The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IOS over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco IOS
Rank 463 450 503
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +53
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 67 111 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.152% 0.213% 0.143%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.051% 1.364% 1.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 52
Average daily rate £360 £354 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.76% +8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £214 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £311 £310
% change year-on-year
+32.53% +0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 9
Average hourly rate £25.00 £26.82 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.78% -14.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.30 £25.36 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £28.28 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £28.64 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+13.47% -9.07%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6374 8139 7519
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.49% 15.60% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3276 3758 3500
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £499 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 493 556 753
Average hourly rate £23.75 £24.38 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Cisco IOS Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Cisco IOS Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco IOS across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Cisco IOS Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Cisco IOS Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco IOS across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Cisco IOS Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco IOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -8 34 £325 -12.75% 21
South East +11 17 £288 -4.16% 6
East of England +22 14 £413 +3.12% 1
Yorkshire - 5 £413 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £288 -
South West - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
North East - - - -
North West - - - - 2
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS.

1 140 (100.00%) Cisco
2 90 (64.29%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (45.71%) Firewall
4 59 (42.14%) CCNP
5 54 (38.57%) VoIP
6 49 (35.00%) OSPF
7 48 (34.29%) CCNA
8 47 (33.57%) WAN
8 47 (33.57%) LAN
9 42 (30.00%) DNS
10 40 (28.57%) DHCP
11 39 (27.86%) CCIE
11 39 (27.86%) BGP
12 32 (22.86%) Microsoft
13 31 (22.14%) Citrix
14 30 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
15 27 (19.29%) Network Security
15 27 (19.29%) Active Directory
15 27 (19.29%) Internet
16 26 (18.57%) MPLS
16 26 (18.57%) VMware
17 25 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
17 25 (17.86%) TCP/IP
17 25 (17.86%) Windows
17 25 (17.86%) Cisco CUCM
18 24 (17.14%) CheckPoint
19 23 (16.43%) Finance
20 21 (15.00%) VPN
20 21 (15.00%) Juniper
21 20 (14.29%) SAN

Cisco IOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (3.571%) CSS
2 3 (2.143%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 19 (13.57%) MS Exchange
2 13 (9.286%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (2.857%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (2.143%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (2.143%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.714%) Lync
7 1 (0.714%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 17 (12.14%) MS Office
2 15 (10.71%) MS Excel
3 10 (7.143%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.714%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.714%) Vectorworks
Communications & Networking
1 64 (45.71%) Firewall
2 54 (38.57%) VoIP
3 49 (35.00%) OSPF
4 47 (33.57%) WAN
4 47 (33.57%) LAN
5 42 (30.00%) DNS
6 40 (28.57%) DHCP
7 39 (27.86%) BGP
8 30 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
9 27 (19.29%) Network Security
9 27 (19.29%) Internet
10 26 (18.57%) MPLS
11 25 (17.86%) TCP/IP
12 21 (15.00%) VPN
13 20 (14.29%) SAN
14 19 (13.57%) Wireless
14 19 (13.57%) VLAN
15 16 (11.43%) SNMP
16 13 (9.286%) BIG-IP
16 13 (9.286%) NetScreen
Development Applications
1 1 (0.714%) Subversion
General
1 23 (16.43%) Finance
2 19 (13.57%) Telecoms
3 4 (2.857%) Banking
3 4 (2.857%) Investment Banking
4 3 (2.143%) Back Office
5 2 (1.429%) Legal
6 1 (0.714%) Billing
6 1 (0.714%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.714%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (35.00%) Network Engineer
2 18 (12.86%) Cisco Engineer
2 18 (12.86%) Support Engineer
3 11 (7.857%) IT Support
4 10 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (7.143%) Consultant
4 10 (7.143%) Trainer
4 10 (7.143%) Network Specialist
4 10 (7.143%) IT Support Engineer
4 10 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 9 (6.429%) Security Specialist
5 9 (6.429%) E-Commerce Specialist
5 9 (6.429%) Network Security Specialist
5 9 (6.429%) Analyst
5 9 (6.429%) Network Consultant
6 8 (5.714%) Field Engineer
6 8 (5.714%) Network Analyst
6 8 (5.714%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (4.286%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (3.571%) Cisco Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.857%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (6.429%) Fat Client
2 9 (6.429%) Thin Client
3 6 (4.286%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.143%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.429%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.714%) Handset
6 1 (0.714%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.714%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.86%) Windows
2 16 (11.43%) Windows Server 2003
2 16 (11.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (10.00%) Linux
4 11 (7.857%) Mac OS X
5 7 (5.000%) Windows XP
6 5 (3.571%) Windows 7
6 5 (3.571%) UNIX
7 4 (2.857%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.143%) NetWare
9 2 (1.429%) Android
9 2 (1.429%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.714%) Debian
10 1 (0.714%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.714%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (13.57%) Network Management
2 17 (12.14%) E-Commerce
3 14 (10.00%) ITIL
3 14 (10.00%) Project Management
3 14 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 12 (8.571%) Change Management
4 12 (8.571%) Migration
5 9 (6.429%) WAN Optimisation
5 9 (6.429%) Workflow
5 9 (6.429%) Service Management
6 7 (5.000%) Problem Management
7 6 (4.286%) Service Delivery
8 5 (3.571%) Network Design
9 3 (2.143%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (2.143%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.143%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (2.143%) PRINCE2
10 2 (1.429%) Change Control
10 2 (1.429%) Time Management
10 2 (1.429%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.14%) SQL
2 11 (7.857%) C
3 3 (2.143%) VB
4 1 (0.714%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 90 (64.29%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (42.14%) CCNP
3 48 (34.29%) CCNA
4 39 (27.86%) CCIE
5 19 (13.57%) Degree
6 14 (10.00%) CCSE
6 14 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 13 (9.286%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (8.571%) MCSE
9 11 (7.857%) SC Cleared
10 10 (7.143%) CCA
10 10 (7.143%) Citrix Certification
10 10 (7.143%) CCEA
10 10 (7.143%) MCITP
11 3 (2.143%) CCVP
11 3 (2.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (2.143%) CCDP
12 2 (1.429%) RHCE
12 2 (1.429%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.429%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.000%) SLA
2 6 (4.286%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.714%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (19.29%) Active Directory
2 25 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.857%) XenApp
3 11 (7.857%) ProxySG
4 10 (7.143%) XenDesktop
5 2 (1.429%) UAG
6 1 (0.714%) Samba
6 1 (0.714%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.714%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.714%) vSphere
6 1 (0.714%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.714%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.714%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (17.86%) Cisco CUCM
2 14 (10.00%) Cisco UCCX
3 4 (2.857%) OpenView
3 4 (2.857%) CiscoWorks
3 4 (2.857%) Nagios
4 3 (2.143%) HP NNM
4 3 (2.143%) Tivoli
4 3 (2.143%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (1.429%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.429%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.429%) SCCM
5 2 (1.429%) SCOM
6 1 (0.714%) Cacti
6 1 (0.714%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.714%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.714%) AppManager
Vendors
1 140 (100.00%) Cisco
2 32 (22.86%) Microsoft
3 31 (22.14%) Citrix
4 26 (18.57%) VMware
5 24 (17.14%) CheckPoint
6 21 (15.00%) Juniper
7 19 (13.57%) F5
8 17 (12.14%) HP
9 15 (10.71%) Blue Coat
10 12 (8.571%) Avaya
11 11 (7.857%) Infoblox
12 9 (6.429%) Imperva
13 8 (5.714%) SolarWinds
13 8 (5.714%) Polycom
14 7 (5.000%) Remedy
15 6 (4.286%) Nokia
15 6 (4.286%) Riverbed
15 6 (4.286%) Brocade
16 4 (2.857%) Aruba
16 4 (2.857%) Redback
South West London
Reed Business Information are seeking an experienced CCNP Network Analyst / Network Engineer to aid the on-going support of our global / enterprise network estate comprising Cisco LAN, Wan,...
Reed Business Information Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £325 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
City of London
Exposure to wireless and VoIP environments also advantageous. Excellent knowledge of switching, routing, firewall and load balancing technologies, including Cisco IOS at CLI level... Knowledge of WAN technologies.
ITHR
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
Imperial Wharf, London, United Kingdom
Desired Certifications: Microsoft (MCITP, MCSE) Citrix (CCA, CCEA) Cisco (CCNA, CCNP) VMware (V14/5, Install and Configure; V14/5 Deploy, Secure, Analyse)... VMware Virtualisation experience... Ideal candidate to...
Matsco Solutions
Rate: Highly competitive rates
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Ability to work in highpressure environments individually and as part of a team.Desired Certifications:Microsoft (MCITP, MCSE) Citrix (CCA, CCEA) Cisco (CCNA, CCNP) VMware (V14/5, Install...
Joanne Senior
Rate: £22.50 - 35.00 per hour
Posted: 19 June 2013
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