The first table below looks at the demand for CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks over the 3 months to 19 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 Systems Management 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco CiscoWorks
Rank 521 521 520
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing CiscoWorks 11 24 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.025% 0.045% 0.105%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.361% 0.696% 1.745%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 21
Average daily rate £425 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.54% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £500 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £240
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +19.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £22.50
All Systems Management
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
3050 3446 3438
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.048% 6.507% 6.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1757 1743 1697
Average daily rate £375 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 163 231
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £14.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £37.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
CiscoWorks
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CiscoWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England CiscoWorks Jobs Demand Trend

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

England CiscoWorks Daily Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CiscoWorks across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England CiscoWorks Daily Rate Histogram

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England CiscoWorks Hourly Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CiscoWorks within the England region over the 3 months to 19 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 +20 5 £450 +16.12%
South East +24 3 - - 2
West Midlands - - - -
East of England - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
Midlands - - - -
North West - - - -
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CiscoWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks.

1 21 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (71.43%) OSPF
2 15 (71.43%) BGP
2 15 (71.43%) Firewall
3 14 (66.67%) HP
4 13 (61.90%) MPLS
5 10 (47.62%) Wireless
5 10 (47.62%) OpenView
5 10 (47.62%) VPN
6 9 (42.86%) CheckPoint
6 9 (42.86%) Network Management
6 9 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (38.10%) SolarWinds
7 8 (38.10%) VoIP
7 8 (38.10%) WAN
7 8 (38.10%) Nokia
8 7 (33.33%) LAN
8 7 (33.33%) SNMP
8 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (33.33%) Juniper
9 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
9 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
10 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
10 5 (23.81%) Unified Communications
10 5 (23.81%) FWSM
10 5 (23.81%) IP Telephony
10 5 (23.81%) DHCP
11 4 (19.05%) SMTP
11 4 (19.05%) DNS

CiscoWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (71.43%) OSPF
1 15 (71.43%) BGP
1 15 (71.43%) Firewall
2 13 (61.90%) MPLS
3 10 (47.62%) Wireless
3 10 (47.62%) VPN
4 9 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (38.10%) VoIP
5 8 (38.10%) WAN
6 7 (33.33%) LAN
6 7 (33.33%) SNMP
7 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (23.81%) Unified Communications
8 5 (23.81%) FWSM
8 5 (23.81%) IP Telephony
8 5 (23.81%) DHCP
9 4 (19.05%) SMTP
9 4 (19.05%) DNS
9 4 (19.05%) 3G
9 4 (19.05%) Radio Access Network
General
1 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Back Office
3 2 (9.524%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Network Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Network Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) IP Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Network Specialist
7 1 (4.762%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Cisco Network Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Cisco Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Telephony Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) SecurID
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Network Management
2 3 (14.29%) Network Load Balancing
2 3 (14.29%) Network Design
3 2 (9.524%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (9.524%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.762%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) CCNP
3 4 (19.05%) CCDP
4 3 (14.29%) CCNA
5 2 (9.524%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.762%) CCDE
6 1 (4.762%) CCVP
6 1 (4.762%) CCDA
6 1 (4.762%) CCIP
6 1 (4.762%) CCIE
6 1 (4.762%) CCSP
Systems Management
1 10 (47.62%) OpenView
2 3 (14.29%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco
2 14 (66.67%) HP
3 9 (42.86%) CheckPoint
4 8 (38.10%) SolarWinds
4 8 (38.10%) Nokia
5 7 (33.33%) Juniper
6 4 (19.05%) IBM
6 4 (19.05%) CA
6 4 (19.05%) Redback
6 4 (19.05%) Blue Coat
6 4 (19.05%) IronPort
7 2 (9.524%) F5
7 2 (9.524%) Riverbed
8 1 (4.762%) Mitel
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