The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 43 50 31
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -19
Contract jobs citing Cisco 20 18 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.110% 1.860% 4.147%
As % of the Vendors category 6.826% 4.945% 8.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 10
Average daily rate £350 £275 £296
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -7.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £208 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.58% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
Average hourly rate £27.49 £17.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.67% -51.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
293 364 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.57% 37.60% 51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 140 168
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £185 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £471 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 70
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -54.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
East of England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £350 -
Potters Bar +1 1 - -
Borehamwood +1 1 - -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Hitchin - 1 - -
Cisco
East of England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 15 (44.12%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (35.29%) Windows
3 11 (32.35%) Firewall
4 10 (29.41%) CheckPoint
4 10 (29.41%) Active Directory
5 9 (26.47%) CCNP
5 9 (26.47%) VMware
6 8 (23.53%) Linux
6 8 (23.53%) VPN
7 7 (20.59%) CCIE
7 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
7 7 (20.59%) Network Security
7 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
8 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
8 6 (17.65%) HP
8 6 (17.65%) SAN
9 5 (14.71%) Citrix
9 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
10 4 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (11.76%) F5
10 4 (11.76%) Cisco UCCX
10 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (11.76%) UNIX
10 4 (11.76%) SLA
10 4 (11.76%) CCSP
10 4 (11.76%) AIX
10 4 (11.76%) Solaris
10 4 (11.76%) Wireless

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (5.882%) .NET
1 2 (5.882%) CSS
1 2 (5.882%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) IIS
2 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.941%) Lync
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (32.35%) Firewall
2 8 (23.53%) VPN
3 7 (20.59%) Network Security
4 6 (17.65%) SAN
5 4 (11.76%) Wireless
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (8.824%) Cisco PIX
6 3 (8.824%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (8.824%) Internet
6 3 (8.824%) MPLS
6 3 (8.824%) DNS
6 3 (8.824%) DHCP
7 2 (5.882%) VoIP
7 2 (5.882%) NAS
7 2 (5.882%) Unified Communications
7 2 (5.882%) Wireless Security
7 2 (5.882%) BIG-IP
8 1 (2.941%) VLAN
8 1 (2.941%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.941%) FWSM
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (5.882%) Subversion
1 2 (5.882%) TeamCity
1 2 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (5.882%) WiX
1 2 (5.882%) MSBuild
1 2 (5.882%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.941%) Hudson
General
1 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.882%) Retail
3 1 (2.941%) Marketing
3 1 (2.941%) German Language
3 1 (2.941%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Support Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Firewall Engineer
4 3 (8.824%) Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (8.824%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.882%) Storage Consultant
5 2 (5.882%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Architect
5 2 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.882%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.882%) Administrator
5 2 (5.882%) Release Manager
5 2 (5.882%) Build Manager
5 2 (5.882%) Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.941%) Thin Client
1 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.941%) Fat Client
1 1 (2.941%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 12 (35.29%) Windows
2 8 (23.53%) Linux
3 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (11.76%) UNIX
4 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (11.76%) AIX
4 4 (11.76%) Solaris
5 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.76%) Load Balancing
2 3 (8.824%) Programme Office Management
2 3 (8.824%) Project Management
2 3 (8.824%) Service Delivery
2 3 (8.824%) Security Architecture
2 3 (8.824%) Change Control
2 3 (8.824%) Build Automation
3 2 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (5.882%) Waterfall
3 2 (5.882%) ITIL
3 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 2 (5.882%) PRINCE
3 2 (5.882%) Risk Management
3 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (5.882%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (5.882%) TOGAF
3 2 (5.882%) Network Design
3 2 (5.882%) Integration Testing
3 2 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (2.941%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.882%) Java
1 2 (5.882%) Shell Script
1 2 (5.882%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.941%) SQL
2 1 (2.941%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (26.47%) CCNP
3 7 (20.59%) CCIE
3 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
4 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
5 4 (11.76%) CCSA
5 4 (11.76%) CCSE
5 4 (11.76%) CCSP
6 3 (8.824%) CCNA
7 2 (5.882%) CISSP
7 2 (5.882%) CISM
7 2 (5.882%) CCVP
8 1 (2.941%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.941%) MCSE
8 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) SLA
2 2 (5.882%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.882%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.882%) Xen
4 1 (2.941%) NFS
4 1 (2.941%) XenServer
4 1 (2.941%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.941%) ISA Server
4 1 (2.941%) ProxySG
4 1 (2.941%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (5.882%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (5.882%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.941%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) CheckPoint
2 9 (26.47%) VMware
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
4 6 (17.65%) HP
5 5 (14.71%) Citrix
6 4 (11.76%) Crossbeam
6 4 (11.76%) F5
7 3 (8.824%) Fortinet
7 3 (8.824%) Oracle
8 2 (5.882%) EMC
8 2 (5.882%) Juniper
8 2 (5.882%) Nokia
8 2 (5.882%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.882%) Remedy
8 2 (5.882%) McAfee
8 2 (5.882%) Sophos
8 2 (5.882%) Opsware
9 1 (2.941%) IronPort
9 1 (2.941%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.941%) Symantec
Hertfordshire
Ideally CCNP/CCIE qualified but MUST be SC Cleared... Skills Required: CCNP - Routing & Switching Cisco Design Implementation - Network Security Voice / Wi-FI (Wireless) Excellent core R&S experience -...
Stott & May
Rate: £300 - £380 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013