| Cisco Certification |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 57 | 36 | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -21 |  +15 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 0.336 % | 1.718 % | 0.496 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 5.882 % | 13.04 % | 8.696 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £265 | £308 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.00 | £29.75 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 51 | 69 | 46 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 5.717 % | 13.17 % | 5.700 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 10 | 5 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £308 | £313 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £265 | £180 | £286 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £359 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.50 | £18.00 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £39.60 | £11.40 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £61.75 | £19.00 | £24.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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 chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
