Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 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 North West region.

 Cisco Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank758276
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Down-6
Matching contract IT job ads291864
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West1.279 %0.790 %1.618 %
As % of the Qualifications category8.504 %5.128 %13.53 %
Daily rates quoted5519
Average daily rate£285£275£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.630 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£168£164
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£290£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£317
% change year-on-year
--5.360 %
Hourly rates quoted1026
Average hourly rate£20.00£25.50£31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.56 %-18.40 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.60£16.30£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.25£34.70£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£29.75£26.00
% change year-on-year
-24.36 %+14.42 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
341351473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West15.04 %15.41 %11.96 %
Daily rates quoted137114106
Average daily rate£275£360£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.61 %+2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£181£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted364557
Average hourly rate£20.00£23.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.89 %+4.440 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£32.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Cisco Certification EnglandCisco Certification
England

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The 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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. 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
ManchesterUp+719£250-13.04 %
CheshireDown-155£263+16.66 %
CumbriaNew entry-3--
Cisco Certification EnglandCisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

124 (70.59 %)CCNA
223 (67.65 %)Cisco
317 (50.00 %)CCNP
416 (47.06 %)WAN
416 (47.06 %)LAN
513 (38.24 %)Firewall
612 (35.29 %)Windows
711 (32.35 %)TCP/IP
810 (29.41 %)VMware
99 (26.47 %)OSPF
108 (23.53 %)Active Directory
108 (23.53 %)HP
108 (23.53 %)CheckPoint
108 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
117 (20.59 %)IP Telephony
117 (20.59 %)Telecoms
117 (20.59 %)Video Conferencing
126 (17.65 %)IPsec
126 (17.65 %)Microsoft Certification
126 (17.65 %)VPN
126 (17.65 %)VoIP
126 (17.65 %)MCSE
135 (14.71 %)SQL Server
135 (14.71 %)BGP
135 (14.71 %)Law
135 (14.71 %)Legal
135 (14.71 %)CCSA
135 (14.71 %)CCSE
135 (14.71 %)ProCurve
144 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2008

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (2.941 %)WSH
11 (2.941 %)WMI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (8.824 %)MS Exchange
13 (8.824 %)SharePoint
22 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (5.882 %)Lotus Notes
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (5.882 %)Spreadsheet
21 (2.941 %)MS Project
21 (2.941 %)MS Office
21 (2.941 %)MS Excel
21 (2.941 %)MS Visio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (47.06 %)WAN
116 (47.06 %)LAN
213 (38.24 %)Firewall
311 (32.35 %)TCP/IP
49 (26.47 %)OSPF
57 (20.59 %)IP Telephony
66 (17.65 %)IPsec
66 (17.65 %)VPN
66 (17.65 %)VoIP
75 (14.71 %)BGP
84 (11.76 %)DHCP
84 (11.76 %)DNS
93 (8.824 %)EIGRP
102 (5.882 %)VLAN
102 (5.882 %)Wireless
102 (5.882 %)IGRP
102 (5.882 %)PBX
111 (2.941 %)PSTN
111 (2.941 %)ADSL
111 (2.941 %)SSL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (14.71 %)SQL Server
22 (5.882 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (2.941 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.941 %)SQL Server 2005
North West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (20.59 %)Telecoms
25 (14.71 %)Law
25 (14.71 %)Legal
33 (8.824 %)Finance
42 (5.882 %)Marketing
51 (2.941 %)Financial Institution
51 (2.941 %)Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (35.29 %)Network Engineer
27 (20.59 %)Cisco Engineer
34 (11.76 %)Cisco Network Engineer
42 (5.882 %)Implementation Engineer
42 (5.882 %)IT Support
42 (5.882 %)Pre Sales Engineer
42 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Architect
51 (2.941 %)Technical Architect
51 (2.941 %)Consultant
51 (2.941 %)Sales Consultant
51 (2.941 %)Customer Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Field Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Design Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Senior Network Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Technical Specialist
51 (2.941 %)Network Manager
51 (2.941 %)IT Support Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Server Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Infrastructure Specialist
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (20.59 %)Video Conferencing
21 (2.941 %)IVR
21 (2.941 %)CMDB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (35.29 %)Windows
28 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2008
42 (5.882 %)HPUX
42 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
51 (2.941 %)UNIX
51 (2.941 %)Windows XP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (8.824 %)Data Analysis
22 (5.882 %)Software Engineering
22 (5.882 %)Product Marketing
31 (2.941 %)ITIL
31 (2.941 %)ERP
31 (2.941 %)Project Management
31 (2.941 %)Service Management
31 (2.941 %)Change Management
31 (2.941 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (2.941 %)ITSM
31 (2.941 %)Validation
31 (2.941 %)Migration
31 (2.941 %)Network Design
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (2.941 %)C
11 (2.941 %)SQL
11 (2.941 %)VB
11 (2.941 %)PowerShell
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
124 (70.59 %)CCNA
217 (50.00 %)CCNP
36 (17.65 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (17.65 %)MCSE
45 (14.71 %)CCSA
45 (14.71 %)CCSE
52 (5.882 %)Degree
52 (5.882 %)CCIE
52 (5.882 %)CCDA
52 (5.882 %)CCDP
52 (5.882 %)MCSA
61 (2.941 %)HNC
61 (2.941 %)HND
61 (2.941 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.941 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (23.53 %)Active Directory
22 (5.882 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.941 %)ISA Server
31 (2.941 %)VMware ESX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.941 %)Tivoli
11 (2.941 %)MOM
11 (2.941 %)MIMEsweeper
11 (2.941 %)Norton AntiVirus
11 (2.941 %)Cisco IPCC
11 (2.941 %)Cacti
11 (2.941 %)McAfee ePO
11 (2.941 %)ServiceCenter
11 (2.941 %)SCOM
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
123 (67.65 %)Cisco
210 (29.41 %)VMware
38 (23.53 %)HP
38 (23.53 %)CheckPoint
45 (14.71 %)ProCurve
54 (11.76 %)Nortel
63 (8.824 %)Avaya
63 (8.824 %)SolarWinds
72 (5.882 %)Lotus
72 (5.882 %)Oracle
81 (2.941 %)Microsoft
81 (2.941 %)Citrix
81 (2.941 %)Dell
81 (2.941 %)Symantec
81 (2.941 %)Websense
81 (2.941 %)Clearswift
81 (2.941 %)McAfee
81 (2.941 %)BT
81 (2.941 %)Redback
81 (2.941 %)Huawei