East Midlands Cisco Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Altrincham Amersham Andover Angus Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Cleethorpes Cobham Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Dagenham Darlington Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Grimsby Guildford Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Immingham Inverness Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tayside Teesside Telford Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	18
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	63	90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.083 %	0.095 %
As % of the category below	8.077 %	12.16 %
Daily rates quoted	6	13
Average minimum daily rate	£286	£269
Average daily rate	£298	£273
% change on same period last year	+9.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£311	£278
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£329
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.71	£21.50
Average hourly rate	£19.11	£22.00
% change on same period last year	-13.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.51	£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.67	£26.91
% change on same period last year	-8.31 %
Vendors East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	780	740
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.029 %	0.785 %
Daily rates quoted	185	143
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£310
Average daily rate	£317	£328
% change on same period last year	-3.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	115
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.02	£21.12
Average hourly rate	£18.74	£22.13
% change on same period last year	-15.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.46	£23.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 across the East Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Cisco within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 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	0	31	£330	+34.69 %
Leicestershire	+3	10	£263	-4.54 %
Lincolnshire	-	6	-	-
Derbyshire	+12	5	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 56 (42.11 %) Windows 2 39 (29.32 %) Cisco Certification 3 32 (24.06 %) SAN 4 29 (21.80 %) Citrix 5 27 (20.30 %) CCNA 6 26 (19.55 %) Migration 7 24 (18.05 %) Microsoft 7 24 (18.05 %) LAN 8 23 (17.29 %) WAN 9 22 (16.54 %) Active Directory 10 21 (15.79 %) EMC TimeFinder 11 20 (15.04 %) EMC 11 20 (15.04 %) Unix 12 18 (13.53 %) VPN 12 18 (13.53 %) CCNP

13 17 (12.78 %) Data Migration 14 14 (10.53 %) MS Exchange 14 14 (10.53 %) Finance 15 13 (9.774 %) Nortel 16 12 (9.023 %) Microsoft Certification 16 12 (9.023 %) Solaris 16 12 (9.023 %) MCSE 16 12 (9.023 %) Firewall 16 12 (9.023 %) Exchange Server 2003 17 11 (8.271 %) Avaya 18 10 (7.519 %) SQL Server 19 9 (6.767 %) Windows 2000 19 9 (6.767 %) MS Excel 19 9 (6.767 %) VoIP 19 9 (6.767 %) SLA

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 3 (2.256 %) HTML 1 3 (2.256 %) .NET 2 1 (0.752 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 14 (10.53 %) MS Exchange 2 12 (9.023 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (2.256 %) Commerce Server 4 2 (1.504 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 2 (1.504 %) IIS 5 1 (0.752 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 9 (6.767 %) MS Excel 2 7 (5.263 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.504 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 3 (2.256 %) MFGPRO 2 2 (1.504 %) BPCS 2 2 (1.504 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 32 (24.06 %) SAN 2 24 (18.05 %) LAN 3 23 (17.29 %) WAN 4 18 (13.53 %) VPN 5 12 (9.023 %) Firewall 6 9 (6.767 %) VoIP 7 7 (5.263 %) Wireless 7 7 (5.263 %) IP Telephony 8 6 (4.511 %) Cisco ICM 8 6 (4.511 %) Network Security 9 5 (3.759 %) DNS 10 4 (3.008 %) VLAN 10 4 (3.008 %) DHCP 10 4 (3.008 %) SNMP 10 4 (3.008 %) TCP/IP 11 3 (2.256 %) CTI 11 3 (2.256 %) PSTN 12 2 (1.504 %) WINS 12 2 (1.504 %) Nortel Alteon 13 1 (0.752 %) ATM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (7.519 %) SQL Server 2 4 (3.008 %) Crystal Reports 3 3 (2.256 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (0.752 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.752 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.752 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 14 (10.53 %) Finance 2 7 (5.263 %) Telecoms 3 6 (4.511 %) Health 4 1 (0.752 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (0.752 %) Advertising 4 1 (0.752 %) Local Government 4 1 (0.752 %) Government	Job Titles 1 24 (18.05 %) Architect 2 22 (16.54 %) Analyst 3 20 (15.04 %) Network Engineer 4 19 (14.29 %) Solutions Architect 5 12 (9.023 %) Support Engineer 5 12 (9.023 %) Cisco Engineer 6 11 (8.271 %) Infrastructure Manager 6 11 (8.271 %) Systems Engineer 6 11 (8.271 %) Support Analyst 7 9 (6.767 %) Project Manager 8 8 (6.015 %) Administrator 9 7 (5.263 %) Network Support 9 7 (5.263 %) Voice Engineer 10 6 (4.511 %) 3rd Line Support 10 6 (4.511 %) 2nd Line Support 11 5 (3.759 %) Consultant 11 5 (3.759 %) Cisco Network Engineer 12 4 (3.008 %) Security Architect 12 4 (3.008 %) Desktop Analyst 12 4 (3.008 %) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.256 %) AS400 2 2 (1.504 %) Clustering 2 2 (1.504 %) Fat Client 2 2 (1.504 %) Thin Client 3 1 (0.752 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 56 (42.11 %) Windows 2 20 (15.04 %) Unix 3 12 (9.023 %) Solaris 4 9 (6.767 %) Windows 2000 5 7 (5.263 %) Windows Server 2003 6 6 (4.511 %) Linux 7 2 (1.504 %) Windows NT 7 2 (1.504 %) Windows XP 7 2 (1.504 %) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (19.55 %) Migration 2 17 (12.78 %) Data Migration 3 7 (5.263 %) ITIL 3 7 (5.263 %) PRINCE2 3 7 (5.263 %) Project Management 4 6 (4.511 %) Change Management 5 5 (3.759 %) Incident Management 6 4 (3.008 %) Network Design 7 3 (2.256 %) Disaster Recovery 7 3 (2.256 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (1.504 %) E-Commerce 8 2 (1.504 %) ERP 8 2 (1.504 %) SC Cleared 9 1 (0.752 %) BC Cleared 9 1 (0.752 %) DV Cleared 9 1 (0.752 %) Penetration Testing 9 1 (0.752 %) Information Security 9 1 (0.752 %) Workflow 9 1 (0.752 %) Load Balancing	Programming Languages 1 3 (2.256 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 39 (29.32 %) Cisco Certification 2 27 (20.30 %) CCNA 3 18 (13.53 %) CCNP 4 12 (9.023 %) Microsoft Certification 4 12 (9.023 %) MCSE 5 5 (3.759 %) CCSP 5 5 (3.759 %) CISSP 5 5 (3.759 %) SSCP 6 4 (3.008 %) CCDA 6 4 (3.008 %) CCDP 7 3 (2.256 %) MCP 7 3 (2.256 %) Citrix Certification 7 3 (2.256 %) CCEA 8 2 (1.504 %) CNE 8 2 (1.504 %) Novell Certification 8 2 (1.504 %) MCSA 8 2 (1.504 %) CCA 8 2 (1.504 %) ITIL Certification 9 1 (0.752 %) CCVP 9 1 (0.752 %) CCIE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (6.767 %) SLA 2 3 (2.256 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software 1 22 (16.54 %) Active Directory 2 4 (3.008 %) MailMarshal 3 3 (2.256 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.752 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.752 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.752 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 21 (15.79 %) EMC TimeFinder 2 4 (3.008 %) CiscoWorks 2 4 (3.008 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 4 (3.008 %) Nagios 3 2 (1.504 %) ZENworks 4 1 (0.752 %) MOM 4 1 (0.752 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.752 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 29 (21.80 %) Citrix 2 24 (18.05 %) Microsoft 3 20 (15.04 %) EMC 4 13 (9.774 %) Nortel 5 11 (8.271 %) Avaya 6 9 (6.767 %) Novell 7 8 (6.015 %) CheckPoint 7 8 (6.015 %) VMware 8 7 (5.263 %) Sophos 8 7 (5.263 %) HP 9 5 (3.759 %) Edify 10 4 (3.008 %) SonicWALL 10 4 (3.008 %) Websense 10 4 (3.008 %) VERITAS 11 3 (2.256 %) SAP 11 3 (2.256 %) IBM 12 2 (1.504 %) Juniper 12 2 (1.504 %) CA 12 2 (1.504 %) Symantec 12 2 (1.504 %) McAfee Security