The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 37 45 45
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco 15 20 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 2.935% 2.392% 1.682%
As % of the Vendors category 7.246% 7.663% 4.183%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 4
Average daily rate £344 £425 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.11% +51.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £248 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £545 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.08% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £8.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
207 261 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.51% 31.22% 40.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 165 119
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £149 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +21.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.20 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Cisco
South West

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 19 (54.29%) Firewall
2 14 (40.00%) VPN
2 14 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (37.14%) Cisco IPT
4 12 (34.29%) BGP
4 12 (34.29%) MPLS
5 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
5 11 (31.43%) SolarWinds
6 10 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 10 (28.57%) LAN
7 9 (25.71%) Windows
7 9 (25.71%) CCNP
7 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
7 9 (25.71%) CheckPoint
7 9 (25.71%) VMware
7 9 (25.71%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (22.86%) CCNA
8 8 (22.86%) WAN
9 7 (20.00%) DMZ
9 7 (20.00%) Avaya
9 7 (20.00%) OSPF
9 7 (20.00%) Wireless
9 7 (20.00%) CCVP
9 7 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
9 7 (20.00%) FWSM
10 6 (17.14%) Unified Communications
10 6 (17.14%) BT
10 6 (17.14%) Nokia
10 6 (17.14%) Siemens

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 1 (2.857%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 19 (54.29%) Firewall
2 14 (40.00%) VPN
3 13 (37.14%) Cisco IPT
4 12 (34.29%) BGP
4 12 (34.29%) MPLS
5 10 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 10 (28.57%) LAN
6 9 (25.71%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (22.86%) WAN
8 7 (20.00%) DMZ
8 7 (20.00%) OSPF
8 7 (20.00%) Wireless
8 7 (20.00%) FWSM
9 6 (17.14%) Unified Communications
10 5 (14.29%) IP Telephony
11 4 (11.43%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (11.43%) IPsec
11 4 (11.43%) 3G
12 3 (8.571%) VoIP
12 3 (8.571%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.714%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (5.714%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (8.571%) Finance
2 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.857%) Billing
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Cisco Engineer
1 8 (22.86%) Network Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Network Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Senior Network Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco IPT Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Network Specialist
4 3 (8.571%) IP Engineer
5 2 (5.714%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (5.714%) Test Engineer
5 2 (5.714%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.857%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.857%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.857%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.857%) Consultant
6 1 (2.857%) Voice Engineer
6 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.857%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (2.857%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.571%) PKI
2 2 (5.714%) EqualLogic
2 2 (5.714%) Clustering
3 1 (2.857%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.857%) Handset
3 1 (2.857%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Windows
2 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (5.714%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (5.714%) Linux
3 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.857%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.29%) Service Delivery
1 5 (14.29%) Network Management
2 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
3 3 (8.571%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (2.857%) Configuration Management
4 1 (2.857%) Integration Acceptance Testing
4 1 (2.857%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.857%) ITIL
4 1 (2.857%) Information Management
4 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.857%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (25.71%) CCNP
3 8 (22.86%) CCNA
4 7 (20.00%) CCVP
5 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
6 3 (8.571%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.714%) MCSE
7 2 (5.714%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.857%) CCA
8 1 (2.857%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (2.857%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.857%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.857%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
1 1 (2.857%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.857%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (17.14%) ISA Server
5 3 (8.571%) vSphere
6 1 (2.857%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) CiscoWorks
2 3 (8.571%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (5.714%) SCCM
3 2 (5.714%) SCOM
4 1 (2.857%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
1 11 (31.43%) SolarWinds
2 9 (25.71%) CheckPoint
2 9 (25.71%) VMware
3 7 (20.00%) Avaya
4 6 (17.14%) BT
4 6 (17.14%) Nokia
4 6 (17.14%) Siemens
5 5 (14.29%) Juniper
5 5 (14.29%) HP
5 5 (14.29%) IronPort
6 4 (11.43%) CA
6 4 (11.43%) IBM
7 3 (8.571%) Blue Coat
8 2 (5.714%) SonicWALL
8 2 (5.714%) CommVault
8 2 (5.714%) Citrix
8 2 (5.714%) Dell
8 2 (5.714%) Red Hat
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