The first part of the 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

Cisco Certification
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank425348
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Down-5
Matching contract IT job ads1945
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes2.544 %0.675 %0.952 %
As % of the Qualifications category11.18 %2.941 %3.049 %
Number of daily rates quoted422
Average daily rate£350£190£317
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+84.21 %-39.99 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£286£190£286
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£418£190£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£300£300
% change year-on-year
+4.58 %-
Number of hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£32.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£30.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+50.00 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
170136164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes22.76 %22.93 %31.24 %
Number of daily rates quoted667082
Average daily rate£251£325£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.92 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£113£142£148
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£401£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted14935
Average hourly rate£16.75£12.50£17.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.00 %-28.97 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£9.42£10.59
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.00£30.00£32.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.16 %+33.33 %
Cisco Certification BuckinghamshireCisco Certification
Buckinghamshire

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 16 May 2012.

Milton Keynes Cisco Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 16 May 2012, 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.

132 (96.97 %)Cisco
226 (78.79 %)CCNA
318 (54.55 %)Microsoft
417 (51.52 %)TCP/IP
516 (48.48 %)Security Cleared
614 (42.42 %)HP
711 (33.33 %)CCNP
711 (33.33 %)LAN
711 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
810 (30.30 %)MS Excel
810 (30.30 %)Firewall
99 (27.27 %)DV Cleared
108 (24.24 %)Juniper
108 (24.24 %)WAN
108 (24.24 %)Windows
117 (21.21 %)ITIL
117 (21.21 %)VMware Infrastructure
117 (21.21 %)Cisco ASA
117 (21.21 %)F5
117 (21.21 %)VMware
126 (18.18 %)Cisco IOS
126 (18.18 %)Network Security
135 (15.15 %)Citrix
135 (15.15 %)Ethernet
135 (15.15 %)MCITP
144 (12.12 %)e-Health
144 (12.12 %)Finance
144 (12.12 %)Hyper-V
144 (12.12 %)SLA
144 (12.12 %)CCDA

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (6.061 %)Exchange Server 2007
12 (6.061 %)Exchange Server 2010
12 (6.061 %)SharePoint
12 (6.061 %)MS Exchange
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (30.30 %)MS Excel
23 (9.091 %)MS Office
32 (6.061 %)MS Visio
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (51.52 %)TCP/IP
211 (33.33 %)LAN
310 (30.30 %)Firewall
48 (24.24 %)WAN
57 (21.21 %)Cisco ASA
66 (18.18 %)Cisco IOS
66 (18.18 %)Network Security
75 (15.15 %)Ethernet
84 (12.12 %)MPLS
93 (9.091 %)VoIP
93 (9.091 %)Wireless
102 (6.061 %)Cisco PIX
102 (6.061 %)FWSM
102 (6.061 %)VPN
102 (6.061 %)ADSL
102 (6.061 %)SAN
102 (6.061 %)BGP
102 (6.061 %)EIGRP
111 (3.030 %)H.323
111 (3.030 %)MGCP
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (12.12 %)Finance
22 (6.061 %)Telecoms
31 (3.030 %)Electronics
31 (3.030 %)Banking
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (42.42 %)Network Engineer
26 (18.18 %)Analyst
35 (15.15 %)Network Analyst
35 (15.15 %)Cisco Engineer
44 (12.12 %)Operations Analyst
53 (9.091 %)Cisco Network Engineer
62 (6.061 %)Network Administrator
62 (6.061 %)Team Leader
62 (6.061 %)Administrator
71 (3.030 %)Architect
71 (3.030 %)Consultant
71 (3.030 %)Support Engineer
71 (3.030 %)Technical Design Authority
71 (3.030 %)Implementation Engineer
71 (3.030 %)Senior Analyst
71 (3.030 %)Senior Network Engineer
71 (3.030 %)Security Analyst
71 (3.030 %)Network Architect
71 (3.030 %)Senior Security Analyst
71 (3.030 %)Network Specialist
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (12.12 %)e-Health
22 (6.061 %)IVR
22 (6.061 %)Firmware
31 (3.030 %)Blackberry
31 (3.030 %)Computer Science
31 (3.030 %)CMDB
31 (3.030 %)PKI
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (24.24 %)Windows
24 (12.12 %)UNIX
33 (9.091 %)Windows 7
33 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2008
33 (9.091 %)Windows Vista
42 (6.061 %)Android
51 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2003
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (21.21 %)ITIL
24 (12.12 %)Service Management
33 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
42 (6.061 %)Workflow
42 (6.061 %)Project Management
51 (3.030 %)Network Architecture
51 (3.030 %)ITIL V3
51 (3.030 %)Data Protection
51 (3.030 %)Vulnerability Assessment
51 (3.030 %)Systems Analysis
51 (3.030 %)Knowledge Management
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (78.79 %)CCNA
216 (48.48 %)Security Cleared
311 (33.33 %)CCNP
311 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
49 (27.27 %)DV Cleared
55 (15.15 %)MCITP
64 (12.12 %)CCDA
64 (12.12 %)CCDP
73 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (9.091 %)MCP
73 (9.091 %)MCSE
73 (9.091 %)MCSA
73 (9.091 %)CCIE
82 (6.061 %)CCA
82 (6.061 %)Citrix Certification
91 (3.030 %)CISSP
91 (3.030 %)CCSP
91 (3.030 %)CCENT
91 (3.030 %)CCDE
91 (3.030 %)CCVP
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (12.12 %)SLA
21 (3.030 %)BS7799
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (21.21 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (12.12 %)Hyper-V
33 (9.091 %)vSphere
33 (9.091 %)VMware ESX
42 (6.061 %)UAG
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (12.12 %)OpenView
23 (9.091 %)Backup Exec
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
132 (96.97 %)Cisco
218 (54.55 %)Microsoft
314 (42.42 %)HP
48 (24.24 %)Juniper
57 (21.21 %)F5
57 (21.21 %)VMware
65 (15.15 %)Citrix
74 (12.12 %)CheckPoint
83 (9.091 %)Avaya
83 (9.091 %)Genesys
83 (9.091 %)Compaq
92 (6.061 %)Apple
92 (6.061 %)Remedy
92 (6.061 %)McAfee
101 (3.030 %)NetApp
101 (3.030 %)Aruba
101 (3.030 %)Riverbed
101 (3.030 %)ArcSight
101 (3.030 %)Blue Coat