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This section looks at the demand for Cisco Certification 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 Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco Certification
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4749
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.018 %
As % of the category below7.229 %17.82 %
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£320£329
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
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£25.53£26.16
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads83101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.110 %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+0.48 %
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£24.31£25.67
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Cisco Certification West MidlandsCisco Certification
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.

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Cisco Certification Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Birmingham Cisco Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification.

111 (100.00 %)Cisco
111 (100.00 %)CCNA
28 (72.73 %)Firewall
36 (54.55 %)CheckPoint
36 (54.55 %)LAN
36 (54.55 %)WAN
45 (45.45 %)Nokia
45 (45.45 %)Blue Coat
45 (45.45 %)Cisco PIX
45 (45.45 %)Cisco ASA
54 (36.36 %)Network Design
54 (36.36 %)MPLS
54 (36.36 %)OSPF
54 (36.36 %)BGP
63 (27.27 %)DNS
72 (18.18 %)Citrix
72 (18.18 %)VPN
72 (18.18 %)Windows
72 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
72 (18.18 %)DSL
72 (18.18 %)Active Directory
72 (18.18 %)Microsoft
81 (9.091 %)CCIE
81 (9.091 %)Nortel
81 (9.091 %)DHCP
81 (9.091 %)SNMP
81 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
81 (9.091 %)Problem Management
81 (9.091 %)Wireless

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (72.73 %)Firewall
26 (54.55 %)LAN
26 (54.55 %)WAN
35 (45.45 %)Cisco PIX
35 (45.45 %)Cisco ASA
44 (36.36 %)MPLS
44 (36.36 %)OSPF
44 (36.36 %)BGP
53 (27.27 %)DNS
62 (18.18 %)VPN
62 (18.18 %)DSL
71 (9.091 %)DHCP
71 (9.091 %)SNMP
71 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
71 (9.091 %)Wireless
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (90.91 %)Network Engineer
25 (45.45 %)Cisco Engineer
34 (36.36 %)Senior Network Engineer
34 (36.36 %)Cisco Network Engineer
43 (27.27 %)Support Engineer
52 (18.18 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (18.18 %)Network Support
61 (9.091 %)Analyst
61 (9.091 %)Cisco Support
61 (9.091 %)Cisco Analyst
61 (9.091 %)Support Analyst
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (18.18 %)Windows
12 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)Network Design
21 (9.091 %)Problem Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (100.00 %)CCNA
21 (9.091 %)CCIE
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (18.18 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (100.00 %)Cisco
26 (54.55 %)CheckPoint
35 (45.45 %)Nokia
35 (45.45 %)Blue Coat
42 (18.18 %)Citrix
42 (18.18 %)Microsoft
51 (9.091 %)Nortel