The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification 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 Cisco Certification 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 87 99 91
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -8
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 31 33 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.330% 1.061% 1.148%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.783% 5.069% 7.576%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 21
Average daily rate £280 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £173 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £349 £376 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 2
Average hourly rate £39.00 £22.00 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+77.27% -13.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £22.00 £17.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £22.00 £33.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -18.18%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
457 651 462
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.61% 20.93% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 324 203
Average daily rate £350 £370 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +34.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £523 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 42
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £24.81
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -19.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £13.75 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £29.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Cisco Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Cisco Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North West 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
Cheshire +4 14 £289 +1.31%
Manchester +4 13 £278 -7.50%
Lancashire +7 2 - -
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 59 (90.77%) Cisco
2 47 (72.31%) CCNA
3 32 (49.23%) CCNP
4 27 (41.54%) Windows
5 22 (33.85%) ITIL
5 22 (33.85%) Firewall
6 17 (26.15%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (24.62%) VMware
7 16 (24.62%) LAN
8 15 (23.08%) VPN
9 14 (21.54%) Microsoft
9 14 (21.54%) Wireless
10 13 (20.00%) Telecoms
11 12 (18.46%) WAN
11 12 (18.46%) Windows Server 2003
11 12 (18.46%) CCDP
11 12 (18.46%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (15.38%) F5
13 9 (13.85%) Active Directory
13 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (13.85%) Network Design
14 8 (12.31%) Migration
14 8 (12.31%) MS Exchange
14 8 (12.31%) CCIE
14 8 (12.31%) TCP/IP
14 8 (12.31%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (10.77%) Network Management
15 7 (10.77%) Finance
16 6 (9.231%) PRINCE2
16 6 (9.231%) MCSE

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 5 (7.692%) VXML
2 1 (1.538%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.31%) MS Exchange
2 5 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.538%) Lync
3 1 (1.538%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.615%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.538%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 22 (33.85%) Firewall
2 16 (24.62%) LAN
3 15 (23.08%) VPN
4 14 (21.54%) Wireless
5 12 (18.46%) WAN
5 12 (18.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (12.31%) TCP/IP
6 8 (12.31%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (9.231%) SAN
8 5 (7.692%) Cisco ICM
8 5 (7.692%) MPLS
8 5 (7.692%) DNS
8 5 (7.692%) SNMP
9 4 (6.154%) DHCP
9 4 (6.154%) VoIP
9 4 (6.154%) Network Security
10 3 (4.615%) Cisco PIX
10 3 (4.615%) NAS
11 2 (3.077%) WLAN
11 2 (3.077%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.077%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.538%) MySQL
2 1 (1.538%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.538%) Data Mining
General
1 13 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (10.77%) Finance
3 2 (3.077%) Banking
4 1 (1.538%) Local Government
4 1 (1.538%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.538%) Retail
4 1 (1.538%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.538%) Law
4 1 (1.538%) Legal
4 1 (1.538%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (21.54%) Architect
2 13 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 12 (18.46%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) Cisco Voice Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) Voice Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) Network Architect
5 6 (9.231%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (9.231%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (7.692%) Technical Architect
7 4 (6.154%) Project Engineer
7 4 (6.154%) Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (4.615%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.615%) Windows Systems Engineer
8 3 (4.615%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.615%) Network Manager
8 3 (4.615%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.615%) Consultant
8 3 (4.615%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.615%) Analyst
8 3 (4.615%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.692%) IVR
2 2 (3.077%) NHS
3 1 (1.538%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.538%) FMCG
3 1 (1.538%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.538%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 27 (41.54%) Windows
2 17 (26.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (18.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (6.154%) Windows XP
5 3 (4.615%) Windows NT
5 3 (4.615%) Linux
6 1 (1.538%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.538%) UNIX
6 1 (1.538%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.85%) ITIL
2 9 (13.85%) Network Design
3 8 (12.31%) Migration
4 7 (10.77%) Network Management
5 6 (9.231%) PRINCE2
6 4 (6.154%) Incident Management
7 3 (4.615%) Network Architecture
7 3 (4.615%) Project Management
7 3 (4.615%) Change Management
8 2 (3.077%) Service Management
8 2 (3.077%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.077%) Content Management
8 2 (3.077%) Business Continuity
8 2 (3.077%) PRINCE
8 2 (3.077%) Capacity Management
9 1 (1.538%) High Availability
9 1 (1.538%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.538%) Technical Architecture
9 1 (1.538%) Load Balancing
9 1 (1.538%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.692%) SQL
2 1 (1.538%) C
Qualifications
1 47 (72.31%) CCNA
2 32 (49.23%) CCNP
3 12 (18.46%) CCDP
4 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (12.31%) CCIE
6 6 (9.231%) MCSE
7 4 (6.154%) MCITP
8 3 (4.615%) Security Cleared
8 3 (4.615%) Degree
8 3 (4.615%) CCSP
9 2 (3.077%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.538%) CCEE
10 1 (1.538%) CCIA
10 1 (1.538%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (1.538%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.538%) MCTS
10 1 (1.538%) CITP
10 1 (1.538%) CCDA
10 1 (1.538%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.538%) CCA
System Software
1 9 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.692%) vSphere
2 5 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.077%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.538%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.538%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (1.538%) XenApp
4 1 (1.538%) XenServer
4 1 (1.538%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.538%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.538%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (9.231%) Cisco UCCE
2 4 (6.154%) SCCM
2 4 (6.154%) SCOM
2 4 (6.154%) Cisco UCCX
2 4 (6.154%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.538%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 59 (90.77%) Cisco
2 16 (24.62%) VMware
3 14 (21.54%) Microsoft
4 10 (15.38%) F5
5 6 (9.231%) HP
6 5 (7.692%) Juniper
7 4 (6.154%) NetApp
7 4 (6.154%) Brocade
8 3 (4.615%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.615%) Citrix
9 2 (3.077%) Mitel
9 2 (3.077%) Avaya
9 2 (3.077%) NetScout
9 2 (3.077%) Huawei
9 2 (3.077%) Aruba
9 2 (3.077%) Riverbed
9 2 (3.077%) Twitter
10 1 (1.538%) Infoblox
10 1 (1.538%) EMC
10 1 (1.538%) Nortel
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