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 of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 23 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 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.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 37 47 53
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco 97 102 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 4.575% 3.458% 2.913%
As % of the Vendors category 10.26% 7.852% 6.186%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 53 23
Average daily rate £291 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.38% +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £182 £134
10% offered a daily rate of more than £421 £450 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.08% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 18
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £16.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £47.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
945 1299 1261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 44.58% 44.03% 47.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 569 494
Average daily rate £338 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £181 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 124 183
Average hourly rate £21.75 £27.00 £25.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.44% +7.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Cisco
England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +23 37 £260 -5.45%
Hertfordshire +12 21 £345 +28.37%
Essex -2 21 £335 -16.25%
Bedfordshire +9 7 £293 -31.17%
Norfolk +2 6 - -
Suffolk -10 3 £225 -
East Anglia +13 2 £270 -
Cisco
England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 89 (38.03%) Cisco Certification
2 79 (33.76%) Windows
2 79 (33.76%) Firewall
3 69 (29.49%) VMware
4 60 (25.64%) ITIL
4 60 (25.64%) VoIP
4 60 (25.64%) WAN
5 59 (25.21%) CCNP
6 54 (23.08%) LAN
7 53 (22.65%) Microsoft
8 50 (21.37%) Active Directory
9 49 (20.94%) VPN
10 46 (19.66%) Wireless
11 45 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
12 41 (17.52%) Cisco ASA
13 37 (15.81%) HP
14 34 (14.53%) CheckPoint
14 34 (14.53%) Windows Server 2008
15 33 (14.10%) CCNA
16 31 (13.25%) Citrix
16 31 (13.25%) MS Exchange
17 27 (11.54%) MPLS
18 26 (11.11%) SAN
18 26 (11.11%) Linux
19 25 (10.68%) Windows Server 2003
19 25 (10.68%) Exchange Server 2010
20 24 (10.26%) Network Security
20 24 (10.26%) Juniper
20 24 (10.26%) CCIE
21 22 (9.402%) Project Management

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 4 (1.709%) CSS
2 3 (1.282%) XMPP
3 2 (0.855%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 31 (13.25%) MS Exchange
2 25 (10.68%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (8.974%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (4.274%) Lync
4 10 (4.274%) IIS
5 3 (1.282%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.855%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.855%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.427%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.427%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 12 (5.128%) MS Excel
2 8 (3.419%) MS Office
3 6 (2.564%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.282%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.855%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.427%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (33.76%) Firewall
2 60 (25.64%) VoIP
2 60 (25.64%) WAN
3 54 (23.08%) LAN
4 49 (20.94%) VPN
5 46 (19.66%) Wireless
6 41 (17.52%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (11.54%) MPLS
8 26 (11.11%) SAN
9 24 (10.26%) Network Security
10 21 (8.974%) VLAN
11 19 (8.120%) DNS
12 18 (7.692%) NAS
13 17 (7.265%) Cisco IOS
13 17 (7.265%) OSPF
13 17 (7.265%) DHCP
14 16 (6.838%) BGP
15 15 (6.410%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (5.556%) BIG-IP
16 13 (5.556%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.701%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (1.282%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (0.855%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (2.137%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (1.282%) Subversion
3 2 (0.855%) WiX
3 2 (0.855%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.855%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.855%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.855%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.427%) Hudson
General
1 22 (9.402%) Telecoms
2 18 (7.692%) Finance
3 7 (2.991%) Retail
4 4 (1.709%) German Language
5 3 (1.282%) Banking
5 3 (1.282%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.855%) Marketing
6 2 (0.855%) Danish Language
6 2 (0.855%) French Language
6 2 (0.855%) Hebrew Language
6 2 (0.855%) Swedish Language
6 2 (0.855%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.427%) Local Government
7 1 (0.427%) Electronics
7 1 (0.427%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (24.79%) Network Engineer
2 29 (12.39%) Administrator
3 25 (10.68%) Systems Administrator
3 25 (10.68%) Analyst
4 18 (7.692%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (5.983%) Support Engineer
5 14 (5.983%) Network Specialist
6 12 (5.128%) Consultant
7 10 (4.274%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (4.274%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (3.846%) Support Analyst
8 9 (3.846%) Architect
8 9 (3.846%) Project Manager
9 7 (2.991%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 6 (2.564%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.564%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (2.564%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (2.564%) Security Specialist
10 6 (2.564%) Network Security Specialist
11 5 (2.137%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.701%) NHS
1 11 (4.701%) Thin Client
1 11 (4.701%) Fat Client
2 8 (3.419%) Replication
3 6 (2.564%) iPhone
4 5 (2.137%) iPad
5 4 (1.709%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.709%) IVR
6 2 (0.855%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.855%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.427%) PKI
7 1 (0.427%) CLARiiON
7 1 (0.427%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.427%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.427%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 79 (33.76%) Windows
2 34 (14.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (11.11%) Linux
4 25 (10.68%) Windows Server 2003
5 19 (8.120%) Windows 7
6 10 (4.274%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (3.846%) UNIX
8 6 (2.564%) Windows XP
9 5 (2.137%) Solaris
9 5 (2.137%) Mac OS X
10 4 (1.709%) AIX
11 3 (1.282%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.427%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.427%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.64%) ITIL
2 22 (9.402%) Project Management
3 21 (8.974%) PRINCE2
4 17 (7.265%) PRINCE
5 16 (6.838%) Migration
6 12 (5.128%) E-Commerce
7 10 (4.274%) Change Management
8 9 (3.846%) Incident Management
8 9 (3.846%) Change Control
9 7 (2.991%) Service Delivery
9 7 (2.991%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (2.991%) Load Balancing
10 6 (2.564%) Network Management
10 6 (2.564%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (2.564%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (2.564%) TOGAF
11 5 (2.137%) Network Design
12 4 (1.709%) Matrix Management
13 3 (1.282%) Network Planning
13 3 (1.282%) Programme Office Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.701%) SQL
2 7 (2.991%) C
3 6 (2.564%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.282%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.855%) Java
6 1 (0.427%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (38.03%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (25.21%) CCNP
3 33 (14.10%) CCNA
4 24 (10.26%) CCIE
5 18 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (6.410%) MCSE
7 14 (5.983%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (5.128%) CCSE
9 11 (4.701%) CCIP
9 11 (4.701%) Security Cleared
10 9 (3.846%) CCDP
11 8 (3.419%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.991%) MCP
12 7 (2.991%) Degree
12 7 (2.991%) SC Cleared
13 6 (2.564%) CISSP
13 6 (2.564%) MCITP
14 5 (2.137%) CCSA
15 4 (1.709%) CCSP
15 4 (1.709%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.274%) SLA
2 7 (2.991%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.137%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.709%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.709%) TickIT
5 2 (0.855%) QA
6 1 (0.427%) GxP
6 1 (0.427%) GAMP
6 1 (0.427%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 50 (21.37%) Active Directory
2 45 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.974%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.701%) VMware ESX
5 8 (3.419%) ProxySG
6 6 (2.564%) vSphere
7 5 (2.137%) Forefront TMG
7 5 (2.137%) UAG
7 5 (2.137%) XenApp
8 4 (1.709%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.709%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.282%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.855%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.855%) Xen
10 2 (0.855%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.855%) NFS
10 2 (0.855%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.427%) Snort
11 1 (0.427%) Samba
11 1 (0.427%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 19 (8.120%) Cisco CUCM
2 12 (5.128%) Cisco UCCX
3 8 (3.419%) EMC NetWorker
4 7 (2.991%) Nagios
5 5 (2.137%) Backup Exec
5 5 (2.137%) Cacti
5 5 (2.137%) Cisco UCCE
5 5 (2.137%) WhatsUp Gold
6 4 (1.709%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (1.282%) HP Data Protector
8 2 (0.855%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.855%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.855%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.427%) AppManager
9 1 (0.427%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.427%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.427%) SCCM
9 1 (0.427%) WSUS
9 1 (0.427%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 69 (29.49%) VMware
2 53 (22.65%) Microsoft
3 37 (15.81%) HP
4 34 (14.53%) CheckPoint
5 31 (13.25%) Citrix
6 24 (10.26%) Juniper
7 19 (8.120%) Brocade
8 18 (7.692%) Oracle
9 16 (6.838%) F5
10 13 (5.556%) Red Hat
11 12 (5.128%) EMC
12 11 (4.701%) Siemens
12 11 (4.701%) NetApp
13 9 (3.846%) Altiris
13 9 (3.846%) Riverbed
14 8 (3.419%) Blue Coat
15 7 (2.991%) BT
15 7 (2.991%) Dell
16 6 (2.564%) Infoblox
16 6 (2.564%) McAfee
Norwich, East Anglia
Norwich-Network Support Role £16-20 hr (3 month contract - to become permanent) Must have skills in: Cisco (Routers, firewalls, and switches)- CCNA LAN/WAN ITIL Out of...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 22 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
Technical Support- £16-19 per hour (3 month contract - With extension or to become permanent) Must have skills in Cisco (Routers, firewalls, and switches) LAN/WAN ITIL CCNA...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
CISCO, Network, Networking, Network Engineer, WAN, LAN, VoIP, My client is looking for an experienced Network Support Engineer to join their IT team- The successful candidate will be...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP270 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
A great opportunity has arisen working for my Suffolk based client, they are currently looking for a network engineer to join their team on a temporary to permanent...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
Required skills and experience: -Solid experience of Supporting Avaya telephony solutions including project based work -Excellent knowledge of converged VoIP/Voice/Data networks -Avaya certification(s) (e.g...
Connectus
Rate: £345 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
The role will be to work closely within the Infrastructure team however some Networking knowledge would be highly beneficial. This role will be a client facing role so...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £15 - £18 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
In particular, an individual is sought who possesses strong fundamental Cisco UC technology and PGW skills. Prior exposure to Vision OSS BVSM and Movius IP Unity and other...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Norfolk
Cisco - CUCM - Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Telecoms. Austin Fraser are working with one of their top clients based in Norfolk. This is a really exciting opportunity for a...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + NEG
Posted: 17 May 2013