The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bradford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 22 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing Cisco 7 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 3.867% 2.410% 2.381%
As % of the Vendors category 7.000% 3.846% 3.797%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
Average daily rate £225 £286 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.39% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.20% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £20.00 £21.94
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -8.83%
All Vendors
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
100 104 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 55.25% 62.65% 62.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 36 15
Average daily rate £250 £220 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £397 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
Average hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £104.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.07% -68.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.82 £27.25 £15.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £159.03 £32.50 £187.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Cisco
West Yorkshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bradford Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) VoIP
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (60.00%) CCNA
4 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (50.00%) Citrix
5 4 (40.00%) LAN
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (40.00%) SAN
5 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 4 (40.00%) WAN
5 4 (40.00%) MCSE
5 4 (40.00%) MCSA
5 4 (40.00%) UNIX
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (40.00%) VMware
5 4 (40.00%) VLAN
5 4 (40.00%) Load Balancing
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (30.00%) Replication
6 3 (30.00%) Business Continuity
6 3 (30.00%) LANDesk
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (30.00%) Wireless

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 Development
1 1 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (30.00%) IBM Notes
1 3 (30.00%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) VoIP
3 4 (40.00%) LAN
3 4 (40.00%) SAN
3 4 (40.00%) VPN
3 4 (40.00%) WAN
3 4 (40.00%) VLAN
4 3 (30.00%) Wireless
4 3 (30.00%) Internet
4 3 (30.00%) MPLS
4 3 (30.00%) DHCP
4 3 (30.00%) DNS
4 3 (30.00%) SSL
5 1 (10.00%) Intranet
5 1 (10.00%) FTP
5 1 (10.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Support Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Network Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Network Support
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Network Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Communications Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Replication
2 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) UNIX
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (30.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (10.00%) Change Control
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Perl
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (60.00%) CCNA
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (40.00%) MCSE
3 4 (40.00%) MCSA
4 3 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (10.00%) MCTS
5 1 (10.00%) MCITP
5 1 (10.00%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (10.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Citrix
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) LANDesk
3 3 (30.00%) Lotus
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Siemens
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
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