The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
Rank2825-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3New entry-
Matching contract IT job ads610
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne2.299 %0.521 %-
As % of the Qualifications category6.122 %1.887 %-
Number of daily rates quoted200
Average daily rate£283--
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£300£300
% change year-on-year
+4.58 %-
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£30.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+50.00 %
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
985334
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne37.55 %27.60 %21.94 %
Number of daily rates quoted481818
Average daily rate£325£275£200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18 %+37.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£150£117
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£452£408£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted330
Average hourly rate£20.00£16.25-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.16 %+33.33 %
Cisco Certification Tyne and WearCisco Certification
Tyne and Wear

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Newcastle upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

17 (87.50 %)Cisco
26 (75.00 %)CCNP
34 (50.00 %)CCNA
34 (50.00 %)Firewall
43 (37.50 %)VPN
43 (37.50 %)DNS
52 (25.00 %)BGP
52 (25.00 %)Penetration Testing
52 (25.00 %)VLAN
52 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
52 (25.00 %)OSPF
52 (25.00 %)Load Balancing
52 (25.00 %)Network Security
52 (25.00 %)CCSP
52 (25.00 %)LAN
52 (25.00 %)WAN
52 (25.00 %)SNMP
52 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
61 (12.50 %)VoIP
61 (12.50 %)SQL Server
61 (12.50 %)CSS
61 (12.50 %)ITIL
61 (12.50 %)UNIX
61 (12.50 %)Windows
61 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
61 (12.50 %)Dell
61 (12.50 %)CISSP
61 (12.50 %)SAN
61 (12.50 %)Siemens
61 (12.50 %)CheckPoint

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)CSS
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
11 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2010
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (50.00 %)Firewall
23 (37.50 %)VPN
23 (37.50 %)DNS
32 (25.00 %)BGP
32 (25.00 %)VLAN
32 (25.00 %)OSPF
32 (25.00 %)Network Security
32 (25.00 %)LAN
32 (25.00 %)WAN
32 (25.00 %)SNMP
32 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (12.50 %)VoIP
41 (12.50 %)SAN
41 (12.50 %)Internet
41 (12.50 %)Wi-Fi
41 (12.50 %)IP Telephony
41 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
41 (12.50 %)Cisco ASA
41 (12.50 %)FWSM
41 (12.50 %)Ethereal
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2008
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Network Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Network Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Security Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Network Support Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Senior Network Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Penetration Tester
21 (12.50 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Network Support
21 (12.50 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Security Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Network Specialist
21 (12.50 %)VoIP Specialist
21 (12.50 %)Network Infrastructure Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Cisco Security Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Network Security Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Network Security Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Support Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Tester
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)EqualLogic
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)UNIX
11 (12.50 %)Windows
11 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
11 (12.50 %)Windows 7
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Penetration Testing
12 (25.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (12.50 %)ITIL
21 (12.50 %)Migration
21 (12.50 %)Business Continuity
21 (12.50 %)Information Security
21 (12.50 %)Ethical Hacking
21 (12.50 %)OWASP
21 (12.50 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (12.50 %)Configuration Management
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (75.00 %)CCNP
24 (50.00 %)CCNA
32 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (25.00 %)CCSP
41 (12.50 %)CISSP
41 (12.50 %)CEH
41 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
41 (12.50 %)CCIE
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)PCI DSS
11 (12.50 %)ISO/IEC 27001
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (12.50 %)Nmap
11 (12.50 %)vSphere
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (12.50 %)Backup Exec
11 (12.50 %)Nessus
11 (12.50 %)vCenter
Newcastle upon Tyne IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (87.50 %)Cisco
21 (12.50 %)Dell
21 (12.50 %)Siemens
21 (12.50 %)CheckPoint
21 (12.50 %)VMware
21 (12.50 %)Sophos
21 (12.50 %)Microsoft