The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 20 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 Chester 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 20 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Cisco 6 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 4.348% 5.172% -
As % of the Vendors category 8.451% 10.91% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £150 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.46% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.25 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-5.80% +2.38%
All Vendors
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
71 55 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 51.45% 47.41% 45.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 23
Average daily rate £300 £334 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% -7.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £150 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £471 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 2
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -45.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.35 £14.00 £9.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.47 £21.20 £41.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
Cheshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 8 (61.54%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) ITIL
3 5 (38.46%) Citrix
4 4 (30.77%) CCNA
4 4 (30.77%) Firewall
4 4 (30.77%) Security Management
4 4 (30.77%) VMware
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (30.77%) CISSP
4 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (30.77%) SAN
4 4 (30.77%) BS7799
4 4 (30.77%) UNIX
4 4 (30.77%) LAN
4 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 4 (30.77%) VPN
4 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
4 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Local Government
5 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 2 (15.38%) Riverbed
6 2 (15.38%) Aruba
7 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (7.692%) Brocade
7 1 (7.692%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (7.692%) XenApp

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
1 4 (30.77%) VPN
1 4 (30.77%) SAN
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) LAN
2 1 (7.692%) WLAN
2 1 (7.692%) WAN
2 1 (7.692%) Wireless
General
1 3 (23.08%) Local Government
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Law
2 1 (7.692%) Legal
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Consultant
1 5 (38.46%) Security Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Information Security Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Information Security Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Information Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Security Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Project Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) IT Risk Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) IT Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Network Specialist
5 1 (7.692%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) UNIX
2 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Security Management
3 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (7.692%) Network Design
4 1 (7.692%) Migration
4 1 (7.692%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CCNA
1 4 (30.77%) CISSP
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) BS7799
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.692%) XenApp
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Citrix
2 4 (30.77%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Riverbed
3 2 (15.38%) Aruba
4 1 (7.692%) Brocade
4 1 (7.692%) Microsoft