The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification 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 Cisco Certification 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 68 61 67
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 15 19 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.196% 1.386% 1.220%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.523% 9.794% 6.800%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 3
Average daily rate £320 £238 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.73% -20.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £34.00 £47.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -28.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -18.18%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
176 194 250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 14.04% 14.15% 17.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 79 97
Average daily rate £334 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.48% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 26
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -37.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £55.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Cisco Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
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 24 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 0 8 £350 +47.36%
Derbyshire +11 3 £313 +25.00%
Lincolnshire - 2 £400 -
Leicestershire -16 1 - -
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 39 (82.98%) Cisco
2 37 (78.72%) Firewall
3 30 (63.83%) CCNA
4 27 (57.45%) CCNP
5 21 (44.68%) LAN
6 19 (40.43%) WAN
7 17 (36.17%) CheckPoint
8 16 (34.04%) Juniper
9 15 (31.91%) TCP/IP
10 13 (27.66%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (23.40%) VPN
12 10 (21.28%) Wireless
13 9 (19.15%) MPLS
13 9 (19.15%) HP
13 9 (19.15%) Cisco PIX
14 8 (17.02%) Nortel
14 8 (17.02%) Citrix
14 8 (17.02%) BGP
14 8 (17.02%) VMware
15 7 (14.89%) EIGRP
15 7 (14.89%) OSPF
15 7 (14.89%) Nokia
15 7 (14.89%) VLAN
15 7 (14.89%) F5
15 7 (14.89%) Cisco Nexus
16 6 (12.77%) DMVPN
16 6 (12.77%) SolarWinds
16 6 (12.77%) SolarWinds Orion
16 6 (12.77%) Network Security
16 6 (12.77%) Microsoft

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 37 (78.72%) Firewall
2 21 (44.68%) LAN
3 19 (40.43%) WAN
4 15 (31.91%) TCP/IP
5 13 (27.66%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (23.40%) VPN
7 10 (21.28%) Wireless
8 9 (19.15%) MPLS
8 9 (19.15%) Cisco PIX
9 8 (17.02%) BGP
10 7 (14.89%) EIGRP
10 7 (14.89%) OSPF
10 7 (14.89%) VLAN
10 7 (14.89%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (12.77%) DMVPN
11 6 (12.77%) Network Security
11 6 (12.77%) VoIP
12 5 (10.64%) WLAN
13 4 (8.511%) DHCP
14 3 (6.383%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.128%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.511%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (8.511%) Finance
2 3 (6.383%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.128%) Danish Language
3 1 (2.128%) French Language
3 1 (2.128%) Swedish Language
3 1 (2.128%) Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (55.32%) Network Engineer
2 9 (19.15%) Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Network Analyst
4 7 (14.89%) Architect
5 5 (10.64%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (8.511%) Network Architect
7 3 (6.383%) Technical Architect
7 3 (6.383%) Security Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Network Support Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (4.255%) Network Support
8 2 (4.255%) Firewall Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 2 (4.255%) Support Engineer
9 1 (2.128%) 3rd Line Support
9 1 (2.128%) Network Security Engineer
9 1 (2.128%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.255%) Computer Science
1 2 (4.255%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.128%) Handset
2 1 (2.128%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 1 (2.128%) UNIX
2 1 (2.128%) Linux
2 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (12.77%) ITIL
2 4 (8.511%) Load Balancing
2 4 (8.511%) Network Management
3 3 (6.383%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (6.383%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (4.255%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (4.255%) Performance Management
4 2 (4.255%) PRINCE2
4 2 (4.255%) PRINCE
5 1 (2.128%) Change Management
5 1 (2.128%) Data Security
5 1 (2.128%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (63.83%) CCNA
2 27 (57.45%) CCNP
3 5 (10.64%) MCSE
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.383%) MCSA
4 3 (6.383%) CCSP
4 3 (6.383%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.383%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.383%) CCSA
5 2 (4.255%) CCSE
5 2 (4.255%) Degree
6 1 (2.128%) CCIE
6 1 (2.128%) RHCE
6 1 (2.128%) CISSP
6 1 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.128%) MCITP
6 1 (2.128%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) ProxySG
1 2 (4.255%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.128%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 39 (82.98%) Cisco
2 17 (36.17%) CheckPoint
3 16 (34.04%) Juniper
4 9 (19.15%) HP
5 8 (17.02%) Nortel
5 8 (17.02%) Citrix
5 8 (17.02%) VMware
6 7 (14.89%) Nokia
6 7 (14.89%) F5
7 6 (12.77%) SolarWinds
7 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
8 4 (8.511%) Blue Coat
8 4 (8.511%) EMC
8 4 (8.511%) Clearswift
9 3 (6.383%) McAfee
9 3 (6.383%) NetApp
10 2 (4.255%) Fortinet
10 2 (4.255%) Crossbeam
11 1 (2.128%) Red Hat
11 1 (2.128%) Websense