The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk 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 Norfolk 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
Rank363321
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-12
Matching contract IT job ads113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk0.392 %0.369 %1.563 %
As % of the Qualifications category2.632 %2.500 %17.65 %
Number of daily rates quoted110
Average daily rate£425£315-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.92 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£300£300
% change year-on-year
+4.58 %-
Number of hourly rates quoted003
Average hourly rate--£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£30.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+50.00 %
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
384017
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk14.90 %14.76 %8.854 %
Number of daily rates quoted26115
Average daily rate£300£315£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£200£293
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted228
Average hourly rate£13.84£12.75£13.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.54 %-6.42 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£12.55£13.05
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.68£12.75£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.16 %+33.33 %
Cisco Certification East of EnglandCisco Certification
East of England

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NorwichUp+91£425+34.92 %
Cisco Certification East of EnglandCisco Certification
East of England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

18 (100.00 %)Cisco
25 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2008
25 (62.50 %)Windows
34 (50.00 %)MCSE
34 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
34 (50.00 %)WAN
34 (50.00 %)Active Directory
34 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (50.00 %)Microsoft
34 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (37.50 %)CCNA
43 (37.50 %)VMware
43 (37.50 %)VMware ESXi
43 (37.50 %)HP
43 (37.50 %)Linux
52 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
52 (25.00 %)Apache
52 (25.00 %)SQL Server
52 (25.00 %)IIS
52 (25.00 %)MCP
52 (25.00 %)UNIX
52 (25.00 %)DHCP
52 (25.00 %)VPN
52 (25.00 %)DNS
52 (25.00 %)SSL
52 (25.00 %)ATM
52 (25.00 %)LAN
52 (25.00 %)Firewall
52 (25.00 %)Wireless
52 (25.00 %)Security+ Certification

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (25.00 %)Apache
22 (25.00 %)IIS
22 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2010
22 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (50.00 %)WAN
22 (25.00 %)DHCP
22 (25.00 %)VPN
22 (25.00 %)DNS
22 (25.00 %)SSL
22 (25.00 %)ATM
22 (25.00 %)LAN
22 (25.00 %)Firewall
22 (25.00 %)Wireless
22 (25.00 %)SAN
22 (25.00 %)NAS
22 (25.00 %)MPLS
31 (12.50 %)VoIP
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Network Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Specialist
31 (12.50 %)Network Analyst
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)Clustering
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2008
15 (62.50 %)Windows
24 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (37.50 %)Linux
42 (25.00 %)UNIX
42 (25.00 %)Windows 7
42 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (50.00 %)MCSE
14 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (37.50 %)CCNA
32 (25.00 %)MCP
32 (25.00 %)Security+ Certification
32 (25.00 %)Network+ Certification
41 (12.50 %)DV Cleared
41 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (50.00 %)Active Directory
23 (37.50 %)VMware ESXi
32 (25.00 %)Hyper-V
32 (25.00 %)Veritas Cluster Server
32 (25.00 %)DFS Replication
32 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (25.00 %)CiscoWorks
12 (25.00 %)WhatsUp Gold
12 (25.00 %)NetBackup
12 (25.00 %)WSUS
21 (12.50 %)SCCM
21 (12.50 %)SCOM
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
24 (50.00 %)Microsoft
33 (37.50 %)VMware
33 (37.50 %)HP
42 (25.00 %)Citrix
42 (25.00 %)Juniper
42 (25.00 %)Hitachi
42 (25.00 %)Veritas
42 (25.00 %)Lotus
42 (25.00 %)Symantec