The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts 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 Basingstoke 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 32 28 29
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 8 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 4.040% 0.549% 0.813%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.05% 1.724% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £288 £410 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.87% -0.60%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -18.18%
All Qualifications
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
42 58 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 21.21% 31.87% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 17
Average daily rate £288 £405 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.01% +2.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £275 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £488 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Cisco Certification
Hampshire

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Cisco Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Basingstoke Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Basingstoke Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (84.62%) CCNA
2 9 (69.23%) MPLS
2 9 (69.23%) CCNP
2 9 (69.23%) Cisco
3 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
3 7 (53.85%) OSPF
4 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
5 5 (38.46%) Firewall
5 5 (38.46%) Internet
5 5 (38.46%) IPv6
5 5 (38.46%) VLAN
5 5 (38.46%) VPLS
5 5 (38.46%) HSRP
6 4 (30.77%) WAN
6 4 (30.77%) Network Design
6 4 (30.77%) LAN
7 3 (23.08%) CCIE
7 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
8 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
8 2 (15.38%) VPN
8 2 (15.38%) Nortel
8 2 (15.38%) Juniper
8 2 (15.38%) Finance
8 2 (15.38%) 3Com
8 2 (15.38%) BGP
8 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
9 1 (7.692%) TACACS
9 1 (7.692%) NetScreen
9 1 (7.692%) IPsec
9 1 (7.692%) Extranet

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) MPLS
2 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
2 7 (53.85%) OSPF
3 5 (38.46%) Firewall
3 5 (38.46%) Internet
3 5 (38.46%) IPv6
3 5 (38.46%) VLAN
3 5 (38.46%) VPLS
3 5 (38.46%) HSRP
4 4 (30.77%) WAN
4 4 (30.77%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) VPN
5 2 (15.38%) BGP
5 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
6 1 (7.692%) TACACS
6 1 (7.692%) NetScreen
6 1 (7.692%) IPsec
6 1 (7.692%) Extranet
6 1 (7.692%) SSL
6 1 (7.692%) VoIP
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.692%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Network Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (46.15%) IP Network Engineer
3 6 (46.15%) IP Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Network Design Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Design Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Network Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Network Implementation Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Network Implementation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Network Design
2 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.692%) Network Architecture
2 1 (7.692%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) CCNA
2 9 (69.23%) CCNP
3 3 (23.08%) CCIE
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (7.692%) CCIP
5 1 (7.692%) CCDP
5 1 (7.692%) HNC
5 1 (7.692%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Nortel
2 2 (15.38%) Juniper
2 2 (15.38%) 3Com
3 1 (7.692%) Nokia
3 1 (7.692%) CheckPoint