The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Nexus skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Nexus over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the East of England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Nexus
Rank 108 129 116
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -13
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 8 2 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.367% 0.067% 0.536%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.062% 0.377% 3.271%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
Average daily rate £325 £250 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -15.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £230 £297
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £270 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
- +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £21.88
% change year-on-year
+32.69% +18.85%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
388 531 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.82% 17.81% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 170 129
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 51 84
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Nexus across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England Cisco Nexus Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Cisco Nexus Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Cisco Nexus Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Nexus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cambridgeshire - 6 £325 -
Hertfordshire +11 2 £328 +31.00%
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Cisco Nexus 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 Nexus.

1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (46.67%) CCNP
3 7 (46.67%) Firewall
3 7 (46.67%) CheckPoint
4 6 (40.00%) Wireless
4 6 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (40.00%) WAN
5 5 (33.33%) VPN
6 4 (26.67%) LAN
6 4 (26.67%) CCNA
6 4 (26.67%) Cisco PIX
6 4 (26.67%) Network Security
7 3 (20.00%) Internet
7 3 (20.00%) HP
7 3 (20.00%) Juniper
7 3 (20.00%) MPLS
7 3 (20.00%) OSPF
7 3 (20.00%) BGP
7 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (20.00%) CCIE
7 3 (20.00%) F5
7 3 (20.00%) FortiGate
8 2 (13.33%) HSRP
8 2 (13.33%) FWSM
8 2 (13.33%) vCloud
8 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
8 2 (13.33%) MS Exchange
8 2 (13.33%) RIP
8 2 (13.33%) SNMP

Cisco Nexus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Cisco Nexus 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 Nexus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Firewall
2 6 (40.00%) Wireless
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (40.00%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 4 (26.67%) LAN
4 4 (26.67%) Cisco PIX
4 4 (26.67%) Network Security
5 3 (20.00%) Internet
5 3 (20.00%) MPLS
5 3 (20.00%) OSPF
5 3 (20.00%) BGP
6 2 (13.33%) HSRP
6 2 (13.33%) FWSM
6 2 (13.33%) RIP
6 2 (13.33%) SNMP
6 2 (13.33%) VRRP
6 2 (13.33%) NetScreen
6 2 (13.33%) BIG-IP
6 2 (13.33%) IPsec
General
1 2 (13.33%) Banking
1 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Support Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 1 (6.667%) Network Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) Network Security Specialist
3 1 (6.667%) Network Specialist
3 1 (6.667%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Device Driver
1 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
1 2 (13.33%) ITIL
1 2 (13.33%) Migration
1 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
1 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
1 2 (13.33%) Network Management
2 1 (6.667%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (46.67%) CCNP
3 4 (26.67%) CCNA
4 3 (20.00%) CCIE
5 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.667%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) GAMP
1 1 (6.667%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) vCloud
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (13.33%) WSUS
3 1 (6.667%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (6.667%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (46.67%) CheckPoint
3 3 (20.00%) HP
3 3 (20.00%) Juniper
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) F5
4 2 (13.33%) NetApp
4 2 (13.33%) Nokia
4 2 (13.33%) Symantec
4 2 (13.33%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) Polycom
4 2 (13.33%) Riverbed
5 1 (6.667%) Citrix