The first table below looks at the demand for CCDA in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCDA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
Rank 382 403 441
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +38
Contract jobs citing CCDA 2 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.026% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.060% 0.184% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £408 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3313 3812 4137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.53% 14.34% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1978 2320 2409
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £593 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 111 138
Average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.40 £12.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.13 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
CCDA
England

CCDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London CCDA Jobs Demand Trend

CCDA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCDA across the London region.

London CCDA Daily Rate Trend

CCDA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London CCDA Hourly Rate Trend

CCDA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCDA within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London 0 2 - -
Hammersmith - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Croydon - - - -
Dagenham - - - -
Hounslow - - - -
CCDA
England

CCDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CCDA 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 CCDA.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (80.00%) CCNA
2 4 (80.00%) CCDP
2 4 (80.00%) CCSA
2 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) CCSE
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) CCSP
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) BGP
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) MPLS
4 2 (40.00%) OSPF
5 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
5 1 (20.00%) CCVP
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) NetScreen
5 1 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (20.00%) VoIP
5 1 (20.00%) WLAN
5 1 (20.00%) CCIE
5 1 (20.00%) Perl
5 1 (20.00%) UNIX
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) Solaris
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) CCIP

CCDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CCDA 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 CCDA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) MPLS
3 2 (40.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) NetScreen
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) WLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Junos
4 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (20.00%) FWSM
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Telephony Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) CCNA
2 4 (80.00%) CCDP
2 4 (80.00%) CCSA
2 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 4 (80.00%) CCSE
3 3 (60.00%) CCSP
4 1 (20.00%) CCVP
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
4 1 (20.00%) CCIP
4 1 (20.00%) Check Point Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CCDE
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia
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