The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification 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 Certification
Rank 187 138 197
Rank change year-on-year
-49 +59
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 230 375 296
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.009% 1.410% 0.941%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.942% 9.837% 7.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 244 154
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-5.51% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 17
Average hourly rate £27.50 £19.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+41.02% -35.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £16.50 £17.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £31.15 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £25.75
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -12.62%
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%
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Cisco Certification Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification 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 -13 77 £360 -4.00% 27
Hammersmith - 4 £425 -
Uxbridge - 2 £250 -
Docklands, London +2 1 £520 +43.44%
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
Wimbledon - - - -
Chiswick - - - -
Ealing - - - -
Wembley - - - -
West Drayton - - - -
Barnet - - - -
Beckenham - - - -
Belvedere - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Croydon - - - - 1
Dagenham - - - -
Edgware - - - -
Feltham - - - -
Harrow - - - - 1
Hayes - - - - 1
Hounslow - - - -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - - 1
Orpington - - - - 2
Southall - - - -
Surbiton - - - -
Twickenham - - - - 3
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 382 (85.84%) Cisco
2 213 (47.87%) CCNA
3 190 (42.70%) CCNP
4 183 (41.12%) Firewall
5 155 (34.83%) WAN
6 153 (34.38%) LAN
7 121 (27.19%) CCIE
8 108 (24.27%) Cisco ASA
9 104 (23.37%) Windows
10 93 (20.90%) MPLS
11 90 (20.22%) BGP
12 87 (19.55%) OSPF
13 77 (17.30%) Finance
13 77 (17.30%) Juniper
14 76 (17.08%) Wireless
15 75 (16.85%) ITIL
16 72 (16.18%) VPN
17 71 (15.96%) VMware
18 70 (15.73%) CheckPoint
19 68 (15.28%) Microsoft
20 67 (15.06%) Microsoft Certification
21 66 (14.83%) Active Directory
22 64 (14.38%) MCSE
23 62 (13.93%) Windows Server 2008
24 61 (13.71%) Citrix
25 60 (13.48%) Internet
26 59 (13.26%) MS Exchange
26 59 (13.26%) Network Security
27 57 (12.81%) VoIP
28 55 (12.36%) Windows Server 2003

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (2.921%) HTML
2 7 (1.573%) Middleware
3 2 (0.449%) Web Services
3 2 (0.449%) ASP
3 2 (0.449%) CSS
4 1 (0.225%) XMPP
4 1 (0.225%) SOAP
4 1 (0.225%) XML
Application Platforms
1 59 (13.26%) MS Exchange
2 31 (6.966%) Exchange Server 2007
3 21 (4.719%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.022%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (1.124%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.674%) Exchange Server 2000
6 3 (0.674%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.674%) Apache
7 2 (0.449%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.449%) IIS
7 2 (0.449%) Site Server
7 2 (0.449%) CMS
7 2 (0.449%) Windows Azure
7 2 (0.449%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.225%) Lync
8 1 (0.225%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.225%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (5.169%) MS Excel
2 20 (4.494%) MS Office
3 18 (4.045%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.124%) MS Project
5 1 (0.225%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 183 (41.12%) Firewall
2 155 (34.83%) WAN
3 153 (34.38%) LAN
4 108 (24.27%) Cisco ASA
5 93 (20.90%) MPLS
6 90 (20.22%) BGP
7 87 (19.55%) OSPF
8 76 (17.08%) Wireless
9 72 (16.18%) VPN
10 60 (13.48%) Internet
11 59 (13.26%) Network Security
12 57 (12.81%) VoIP
13 51 (11.46%) Cisco Nexus
14 47 (10.56%) DNS
14 47 (10.56%) TCP/IP
15 46 (10.34%) DHCP
16 41 (9.213%) SAN
16 41 (9.213%) EIGRP
17 39 (8.764%) Cisco IOS
17 39 (8.764%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.270%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.124%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (1.124%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (1.124%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (0.449%) MySQL
4 1 (0.225%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 77 (17.30%) Finance
2 49 (11.01%) Telecoms
3 36 (8.090%) Banking
4 18 (4.045%) Retail
5 14 (3.146%) Investment Banking
6 8 (1.798%) Law
7 6 (1.348%) Back Office
7 6 (1.348%) French Language
8 5 (1.124%) Legal
9 3 (0.674%) Games
10 2 (0.449%) Publishing
11 1 (0.225%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.225%) Local Government
11 1 (0.225%) Wholesale Banking
11 1 (0.225%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.225%) Marketing
11 1 (0.225%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.225%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 149 (33.48%) Network Engineer
2 38 (8.539%) Architect
3 35 (7.865%) Consultant
4 32 (7.191%) Support Engineer
5 31 (6.966%) Cisco Engineer
6 21 (4.719%) 3rd Line Support
7 20 (4.494%) Network Architect
7 20 (4.494%) Administrator
7 20 (4.494%) Network Consultant
8 19 (4.270%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 19 (4.270%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 17 (3.820%) Senior Network Engineer
10 16 (3.596%) Analyst
11 15 (3.371%) Network Specialist
12 14 (3.146%) Systems Administrator
12 14 (3.146%) Firewall Engineer
13 12 (2.697%) Security Engineer
14 10 (2.247%) Project Manager
14 10 (2.247%) NOC Engineer
15 9 (2.022%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.944%) Video Conferencing
2 17 (3.820%) Blackberry
3 8 (1.798%) Computer Science
4 7 (1.573%) EqualLogic
5 6 (1.348%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.348%) PKI
6 5 (1.124%) CCTV
6 5 (1.124%) Firmware
7 4 (0.899%) PMI
7 4 (0.899%) Data Integration
8 3 (0.674%) Statistics
8 3 (0.674%) Replication
8 3 (0.674%) Handset
8 3 (0.674%) IVR
9 2 (0.449%) N-Tier
9 2 (0.449%) NHS
9 2 (0.449%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.449%) SaaS
9 2 (0.449%) Online Games
9 2 (0.449%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 104 (23.37%) Windows
2 62 (13.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 55 (12.36%) Windows Server 2003
4 42 (9.438%) Linux
5 21 (4.719%) Windows XP
6 19 (4.270%) Mac OS X
7 18 (4.045%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.921%) Solaris
9 12 (2.697%) UNIX
10 5 (1.124%) Windows 2000
11 4 (0.899%) Windows 2000 Server
12 3 (0.674%) HPUX
13 2 (0.449%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.449%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.225%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.225%) CentOS
14 1 (0.225%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (16.85%) ITIL
2 47 (10.56%) Network Design
3 46 (10.34%) Project Management
4 42 (9.438%) Migration
5 31 (6.966%) PRINCE2
6 30 (6.742%) Load Balancing
7 26 (5.843%) Network Management
8 24 (5.393%) Service Management
9 21 (4.719%) Service Delivery
10 18 (4.045%) Network Architecture
11 16 (3.596%) Change Management
12 15 (3.371%) Business Analysis
13 11 (2.472%) Change Control
14 10 (2.247%) WAN Optimisation
15 9 (2.022%) Project Planning
15 9 (2.022%) Security Architecture
16 8 (1.798%) E-Commerce
16 8 (1.798%) Configuration Management
16 8 (1.798%) Disaster Recovery
17 7 (1.573%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.393%) SQL
2 2 (0.449%) Shell Script
2 2 (0.449%) Bash shell
3 1 (0.225%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.225%) C
3 1 (0.225%) Perl
3 1 (0.225%) VB
Qualifications
1 213 (47.87%) CCNA
2 190 (42.70%) CCNP
3 121 (27.19%) CCIE
4 67 (15.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 64 (14.38%) MCSE
6 45 (10.11%) Security Cleared
7 36 (8.090%) Degree
8 29 (6.517%) CCDP
9 28 (6.292%) MCITP
10 23 (5.169%) SC Cleared
11 20 (4.494%) CISSP
12 18 (4.045%) Citrix Certification
13 17 (3.820%) CCA
14 16 (3.596%) CCSP
14 16 (3.596%) CCSE
14 16 (3.596%) JNCIE
15 15 (3.371%) DV Cleared
15 15 (3.371%) CCEA
16 14 (3.146%) CCIP
17 13 (2.921%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.865%) SLA
2 10 (2.247%) PCI DSS
3 8 (1.798%) QA
4 7 (1.573%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 66 (14.83%) Active Directory
2 45 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.697%) XenApp
4 11 (2.472%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (2.247%) XenDesktop
6 7 (1.573%) ProxySG
7 6 (1.348%) vSphere
8 5 (1.124%) UAG
9 4 (0.899%) XenServer
9 4 (0.899%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.674%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (0.674%) VMware ESX
10 3 (0.674%) ISA Server
11 2 (0.449%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.225%) Xen
12 1 (0.225%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.225%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 33 (7.416%) Cisco CUCM
2 16 (3.596%) Cisco UCCX
3 13 (2.921%) Cisco UCCE
4 11 (2.472%) Backup Exec
5 10 (2.247%) SCCM
5 10 (2.247%) SCOM
6 7 (1.573%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.124%) HP SIM
7 5 (1.124%) OpenView
7 5 (1.124%) CiscoWorks
8 4 (0.899%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.674%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.225%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.225%) WSUS
10 1 (0.225%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.225%) Sysprep
10 1 (0.225%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.225%) Cisco IPCC
10 1 (0.225%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.225%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 382 (85.84%) Cisco
2 77 (17.30%) Juniper
3 71 (15.96%) VMware
4 70 (15.73%) CheckPoint
5 68 (15.28%) Microsoft
6 61 (13.71%) Citrix
7 53 (11.91%) F5
8 50 (11.24%) HP
9 19 (4.270%) Blue Coat
10 16 (3.596%) Riverbed
11 14 (3.146%) Fortinet
11 14 (3.146%) Aruba
12 12 (2.697%) Nokia
12 12 (2.697%) Symantec
12 12 (2.697%) SolarWinds
12 12 (2.697%) Polycom
13 10 (2.247%) Oracle
13 10 (2.247%) BT
13 10 (2.247%) Brocade
14 9 (2.022%) NetApp
City of London
CISCO CCNP NETWORKS ITILMy client are currently seeking an experience Network Engineer to provide network support activities across different areas of the businessWe require someone with strong networking...
Rate: £25 - £30 per hour
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
Senior CCNP, Banking, London, Security/802.1x Implementation, £320 per day A banking client in London urgently requires a Senior Level CCNP with 5+ years security experience - specifically...
Orgtel
Rate: £320 - £321 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
CCNP Senior Network Engineer/ team leader who working with the network manger will act in both a hands on network engineer capacity as well as mentoring a team...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £325.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
You will be skilled in a multi vendor environment, having vast experience with Cisco and Juniper technologies... Juniper Netscreen VPN experience would be a distinct advantage, as will...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Kingston upon Thames, South East
The daily rate is flexible dependant on the candidates level of experience: ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED: CCNA/CCNP Qualified Checkpoint Qualified Extensive knowledge of Cisco ASA Cisco Infrastructure (6500...
Computer Futures
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £400 per day + n/a
Posted: 18 June 2013
South West London
Reed Business Information Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £325 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
City of London
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
ITHR
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
Imperial Wharf, London, United Kingdom
Matsco Solutions
Rate: Highly competitive rates
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Joanne Senior
Rate: £22.50 - 35.00 per hour
Posted: 19 June 2013
Chessington, Surrey
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £400 to £425 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
eChoice Consulting
Rate: £16,000 - £24,000 per year + bens and overtime
Posted: 7 June 2013
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