The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA over the 3 months to 18 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 Manchester 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 61 71 63
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -8
Contract jobs citing CCNA 8 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.821% 0.973% 0.663%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.479% 6.780% 5.882%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 4
Average daily rate £258 £300 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.16% -3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £176 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £325 £419
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+8.18% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.25
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.22%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
146 177 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 14.97% 14.36% 11.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 65 55
Average daily rate £325 £315 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £390 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 8
Average hourly rate £21.00 £19.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £22.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
CCNA
North West

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 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
Altrincham 0 4 £280 -13.84% 1
Bolton - - - -
Cheadle - - - - 3
Wigan - - - -
CCNA
North West

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (64.71%) Windows
3 10 (58.82%) VMware
4 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (52.94%) CCNP
5 8 (47.06%) Firewall
6 7 (41.18%) ITIL
7 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
7 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
7 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (29.41%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (23.53%) NetApp
8 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
8 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (23.53%) SNMP
8 4 (23.53%) MCSE
8 4 (23.53%) SQL
8 4 (23.53%) Windows XP
8 4 (23.53%) SCCM
8 4 (23.53%) SCOM
8 4 (23.53%) Network Management
8 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (23.53%) vSphere
8 4 (23.53%) Finance
9 3 (17.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (17.65%) Cisco UCCX
9 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
10 2 (11.76%) NHS
10 2 (11.76%) SAN

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing CCNA 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 CCNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
2 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (23.53%) SNMP
4 2 (11.76%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) VoIP
4 2 (11.76%) SAN
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (5.882%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (5.882%) WAN
5 1 (5.882%) DHCP
5 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.882%) VPN
5 1 (5.882%) DNS
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Voice Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Systems Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Voice Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Voice Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Windows Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Support
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Network Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
2 1 (5.882%) CLARiiON
2 1 (5.882%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (23.53%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.882%) VMS
5 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
3 4 (23.53%) Network Management
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (52.94%) CCNP
3 4 (23.53%) MCSE
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.882%) CCVP
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
1 4 (23.53%) vSphere
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) SCCM
1 4 (23.53%) SCOM
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (58.82%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) NetApp
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.76%) HP
5 2 (11.76%) Mitel
6 1 (5.882%) Brocade
6 1 (5.882%) Infoblox
6 1 (5.882%) EMC
Manchester, North West
To be considered for the post, you must have: Minimum 2 years network troubleshooting experience (TCP/IP, Routers, Switches, etc) Administration and diagnostic skills on Microsoft Exchange Server...
Computer Futures
Posted: 17 June 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience. CCNP certification preferred. CCNA/CCNP voice is also a plus... IP routing protocols including BGP and OSPF. Router redundancy protocols...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013