The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 103 98 99
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Contract jobs citing CCNA 20 41 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.826% 1.345% 0.875%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.490% 5.518% 3.688%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 16
Average daily rate £273 £250 £289
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.00% -13.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £124 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £350 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+4.09% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £19.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -6.25%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
573 743 705
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.68% 24.37% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 285 229
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £215 £212
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 39
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £24.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -27.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £37.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCNA
South East

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire CCNA Daily Rate Histogram

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 -15 7 £285 -12.30%
Bracknell -6 6 £251 -
Reading +4 3 £290 +23.40%
CCNA
South East

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1 45 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (62.22%) Cisco
3 26 (57.78%) CCNP
4 21 (46.67%) Telecoms
5 16 (35.56%) WAN
6 15 (33.33%) LAN
7 14 (31.11%) VPN
7 14 (31.11%) OSPF
7 14 (31.11%) BGP
8 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
8 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
9 12 (26.67%) MPLS
9 12 (26.67%) Firewall
10 11 (24.44%) Migration
10 11 (24.44%) Internet
10 11 (24.44%) Linux
11 10 (22.22%) SQL Server
11 10 (22.22%) UNIX
11 10 (22.22%) ADSL
11 10 (22.22%) Ethernet
12 9 (20.00%) EIGRP
12 9 (20.00%) TCP/IP
12 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
13 8 (17.78%) ATM
13 8 (17.78%) Solaris
13 8 (17.78%) Windows
13 8 (17.78%) Oracle
13 8 (17.78%) Degree
13 8 (17.78%) Network Security
14 7 (15.56%) Cisco IOS

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CCNA 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 CCNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.667%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 3 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (4.444%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (8.889%) MS Office
1 4 (8.889%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.444%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.222%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.222%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) WAN
2 15 (33.33%) LAN
3 14 (31.11%) VPN
3 14 (31.11%) OSPF
3 14 (31.11%) BGP
4 12 (26.67%) MPLS
4 12 (26.67%) Firewall
5 11 (24.44%) Internet
6 10 (22.22%) Ethernet
6 10 (22.22%) ADSL
7 9 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 9 (20.00%) EIGRP
8 8 (17.78%) ATM
8 8 (17.78%) Network Security
9 7 (15.56%) SDH
9 7 (15.56%) RIP
9 7 (15.56%) Frame Relay
9 7 (15.56%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (13.33%) VLAN
10 6 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 21 (46.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.667%) Finance
3 2 (4.444%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 4 (8.889%) Support Analyst
3 4 (8.889%) Analyst
4 3 (6.667%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (6.667%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (6.667%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 3 (6.667%) Technical Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Network Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Network Support
5 2 (4.444%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (4.444%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) Technical Support
6 1 (2.222%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 4 (8.889%) SecurID
3 2 (4.444%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.222%) PMI
4 1 (2.222%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Linux
2 10 (22.22%) UNIX
3 8 (17.78%) Windows
3 8 (17.78%) Solaris
4 7 (15.56%) HPUX
5 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (6.667%) VMS
6 3 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (4.444%) Windows XP
8 1 (2.222%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) Migration
2 3 (6.667%) ITIL
2 3 (6.667%) PRINCE2
2 3 (6.667%) Load Balancing
2 3 (6.667%) Project Management
2 3 (6.667%) Network Management
3 2 (4.444%) Network Design
4 1 (2.222%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (2.222%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (2.222%) Software Testing
4 1 (2.222%) PRINCE
4 1 (2.222%) Configuration Management
4 1 (2.222%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.222%) Change Control
4 1 (2.222%) Change Management
4 1 (2.222%) Matrix Management
4 1 (2.222%) Time Management
4 1 (2.222%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.444%) SQL
2 1 (2.222%) VB
2 1 (2.222%) Python
2 1 (2.222%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.222%) C
Qualifications
1 45 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (57.78%) CCNP
3 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
3 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
4 8 (17.78%) Degree
5 6 (13.33%) MCSE
5 6 (13.33%) CCIE
5 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (6.667%) BC Cleared
6 3 (6.667%) MCITP
7 2 (4.444%) PMI Certification
7 2 (4.444%) CCSA
7 2 (4.444%) CCSP
7 2 (4.444%) CCIP
8 1 (2.222%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (2.222%) PMP
8 1 (2.222%) ACSA
8 1 (2.222%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.889%) SLA
2 1 (2.222%) QA
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.889%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.667%) XenApp
4 2 (4.444%) UAG
4 2 (4.444%) ISA Server
4 2 (4.444%) Xen
5 1 (2.222%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (2.222%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 4 (8.889%) SCOM
2 3 (6.667%) MOM
3 2 (4.444%) MIMEsweeper
3 2 (4.444%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.222%) Opalis
4 1 (2.222%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (62.22%) Cisco
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (17.78%) Oracle
4 7 (15.56%) CheckPoint
5 6 (13.33%) Citrix
6 5 (11.11%) HP
7 4 (8.889%) Blue Coat
7 4 (8.889%) TippingPoint
8 3 (6.667%) NetScout
8 3 (6.667%) Nokia
9 2 (4.444%) BT
9 2 (4.444%) Symantec
10 1 (2.222%) Remedy
10 1 (2.222%) Sony
10 1 (2.222%) Cramer
10 1 (2.222%) VMware
10 1 (2.222%) Redknee
10 1 (2.222%) Veritas
10 1 (2.222%) Avaya
10 1 (2.222%) Juniper
Reading, Berkshire
Already hold or well established towards achieving a relevant accreditation - Avaya ACIS, ACSS, ACSA or Cisco CCNA qualification... Networking skills including TCP/IP and LINUX and internet technologies.
Henderson Scott
Rate: £350 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
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