The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification 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 Qualifications for the Milton Keynes 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 Certification
Rank 46 46 54
Rank change year-on-year
0 +8
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 6 17 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.170% 2.338% 0.670%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.659% 10.30% 2.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £338 £350 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +84.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.96 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -25.00%
All Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
164 165 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 31.97% 22.70% 22.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 65 70
Average daily rate £286 £251 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.27% -22.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 9
Average hourly rate £14.96 £16.75 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.68% +34.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £15.00 £9.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £50.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
Cisco Certification
Buckinghamshire

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 16 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 12 (54.55%) Cisco
3 12 (54.55%) CCNA
4 11 (50.00%) CCSP
4 11 (50.00%) Firewall
5 10 (45.45%) HP
5 10 (45.45%) DV Cleared
6 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (40.91%) VMware
7 8 (36.36%) Cryptography
7 8 (36.36%) Hyper-V
8 7 (31.82%) F5
8 7 (31.82%) CESG
8 7 (31.82%) Juniper
8 7 (31.82%) CISSP
9 6 (27.27%) WAN
10 5 (22.73%) SAN
10 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
10 5 (22.73%) VPN
10 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
10 5 (22.73%) CCIE
10 5 (22.73%) OpenView
10 5 (22.73%) LAN
10 5 (22.73%) Information Assurance
11 4 (18.18%) Network Security
11 4 (18.18%) MCTS
11 4 (18.18%) NAS
11 4 (18.18%) MS Exchange
11 4 (18.18%) Windows

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (13.64%) SOAP
1 3 (13.64%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) MS Exchange
2 3 (13.64%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.545%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) Firewall
2 6 (27.27%) WAN
3 5 (22.73%) LAN
3 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
3 5 (22.73%) VPN
3 5 (22.73%) SAN
4 4 (18.18%) Internet
4 4 (18.18%) SMTP
4 4 (18.18%) IPsec
4 4 (18.18%) Network Security
4 4 (18.18%) NAS
5 3 (13.64%) iSCSI
5 3 (13.64%) ICMP
5 3 (13.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (13.64%) VoIP
6 2 (9.091%) MPLS
7 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
7 1 (4.545%) BIG-IP
7 1 (4.545%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (4.545%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Technical Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Security Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.545%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Network Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Network Support
5 1 (4.545%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.545%) Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Cryptography
2 7 (31.82%) CESG
3 3 (13.64%) PKI
3 3 (13.64%) Clustering
4 2 (9.091%) Thin Client
4 2 (9.091%) Fat Client
4 2 (9.091%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (4.545%) e-Health
5 1 (4.545%) Client/Server
5 1 (4.545%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.545%) UNIX
3 1 (4.545%) Linux
3 1 (4.545%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Information Assurance
2 3 (13.64%) ITIL
2 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
2 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (9.091%) Service Management
3 2 (9.091%) Security Architecture
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.545%) Change Control
4 1 (4.545%) Migration
4 1 (4.545%) Project Management
4 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.545%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 12 (54.55%) CCNA
4 11 (50.00%) CCSP
5 10 (45.45%) DV Cleared
6 7 (31.82%) CISSP
7 5 (22.73%) CCIE
8 4 (18.18%) MCTS
8 4 (18.18%) CCNP
9 3 (13.64%) MCP
9 3 (13.64%) MCSE
9 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (13.64%) ISEB
10 1 (4.545%) JNCIA
10 1 (4.545%) JNCIS
10 1 (4.545%) JNCIP
10 1 (4.545%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) SLA
2 1 (4.545%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 3 (13.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) OpenView
2 3 (13.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (4.545%) OVSD
3 1 (4.545%) SCCM
3 1 (4.545%) SCOM
3 1 (4.545%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Cisco
2 10 (45.45%) HP
3 9 (40.91%) VMware
4 7 (31.82%) F5
4 7 (31.82%) Juniper
5 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
6 4 (18.18%) Citrix
6 4 (18.18%) Oracle
7 3 (13.64%) StorageTek
7 3 (13.64%) Sun
8 1 (4.545%) Avaya
8 1 (4.545%) Genesys
8 1 (4.545%) Brocade