The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Gloucestershire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 31 62 41
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -21
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 6 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.190% 1.046% 0.932%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.255% 1.907% 2.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
Average daily rate - £400 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -25.00%
All Qualifications
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
141 367 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 51.46% 54.86% 46.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 204 87
Average daily rate £450 £475 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 23 18
Average hourly rate £39.25 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £25.00 £18.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.70 £50.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Cisco Certification
South West

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Cisco Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Gloucester - 3 - -
Cheltenham +22 1 - -
Cisco Certification
South West

Cisco Certification
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) CCNP
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Firewall
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (28.57%) BGP
5 2 (28.57%) CCNA
5 2 (28.57%) Juniper
5 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 2 (28.57%) CCSP
6 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) CCVP
6 1 (14.29%) Information Security
6 1 (14.29%) MPLS
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) Web Services
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) VPN
6 1 (14.29%) CCIP
6 1 (14.29%) BIG-IP
6 1 (14.29%) Statistics
6 1 (14.29%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (14.29%) Network Management
6 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (14.29%) F5
6 1 (14.29%) FWSM

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (28.57%) BGP
4 1 (14.29%) MPLS
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) BIG-IP
4 1 (14.29%) FWSM
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Network Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Technical Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Information Security
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CCNP
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) CCNA
4 2 (28.57%) CCSP
5 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) CCVP
5 1 (14.29%) CCIP
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Juniper
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) F5