The first table below looks at the demand for CiscoWorks skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CiscoWorks 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 of the Systems Management category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco CiscoWorks
Rank - 393 425
Contract jobs citing CiscoWorks 0 13 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.049% 0.038%
As % of the Systems Management category - 0.860% 0.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 8
Average daily rate - £360 £513
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -29.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £238 £272
% change year-on-year
+26.31% -12.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £19.01 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Systems Management
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
1278 1511 1511
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 5.919% 5.642% 4.837%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 856 860
Average daily rate £413 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.55% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 39 61
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £33.80 £38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
CiscoWorks
England

CiscoWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London CiscoWorks Jobs Demand Trend

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

London CiscoWorks Daily Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London CiscoWorks Hourly Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks.

1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) OSPF
2 7 (77.78%) BGP
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (66.67%) WAN
4 5 (55.56%) LAN
4 5 (55.56%) VoIP
4 5 (55.56%) Internet
4 5 (55.56%) Wireless
4 5 (55.56%) Riverbed
4 5 (55.56%) Network Management
5 4 (44.44%) Blue Coat
5 4 (44.44%) VLAN
5 4 (44.44%) F5
5 4 (44.44%) MPLS
5 4 (44.44%) VPN
6 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
6 3 (33.33%) SNMP
6 3 (33.33%) OpenView
6 3 (33.33%) HP
6 3 (33.33%) Juniper
6 3 (33.33%) Nokia
6 3 (33.33%) IPsec
6 3 (33.33%) RSVP
6 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
6 3 (33.33%) Legal
6 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA

CiscoWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) OSPF
2 7 (77.78%) BGP
3 6 (66.67%) WAN
4 5 (55.56%) LAN
4 5 (55.56%) VoIP
4 5 (55.56%) Internet
4 5 (55.56%) Wireless
5 4 (44.44%) VLAN
5 4 (44.44%) MPLS
5 4 (44.44%) VPN
6 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
6 3 (33.33%) SNMP
6 3 (33.33%) IPsec
6 3 (33.33%) RSVP
7 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
8 1 (11.11%) FWSM
8 1 (11.11%) HSRP
8 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
General
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Network Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Network Management
2 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) CCIP
4 1 (11.11%) CCIE
4 1 (11.11%) CCSP
4 1 (11.11%) CCDA
4 1 (11.11%) CCDP
4 1 (11.11%) CCVP
4 1 (11.11%) CCDE
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) OpenView
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Riverbed
3 4 (44.44%) Blue Coat
3 4 (44.44%) F5
4 3 (33.33%) HP
4 3 (33.33%) Juniper
4 3 (33.33%) Nokia
5 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
6 1 (11.11%) Mitel
6 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds