The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors for the Birmingham 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 32 35 13
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -22
Contract jobs citing Cisco 11 20 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.483% 3.165% 6.759%
As % of the Vendors category 5.069% 6.645% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 17
Average daily rate £270 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £250 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.46% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All Vendors
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
217 301 235
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 48.98% 47.63% 46.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 136 114
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £173 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £480 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 22 21
Average hourly rate £18.46 £14.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.31% -3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.93 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £92.20 £33.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
West Midlands

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Birmingham Cisco Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Cisco 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.

1 13 (39.39%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (33.33%) Windows
2 11 (33.33%) CCNA
3 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 9 (27.27%) LAN
3 9 (27.27%) WAN
3 9 (27.27%) Firewall
4 8 (24.24%) VMware
5 7 (21.21%) MS Office
5 7 (21.21%) SAN
5 7 (21.21%) Citrix
6 6 (18.18%) CCNP
7 5 (15.15%) MPLS
7 5 (15.15%) EMC
7 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
7 5 (15.15%) Windows XP
7 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
7 5 (15.15%) Wireless
7 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (15.15%) Windows 7
7 5 (15.15%) Business Transformation
8 4 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (12.12%) XenApp
8 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
8 4 (12.12%) Migration
8 4 (12.12%) Banking
8 4 (12.12%) Investment Banking
8 4 (12.12%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (12.12%) Windows Vista
8 4 (12.12%) Fund Management

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Cisco 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.030%) IIS
2 1 (3.030%) Apache
2 1 (3.030%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) MS Office
2 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
3 3 (9.091%) MS Project
3 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
4 2 (6.061%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) LAN
1 9 (27.27%) WAN
1 9 (27.27%) Firewall
2 7 (21.21%) SAN
3 5 (15.15%) MPLS
3 5 (15.15%) Wireless
4 4 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (9.091%) Internet
5 3 (9.091%) Extranet
5 3 (9.091%) TCP/IP
5 3 (9.091%) VPN
5 3 (9.091%) VoIP
5 3 (9.091%) VLAN
6 2 (6.061%) Junos
6 2 (6.061%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (6.061%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (6.061%) iSCSI
6 2 (6.061%) WLAN
6 2 (6.061%) Ethernet
6 2 (6.061%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.091%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
1 4 (12.12%) Banking
1 4 (12.12%) Investment Banking
1 4 (12.12%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (3.030%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Consultant
2 4 (12.12%) Service Analyst
2 4 (12.12%) Analyst
2 4 (12.12%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (9.091%) Network Engineer
3 3 (9.091%) SAN Consultant
3 3 (9.091%) Storage Consultant
3 3 (9.091%) EMC Storage Consultant
3 3 (9.091%) SAN Storage Consultant
4 2 (6.061%) VMware Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Telephony Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (6.061%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 2 (6.061%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Network Manager
4 2 (6.061%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (6.061%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Fat Client
1 4 (12.12%) Thin Client
2 3 (9.091%) Symmetrix
3 2 (6.061%) EqualLogic
3 2 (6.061%) Clustering
3 2 (6.061%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.030%) Replication
4 1 (3.030%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows XP
2 5 (15.15%) Windows 7
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Vista
3 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.030%) UNIX
5 1 (3.030%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.030%) Debian
5 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Business Transformation
2 4 (12.12%) Migration
2 4 (12.12%) Fund Management
2 4 (12.12%) Wealth Management
3 3 (9.091%) Project Management
4 2 (6.061%) OpenUP
4 2 (6.061%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (3.030%) E-Commerce
5 1 (3.030%) Load Balancing
5 1 (3.030%) Network Design
5 1 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.030%) Business Continuity
5 1 (3.030%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) Shell Script
1 1 (3.030%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (33.33%) CCNA
3 6 (18.18%) CCNP
4 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.091%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.061%) CCSE
6 2 (6.061%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (3.030%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.030%) CCIE
7 1 (3.030%) CCSA
7 1 (3.030%) VCP4
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
1 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.12%) XenApp
3 3 (9.091%) SRDF
4 2 (6.061%) XenServer
5 1 (3.030%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (3.030%) XenDesktop
5 1 (3.030%) vSphere
5 1 (3.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (9.091%) EMC TimeFinder
2 1 (3.030%) SCOM
2 1 (3.030%) WSUS
2 1 (3.030%) Data Guard
2 1 (3.030%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (24.24%) VMware
3 7 (21.21%) Citrix
4 5 (15.15%) EMC
5 3 (9.091%) Juniper
5 3 (9.091%) HP
6 2 (6.061%) Veeam
6 2 (6.061%) SonicWALL
6 2 (6.061%) Dell
6 2 (6.061%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.030%) Ericsson
7 1 (3.030%) NetApp
7 1 (3.030%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.030%) Remedy
7 1 (3.030%) McAfee
7 1 (3.030%) Oracle
7 1 (3.030%) WatchGuard
7 1 (3.030%) Blue Coat
7 1 (3.030%) Cramer
7 1 (3.030%) BT
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