The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 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.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 28 31 43
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +12
Contract jobs citing Cisco 45 43 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 6.048% 4.788% 2.128%
As % of the Vendors category 13.80% 9.707% 6.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 31 4
Average daily rate £300 £270 £248
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £200 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £365 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.46% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £34.75 - £15.44
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.15 - £9.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 - £20.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.25 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-5.80% +2.38%
All Vendors
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
326 443 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 43.82% 49.33% 35.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 253 105
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £178 £184
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 25
Average hourly rate £26.00 £15.00 £17.11
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+73.33% -12.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £11.40 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
West Yorkshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 34 (43.59%) Windows
2 31 (39.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (30.77%) LAN
4 24 (30.77%) WAN
4 24 (30.77%) Firewall
5 23 (29.49%) SAN
5 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
6 22 (28.21%) Windows Server 2003
7 21 (26.92%) F5
8 17 (21.79%) MS Exchange
9 15 (19.23%) MCSE
9 15 (19.23%) CCNP
9 15 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (17.95%) VoIP
10 14 (17.95%) SQL Server
10 14 (17.95%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2003
11 13 (16.67%) NAS
11 13 (16.67%) Windows XP
12 12 (15.38%) CheckPoint
12 12 (15.38%) VMware
13 10 (12.82%) Linux
13 10 (12.82%) PABX
14 9 (11.54%) ITIL
14 9 (11.54%) NetApp
14 9 (11.54%) VPN
15 8 (10.26%) CCNA
15 8 (10.26%) HP
15 8 (10.26%) Red Hat

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 (1.282%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 17 (21.79%) MS Exchange
2 14 (17.95%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.564%) Apache
4 2 (2.564%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.282%) SAS
5 1 (1.282%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (5.128%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.564%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (30.77%) LAN
1 24 (30.77%) WAN
1 24 (30.77%) Firewall
2 23 (29.49%) SAN
3 14 (17.95%) VoIP
3 14 (17.95%) Cisco ASA
4 13 (16.67%) NAS
5 10 (12.82%) PABX
6 9 (11.54%) VPN
7 7 (8.974%) BIG-IP
8 6 (7.692%) DNS
9 5 (6.410%) MPLS
9 5 (6.410%) DHCP
10 4 (5.128%) Network Security
10 4 (5.128%) BGP
11 3 (3.846%) SCCP
11 3 (3.846%) H.323
11 3 (3.846%) VLAN
11 3 (3.846%) OSPF
11 3 (3.846%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.282%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.282%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (6.410%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.564%) Finance
2 2 (2.564%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Network Engineer
2 16 (20.51%) Analyst
3 10 (12.82%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (11.54%) Architect
5 8 (10.26%) Cisco Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Messaging Analyst
5 8 (10.26%) Support Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Voice Engineer
6 5 (6.410%) Messaging Engineer
7 4 (5.128%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (5.128%) Network Architect
7 4 (5.128%) Consultant
8 3 (3.846%) Network Analyst
8 3 (3.846%) Messaging Specialist
8 3 (3.846%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (3.846%) Microsoft Specialist
9 2 (2.564%) Voice Network Engineer
9 2 (2.564%) Business Continuity Consultant
9 2 (2.564%) Windows Engineer
9 2 (2.564%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) IVR
2 3 (3.846%) Replication
3 1 (1.282%) EMC Centera
3 1 (1.282%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.282%) EqualLogic
3 1 (1.282%) NHS
3 1 (1.282%) Firmware
3 1 (1.282%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.282%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 34 (43.59%) Windows
2 31 (39.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (28.21%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 10 (12.82%) Linux
6 8 (10.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (8.974%) CentOS
7 7 (8.974%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (3.846%) Windows 7
8 3 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (3.846%) NetWare
9 2 (2.564%) UNIX
9 2 (2.564%) Solaris
10 1 (1.282%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (11.54%) ITIL
2 7 (8.974%) Configuration Management
3 6 (7.692%) Incident Management
4 5 (6.410%) Load Balancing
4 5 (6.410%) Network Architecture
5 4 (5.128%) CRM
6 3 (3.846%) Project Management
7 2 (2.564%) Business Continuity
7 2 (2.564%) Test Scripting
7 2 (2.564%) Change Control
8 1 (1.282%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.282%) WAN Optimisation
8 1 (1.282%) Performance Management
8 1 (1.282%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (1.282%) Test Management
8 1 (1.282%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (1.282%) Project Planning
8 1 (1.282%) Information Security
8 1 (1.282%) Change Management
8 1 (1.282%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.692%) SQL
2 2 (2.564%) C
2 2 (2.564%) PHP
3 1 (1.282%) C++
3 1 (1.282%) Java
3 1 (1.282%) Perl
3 1 (1.282%) VB
3 1 (1.282%) Python
3 1 (1.282%) Lisp
3 1 (1.282%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (19.23%) MCSE
2 15 (19.23%) CCNP
3 8 (10.26%) CCNA
3 8 (10.26%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.692%) CCIE
4 6 (7.692%) CCSA
5 5 (6.410%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.846%) CCVP
7 1 (1.282%) CCSE
7 1 (1.282%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.282%) CCSP
7 1 (1.282%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.282%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.282%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.410%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.282%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (6.410%) vSphere
2 4 (5.128%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.846%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.564%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.282%) Sendmail
5 1 (1.282%) XenServer
5 1 (1.282%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.282%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 5 (6.410%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (3.846%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (3.846%) ARCserve
2 3 (3.846%) Cisco UCCE
2 3 (3.846%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.282%) PureDisk
3 1 (1.282%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.282%) SCCM
3 1 (1.282%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (1.282%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 21 (26.92%) F5
3 12 (15.38%) CheckPoint
3 12 (15.38%) VMware
4 9 (11.54%) NetApp
5 8 (10.26%) Red Hat
5 8 (10.26%) HP
6 6 (7.692%) Perforce
7 5 (6.410%) Blue Coat
7 5 (6.410%) McAfee
7 5 (6.410%) Citrix
7 5 (6.410%) Oracle
7 5 (6.410%) Juniper
8 4 (5.128%) Riverbed
9 3 (3.846%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.846%) Novell
9 3 (3.846%) IBM
10 2 (2.564%) EMC
10 2 (2.564%) Veeam
10 2 (2.564%) Brocade
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