The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco 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 Vendors for the Exeter 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 20 16 23
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs citing Cisco 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 2.105% 3.030% 1.266%
As % of the Vendors category 6.061% 6.897% 2.381%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £233 £450 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.33% +157.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.20% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £20.00 £21.94
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -8.83%
All Vendors
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
33 29 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 34.74% 43.94% 53.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 21
Average daily rate £350 £450 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Cisco
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Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter 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 Exeter region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 10 (90.91%) ITIL
1 10 (90.91%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) Service Management
2 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (54.55%) VoIP
5 5 (45.45%) Remedy
5 5 (45.45%) Problem Management
5 5 (45.45%) Change Management
5 5 (45.45%) Workflow
5 5 (45.45%) SolarWinds
5 5 (45.45%) Network Management
6 4 (36.36%) JSP 440
7 3 (27.27%) Network Design
7 3 (27.27%) LAN
7 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
7 3 (27.27%) WAN
8 2 (18.18%) SLA
8 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
8 2 (18.18%) Windows
8 2 (18.18%) Solaris
8 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
8 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
8 2 (18.18%) CCNP
8 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (18.18%) Thin Client
8 2 (18.18%) Fat Client

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) Firewall
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (54.55%) VoIP
4 3 (27.27%) LAN
4 3 (27.27%) WAN
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (9.091%) SCCP
6 1 (9.091%) H.323
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Voice Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Voice Network Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Thin Client
1 2 (18.18%) Fat Client
2 1 (9.091%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) ITIL
2 8 (72.73%) Service Management
3 5 (45.45%) Problem Management
3 5 (45.45%) Change Management
3 5 (45.45%) Workflow
3 5 (45.45%) Network Management
4 3 (27.27%) Network Design
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CCNP
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.091%) CCVP
3 1 (9.091%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) JSP 440
2 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Remedy
1 5 (45.45%) SolarWinds
2 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) VMware