The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA 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 Qualifications for the East Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 73 68 72
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Contract jobs citing CCNA 10 16 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.802% 1.162% 0.637%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.650% 7.921% 3.543%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 1
Average daily rate £331 £180 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+84.02% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £34.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +172.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.25
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.22%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
177 202 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 14.19% 14.67% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 84 98
Average daily rate £339 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.21% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £456 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 26
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -37.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £56.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCNA across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East Midlands CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCNA across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCNA across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Nottinghamshire -2 4 £350 +55.55%
Derbyshire +14 2 £311 +107.50%
Lincolnshire - 2 £400 -
Leicestershire -10 1 - -
CCNA
England

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1 30 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (83.33%) Cisco
3 24 (80.00%) Firewall
4 16 (53.33%) CCNP
5 14 (46.67%) LAN
6 13 (43.33%) WAN
7 11 (36.67%) Juniper
8 10 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (30.00%) CheckPoint
10 8 (26.67%) VPN
11 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
11 7 (23.33%) HP
11 7 (23.33%) MPLS
11 7 (23.33%) Cisco PIX
12 6 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (20.00%) Citrix
13 5 (16.67%) Nortel
13 5 (16.67%) VoIP
13 5 (16.67%) Windows
13 5 (16.67%) Wireless
13 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds
13 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds Orion
14 4 (13.33%) DMVPN
14 4 (13.33%) F5
14 4 (13.33%) Finance
14 4 (13.33%) VMware
14 4 (13.33%) EIGRP
14 4 (13.33%) Nokia
14 4 (13.33%) MCSE
14 4 (13.33%) VSS/SourceSafe

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing CCNA 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 CCNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 24 (80.00%) Firewall
2 14 (46.67%) LAN
3 13 (43.33%) WAN
4 10 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (26.67%) VPN
6 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
6 7 (23.33%) MPLS
6 7 (23.33%) Cisco PIX
7 6 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (16.67%) VoIP
8 5 (16.67%) Wireless
9 4 (13.33%) DMVPN
9 4 (13.33%) EIGRP
9 4 (13.33%) WLAN
10 3 (10.00%) BGP
10 3 (10.00%) PABX
10 3 (10.00%) VLAN
10 3 (10.00%) Network Security
11 2 (6.667%) FWSM
11 2 (6.667%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Network Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Network Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Network Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 2 (6.667%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (6.667%) Network Support
6 2 (6.667%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Junior
7 1 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Server Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Network Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (6.667%) Performance Management
2 2 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (6.667%) Network Management
2 2 (6.667%) ITIL
3 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (53.33%) CCNP
3 4 (13.33%) MCSE
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.00%) CCSP
4 3 (10.00%) MCSA
5 2 (6.667%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.667%) CCSE
5 2 (6.667%) CCSA
6 1 (3.333%) CCIE
6 1 (3.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (3.333%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) vSphere
1 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 25 (83.33%) Cisco
2 11 (36.67%) Juniper
3 9 (30.00%) CheckPoint
4 7 (23.33%) HP
5 6 (20.00%) Citrix
6 5 (16.67%) Nortel
6 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds
7 4 (13.33%) F5
7 4 (13.33%) VMware
7 4 (13.33%) Nokia
7 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 2 (6.667%) Crossbeam
8 2 (6.667%) Fortinet
8 2 (6.667%) Blue Coat
8 2 (6.667%) Clearswift
8 2 (6.667%) McAfee
9 1 (3.333%) Avaya
9 1 (3.333%) Dell
9 1 (3.333%) EMC
9 1 (3.333%) IBM