46.15%
Dundee - 2 £42,500 -
Glasgow -19 1 - -
Network Support
UK

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Network Support in their job title 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 with Network Support in their job title.

1 21 (91.30%) Firewall
2 19 (82.61%) Cisco
3 17 (73.91%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (73.91%) CCNP
3 17 (73.91%) CCNA
4 10 (43.48%) TCP/IP
4 10 (43.48%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (39.13%) DNS
5 9 (39.13%) LAN
5 9 (39.13%) WAN
5 9 (39.13%) DHCP
5 9 (39.13%) Wireless
6 8 (34.78%) Network Security
6 8 (34.78%) VPN
6 8 (34.78%) ITIL
6 8 (34.78%) CCDA
6 8 (34.78%) EIGRP
6 8 (34.78%) MPLS
6 8 (34.78%) Riverbed
7 7 (30.43%) Capacity Management
8 6 (26.09%) VoIP
9 4 (17.39%) BGP
10 3 (13.04%) Windows
10 3 (13.04%) Twitter
11 2 (8.696%) Axway
11 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (8.696%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (8.696%) CheckPoint
11 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (8.696%) Symantec

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Network Support in their job title 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 with Network Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.348%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (91.30%) Firewall
2 10 (43.48%) TCP/IP
2 10 (43.48%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (39.13%) DNS
3 9 (39.13%) LAN
3 9 (39.13%) WAN
3 9 (39.13%) DHCP
3 9 (39.13%) Wireless
4 8 (34.78%) Network Security
4 8 (34.78%) VPN
4 8 (34.78%) EIGRP
4 8 (34.78%) MPLS
5 6 (26.09%) VoIP
6 4 (17.39%) BGP
7 1 (4.348%) VLAN
7 1 (4.348%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 2000 Server
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.348%) Windows NT
3 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) ITIL
2 7 (30.43%) Capacity Management
3 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.348%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) Cisco Certification
1 17 (73.91%) CCNP
1 17 (73.91%) CCNA
2 8 (34.78%) CCDA
3 1 (4.348%) CCVP
3 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) Degree
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.348%) CCSP
3 1 (4.348%) MCSE
3 1 (4.348%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.696%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.696%) ProxySG
2 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Cisco
2 8 (34.78%) Riverbed
3 3 (13.04%) Twitter
4 2 (8.696%) Axway
4 2 (8.696%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.696%) Symantec
4 2 (8.696%) HP
4 2 (8.696%) Blue Coat
5 1 (4.348%) VMware
5 1 (4.348%) ProCurve
5 1 (4.348%) Citrix
5 1 (4.348%) Microsoft