The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 65 48 72
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +24
Contract jobs citing Cisco 181 253 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.837% 3.217% 2.389%
As % of the Vendors category 6.256% 7.623% 5.674%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 152 143
Average daily rate £419 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.78% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £285 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £343 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.21% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 19
Average hourly rate £34.00 £21.50 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+58.13% -27.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £17.45 £20.26
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £33.35 £44.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2893 3319 4124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.35% 42.20% 42.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2051 2268 2847
Average daily rate £431 £425 £489
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.47% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £285 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 101 131
Average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £93.00 £39.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
London

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Cisco Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 135 (39.47%) Cisco Certification
2 129 (37.72%) Windows
3 108 (31.58%) Firewall
4 87 (25.44%) LAN
5 83 (24.27%) WAN
5 83 (24.27%) VMware
6 76 (22.22%) Finance
7 71 (20.76%) CCNA
8 64 (18.71%) Linux
9 61 (17.84%) Microsoft
10 58 (16.96%) Windows Server 2008
11 57 (16.67%) Active Directory
12 55 (16.08%) MS Exchange
12 55 (16.08%) Cisco ASA
13 54 (15.79%) CCNP
14 53 (15.50%) VMware Infrastructure
15 51 (14.91%) Citrix
15 51 (14.91%) SAN
15 51 (14.91%) Juniper
16 49 (14.33%) VoIP
17 48 (14.04%) CheckPoint
17 48 (14.04%) MPLS
18 45 (13.16%) VPN
19 43 (12.57%) HP
19 43 (12.57%) ITIL
19 43 (12.57%) Windows Server 2003
20 39 (11.40%) Security Cleared
21 38 (11.11%) BGP
22 37 (10.82%) OSPF
23 36 (10.53%) Project Management

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 21 (6.140%) HTML
2 8 (2.339%) Middleware
3 7 (2.047%) XML
4 6 (1.754%) XSLT
4 6 (1.754%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.877%) .NET
6 1 (0.292%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.292%) LAMP
6 1 (0.292%) COM
6 1 (0.292%) SOAP
6 1 (0.292%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 55 (16.08%) MS Exchange
2 25 (7.310%) Exchange Server 2007
3 22 (6.433%) Exchange Server 2010
4 21 (6.140%) SharePoint
5 14 (4.094%) Apache
6 9 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 9 (2.632%) IIS
7 8 (2.339%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (2.339%) Lync
8 7 (2.047%) CMS
9 6 (1.754%) WebLogic
9 6 (1.754%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (1.170%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.877%) CloudStack
11 3 (0.877%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.292%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.292%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.292%) WorkSite
12 1 (0.292%) SAS
12 1 (0.292%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (5.556%) MS Excel
2 15 (4.386%) MS Office
3 5 (1.462%) Office 365
3 5 (1.462%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.877%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.292%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.292%) Vectorworks
5 1 (0.292%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.754%) RMDS
2 1 (0.292%) Summit
2 1 (0.292%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 108 (31.58%) Firewall
2 87 (25.44%) LAN
3 83 (24.27%) WAN
4 55 (16.08%) Cisco ASA
5 51 (14.91%) SAN
6 49 (14.33%) VoIP
7 48 (14.04%) MPLS
8 45 (13.16%) VPN
9 38 (11.11%) BGP
10 37 (10.82%) OSPF
11 35 (10.23%) Wireless
12 34 (9.942%) Network Security
13 32 (9.357%) DNS
13 32 (9.357%) Cisco Nexus
14 28 (8.187%) Internet
15 26 (7.602%) DHCP
16 21 (6.140%) TCP/IP
17 19 (5.556%) Cisco IOS
17 19 (5.556%) Ethernet
18 17 (4.971%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.018%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.216%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (2.632%) MySQL
4 8 (2.339%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (2.047%) EDRMS
6 4 (1.170%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (0.877%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.585%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.292%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.292%) Big Data
9 1 (0.292%) QlikView
9 1 (0.292%) Xcelsius
9 1 (0.292%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.292%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.292%) SAP BI
9 1 (0.292%) DataStage
9 1 (0.292%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.292%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.292%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 76 (22.22%) Finance
2 35 (10.23%) Banking
3 32 (9.357%) Telecoms
4 11 (3.216%) Investment Banking
5 8 (2.339%) Retail
6 7 (2.047%) Advertising
7 6 (1.754%) Legal
7 6 (1.754%) Back Office
8 5 (1.462%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.170%) Publishing
9 4 (1.170%) Law
9 4 (1.170%) French Language
10 1 (0.292%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.292%) Marketing
10 1 (0.292%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 79 (23.10%) Network Engineer
2 36 (10.53%) Architect
3 24 (7.018%) Cisco Engineer
4 23 (6.725%) Administrator
5 21 (6.140%) Support Engineer
6 20 (5.848%) Consultant
7 18 (5.263%) Voice Engineer
8 17 (4.971%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (4.386%) 3rd Line Support
10 14 (4.094%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (3.801%) Infrastructure Architect
11 13 (3.801%) Analyst
12 12 (3.509%) Project Manager
12 12 (3.509%) Systems Engineer
12 12 (3.509%) Security Engineer
13 10 (2.924%) Security Consultant
14 9 (2.632%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 9 (2.632%) Technical Architect
15 8 (2.339%) Desktop Support
15 8 (2.339%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.480%) Blackberry
2 14 (4.094%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (3.509%) Clustering
4 11 (3.216%) CLARiiON
5 9 (2.632%) Open Source
5 9 (2.632%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.339%) PKI
7 7 (2.047%) Symmetrix DMX
8 5 (1.462%) EMC Centera
9 4 (1.170%) Handset
9 4 (1.170%) Symmetrix
10 3 (0.877%) Mobile Computing
10 3 (0.877%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.877%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.877%) Celerra
10 3 (0.877%) iPad
10 3 (0.877%) iPhone
10 3 (0.877%) iSeries
10 3 (0.877%) Replication
10 3 (0.877%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 129 (37.72%) Windows
2 64 (18.71%) Linux
3 58 (16.96%) Windows Server 2008
4 43 (12.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 30 (8.772%) Windows 7
6 27 (7.895%) Windows XP
7 26 (7.602%) UNIX
8 16 (4.678%) Solaris
9 14 (4.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.754%) Windows Vista
11 4 (1.170%) AIX
11 4 (1.170%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.877%) CentOS
12 3 (0.877%) Gentoo
12 3 (0.877%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.877%) HPUX
12 3 (0.877%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.585%) Android
13 2 (0.585%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.292%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (12.57%) ITIL
2 36 (10.53%) Project Management
3 35 (10.23%) Migration
4 23 (6.725%) Network Management
5 21 (6.140%) PRINCE2
6 20 (5.848%) Business Analysis
7 19 (5.556%) Network Design
7 19 (5.556%) Service Management
8 16 (4.678%) Load Balancing
9 14 (4.094%) Business Continuity
9 14 (4.094%) Information Security
10 11 (3.216%) Service Delivery
10 11 (3.216%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (2.924%) Change Management
11 10 (2.924%) Change Control
12 9 (2.632%) GAP Analysis
12 9 (2.632%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (2.339%) Network Architecture
14 7 (2.047%) Risk Assessment
14 7 (2.047%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.310%) SQL
2 9 (2.632%) Java
3 8 (2.339%) Shell Script
4 7 (2.047%) Perl
4 7 (2.047%) PHP
5 4 (1.170%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.585%) C
6 2 (0.585%) Bash shell
6 2 (0.585%) Ruby
7 1 (0.292%) Korn
7 1 (0.292%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.292%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.292%) VB
7 1 (0.292%) Python
Qualifications
1 135 (39.47%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (20.76%) CCNA
3 54 (15.79%) CCNP
4 39 (11.40%) Security Cleared
5 36 (10.53%) CCIE
6 33 (9.649%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (8.187%) SC Cleared
8 26 (7.602%) MCSE
9 14 (4.094%) CCDP
10 12 (3.509%) CCSA
10 12 (3.509%) Degree
10 12 (3.509%) MCITP
11 10 (2.924%) CCSE
12 9 (2.632%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (2.632%) MCSA
13 7 (2.047%) JNCIE
13 7 (2.047%) CISSP
13 7 (2.047%) MCP
14 6 (1.754%) CCSP
14 6 (1.754%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.602%) SLA
2 11 (3.216%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.170%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.877%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.292%) QA
System Software
1 57 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 53 (15.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.971%) vSphere
4 15 (4.386%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.801%) VMware ESX
6 8 (2.339%) XenApp
7 7 (2.047%) UAG
8 6 (1.754%) ProxySG
9 5 (1.462%) vCloud
9 5 (1.462%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (1.170%) NFS
10 4 (1.170%) Forefront TMG
11 3 (0.877%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.585%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.585%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.585%) SRDF
12 2 (0.585%) Xen
13 1 (0.292%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.292%) Hyper-V
13 1 (0.292%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (4.386%) SCCM
1 15 (4.386%) SCOM
2 10 (2.924%) OpenView
3 9 (2.632%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.047%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.047%) Cisco UCCE
5 6 (1.754%) CiscoWorks
6 5 (1.462%) NetBackup
6 5 (1.462%) Nagios
6 5 (1.462%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (1.170%) Cisco UCCX
8 3 (0.877%) Zenoss
8 3 (0.877%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.877%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.877%) Tivoli
8 3 (0.877%) Legato
9 2 (0.585%) Cisco IPCC
9 2 (0.585%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.585%) WSUS
9 2 (0.585%) Puppet
Vendors
1 83 (24.27%) VMware
2 61 (17.84%) Microsoft
3 51 (14.91%) Citrix
3 51 (14.91%) Juniper
4 48 (14.04%) CheckPoint
5 43 (12.57%) HP
6 36 (10.53%) F5
7 33 (9.649%) EMC
8 32 (9.357%) NetApp
9 21 (6.140%) Avaya
10 19 (5.556%) Oracle
11 16 (4.678%) Red Hat
12 11 (3.216%) Brocade
13 10 (2.924%) Riverbed
13 10 (2.924%) Sourcefire
13 10 (2.924%) Blue Coat
14 9 (2.632%) IBM
15 8 (2.339%) Nortel
16 7 (2.047%) Mitel
16 7 (2.047%) Fortinet
City of London
Server / VMware / NetApp / Cisco / UCS / Exchange / Active Directory Mint is currently looking for an experienced Infrastructure Build Engineer to work on a large scale International project. The contract...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
City, London
Roc Search / Network Security Engineer / CCIE Level / Network Security / Networking / Security / Cisco / Troubleshooting / London / 6 month Contract. Roc Search / Network Security Engineer / Network / Security / Contract / London Roc Search...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
City Of London
This urgent contract role is working at a customer site in London as part of the Network and Storage team, which is responsible for the management, administration and...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Infrastructure Engineer - Cisco, Unified Comms, NetApp, VmwareMy client is currently looking for a broadly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to join their busy Infrastructure team for a global project.
Mint
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
City, London
Specifically, the Implementation Engineer must have the following essential attributes to lead implementation activities into the agreed sites: *Applied experience working on technical IT projects *Experience of IT...
Reed Technology
Rate: £250 - £400 per day + Dependant on Experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Ideal candidates will have a background in Network engineering ideally with experience in a Cisco environment with the following technical skills: * Cisco LAN technology (6500, 3750, layer 2...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Knowledge and experience of PRINCE2 project management methodology... Key systems: Microsoft Windows desktop and server operating systems, Active Directory. Server, LAN/WAN switches, routers, firewalls; desktops, laptops, printers...
Oliver James Associates
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Technically you will have strong working experience and knowledge of Cisco, routing and switching, LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, Cisco FWSM, ASA, Fortinet, Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
It is essential that you display a clear record of implementing Cisco based networks in secure and challenging environments, as well as a good understanding of network technologies.....
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £500 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
The requirement is for a resource to build and configure Checkpoint and ASA firewall possibly Blue Coats as per Client requirement i.e... Skills: Firewalls. Checkpoint. Cisco. McAfee...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
About your personal attributes:Collaborative working and willing to share knowledge and experienceCustomer focused with excellent rapport building skills - able to comfortably communicate with clients face to face,...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
Roc Search / Network Engineer / - OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS Core Networking, CCNP, CCDP, BCNE / Contract / London... Essential Skills: 3+ years in a technical operations or engineering role within...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Experience in the financial sector VMware HP Hardware & HP Health monitoring tools Scripting experience in one or more of Python/Shell/Perl/Ruby languages Network build/management systems,...
Orgtel
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Critical business partner role alongside Systems Engineering, Problem Management, Change Management, Network Operations and Service Operations. 3-5+ Years Linux/Unix support or engineering, capable of providing 2nd/...
Orgtel
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Junior Systems Engineer/Support skill set will include some of the following: Windows server, database deployment experience (SQL or Oracle) and cisco networkingEssential skills-Experienced providing field based/...
eChoice Consulting
Rate: £10 - 12 per hour + bens and overtime
Posted: 8 May 2013
City of London
Network Engineer, IT Telecommunication,London, £260pd My client is a Cisco Gold Partnership who is currently looking for a Network Engineer with Nortel/Ciena skills to join theirLondonoffice...
Orgtel
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Cisco UCS Engineer (VMware, Red Hat, EMC) - Our client, a leading financial services company is looking for a Cisco UCS Engineer (VMware, Red Hat, EMC) to work onsite...
Salt
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
My client requires a skilled Low Latency Engineer who has extensive experience deploying and configuring Cisco and Arista network devices in an ultra-low latency trading environment... Advanced...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
CCIE / VoIP / CCIE voice / Cisco / Avaya / Voice / Voice over IP / IP / IP Agent / CUCM / Call Management System / CMS / AES / CTI / Architecture / Advocate / IVR / Routing / UCCE / Contract / London... They...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The Role * Service Delivery Management within a Cisco environment * Drive the company's service department to continually better its performance * Senior service management role, assisting with the management...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The Role * Service Delivery Management within a Cisco environment * Drive the company's service department to continually better its performance * Senior service management role, assisting with the management...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 20 May 2013