East Midlands Cisco Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts within the East Midlands region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Greenford Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	56	43
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	31	52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.049 %	0.056 %
As % of the category below	17.42 %	24.30 %
Daily rates quoted	3	15
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£290
Average daily rate	£280	£293
% change on same period last year	-4.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£293	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£310
% change on same period last year	+9.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.29	£27.97
Average hourly rate	£20.57	£28.74
% change on same period last year	-28.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.86	£29.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.19	£30.30
% change on same period last year	-3.66 %
Qualifications East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	178	214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.280 %	0.229 %
Daily rates quoted	31	38
Average minimum daily rate	£265	£285
Average daily rate	£276	£294
% change on same period last year	-5.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£287	£302
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	43
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.56	£23.24
Average hourly rate	£17.81	£24.34
% change on same period last year	-26.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.05	£25.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
Cisco Certification England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Nottinghamshire	+11	22	£333	-
Leicestershire	+19	4	£175	+34.61 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification.

1 60 (75.95 %) Cisco 2 59 (74.68 %) CCNA 3 38 (48.10 %) Microsoft Certification 4 36 (45.57 %) MCSE 5 25 (31.65 %) CCNP 6 23 (29.11 %) Windows 7 22 (27.85 %) Citrix 8 20 (25.32 %) HP 8 20 (25.32 %) Windows Server 2003 9 15 (18.99 %) VPN 10 14 (17.72 %) MS Exchange 11 13 (16.46 %) Exchange Server 2003 12 12 (15.19 %) Windows 2000 Server 12 12 (15.19 %) WAN 13 11 (13.92 %) Citrix Certification

14 10 (12.66 %) CNE 14 10 (12.66 %) Novell Certification 15 9 (11.39 %) CCEA 15 9 (11.39 %) LAN 15 9 (11.39 %) MCP 15 9 (11.39 %) VMware 16 8 (10.13 %) Exchange Server 2000 16 8 (10.13 %) HP ASE 16 8 (10.13 %) CCDA 17 7 (8.861 %) CCIE 17 7 (8.861 %) TCP/IP 17 7 (8.861 %) HP AIS 17 7 (8.861 %) Network Security 18 6 (7.595 %) Active Directory 18 6 (7.595 %) CCSP

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 14 (17.72 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (16.46 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 8 (10.13 %) Exchange Server 2000	Applications 1 2 (2.532 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 15 (18.99 %) VPN 2 12 (15.19 %) WAN 3 9 (11.39 %) LAN 4 7 (8.861 %) Network Security 4 7 (8.861 %) TCP/IP 5 3 (3.797 %) DNS 6 2 (2.532 %) DHCP 6 2 (2.532 %) Firewall 6 2 (2.532 %) Wireless 7 1 (1.266 %) IP Telephony 7 1 (1.266 %) VLAN 7 1 (1.266 %) Cisco IPT 7 1 (1.266 %) Cisco PIX 7 1 (1.266 %) Wireless Security 7 1 (1.266 %) VoIP 7 1 (1.266 %) SAN 7 1 (1.266 %) MPLS 7 1 (1.266 %) OSPF 7 1 (1.266 %) BGP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.532 %) SQL Server
General 1 4 (5.063 %) Finance 1 4 (5.063 %) Banking 2 3 (3.797 %) Government 3 2 (2.532 %) Local Government 3 2 (2.532 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 20 (25.32 %) Network Engineer 2 16 (20.25 %) Support Engineer 3 14 (17.72 %) Cisco Engineer 4 9 (11.39 %) Cisco Network Engineer 4 9 (11.39 %) 3rd Line Support 5 6 (7.595 %) Architect 5 6 (7.595 %) Helpdesk Engineer 6 5 (6.329 %) Network Architect 6 5 (6.329 %) Security Architect 7 4 (5.063 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 7 4 (5.063 %) Network Support 7 4 (5.063 %) Technical Engineer 8 3 (3.797 %) Senior Network Engineer 8 3 (3.797 %) Helpdesk Support 8 3 (3.797 %) Consultant 8 3 (3.797 %) Analyst 8 3 (3.797 %) Systems Engineer 8 3 (3.797 %) Technical Support 9 2 (2.532 %) Network Consultant 9 2 (2.532 %) Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.266 %) Thin Client 1 1 (1.266 %) Fat Client	Operating Systems 1 23 (29.11 %) Windows 2 20 (25.32 %) Windows Server 2003 3 12 (15.19 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 3 (3.797 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (2.532 %) Windows XP 6 1 (1.266 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (3.797 %) PRINCE2 1 3 (3.797 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (2.532 %) ITIL 2 2 (2.532 %) Project Planning 2 2 (2.532 %) Migration 3 1 (1.266 %) Incident Management 3 1 (1.266 %) Project Management 3 1 (1.266 %) Load Balancing 3 1 (1.266 %) DV Cleared	Programming Languages 1 1 (1.266 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 59 (74.68 %) CCNA 2 38 (48.10 %) Microsoft Certification 3 36 (45.57 %) MCSE 4 25 (31.65 %) CCNP 5 11 (13.92 %) Citrix Certification 6 10 (12.66 %) CNE 6 10 (12.66 %) Novell Certification 7 9 (11.39 %) CCEA 7 9 (11.39 %) MCP 8 8 (10.13 %) HP ASE 8 8 (10.13 %) CCDA 9 7 (8.861 %) CCIE 9 7 (8.861 %) HP AIS 10 6 (7.595 %) SSCP 10 6 (7.595 %) CCSP 10 6 (7.595 %) CISSP 11 5 (6.329 %) MCSA 12 4 (5.063 %) CCDP 13 2 (2.532 %) CCA 13 2 (2.532 %) CCIP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (3.797 %) SLA
System Software 1 6 (7.595 %) Active Directory 2 5 (6.329 %) MailMarshal	Systems Management 1 5 (6.329 %) CiscoWorks
Vendors 1 60 (75.95 %) Cisco 2 22 (27.85 %) Citrix 3 20 (25.32 %) HP 4 9 (11.39 %) VMware 5 5 (6.329 %) Microsoft 5 5 (6.329 %) Sophos 5 5 (6.329 %) Websense 6 2 (2.532 %) Nortel 7 1 (1.266 %) WatchGuard 7 1 (1.266 %) 3Com 7 1 (1.266 %) Symantec 7 1 (1.266 %) Dell