The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IOS skills 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 IOS over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Communications & Networking category 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco IOS
Rank 46 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 4 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.729% 0.579% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.361% 3.670% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £238 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £298 £325
% change year-on-year
+0.84% -8.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
119 109 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 21.68% 15.77% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 48 30
Average daily rate £275 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £425 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 24
Average hourly rate £20.00 £42.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.94% +126.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco IOS
East of England

Cisco IOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IOS across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridgeshire Cisco IOS Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Cisco IOS Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Cisco IOS Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Cambridge +9 2 £325 +44.44%
Peterborough +1 2 - -
Cisco IOS
East of England

Cisco IOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) VLAN
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (50.00%) IPsec
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (50.00%) OSPF
3 3 (50.00%) NetScreen
3 3 (50.00%) SNMP
3 3 (50.00%) CCNP
3 3 (50.00%) CCNA
3 3 (50.00%) HSRP
4 2 (33.33%) FWSM
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 2 (33.33%) LDAP
4 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 2 (33.33%) BGP
4 2 (33.33%) VRRP
4 2 (33.33%) Nokia
4 2 (33.33%) Internet
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) RIP
4 2 (33.33%) Wireless
4 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms

Cisco IOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (16.67%) Lync
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VLAN
2 3 (50.00%) IPsec
2 3 (50.00%) OSPF
2 3 (50.00%) NetScreen
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) SNMP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (50.00%) HSRP
3 2 (33.33%) FWSM
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (33.33%) RIP
3 2 (33.33%) Internet
3 2 (33.33%) LDAP
3 2 (33.33%) BGP
3 2 (33.33%) VRRP
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Support Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 2 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) IC Design
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
2 3 (50.00%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Terminal Services
2 1 (16.67%) Samba
2 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) XenApp
2 1 (16.67%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (16.67%) Nagios
2 1 (16.67%) AppManager
2 1 (16.67%) Cacti
2 1 (16.67%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (33.33%) Nokia
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Sun
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Juniper
4 1 (16.67%) CommVault
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Cadence