The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IOS over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco IOS
Rank 109 121 125
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +4
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 12 17 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.500% 0.540% 0.330%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.920% 1.567% 1.437%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
Average daily rate £350 - £319
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
625 1085 696
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.03% 34.43% 23.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 217 197
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £432 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 58
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £134.90 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Cisco IOS
South East

Cisco IOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Cisco IOS Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Cisco IOS Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Cisco IOS Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 £350 -
Bracknell - 3 - -
Reading +4 1 - -
Cisco IOS
South East

Cisco IOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS.

1 24 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (91.67%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (91.67%) CCNP
3 16 (66.67%) CCIE
4 15 (62.50%) Network Security
5 10 (41.67%) OSPF
5 10 (41.67%) BGP
6 8 (33.33%) Firewall
6 8 (33.33%) CCNA
7 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
7 5 (20.83%) MS Office
8 4 (16.67%) DHCP
8 4 (16.67%) SNMP
8 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (12.50%) HSRP
9 3 (12.50%) GLBP
9 3 (12.50%) Blue Coat
9 3 (12.50%) Network Management
9 3 (12.50%) TippingPoint
9 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (12.50%) SecurID
9 3 (12.50%) VLAN
9 3 (12.50%) NetScout
9 3 (12.50%) Degree
9 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
9 3 (12.50%) Finance
9 3 (12.50%) Migration
9 3 (12.50%) VPN
9 3 (12.50%) CSS

Cisco IOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (12.50%) CSS
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Office
2 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (62.50%) Network Security
2 10 (41.67%) OSPF
2 10 (41.67%) BGP
3 8 (33.33%) Firewall
4 4 (16.67%) DHCP
4 4 (16.67%) SNMP
4 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (12.50%) HSRP
5 3 (12.50%) GLBP
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (12.50%) VLAN
5 3 (12.50%) VPN
5 3 (12.50%) VRRP
6 2 (8.333%) VoIP
7 1 (4.167%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (4.167%) WAN
7 1 (4.167%) SMTP
7 1 (4.167%) LAN
7 1 (4.167%) DNS
7 1 (4.167%) 3G
General
1 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Trainer
2 9 (37.50%) Network Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Cisco Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Cisco Support
4 3 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Support
5 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Tester
5 1 (4.167%) IP Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (12.50%) Network Management
2 3 (12.50%) Migration
Qualifications
1 22 (91.67%) Cisco Certification
1 22 (91.67%) CCNP
2 16 (66.67%) CCIE
3 8 (33.33%) CCNA
4 3 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (8.333%) CCSA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) HP NNM
1 1 (4.167%) OpenView
1 1 (4.167%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
3 3 (12.50%) Blue Coat
3 3 (12.50%) TippingPoint
3 3 (12.50%) NetScout
3 3 (12.50%) Nokia
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.167%) Redback
4 1 (4.167%) HP
4 1 (4.167%) Juniper