The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco 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 Vendors for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 3 22 3
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -19
Contract jobs citing Cisco 22 5 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 15.71% 2.564% 15.22%
As % of the Vendors category 31.88% 5.319% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 13
Average daily rate £330 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.78% -4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £278 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £298 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £343 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.21% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
Average hourly rate £36.00 - £29.47
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.80 - £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 - £34.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -
All Vendors
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
69 94 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 49.29% 48.21% 60.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 44
Average daily rate £375 £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £116 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £500 £391
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 10
Average hourly rate £15.77 £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.75% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £14.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.80 £14.50 £31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
Scotland

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Aberdeen Cisco Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Aberdeen Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco.

1 24 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (46.67%) Telecoms
3 16 (35.56%) WAN
3 16 (35.56%) LAN
3 16 (35.56%) CCNP
4 14 (31.11%) VPN
4 14 (31.11%) Juniper
4 14 (31.11%) Firewall
4 14 (31.11%) IP Telephony
5 13 (28.89%) Windows
6 12 (26.67%) ITIL
6 12 (26.67%) Wireless
6 12 (26.67%) Riverbed
7 11 (24.44%) Degree
8 10 (22.22%) CCNA
9 9 (20.00%) CCIE
9 9 (20.00%) VoIP
9 9 (20.00%) C
9 9 (20.00%) BGP
9 9 (20.00%) Time Management
10 8 (17.78%) EIGRP
10 8 (17.78%) Windows XP
11 7 (15.56%) MS Office
11 7 (15.56%) DNS
11 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
11 7 (15.56%) Citrix
11 7 (15.56%) MGCP
11 7 (15.56%) H.323
11 7 (15.56%) Cisco IPT
11 7 (15.56%) Cisco ASA

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.222%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.222%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.222%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (15.56%) MS Office
2 6 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.222%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (13.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (13.33%) SAP CCM
1 6 (13.33%) SAP GTS
2 2 (4.444%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) WAN
1 16 (35.56%) LAN
2 14 (31.11%) VPN
2 14 (31.11%) Firewall
2 14 (31.11%) IP Telephony
3 12 (26.67%) Wireless
4 9 (20.00%) VoIP
4 9 (20.00%) BGP
5 8 (17.78%) EIGRP
6 7 (15.56%) DNS
6 7 (15.56%) MGCP
6 7 (15.56%) H.323
6 7 (15.56%) Cisco IPT
6 7 (15.56%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (15.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (13.33%) DHCP
7 6 (13.33%) FTP
8 5 (11.11%) NetScreen
8 5 (11.11%) PABX
9 3 (6.667%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (46.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (2.222%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 26 (57.78%) Network Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Security Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (8.889%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.667%) Desktop Support
4 3 (6.667%) Analyst
4 3 (6.667%) Network Support
5 2 (4.444%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (4.444%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.222%) Support Specialist
6 1 (2.222%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) Technical Support
6 1 (2.222%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) Network Technician
6 1 (2.222%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 5 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
1 5 (11.11%) SCADA
1 5 (11.11%) CCTV
2 4 (8.889%) CMDB
3 1 (2.222%) PKI
3 1 (2.222%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.89%) Windows
2 8 (17.78%) Windows XP
3 2 (4.444%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.67%) ITIL
2 9 (20.00%) Time Management
3 7 (15.56%) Data Management
4 5 (11.11%) Release Management
5 4 (8.889%) Workflow
5 4 (8.889%) Problem Management
5 4 (8.889%) Configuration Management
6 3 (6.667%) Service Management
6 3 (6.667%) Risk Management
7 2 (4.444%) Network Management
7 2 (4.444%) Network Design
8 1 (2.222%) Data Security
8 1 (2.222%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (35.56%) CCNP
3 11 (24.44%) Degree
4 10 (22.22%) CCNA
5 9 (20.00%) CCIE
6 5 (11.11%) CISSP
6 5 (11.11%) CCSP
7 2 (4.444%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.222%) MCP
8 1 (2.222%) MCSE
8 1 (2.222%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.222%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.222%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.889%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.444%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (2.222%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (2.222%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Juniper
2 12 (26.67%) Riverbed
3 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
3 7 (15.56%) Citrix
4 6 (13.33%) Remedy
4 6 (13.33%) SAP
5 5 (11.11%) Nortel
5 5 (11.11%) HP
5 5 (11.11%) CheckPoint
5 5 (11.11%) Aruba
5 5 (11.11%) VMware
6 4 (8.889%) Blue Coat
6 4 (8.889%) Mitel
6 4 (8.889%) Avaya
7 3 (6.667%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.222%) Dell
8 1 (2.222%) EMC
8 1 (2.222%) Symantec
8 1 (2.222%) Altiris
8 1 (2.222%) Brocade
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