The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco PIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco PIX 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco PIX
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Cisco PIX 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £275 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -26.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £23.75 £46.25
% change year-on-year
- -48.64%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
41 50 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.47% 17.92% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 13
Average daily rate £325 £375 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £325 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
Average hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +245.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £26.80 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Cisco PIX
East of England

Cisco PIX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco PIX across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire Cisco PIX Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco PIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Cisco PIX Daily Rate Trend

Cisco PIX
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Cisco PIX 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 PIX.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (33.33%) Twitter

Cisco PIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Cisco PIX 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 PIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Support
2 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Twitter