The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford 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 - 10 -
Contract jobs citing Cisco 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chelmsford - 2.326% -
As % of the Vendors category - 4.000% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.08% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
Chelmsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11 25 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chelmsford 28.95% 58.14% 47.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 6
Average daily rate £290 £125 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+132.00% -37.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £110 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £284 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
Average hourly rate £36.00 - £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Cisco
Essex

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) MPLS
2 5 (62.50%) BGP
2 5 (62.50%) Siemens
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (37.50%) VMware
4 3 (37.50%) VLAN
4 3 (37.50%) CCNA
4 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 3 (37.50%) LAN
5 2 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
5 2 (25.00%) CCNP
5 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (25.00%) UAG
5 2 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (12.50%) IaaS
6 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (12.50%) DFS Replication
6 1 (12.50%) NHS
6 1 (12.50%) Network Security
6 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
6 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chelmsford 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 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
1 5 (62.50%) BGP
1 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) VLAN
3 3 (37.50%) LAN
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) Network Security
5 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
5 1 (12.50%) SAN
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Server Support
1 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IaaS
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) CCNA
3 2 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) MCITP
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (12.50%) MCSE
4 1 (12.50%) CCIE
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (25.00%) UAG
2 2 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Siemens
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft