Gloucestershire Cisco Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Altrincham Andover Angus Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Cleethorpes Cobham Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Fife Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Immingham Inverness Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	46
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	20	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.027 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	10.05 %	2.620 %
Daily rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum daily rate	£414	-
Average daily rate	£425	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£436	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£333
% change on same period last year	-2.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.00	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£18.13	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-9.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.25	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.87	£26.94
% change on same period last year	-7.68 %
Vendors Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads	199	229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.265 %	0.232 %
Daily rates quoted	57	60
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£369
Average daily rate	£342	£397
% change on same period last year	-13.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£354	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	41
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.72	£20.97
Average hourly rate	£20.70	£22.01
% change on same period last year	-5.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.68	£23.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.25	£24.99
% change on same period last year	-6.94 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheltenham	+10	11	£459	-
Gloucester	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 20 (48.78 %) Security Cleared 2 14 (34.15 %) DV Cleared 2 14 (34.15 %) Cisco Certification 3 12 (29.27 %) CCNA 4 11 (26.83 %) Government 5 10 (24.39 %) CCNP 6 7 (17.07 %) VLAN 7 6 (14.63 %) Microsoft 8 5 (12.20 %) WAN 9 4 (9.756 %) VMware 9 4 (9.756 %) CESG 9 4 (9.756 %) VMware Infrastructure 9 4 (9.756 %) SC Cleared 9 4 (9.756 %) MCSE 9 4 (9.756 %) VPN

9 4 (9.756 %) Windows 9 4 (9.756 %) Linux 9 4 (9.756 %) LAN 9 4 (9.756 %) Microsoft Certification 9 4 (9.756 %) Firewall 9 4 (9.756 %) Legal 10 3 (7.317 %) Finance 10 3 (7.317 %) CCDA 10 3 (7.317 %) Active Directory 10 3 (7.317 %) Windows NT 10 3 (7.317 %) MS Exchange 10 3 (7.317 %) CESG CLAS 10 3 (7.317 %) Military 10 3 (7.317 %) Network Design 11 2 (4.878 %) HTTPS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 Development 1 1 (2.439 %) HTML 1 1 (2.439 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 3 (7.317 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 1 (2.439 %) MS Excel 1 1 (2.439 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 7 (17.07 %) VLAN 2 5 (12.20 %) WAN 3 4 (9.756 %) VPN 3 4 (9.756 %) Firewall 3 4 (9.756 %) LAN 4 2 (4.878 %) HTTPS 4 2 (4.878 %) SAN 4 2 (4.878 %) Internet 4 2 (4.878 %) MPLS 5 1 (2.439 %) DSL 5 1 (2.439 %) TACACS 5 1 (2.439 %) Cisco IPT 5 1 (2.439 %) LLU 5 1 (2.439 %) Cisco PIX 5 1 (2.439 %) Network Security 5 1 (2.439 %) SSL 5 1 (2.439 %) SNA 5 1 (2.439 %) DNS 5 1 (2.439 %) DHCP 5 1 (2.439 %) TCP/IP
General 1 11 (26.83 %) Government 2 4 (9.756 %) Legal 3 3 (7.317 %) Military 3 3 (7.317 %) Finance 4 2 (4.878 %) Telecoms 5 1 (2.439 %) Education 5 1 (2.439 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 10 (24.39 %) Consultant 2 7 (17.07 %) Network Engineer 2 7 (17.07 %) Architect 3 5 (12.20 %) Cisco Specialist 3 5 (12.20 %) Network Specialist 4 4 (9.756 %) Cisco Consultant 4 4 (9.756 %) Technical Architect 5 3 (7.317 %) Systems Architect 5 3 (7.317 %) Lead Architect 5 3 (7.317 %) Lead Technical Architect 5 3 (7.317 %) Network Consultant 6 2 (4.878 %) Storage Engineer 6 2 (4.878 %) IT Support Engineer 6 2 (4.878 %) Support Engineer 6 2 (4.878 %) Analyst 7 1 (2.439 %) Test Analyst 7 1 (2.439 %) Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) Senior Consultant 7 1 (2.439 %) Network Designer 7 1 (2.439 %) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous 1 4 (9.756 %) CESG 2 3 (7.317 %) CESG CLAS 3 1 (2.439 %) Firmware 3 1 (2.439 %) Management Information System 3 1 (2.439 %) Handset	Operating Systems 1 4 (9.756 %) Windows 1 4 (9.756 %) Linux 2 3 (7.317 %) Windows NT 3 1 (2.439 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (48.78 %) Security Cleared 2 14 (34.15 %) DV Cleared 3 4 (9.756 %) SC Cleared 4 3 (7.317 %) Network Design 5 2 (4.878 %) Risk Management 5 2 (4.878 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (2.439 %) Information Security Management 6 1 (2.439 %) Data Security 6 1 (2.439 %) Security Management 6 1 (2.439 %) Business Continuity 6 1 (2.439 %) Information Security	Qualifications 1 14 (34.15 %) Cisco Certification 2 12 (29.27 %) CCNA 3 10 (24.39 %) CCNP 4 4 (9.756 %) MCSE 4 4 (9.756 %) Microsoft Certification 5 3 (7.317 %) CCDA 6 1 (2.439 %) CCDP 6 1 (2.439 %) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.439 %) SLA	System Software 1 4 (9.756 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 3 (7.317 %) Active Directory 3 2 (4.878 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 1 (2.439 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 6 (14.63 %) Microsoft 2 4 (9.756 %) VMware 3 2 (4.878 %) IBM 3 2 (4.878 %) CheckPoint 3 2 (4.878 %) EMC 4 1 (2.439 %) Avaya 4 1 (2.439 %) HP 4 1 (2.439 %) Remedy 4 1 (2.439 %) BT