The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco 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 Vendors for the Halifax 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 17 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Cisco 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 3.419% 0.437% -
As % of the Vendors category 13.79% 2.778% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £336 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.06% +3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £21.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
-4.65% +1.17%
All Vendors
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
29 36 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 24.79% 15.72% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 31 8
Average daily rate £350 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £270 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Cisco
West Yorkshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Halifax Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) Nokia
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) IPsec
3 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Device Driver
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) OSPF
3 2 (50.00%) BGP
3 2 (50.00%) VRRP
3 2 (50.00%) NetScreen
3 2 (50.00%) CCDP
3 2 (50.00%) CSS
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (50.00%) RIP
3 2 (50.00%) SNMP
3 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (50.00%) VLAN
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 2 (50.00%) FWSM
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (50.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) IPsec
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) VRRP
2 2 (50.00%) NetScreen
2 2 (50.00%) RIP
2 2 (50.00%) SNMP
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (50.00%) FWSM
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (50.00%) HSRP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Specialist
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Network Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) CCDP
4 1 (25.00%) CCIE
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Nokia
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper