The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification 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 Qualifications for the Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 62 51 53
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 14 17 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.879% 1.910% 0.639%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.20% 10.69% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 3
Average daily rate £319 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £184 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £372 £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
125 159 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 16.78% 17.87% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 97 44
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £218 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £501 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 11
Average hourly rate £13.58 £12.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.12% -45.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £50.00 £26.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
Cisco Certification
West Yorkshire

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 23 (92.00%) Cisco
2 17 (68.00%) CCNP
3 12 (48.00%) WAN
4 11 (44.00%) LAN
5 8 (32.00%) CCNA
5 8 (32.00%) Firewall
6 7 (28.00%) CCSA
6 7 (28.00%) ITIL
7 6 (24.00%) CCIE
7 6 (24.00%) Incident Management
7 6 (24.00%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (20.00%) PCI DSS
8 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
8 5 (20.00%) CheckPoint
8 5 (20.00%) MPLS
8 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 5 (20.00%) Network Architecture
9 4 (16.00%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (16.00%) BGP
9 4 (16.00%) VPN
10 3 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (12.00%) Project Management
10 3 (12.00%) HP
10 3 (12.00%) OSPF
10 3 (12.00%) F5
11 2 (8.000%) Cisco UCCE
11 2 (8.000%) Veeam
11 2 (8.000%) Cisco UCCX
11 2 (8.000%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (8.000%) HSRP

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (48.00%) WAN
2 11 (44.00%) LAN
3 8 (32.00%) Firewall
4 6 (24.00%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (20.00%) MPLS
6 4 (16.00%) BGP
6 4 (16.00%) VPN
7 3 (12.00%) OSPF
7 3 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (8.000%) Network Security
8 2 (8.000%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (8.000%) HSRP
8 2 (8.000%) VLAN
8 2 (8.000%) EIGRP
8 2 (8.000%) SCCP
8 2 (8.000%) H.323
8 2 (8.000%) SAN
8 2 (8.000%) Ethernet
8 2 (8.000%) VoIP
8 2 (8.000%) ADSL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Network Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Voice Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Network Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Voice Network Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Security Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) IVR
2 1 (4.000%) EqualLogic
2 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) ITIL
2 6 (24.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 1 (4.000%) Change Management
5 1 (4.000%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (4.000%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) CCNP
2 8 (32.00%) CCNA
3 7 (28.00%) CCSA
4 6 (24.00%) CCIE
5 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (8.000%) CCVP
6 2 (8.000%) CCSE
6 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
7 1 (4.000%) CCSP
7 1 (4.000%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco UCCE
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (4.000%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (92.00%) Cisco
2 5 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (12.00%) HP
3 3 (12.00%) F5
4 2 (8.000%) VMware
4 2 (8.000%) Veeam
4 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.000%) Juniper
5 1 (4.000%) BMC
5 1 (4.000%) Motorola
5 1 (4.000%) OPNET
5 1 (4.000%) Dell
5 1 (4.000%) Riverbed
5 1 (4.000%) SonicWALL
5 1 (4.000%) TippingPoint
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Austin Fraser are currently looking for a Network Security Engineerbased in Leeds for an initial 6 month contract with view to extensions. The role of the Network Security...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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