The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cisco Certification
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank514842
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-6
Matching contract IT job ads1475
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire1.966 %1.321 %1.089 %
As % of the Qualifications category10.69 %7.955 %6.494 %
Number of daily rates quoted731
Average daily rate£213£250£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00 %-41.17 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£300£300
% change year-on-year
+4.58 %-
Number of hourly rates quoted223
Average hourly rate£30.25£18.50£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.51 %-32.72 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.45£18.50£25.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.05£18.50£29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£30.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+50.00 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1318877
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire18.40 %16.60 %16.78 %
Number of daily rates quoted743516
Average daily rate£288£265£275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.49 %-3.63 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£160£185£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£503£450£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted152317
Average hourly rate£22.50£14.00£26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.71 %-47.16 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.38£11.00£17.45
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£48.75£21.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.16 %+33.33 %
Cisco Certification East of EnglandCisco Certification
East of England

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Cambridgeshire Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-118£160-36.00 %
PeterboroughUp+75£250-
Cisco Certification East of EnglandCisco Certification
East of England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

136 (94.74 %)Cisco
233 (86.84 %)CCNA
321 (55.26 %)VPN
420 (52.63 %)LAN
517 (44.74 %)CCNP
517 (44.74 %)Firewall
616 (42.11 %)WAN
714 (36.84 %)SSL
714 (36.84 %)Windows
714 (36.84 %)Wireless
714 (36.84 %)Cisco ASA
810 (26.32 %)Vulnerability Assessment
810 (26.32 %)VLAN
810 (26.32 %)CISSP
99 (23.68 %)Active Directory
99 (23.68 %)CCIE
99 (23.68 %)SQL Server
99 (23.68 %)TCP/IP
99 (23.68 %)WLAN
99 (23.68 %)Network Security
108 (21.05 %)Network Design
108 (21.05 %)MCITP
108 (21.05 %)Intrusion Detection
108 (21.05 %)Network Load Balancing
117 (18.42 %)CCSA
117 (18.42 %)Microsoft
117 (18.42 %)GMP
117 (18.42 %)SQL
117 (18.42 %)Microsoft Certification
117 (18.42 %)SAN

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (5.263 %)MS Exchange
12 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (2.632 %)Exchange Server 2010
21 (2.632 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (2.632 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (2.632 %)SharePoint
21 (2.632 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.632 %)MS Excel
11 (2.632 %)MS Office
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (55.26 %)VPN
220 (52.63 %)LAN
317 (44.74 %)Firewall
416 (42.11 %)WAN
514 (36.84 %)SSL
514 (36.84 %)Wireless
514 (36.84 %)Cisco ASA
610 (26.32 %)VLAN
79 (23.68 %)TCP/IP
79 (23.68 %)WLAN
79 (23.68 %)Network Security
88 (21.05 %)Intrusion Detection
97 (18.42 %)SAN
106 (15.79 %)Wi-Fi
106 (15.79 %)Cisco IOS
106 (15.79 %)DMVPN
115 (13.16 %)IPsec
115 (13.16 %)LDAP
122 (5.263 %)Internet
131 (2.632 %)Nokia DX200
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (23.68 %)SQL Server
21 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (2.632 %)Oracle Reports
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (2.632 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (13.16 %)Finance
15 (13.16 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (7.895 %)Telecoms
31 (2.632 %)Manufacturing
31 (2.632 %)French Language
31 (2.632 %)German Language
31 (2.632 %)Italian Language
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (42.11 %)Network Engineer
211 (28.95 %)Consultant
310 (26.32 %)Security Consultant
46 (15.79 %)IT Security Consultant
46 (15.79 %)IT Consultant
54 (10.53 %)Administrator
54 (10.53 %)Network Implementation Engineer
54 (10.53 %)Implementation Engineer
62 (5.263 %)Server Administrator
62 (5.263 %)Cisco Network Engineer
62 (5.263 %)Cisco Engineer
62 (5.263 %)Systems Administrator
62 (5.263 %)Installation Technician
71 (2.632 %)Systems Analyst
71 (2.632 %)Technical Consultant
71 (2.632 %)2nd Line Support
71 (2.632 %)IT Administrator
71 (2.632 %)Systems Support Analyst
71 (2.632 %)Network Administrator
71 (2.632 %)Infrastructure Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (13.16 %)Computer Science
21 (2.632 %)Mathematics
21 (2.632 %)CMDB
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (36.84 %)Windows
22 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (5.263 %)UNIX
22 (5.263 %)Solaris
22 (5.263 %)Linux
22 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (2.632 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (2.632 %)Ubuntu
31 (2.632 %)Windows 2000
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (26.32 %)Vulnerability Assessment
28 (21.05 %)Network Design
28 (21.05 %)Network Load Balancing
36 (15.79 %)Service Delivery
45 (13.16 %)Change Control
45 (13.16 %)ITSM
45 (13.16 %)Change Management
54 (10.53 %)Problem Management
54 (10.53 %)Risk Assessment
54 (10.53 %)Network Management
61 (2.632 %)ITIL V3
61 (2.632 %)Performance Management
61 (2.632 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (2.632 %)GAP Analysis
61 (2.632 %)Identity Management
61 (2.632 %)Information Security
61 (2.632 %)Business Continuity
61 (2.632 %)Security Architecture
61 (2.632 %)Asset Management
61 (2.632 %)ITIL
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (18.42 %)SQL
25 (13.16 %)Perl
25 (13.16 %)Python
31 (2.632 %)Shell Script
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (86.84 %)CCNA
217 (44.74 %)CCNP
310 (26.32 %)CISSP
49 (23.68 %)CCIE
58 (21.05 %)MCITP
67 (18.42 %)CCSA
67 (18.42 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (15.79 %)Degree
85 (13.16 %)MCSE
94 (10.53 %)MCP
103 (7.895 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
112 (5.263 %)CCA
112 (5.263 %)Citrix Certification
121 (2.632 %)NVQ Level 3
121 (2.632 %)CISM
121 (2.632 %)CCSE
121 (2.632 %)MCTS
121 (2.632 %)MCSA
121 (2.632 %)HND
121 (2.632 %)SSCP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (18.42 %)GMP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (23.68 %)Active Directory
22 (5.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.632 %)VMware ESXi
31 (2.632 %)Samba
31 (2.632 %)VMware ESX
31 (2.632 %)XenApp
31 (2.632 %)vSphere
31 (2.632 %)NFS
31 (2.632 %)Terminal Services
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.632 %)NetBackup
11 (2.632 %)Backup Exec
11 (2.632 %)McAfee ePO
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (94.74 %)Cisco
27 (18.42 %)Microsoft
35 (13.16 %)Juniper
44 (10.53 %)HP
44 (10.53 %)VMware
53 (7.895 %)Citrix
62 (5.263 %)Remedy
71 (2.632 %)Riverbed
71 (2.632 %)Huawei
71 (2.632 %)Brocade
71 (2.632 %)Oracle
71 (2.632 %)Infovista
71 (2.632 %)McAfee
71 (2.632 %)NetApp
71 (2.632 %)Nokia
71 (2.632 %)CheckPoint