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This section looks at the demand for Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CCNA over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4851
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads616
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.016 %
As % of the category below7.317 %15.84 %
Daily rates quoted55
Average minimum daily rate£276£230
Average daily rate£282£242
% change on same period last year+16.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£255
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£296
% change on same period last year-3.87 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£23.33
Average hourly rate£37.50£25.83
% change on same period last year+45.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£28.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£25.31
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads82101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.101 %
Daily rates quoted2831
Average minimum daily rate£248£303
Average daily rate£261£322
% change on same period last year-18.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted48
Average minimum hourly rate£26.44£26.26
Average hourly rate£27.06£28.13
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.67£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.48£25.68
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
CCNA West MidlandsCCNA
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CCNA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CCNA across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Birmingham CCNA Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNA across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Birmingham CCNA Daily Rate Histogram

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

112 (100.00 %)Cisco
112 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
29 (75.00 %)Firewall
37 (58.33 %)CheckPoint
46 (50.00 %)LAN
46 (50.00 %)WAN
55 (41.67 %)Nokia
55 (41.67 %)Blue Coat
55 (41.67 %)Cisco PIX
55 (41.67 %)Cisco ASA
64 (33.33 %)Network Design
64 (33.33 %)MPLS
64 (33.33 %)OSPF
64 (33.33 %)BGP
73 (25.00 %)DNS
82 (16.67 %)VPN
82 (16.67 %)Windows
82 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
82 (16.67 %)Active Directory
82 (16.67 %)Microsoft
82 (16.67 %)Citrix
82 (16.67 %)DSL
91 (8.333 %)Wireless
91 (8.333 %)Problem Management
91 (8.333 %)CCIE
91 (8.333 %)CCNP
91 (8.333 %)Nortel
91 (8.333 %)DHCP
91 (8.333 %)SNMP
91 (8.333 %)TCP/IP

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (75.00 %)Firewall
26 (50.00 %)LAN
26 (50.00 %)WAN
35 (41.67 %)Cisco PIX
35 (41.67 %)Cisco ASA
44 (33.33 %)MPLS
44 (33.33 %)OSPF
44 (33.33 %)BGP
53 (25.00 %)DNS
62 (16.67 %)VPN
62 (16.67 %)DSL
71 (8.333 %)Wireless
71 (8.333 %)DHCP
71 (8.333 %)SNMP
71 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Network Engineer
25 (41.67 %)Cisco Engineer
34 (33.33 %)Cisco Network Engineer
34 (33.33 %)Senior Network Engineer
43 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
52 (16.67 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (16.67 %)Network Support
61 (8.333 %)Cisco Support
61 (8.333 %)Cisco Analyst
61 (8.333 %)Analyst
61 (8.333 %)Support Analyst
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)Windows
12 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)Network Design
21 (8.333 %)Problem Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (8.333 %)CCIE
21 (8.333 %)CCNP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (16.67 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Cisco
27 (58.33 %)CheckPoint
35 (41.67 %)Nokia
35 (41.67 %)Blue Coat
42 (16.67 %)Microsoft
42 (16.67 %)Citrix
51 (8.333 %)Nortel