The first table below looks at the demand for CCIE in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCIE 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 Qualifications for the Berkshire 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 Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Rank 100 62 90
Rank change year-on-year
-38 +28
Contract jobs citing CCIE 22 80 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.897% 2.494% 1.401%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.767% 10.34% 5.899%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 2
Average daily rate £350 £370 £469
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% -21.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £294 £464
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £474
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £48.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -21.87%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
584 774 695
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.81% 24.13% 23.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 291 232
Average daily rate £375 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £213 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 40
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £47.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCIE
South East

CCIE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire CCIE Jobs Demand Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CCIE Daily Rate Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCIE across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire CCIE Daily Rate Histogram

CCIE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CCIE Hourly Rate Trend

CCIE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the Berkshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough -7 7 £350 -
Reading -17 3 £340 +15.74%
Bracknell - 3 - -
Newbury - 2 £450 -
CCIE
South East

CCIE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CCIE 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 CCIE.

1 33 (100.00%) Cisco
1 33 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (75.76%) CCNP
3 16 (48.48%) Cisco IOS
4 13 (39.39%) OSPF
5 10 (30.30%) Network Security
6 9 (27.27%) MPLS
6 9 (27.27%) VoIP
7 8 (24.24%) BGP
7 8 (24.24%) Firewall
7 8 (24.24%) Telecoms
8 7 (21.21%) CCNA
8 7 (21.21%) Unified Communications
9 6 (18.18%) CCSP
10 5 (15.15%) SS7
10 5 (15.15%) Network Design
11 4 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (12.12%) SIGTRAN
11 4 (12.12%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (12.12%) Cisco PIX
11 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (9.091%) Migration
12 3 (9.091%) CCVP
12 3 (9.091%) Degree
12 3 (9.091%) CISSP
12 3 (9.091%) Nokia
12 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
12 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
12 3 (9.091%) LAN
12 3 (9.091%) MS Office

CCIE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
1 3 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (48.48%) Cisco IOS
2 13 (39.39%) OSPF
3 10 (30.30%) Network Security
4 9 (27.27%) MPLS
4 9 (27.27%) VoIP
5 8 (24.24%) BGP
5 8 (24.24%) Firewall
6 7 (21.21%) Unified Communications
7 5 (15.15%) SS7
8 4 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (12.12%) SIGTRAN
8 4 (12.12%) Cisco PIX
9 3 (9.091%) LAN
9 3 (9.091%) WAN
10 2 (6.061%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (6.061%) EIGRP
10 2 (6.061%) Wireless
11 1 (3.030%) Cisco ICM
11 1 (3.030%) VLAN
11 1 (3.030%) IGMP
General
1 8 (24.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Trainer
2 8 (24.24%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Network Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Design Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) IP Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Support Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Cisco Support
6 3 (9.091%) Consultant
6 3 (9.091%) Cisco Support Engineer
7 2 (6.061%) Project Manager
7 2 (6.061%) Network Project Manager
7 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 2 (6.061%) Network Manager
7 2 (6.061%) Technical Manager
7 2 (6.061%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (3.030%) 3rd Line Support
8 1 (3.030%) Data Centre Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Network Design
2 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (9.091%) Migration
3 3 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
4 2 (6.061%) Project Management
4 2 (6.061%) Load Balancing
5 1 (3.030%) ITIL
5 1 (3.030%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (75.76%) CCNP
3 7 (21.21%) CCNA
4 6 (18.18%) CCSP
5 3 (9.091%) CCVP
5 3 (9.091%) Degree
5 3 (9.091%) CISSP
6 2 (6.061%) CCIP
6 2 (6.061%) CCDP
7 1 (3.030%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (3.030%) Cisco IPCC
2 1 (3.030%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (3.030%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (9.091%) Nokia
2 3 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.030%) VMware
3 1 (3.030%) Redback
3 1 (3.030%) EMC
3 1 (3.030%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.030%) NetApp
3 1 (3.030%) Twitter