The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA 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 North West 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 Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 95 111 113
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +2
Contract jobs citing CCNA 22 21 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.958% 0.663% 0.617%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.966% 3.043% 3.885%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 10
Average daily rate £278 £300 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +12.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £170 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £400 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+4.09% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -29.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £18.00 £17.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £18.00 £33.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -6.25%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
443 690 489
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.29% 21.79% 15.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 342 213
Average daily rate £350 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 45
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region.

North West CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNA across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West CCNA Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester +10 11 £275 -8.33%
Cheshire +11 10 £345 +72.50%
Lancashire +13 1 - -
CCNA
England

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 46 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (91.30%) Cisco
3 24 (52.17%) CCNP
4 21 (45.65%) Windows
5 19 (41.30%) ITIL
6 18 (39.13%) Firewall
7 13 (28.26%) VMware
7 13 (28.26%) Windows Server 2008
8 11 (23.91%) Wireless
8 11 (23.91%) LAN
8 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
9 9 (19.57%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (19.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (17.39%) F5
10 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (17.39%) VPN
10 8 (17.39%) WAN
10 8 (17.39%) MS Exchange
10 8 (17.39%) Migration
11 7 (15.22%) Finance
11 7 (15.22%) CCDP
11 7 (15.22%) Active Directory
11 7 (15.22%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (13.04%) Network Management
12 6 (13.04%) PRINCE2
12 6 (13.04%) CCIE
13 5 (10.87%) Network Design
13 5 (10.87%) SQL
13 5 (10.87%) MCSE
13 5 (10.87%) SNMP

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (17.39%) MS Exchange
2 5 (10.87%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.174%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.174%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.174%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 18 (39.13%) Firewall
2 11 (23.91%) LAN
2 11 (23.91%) Wireless
3 9 (19.57%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (17.39%) WAN
4 8 (17.39%) VPN
5 7 (15.22%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (10.87%) SNMP
6 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
7 4 (8.696%) SAN
7 4 (8.696%) VoIP
8 3 (6.522%) Network Security
8 3 (6.522%) DNS
9 2 (4.348%) DHCP
9 2 (4.348%) MPLS
9 2 (4.348%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (2.174%) Cisco PIX
10 1 (2.174%) NAS
10 1 (2.174%) FWSM
10 1 (2.174%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.174%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.174%) MySQL
General
1 7 (15.22%) Finance
2 2 (4.348%) Banking
2 2 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.174%) Local Government
3 1 (2.174%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.174%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.174%) Law
3 1 (2.174%) Legal
3 1 (2.174%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Network Engineer
2 10 (21.74%) Architect
3 6 (13.04%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Network Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Technical Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (8.696%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (8.696%) Project Engineer
6 3 (6.522%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (6.522%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.522%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.522%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.522%) Analyst
6 3 (6.522%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.522%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (6.522%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.522%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.522%) Network Manager
6 3 (6.522%) Cisco Voice Engineer
7 2 (4.348%) Cisco Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.348%) NHS
2 1 (2.174%) CLARiiON
2 1 (2.174%) IVR
2 1 (2.174%) FMCG
2 1 (2.174%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 21 (45.65%) Windows
2 13 (28.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (19.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (8.696%) Windows XP
5 3 (6.522%) Linux
6 1 (2.174%) Windows NT
6 1 (2.174%) VMS
6 1 (2.174%) UNIX
6 1 (2.174%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) ITIL
2 8 (17.39%) Migration
3 6 (13.04%) PRINCE2
3 6 (13.04%) Network Management
4 5 (10.87%) Network Design
5 2 (4.348%) Network Architecture
5 2 (4.348%) Business Continuity
5 2 (4.348%) Service Management
5 2 (4.348%) Change Management
6 1 (2.174%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.174%) ITSM
6 1 (2.174%) Security Management
6 1 (2.174%) PRINCE
6 1 (2.174%) Project Management
6 1 (2.174%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.174%) Information Security
6 1 (2.174%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.174%) Network Planning
6 1 (2.174%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.174%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (52.17%) CCNP
3 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (15.22%) CCDP
5 6 (13.04%) CCIE
6 5 (10.87%) MCSE
7 3 (6.522%) MCITP
8 2 (4.348%) Security Cleared
9 1 (2.174%) Degree
9 1 (2.174%) CITP
9 1 (2.174%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (2.174%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.174%) MCP
9 1 (2.174%) CCSP
9 1 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (2.174%) CCSA
9 1 (2.174%) CCVP
9 1 (2.174%) JNCIA
9 1 (2.174%) MCTS
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.87%) vSphere
3 3 (6.522%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.174%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.174%) XenApp
4 1 (2.174%) Samba
4 1 (2.174%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (2.174%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (8.696%) SCCM
1 4 (8.696%) SCOM
2 3 (6.522%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (6.522%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (2.174%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 42 (91.30%) Cisco
2 13 (28.26%) VMware
3 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
4 8 (17.39%) F5
5 4 (8.696%) NetApp
6 3 (6.522%) HP
6 3 (6.522%) Brocade
7 2 (4.348%) Mitel
7 2 (4.348%) Huawei
7 2 (4.348%) Aruba
7 2 (4.348%) Riverbed
7 2 (4.348%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.348%) Juniper
8 1 (2.174%) Oracle
8 1 (2.174%) EMC
8 1 (2.174%) Nortel
8 1 (2.174%) Citrix
8 1 (2.174%) Infoblox
8 1 (2.174%) NetScout
Cheshire, North West
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Posted: 9 May 2013