The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 23 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 Hampshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 28 29 33
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Contract jobs citing Cisco 93 83 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 6.106% 5.233% 4.420%
As % of the Vendors category 10.88% 9.529% 8.522%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 28
Average daily rate £320 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £269 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.08% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 30
Average hourly rate £22.31 £31.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.02% +32.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.28 £19.63 £18.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
855 871 974
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 56.14% 54.92% 51.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 411 344
Average daily rate £365 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 116 140
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £13.38 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Southampton +5 21 £320 -11.11%
Basingstoke -6 13 £178 -56.96%
Eastleigh +1 3 £275 -
Farnborough -6 3 £495 +17.85%
Andover - 3 £575 -
Winchester -1 1 - -
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 60 (45.11%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (36.09%) CCNA
3 41 (30.83%) Security Cleared
4 40 (30.08%) LAN
5 36 (27.07%) Windows
6 35 (26.32%) Active Directory
6 35 (26.32%) Firewall
7 34 (25.56%) WAN
8 32 (24.06%) Telecoms
8 32 (24.06%) SC Cleared
9 31 (23.31%) Microsoft
10 29 (21.80%) VoIP
11 27 (20.30%) CCNP
11 27 (20.30%) MPLS
12 26 (19.55%) VMware
13 25 (18.80%) TCP/IP
14 22 (16.54%) HP
15 19 (14.29%) Juniper
16 18 (13.53%) VLAN
17 16 (12.03%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (12.03%) BGP
17 16 (12.03%) VPN
18 15 (11.28%) Avaya
18 15 (11.28%) CheckPoint
18 15 (11.28%) VMware Infrastructure
19 14 (10.53%) Wireless
20 13 (9.774%) Network Security
20 13 (9.774%) Windows Server 2003
20 13 (9.774%) MS Excel
21 12 (9.023%) MS Exchange

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 5 (3.759%) SAML
2 3 (2.256%) COM
3 1 (0.752%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 12 (9.023%) MS Exchange
2 6 (4.511%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.759%) GlassFish
3 5 (3.759%) Apache
3 5 (3.759%) Tomcat
4 4 (3.008%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.256%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (2.256%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.752%) Exchange Server 5.5
6 1 (0.752%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 13 (9.774%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.759%) MS Office
3 2 (1.504%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 40 (30.08%) LAN
2 35 (26.32%) Firewall
3 34 (25.56%) WAN
4 29 (21.80%) VoIP
5 27 (20.30%) MPLS
6 25 (18.80%) TCP/IP
7 18 (13.53%) VLAN
8 16 (12.03%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (12.03%) BGP
8 16 (12.03%) VPN
9 14 (10.53%) Wireless
10 13 (9.774%) Network Security
11 12 (9.023%) SAN
11 12 (9.023%) EIGRP
11 12 (9.023%) IP Telephony
12 10 (7.519%) WLAN
12 10 (7.519%) Cisco IOS
13 9 (6.767%) IPsec
13 9 (6.767%) OSPF
14 8 (6.015%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.263%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.759%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.008%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (3.008%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (3.008%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.752%) SAP BW
General
1 32 (24.06%) Telecoms
2 8 (6.015%) Military
3 7 (5.263%) Finance
4 3 (2.256%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.752%) Banking
5 1 (0.752%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.752%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 48 (36.09%) Network Engineer
2 24 (18.05%) Analyst
3 20 (15.04%) Network Analyst
4 16 (12.03%) Cisco Engineer
4 16 (12.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (11.28%) Architect
5 15 (11.28%) Support Analyst
6 13 (9.774%) Network Support
7 12 (9.023%) Network Support Analyst
8 11 (8.271%) IP Engineer
9 10 (7.519%) Design Engineer
10 9 (6.767%) Network Design Engineer
11 8 (6.015%) Support Engineer
11 8 (6.015%) Technical Architect
11 8 (6.015%) IP Network Engineer
12 7 (5.263%) Consultant
13 6 (4.511%) 1st Line Support
13 6 (4.511%) Security Engineer
14 5 (3.759%) Technical Analyst
14 5 (3.759%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.511%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.759%) Digital Media
2 5 (3.759%) Open Source
3 4 (3.008%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (2.256%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.752%) CESG
5 1 (0.752%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 36 (27.07%) Windows
2 13 (9.774%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (9.023%) Windows 7
4 11 (8.271%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (8.271%) Linux
5 10 (7.519%) Windows XP
5 10 (7.519%) UNIX
6 4 (3.008%) Oracle Linux
6 4 (3.008%) VMS
7 2 (1.504%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.752%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.752%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.752%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.752%) HPUX
8 1 (0.752%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (8.271%) Network Design
2 10 (7.519%) ITIL
2 10 (7.519%) Migration
3 9 (6.767%) Time Management
3 9 (6.767%) PRINCE2
4 7 (5.263%) Project Management
5 6 (4.511%) Information Security
6 5 (3.759%) Risk Management
6 5 (3.759%) Identity Management
6 5 (3.759%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (3.759%) Configuration Management
7 3 (2.256%) Business Continuity
7 3 (2.256%) Load Balancing
7 3 (2.256%) Change Management
7 3 (2.256%) Service Management
7 3 (2.256%) Network Management
7 3 (2.256%) Test Strategy
8 2 (1.504%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (1.504%) Service Delivery
8 2 (1.504%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.759%) Java
1 5 (3.759%) Perl
1 5 (3.759%) PHP
2 4 (3.008%) SQL
2 4 (3.008%) C
Qualifications
1 60 (45.11%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (36.09%) CCNA
3 41 (30.83%) Security Cleared
4 32 (24.06%) SC Cleared
5 27 (20.30%) CCNP
6 9 (6.767%) Degree
7 7 (5.263%) DV Cleared
7 7 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.511%) MCSE
9 5 (3.759%) A+ Certification
10 4 (3.008%) CCIE
10 4 (3.008%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.256%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.504%) MCSA
12 2 (1.504%) CCSP
13 1 (0.752%) CCSA
13 1 (0.752%) CCENT
13 1 (0.752%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.752%) CCDP
13 1 (0.752%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.511%) SLA
2 2 (1.504%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.752%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 15 (11.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.767%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.759%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.759%) Shibboleth
5 4 (3.008%) XenApp
5 4 (3.008%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (3.008%) Xen
6 2 (1.504%) Snort
6 2 (1.504%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.752%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.752%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.263%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (4.511%) SCCM
3 4 (3.008%) SCOM
4 3 (2.256%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.504%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.504%) OpenView
5 2 (1.504%) Nessus
6 1 (0.752%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.752%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.752%) CiscoWorks
6 1 (0.752%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 31 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 26 (19.55%) VMware
3 22 (16.54%) HP
4 19 (14.29%) Juniper
5 15 (11.28%) Avaya
5 15 (11.28%) CheckPoint
6 10 (7.519%) Mitel
7 9 (6.767%) Oracle
8 6 (4.511%) 3PAR
8 6 (4.511%) McAfee
9 5 (3.759%) Blue Coat
10 4 (3.008%) Red Hat
10 4 (3.008%) Citrix
10 4 (3.008%) LANDesk
10 4 (3.008%) 3Com
11 3 (2.256%) IronPort
11 3 (2.256%) Nortel
12 2 (1.504%) Lumension
12 2 (1.504%) Siemens
12 2 (1.504%) Symantec
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Southampton, South East
IT SUPPORT TEAM LEADER - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE - £24-26phEnvironment: Windows XP, Windows 7, Active Directory, Windows 2003 Network, Exchange, LANDesk, HP Hardware, Service Desk Team Lead, Desktop Support, Helpdesk...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £24 - £25 per hour
Posted: 26 April 2013