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The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CCIE over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank300331
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads281349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.399 %0.352 %
As % of the category below4.154 %3.801 %
Daily rates quoted105133
Average minimum daily rate£397£409
Average daily rate£418£422
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£439£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£407£402
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
Hourly rates quoted616
Average minimum hourly rate£46.67£32.17
Average hourly rate£48.75£35.92
% change on same period last year+35.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.83£39.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£57.50£28.42
% change on same period last year+102.35 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching contract IT job ads67659182
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.614 %9.273 %
Daily rates quoted23653013
Average minimum daily rate£346£343
Average daily rate£367£361
% change on same period last year+1.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Hourly rates quoted736908
Average minimum hourly rate£23.63£24.11
Average hourly rate£25.13£25.78
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.64£27.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.45£25.82
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
CCIE UKCCIE
UK

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.

CCIE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CCIE across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England CCIE Demand Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCIE across the England region.

England CCIE Daily Rate Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCIE across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England CCIE Daily Rate Histogram

CCIE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCIE across the England region.

England CCIE Hourly Rate Trend

CCIE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCIE across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England CCIE Hourly Rate Histogram

CCIE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+43162£424-1.68 %
South EastUp+4649£435-3.80 %
East of EnglandUp+3822£368-15.87 %
South WestUp+1918--
West MidlandsUp+169£481+150.00 %
MidlandsUp+196--
East MidlandsDown-44£413-25.00 %
North WestUp+74£335-11.40 %
YorkshireUp+64£333-34.48 %
South CoastNew entry-1--
CCIE UKCCIE
UK

CCIE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CCIE 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 CCIE.

1521 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2421 (80.81 %)Cisco
3240 (46.07 %)CCNP
4176 (33.78 %)Firewall
5157 (30.13 %)BGP
6145 (27.83 %)LAN
7128 (24.57 %)MPLS
7128 (24.57 %)OSPF
8127 (24.38 %)WAN
9115 (22.07 %)Network Design
1097 (18.62 %)Finance
1196 (18.43 %)CheckPoint
1291 (17.47 %)CCDP
1376 (14.59 %)Cisco PIX
1475 (14.40 %)Banking
1572 (13.82 %)VPN
1668 (13.05 %)Security Cleared
1766 (12.67 %)Juniper
1865 (12.48 %)CCNA
1961 (11.71 %)SC Cleared
2052 (9.981 %)TCP/IP
2149 (9.405 %)EIGRP
2247 (9.021 %)CCVP
2346 (8.829 %)Nokia
2445 (8.637 %)VLAN
2543 (8.253 %)Telecoms
2642 (8.061 %)Investment Banking
2738 (7.294 %)VoIP
2837 (7.102 %)CCIP
2837 (7.102 %)Government

CCIE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CCIE 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 CCIE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (1.344 %)CSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (0.576 %)MS Exchange
22 (0.384 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (0.384 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (0.192 %)Office Communications Server
31 (0.192 %)Site Server
31 (0.192 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (0.192 %)Exchange Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (0.576 %)MS Visio
21 (0.192 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1176 (33.78 %)Firewall
2157 (30.13 %)BGP
3145 (27.83 %)LAN
4128 (24.57 %)MPLS
4128 (24.57 %)OSPF
5127 (24.38 %)WAN
676 (14.59 %)Cisco PIX
772 (13.82 %)VPN
852 (9.981 %)TCP/IP
949 (9.405 %)EIGRP
1045 (8.637 %)VLAN
1138 (7.294 %)VoIP
1235 (6.718 %)NetScreen
1235 (6.718 %)Network Security
1332 (6.142 %)Cisco ASA
1427 (5.182 %)DNS
1524 (4.607 %)ATM
1622 (4.223 %)IPsec
1721 (4.031 %)Cisco IPT
1820 (3.839 %)Cisco IOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (0.192 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
197 (18.62 %)Finance
275 (14.40 %)Banking
343 (8.253 %)Telecoms
442 (8.061 %)Investment Banking
537 (7.102 %)Government
69 (1.727 %)Financial Institution
69 (1.727 %)Insurance
78 (1.536 %)Construction
86 (1.152 %)Retail
95 (0.960 %)Health
104 (0.768 %)Auditing
113 (0.576 %)Legal
113 (0.576 %)Education
122 (0.384 %)Billing
131 (0.192 %)Multimedia
131 (0.192 %)Games
131 (0.192 %)Law
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1202 (38.77 %)Network Engineer
279 (15.16 %)Consultant
371 (13.63 %)Design Engineer
463 (12.09 %)Architect
559 (11.32 %)Cisco Engineer
650 (9.597 %)Network Architect
650 (9.597 %)Network Design Engineer
746 (8.829 %)Senior Network Engineer
833 (6.334 %)Analyst
930 (5.758 %)Network Analyst
1029 (5.566 %)Network Consultant
1029 (5.566 %)Cisco Consultant
1128 (5.374 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1225 (4.798 %)Network Specialist
1321 (4.031 %)Network Support
1321 (4.031 %)Voice Engineer
1418 (3.455 %)Cisco Architect
1418 (3.455 %)Support Engineer
1515 (2.879 %)Cisco Analyst
1614 (2.687 %)Cisco Network Architect
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (3.071 %)Video Conferencing
28 (1.536 %)Fat Client
28 (1.536 %)Thin Client
35 (0.960 %)NHS
35 (0.960 %)Fixed Income
35 (0.960 %)Italian Language
35 (0.960 %)Derivative
44 (0.768 %)MPEG
52 (0.384 %)Management Information System
52 (0.384 %)French Language
52 (0.384 %)Equities
61 (0.192 %)CESG
61 (0.192 %)Russian Language
61 (0.192 %)AVVID
61 (0.192 %)Clustering
61 (0.192 %)Blackberry
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (3.647 %)UNIX
215 (2.879 %)Windows
39 (1.727 %)Linux
48 (1.536 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (1.344 %)Windows 2000
65 (0.960 %)Windows NT
72 (0.384 %)Solaris
81 (0.192 %)HPUX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1115 (22.07 %)Network Design
268 (13.05 %)Security Cleared
361 (11.71 %)SC Cleared
428 (5.374 %)Migration
428 (5.374 %)PRINCE2
523 (4.415 %)ITIL
621 (4.031 %)DV Cleared
720 (3.839 %)Project Management
87 (1.344 %)Load Balancing
96 (1.152 %)E-Commerce
96 (1.152 %)Disaster Recovery
105 (0.960 %)Service Delivery
105 (0.960 %)Penetration Testing
113 (0.576 %)Data Protection
113 (0.576 %)Service Management
113 (0.576 %)Risk Management
113 (0.576 %)Data Security
113 (0.576 %)Stakeholder Management
122 (0.384 %)Information Security
122 (0.384 %)Security Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (3.071 %)Perl
25 (0.960 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1521 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2240 (46.07 %)CCNP
391 (17.47 %)CCDP
465 (12.48 %)CCNA
547 (9.021 %)CCVP
637 (7.102 %)CCIP
718 (3.455 %)CCDA
718 (3.455 %)CCSE
815 (2.879 %)CCSA
815 (2.879 %)CCSP
912 (2.303 %)Microsoft Certification
912 (2.303 %)MCSE
107 (1.344 %)Degree
115 (0.960 %)MCP
115 (0.960 %)CISSP
122 (0.384 %)JNCIA
122 (0.384 %)JNCIS
122 (0.384 %)JNCIP
122 (0.384 %)JNCIE
131 (0.192 %)GIAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.192 %)ISO27001
11 (0.192 %)PCI DSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.576 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.192 %)Active Directory
21 (0.192 %)Backup Exec
21 (0.192 %)Snort
21 (0.192 %)Xen
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
127 (5.182 %)CiscoWorks
223 (4.415 %)OpenView
310 (1.919 %)Nagios
47 (1.344 %)NNM
54 (0.768 %)OpenView Configuration Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1421 (80.81 %)Cisco
296 (18.43 %)CheckPoint
366 (12.67 %)Juniper
446 (8.829 %)Nokia
533 (6.334 %)HP
620 (3.839 %)Microsoft
715 (2.879 %)Avaya
715 (2.879 %)OPNET
715 (2.879 %)NetScout
813 (2.495 %)Blue Coat
912 (2.303 %)VMware
106 (1.152 %)Nortel
114 (0.768 %)CA
122 (0.384 %)BT
122 (0.384 %)Fortinet
122 (0.384 %)Polycom
131 (0.192 %)NETGEAR
131 (0.192 %)WatchGuard
131 (0.192 %)3Com
131 (0.192 %)Citrix