The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Nexus 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 Nexus 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Nexus
Rank 117 - 124
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.248% - 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.974% - 0.148%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £21.88
% change year-on-year
+32.69% +18.85%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
616 1052 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.45% 34.50% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 204 193
Average daily rate £285 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 45 54
Average hourly rate £17.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco Nexus
South East

Cisco Nexus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Cisco Nexus Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Cisco Nexus Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Nexus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus 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
Reading - 5 £325 -
Cisco Nexus
South East

Cisco Nexus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (64.71%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (52.94%) CCNP
4 6 (35.29%) Firewall
4 6 (35.29%) CheckPoint
4 6 (35.29%) CCNA
4 6 (35.29%) OSPF
4 6 (35.29%) BGP
4 6 (35.29%) SNMP
5 5 (29.41%) DHCP
5 5 (29.41%) VPN
5 5 (29.41%) Load Balancing
6 4 (23.53%) Network Management
6 4 (23.53%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (23.53%) Network Security
6 4 (23.53%) TippingPoint
6 4 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (23.53%) LAN
6 4 (23.53%) WAN
6 4 (23.53%) Juniper
6 4 (23.53%) Blue Coat
6 4 (23.53%) SecurID
6 4 (23.53%) VLAN
7 3 (17.65%) NetScout
7 3 (17.65%) MPLS
7 3 (17.65%) Finance
7 3 (17.65%) Back Office
7 3 (17.65%) VRRP
7 3 (17.65%) Nokia
7 3 (17.65%) VMS

Cisco Nexus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) CSS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) SNMP
1 6 (35.29%) OSPF
1 6 (35.29%) BGP
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) VPN
2 5 (29.41%) DHCP
3 4 (23.53%) LAN
3 4 (23.53%) WAN
3 4 (23.53%) VLAN
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (23.53%) Network Security
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (17.65%) MPLS
4 3 (17.65%) HSRP
4 3 (17.65%) GLBP
4 3 (17.65%) VoIP
4 3 (17.65%) VRRP
5 2 (11.76%) DNS
5 2 (11.76%) 3G
5 2 (11.76%) SMTP
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
1 3 (17.65%) Back Office
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Retail
3 1 (5.882%) Billing
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Network Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Support Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) IP Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (17.65%) Network Support
5 3 (17.65%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Network Consultant
7 1 (5.882%) Consultant
7 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Design Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Cisco Support
7 1 (5.882%) IP Network Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Data Centre Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Data Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) VMS
2 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Load Balancing
2 4 (23.53%) Network Management
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 1 (5.882%) CRM
4 1 (5.882%) Project Management
4 1 (5.882%) Communications Security
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (52.94%) CCNP
3 6 (35.29%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) CCIE
5 1 (5.882%) CCDP
5 1 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) vSphere
2 1 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.882%) VMware ESX
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) OpenView
1 1 (5.882%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (5.882%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (35.29%) CheckPoint
3 4 (23.53%) Blue Coat
3 4 (23.53%) Juniper
3 4 (23.53%) TippingPoint
4 3 (17.65%) Nokia
4 3 (17.65%) F5
4 3 (17.65%) NetScout
5 2 (11.76%) VMware
5 2 (11.76%) Redback
5 2 (11.76%) HP
6 1 (5.882%) EMC
6 1 (5.882%) NetApp
6 1 (5.882%) SolarWinds