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This section looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank150177
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching permanent IT job ads43
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.676 %0.382 %
Salaries quoted32
Average minimum salary£30,000£50,000
Average salary£35,833£50,000
% change on same period last year-28.33 %
Average maximum salary£41,667£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,850£44,199
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads592785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.319 %0.327 %
Salaries quoted437517
Average minimum salary£37,768£33,350
Average salary£40,900£36,244
% change on same period last year+12.84 %
Average maximum salary£44,032£39,138
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
SSL UKSSL
UK

SSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SSL across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Scotland SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Salary Trend

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

Scotland SSL Salary Trend

SSL
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+152£45,000+50.00 %
West LothianNew entry-1£27,500-
FifeNew entry-1£35,000-
SSL UKSSL
UK

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing SSL 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 SSL.

19 (52.94 %)VPN
28 (47.06 %)Cisco
28 (47.06 %)Network Security
37 (41.18 %)Firewall
46 (35.29 %)IPsec
46 (35.29 %)Blue Coat
46 (35.29 %)LAN
46 (35.29 %)WAN
46 (35.29 %)IIS
46 (35.29 %)Windows
46 (35.29 %)Cisco Certification
46 (35.29 %)Juniper
46 (35.29 %)CheckPoint
46 (35.29 %)OSPF
46 (35.29 %)BGP
55 (29.41 %)CISSP
55 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (29.41 %)CCIE
55 (29.41 %)CCSP
55 (29.41 %)CCNP
64 (23.53 %)Cisco PIX
64 (23.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
64 (23.53 %)Active Directory
64 (23.53 %)Linux
64 (23.53 %)JavaScript
64 (23.53 %)VB
64 (23.53 %).NET
64 (23.53 %)ASP.NET
73 (17.65 %)CSS
73 (17.65 %)CRM

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing SSL 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 SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (23.53 %)ASP.NET
14 (23.53 %).NET
23 (17.65 %)HTML
23 (17.65 %)CSS
23 (17.65 %)AJAX
32 (11.76 %)WebSphere
32 (11.76 %)ASP
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (35.29 %)IIS
22 (11.76 %)SharePoint
31 (5.882 %)CMS
31 (5.882 %)Apache
Scotland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (52.94 %)VPN
28 (47.06 %)Network Security
37 (41.18 %)Firewall
46 (35.29 %)IPsec
46 (35.29 %)OSPF
46 (35.29 %)BGP
46 (35.29 %)LAN
46 (35.29 %)WAN
54 (23.53 %)Cisco PIX
63 (17.65 %)HTTP
63 (17.65 %)DNS
63 (17.65 %)Cisco ASA
72 (11.76 %)Internet
81 (5.882 %)3G
81 (5.882 %)SNMP
81 (5.882 %)GPRS
81 (5.882 %)IP Telephony
81 (5.882 %)Intrusion Detection
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (17.65 %)SQL Server
13 (17.65 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (11.76 %)BusinessObjects
31 (5.882 %)PostgreSQL
31 (5.882 %)MySQL
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Finance
21 (5.882 %)Health
21 (5.882 %)Pensions
21 (5.882 %)Telecoms
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (35.29 %)Network Consultant
16 (35.29 %)Consultant
25 (29.41 %)Security Consultant
25 (29.41 %)Network Security Consultant
34 (23.53 %)Analyst
43 (17.65 %)Developer
43 (17.65 %)Web Developer
43 (17.65 %)Support Analyst
52 (11.76 %)Server Support
61 (5.882 %)Service Manager
61 (5.882 %)Technical Analyst
61 (5.882 %)Network Manager
61 (5.882 %)Senior Systems Engineer
61 (5.882 %)Systems Engineer
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)SecurID
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (35.29 %)Windows
25 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (23.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
34 (23.53 %)Linux
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)CRM
13 (17.65 %)E-Commerce
21 (5.882 %)Requirements Management
21 (5.882 %)Load Balancing
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (23.53 %)JavaScript
14 (23.53 %)VB
23 (17.65 %)DHTML
23 (17.65 %)Java
32 (11.76 %)SQL
41 (5.882 %)VB.NET
41 (5.882 %)VB6
41 (5.882 %)Perl
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (35.29 %)Cisco Certification
25 (29.41 %)CISSP
25 (29.41 %)CCIE
25 (29.41 %)CCSP
25 (29.41 %)CCNP
31 (5.882 %)CCNA
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)SLA
Scotland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (23.53 %)Active Directory
23 (17.65 %)ISA Server
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (47.06 %)Cisco
26 (35.29 %)Juniper
26 (35.29 %)CheckPoint
26 (35.29 %)Blue Coat
32 (11.76 %)Sourcefire
32 (11.76 %)Sun
32 (11.76 %)Business Objects
41 (5.882 %)Citrix
41 (5.882 %)Microsoft