The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 32 47 39
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -8
Contract jobs citing Cisco 56 39 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 4.441% 2.857% 2.778%
As % of the Vendors category 9.672% 6.915% 6.441%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 10
Average daily rate £309 £180 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+71.52% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £110 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £358 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.58% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 4
Average hourly rate £27.50 £18.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.77% -12.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £10.78 £15.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.45 £33.80 £30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
579 564 590
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 45.92% 41.32% 43.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 271 209
Average daily rate £325 £331 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% -1.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £180 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 49 68
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -14.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.03 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 +20 29 £308 +29.47%
Derbyshire +15 10 £315 -10.00%
Lincolnshire +6 7 £263 +138.63%
Northamptonshire +17 6 £220 -8.33%
Leicestershire -13 2 £275 +3.77%
Cisco
England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 63 (53.85%) Firewall
2 48 (41.03%) Windows
3 47 (40.17%) VMware
4 44 (37.61%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 36 (30.77%) LAN
7 29 (24.79%) WAN
8 28 (23.93%) CCNP
9 27 (23.08%) TCP/IP
10 26 (22.22%) CheckPoint
11 25 (21.37%) CCNA
12 24 (20.51%) Active Directory
12 24 (20.51%) Citrix
12 24 (20.51%) Juniper
12 24 (20.51%) Wireless
12 24 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
13 23 (19.66%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (19.66%) HP
14 21 (17.95%) VPN
15 20 (17.09%) Windows Server 2008
16 19 (16.24%) MS Exchange
17 17 (14.53%) Telecoms
18 16 (13.68%) Exchange Server 2010
19 15 (12.82%) VoIP
20 14 (11.97%) Linux
20 14 (11.97%) Nortel
20 14 (11.97%) Cisco Nexus
21 13 (11.11%) ITIL
21 13 (11.11%) DNS
21 13 (11.11%) SAN

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 6 (5.128%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 19 (16.24%) MS Exchange
2 16 (13.68%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (8.547%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (6.838%) Apache
5 7 (5.983%) IIS
6 4 (3.419%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (3.419%) Lync
7 3 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (1.709%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.855%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.855%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 7 (5.983%) MS Office
2 5 (4.274%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.564%) MS Project
4 2 (1.709%) Office 365
4 2 (1.709%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.709%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.855%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (53.85%) Firewall
2 36 (30.77%) LAN
3 29 (24.79%) WAN
4 27 (23.08%) TCP/IP
5 24 (20.51%) Wireless
6 23 (19.66%) Cisco ASA
7 21 (17.95%) VPN
8 15 (12.82%) VoIP
9 14 (11.97%) Cisco Nexus
10 13 (11.11%) DNS
10 13 (11.11%) SAN
10 13 (11.11%) VLAN
11 12 (10.26%) Internet
11 12 (10.26%) Cisco PIX
11 12 (10.26%) Network Security
12 11 (9.402%) BGP
13 10 (8.547%) WLAN
13 10 (8.547%) DHCP
14 9 (7.692%) MPLS
15 8 (6.838%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.838%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.709%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.419%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 17 (14.53%) Telecoms
2 9 (7.692%) Finance
3 5 (4.274%) Marketing
4 1 (0.855%) Danish Language
4 1 (0.855%) French Language
4 1 (0.855%) Swedish Language
4 1 (0.855%) Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (31.62%) Network Engineer
2 18 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (11.97%) Support Engineer
4 13 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 9 (7.692%) Analyst
5 9 (7.692%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (6.838%) Network Analyst
7 7 (5.983%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.983%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (5.128%) Network Support
8 6 (5.128%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.274%) Sales Manager
9 5 (4.274%) Cisco Support
9 5 (4.274%) Architect
9 5 (4.274%) Account Manager
10 4 (3.419%) 3rd Line Support
11 3 (2.564%) Technical Architect
11 3 (2.564%) Network Support Engineer
11 3 (2.564%) Server Engineer
11 3 (2.564%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.419%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.564%) NHS
2 3 (2.564%) Clustering
2 3 (2.564%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (2.564%) Open Source
3 2 (1.709%) SaaS
3 2 (1.709%) IaaS
3 2 (1.709%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.855%) Handset
4 1 (0.855%) VLE
4 1 (0.855%) IVR
4 1 (0.855%) Statistics
4 1 (0.855%) Data Integration
4 1 (0.855%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 48 (41.03%) Windows
2 20 (17.09%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (11.97%) Linux
4 12 (10.26%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (9.402%) Windows 7
5 11 (9.402%) UNIX
6 9 (7.692%) Windows XP
7 5 (4.274%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (2.564%) Windows 2000
9 2 (1.709%) HPUX
9 2 (1.709%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.855%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.11%) ITIL
2 10 (8.547%) Project Management
2 10 (8.547%) Migration
3 9 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 7 (5.983%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (5.983%) Validation
5 5 (4.274%) Service Delivery
6 4 (3.419%) Network Management
7 3 (2.564%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (2.564%) Load Balancing
8 2 (1.709%) Performance Management
8 2 (1.709%) WAN Optimisation
8 2 (1.709%) Security Management
8 2 (1.709%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (1.709%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (1.709%) Network Security Management
8 2 (1.709%) PRINCE
8 2 (1.709%) Service Management
9 1 (0.855%) Data Security
9 1 (0.855%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.419%) SQL
2 1 (0.855%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (37.61%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (23.93%) CCNP
3 25 (21.37%) CCNA
4 10 (8.547%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (6.838%) MCSE
6 5 (4.274%) Security Cleared
7 4 (3.419%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.564%) CCSP
8 3 (2.564%) MCSA
8 3 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.709%) MCITP
9 2 (1.709%) Degree
9 2 (1.709%) PMP
9 2 (1.709%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.709%) CCSA
9 2 (1.709%) CCSE
10 1 (0.855%) RHCA
10 1 (0.855%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.855%) RHCE
10 1 (0.855%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.564%) SLA
2 2 (1.709%) QA
System Software
1 24 (20.51%) Active Directory
1 24 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.128%) MetaFrame
3 4 (3.419%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.564%) ISA Server
4 3 (2.564%) vSphere
5 2 (1.709%) NFS
5 2 (1.709%) VMware ESX
5 2 (1.709%) ProxySG
5 2 (1.709%) XenApp
6 1 (0.855%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.855%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.855%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 6 (5.128%) Tivoli
1 6 (5.128%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (4.274%) SolarWinds Orion
3 3 (2.564%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.709%) WSUS
4 2 (1.709%) SCCM
4 2 (1.709%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (1.709%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (1.709%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.855%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 47 (40.17%) VMware
2 39 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 26 (22.22%) CheckPoint
4 24 (20.51%) Citrix
4 24 (20.51%) Juniper
5 23 (19.66%) HP
6 14 (11.97%) Nortel
7 12 (10.26%) F5
8 11 (9.402%) IBM
9 10 (8.547%) Nokia
10 9 (7.692%) EMC
10 9 (7.692%) Oracle
10 9 (7.692%) NetApp
11 7 (5.983%) Blue Coat
11 7 (5.983%) Riverbed
12 6 (5.128%) Brocade
13 5 (4.274%) Sun
13 5 (4.274%) SolarWinds
13 5 (4.274%) McAfee
13 5 (4.274%) Red Hat
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Northampton- 2nd Line Support/ Sharepoint Administrator3- 6 months200-220 per dayGovernment SectorWith a view to start mid-May The role will include: Administration and maintenance of all firewalls,...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Ideal candidate must have one or more of the Qualifications, and at least the items in the one or more key areas: Qualifications *CCNA *CCNP *CCIE KEY Areas...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013