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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2854
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.005 %
As % of the category below13.01 %3.106 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£250
Average daily rate£200£325
% change on same period last year-38.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£334
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.43£25.90
% change on same period last year-5.66 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads123161
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.164 %0.161 %
Daily rates quoted2741
Average minimum daily rate£294£330
Average daily rate£312£341
% change on same period last year-8.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£359
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted1728
Average minimum hourly rate£25.52£30.57
Average hourly rate£28.43£32.57
% change on same period last year-12.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.34£34.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.10£24.81
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Cisco CambridgeshireCisco
Cambridgeshire

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Cisco Demand Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

127 (64.29 %)Windows
127 (64.29 %)MS Exchange
224 (57.14 %)Active Directory
323 (54.76 %)LAN
323 (54.76 %)WAN
418 (42.86 %)VMware
418 (42.86 %)Exchange Server 2003
517 (40.48 %)Windows Server 2003
614 (33.33 %)Microsoft
713 (30.95 %)Exchange Server 2007
812 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
911 (26.19 %)SharePoint
911 (26.19 %)VoIP
1010 (23.81 %)DNS
1010 (23.81 %)Firewall
119 (21.43 %)Linux
128 (19.05 %)TCP/IP
128 (19.05 %)Telecoms
128 (19.05 %)VMware Infrastructure
137 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
137 (16.67 %)HP
137 (16.67 %)UNIX
137 (16.67 %)MCSE
137 (16.67 %)MS Office
146 (14.29 %)MPLS
146 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
155 (11.90 %)3Com
155 (11.90 %)VMware ESX
155 (11.90 %)Exchange Server 2000
155 (11.90 %)Intrusion Detection

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (64.29 %)MS Exchange
218 (42.86 %)Exchange Server 2003
313 (30.95 %)Exchange Server 2007
411 (26.19 %)SharePoint
55 (11.90 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (2.381 %)IIS
61 (2.381 %)Apache
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (16.67 %)MS Office
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.381 %)Oracle ERP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (54.76 %)LAN
123 (54.76 %)WAN
211 (26.19 %)VoIP
310 (23.81 %)Firewall
310 (23.81 %)DNS
48 (19.05 %)TCP/IP
56 (14.29 %)MPLS
65 (11.90 %)ADSL
65 (11.90 %)ISDN
65 (11.90 %)Intrusion Detection
74 (9.524 %)VPN
82 (4.762 %)OSPF
82 (4.762 %)EIGRP
82 (4.762 %)SAN
82 (4.762 %)IP Telephony
91 (2.381 %)Wireless
91 (2.381 %)DHCP
91 (2.381 %)PBX
91 (2.381 %)Cisco IPT
91 (2.381 %)Cisco PIX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (4.762 %)SQL Server
21 (2.381 %)MySQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.381 %)Bugzilla
11 (2.381 %)Subversion
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (19.05 %)Telecoms
21 (2.381 %)Finance
21 (2.381 %)Manufacturing
21 (2.381 %)Billing
21 (2.381 %)Electronics
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (30.95 %)Support Engineer
210 (23.81 %)3rd Line Support
38 (19.05 %)Network Engineer
47 (16.67 %)2nd Line Support
56 (14.29 %)Analyst
56 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
56 (14.29 %)Network Support Engineer
56 (14.29 %)Network Support
65 (11.90 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
74 (9.524 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
83 (7.143 %)Server Engineer
83 (7.143 %)Server Support
83 (7.143 %)Service Manager
92 (4.762 %)Desktop Support Engineer
92 (4.762 %)Helpdesk Support
92 (4.762 %)Desktop Support
92 (4.762 %)Network Security Engineer
92 (4.762 %)Security Engineer
92 (4.762 %)IT Support Analyst
92 (4.762 %)Desktop Engineer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.381 %)Blackberry
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (64.29 %)Windows
217 (40.48 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
49 (21.43 %)Linux
57 (16.67 %)UNIX
65 (11.90 %)Windows NT
65 (11.90 %)Windows XP
72 (4.762 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (2.381 %)Windows Vista
81 (2.381 %)CentOS
81 (2.381 %)Solaris
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (4.762 %)ERP
21 (2.381 %)Service Delivery
21 (2.381 %)Information Security Management
21 (2.381 %)Security Management
21 (2.381 %)Information Security
21 (2.381 %)ITIL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (4.762 %)Java
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (16.67 %)MCSE
17 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
35 (11.90 %)CCNA
44 (9.524 %)CCVP
51 (2.381 %)CCNP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.762 %)ISO27001
12 (4.762 %)PCI DSS
21 (2.381 %)SLA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (57.14 %)Active Directory
28 (19.05 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (11.90 %)VMware ESX
41 (2.381 %)NFS
41 (2.381 %)Terminal Services
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (11.90 %)OpenView
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (42.86 %)VMware
214 (33.33 %)Microsoft
37 (16.67 %)HP
45 (11.90 %)Dell
45 (11.90 %)McAfee Security
45 (11.90 %)3Com
54 (9.524 %)Oracle
62 (4.762 %)ProCurve
62 (4.762 %)Novell
62 (4.762 %)Red Hat
62 (4.762 %)Citrix
62 (4.762 %)Juniper
71 (2.381 %)NetApp