The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 18 13 33
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +20
Contract jobs citing Cisco 7 20 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 3.500% 6.472% 1.786%
As % of the Vendors category 6.140% 13.70% 3.593%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 3
Average daily rate £313 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £343 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.21% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £27.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -
All Vendors
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
114 146 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 57.00% 47.25% 49.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 69 60
Average daily rate £375 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £303 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £515 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 11
Average hourly rate £27.75 £27.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.90% +61.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.78 £24.10 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 7 (58.33%) VPN
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 5 (41.67%) DMZ
3 5 (41.67%) Internet
3 5 (41.67%) F5
3 5 (41.67%) BIG-IP
3 5 (41.67%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) OSPF
3 5 (41.67%) BGP
3 5 (41.67%) EIGRP
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (25.00%) H.323
4 3 (25.00%) Tandberg
4 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (25.00%) CCNA
5 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 2 (16.67%) CCNP
5 2 (16.67%) DNS
6 1 (8.333%) SSL
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.333%) Sun
6 1 (8.333%) HP
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (8.333%) Juniper
6 1 (8.333%) MPLS
6 1 (8.333%) Site Server

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 (8.333%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Site Server
1 1 (8.333%) WebLogic
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
1 1 (8.333%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) VPN
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (41.67%) DMZ
3 5 (41.67%) Internet
3 5 (41.67%) BIG-IP
3 5 (41.67%) OSPF
3 5 (41.67%) BGP
3 5 (41.67%) EIGRP
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (25.00%) H.323
4 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 2 (16.67%) DNS
6 1 (8.333%) SSL
6 1 (8.333%) MPLS
6 1 (8.333%) LAN
6 1 (8.333%) VoIP
6 1 (8.333%) WAN
6 1 (8.333%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco Security Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Firewall Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Security Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco Voice Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Firewall Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (8.333%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Network Support
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Voice Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Solaris
1 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.333%) MCSD
3 1 (8.333%) MCSE
3 1 (8.333%) CCVP
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 5 (41.67%) F5
3 3 (25.00%) Tandberg
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.333%) Sun
4 1 (8.333%) HP
4 1 (8.333%) Juniper
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle
4 1 (8.333%) Crossbeam