The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA 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 Qualifications for the North East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 33 38 41
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +3
Contract jobs citing CCNA 1 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.357% 1.822% 0.915%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.786% 5.625% 4.255%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £248 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £296 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.72% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £22.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.25
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.22%
All Qualifications
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
56 160 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 20.00% 32.39% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 82 35
Average daily rate £313 £330 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £209 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £483 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
Average hourly rate £10.13 £20.00 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.35% +20.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCNA across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North East CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCNA across the North East region.

North East CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCNA across the North East region.

North East CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Tyne and Wear +10 1 - -
CCNA
England

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) WLAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Apache
4 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Nokia
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing CCNA 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 CCNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) IPsec
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) WLAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft