North West Cisco Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Altrincham Andover Angus Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bootle Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Cobham County Antrim Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Goole Grays Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Immingham Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochester Romford Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tayside Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Witham Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	92	57
Rank change on same period last year	-35
Matching contract IT job ads	57	85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.075 %	0.089 %
As % of the category below	14.21 %	19.72 %
Daily rates quoted	9	13
Average minimum daily rate	£263	£392
Average daily rate	£281	£404
% change on same period last year	-30.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£299	£416
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£333
% change on same period last year	-9.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.38	£24.33
Average hourly rate	£35.92	£27.06
% change on same period last year	+32.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.46	£29.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.93	£26.50
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Qualifications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	401	431
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.529 %	0.451 %
Daily rates quoted	85	91
Average minimum daily rate	£309	£378
Average daily rate	£327	£396
% change on same period last year	-17.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£415
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	45	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.52	£23.38
Average hourly rate	£30.53	£25.18
% change on same period last year	+21.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.55	£26.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.71
% change on same period last year	-2.24 %
Cisco Certification England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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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.

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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.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 8 July 2008.

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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.

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 8 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Cisco Certification within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-23	15	£320	-12.92 %
Cheshire	-27	12	£288	-32.35 %
Cumbria	+9	8	-	-
Lancashire	+3	3	£255	-
Merseyside	-14	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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.

1 102 (87.18 %) Cisco 2 67 (57.26 %) CCNA 3 62 (52.99 %) CCNP 4 58 (49.57 %) LAN 5 53 (45.30 %) WAN 6 32 (27.35 %) Firewall 7 17 (14.53 %) VoIP 7 17 (14.53 %) VPN 8 16 (13.68 %) CCIE 8 16 (13.68 %) Network Design 9 15 (12.82 %) Windows 10 14 (11.97 %) TCP/IP 11 13 (11.11 %) SAN 11 13 (11.11 %) IP Telephony 12 12 (10.26 %) Avaya

13 11 (9.402 %) Microsoft Certification 13 11 (9.402 %) Telecoms 13 11 (9.402 %) EIGRP 14 10 (8.547 %) CheckPoint 15 9 (7.692 %) MCSE 16 8 (6.838 %) ITIL 16 8 (6.838 %) VLAN 16 8 (6.838 %) Network Security 17 7 (5.983 %) Unix 17 7 (5.983 %) Microsoft 17 7 (5.983 %) Nortel 18 6 (5.128 %) Migration 18 6 (5.128 %) VMware 18 6 (5.128 %) Finance 18 6 (5.128 %) Government

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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 1 (0.855 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 2 (1.709 %) Exchange Server 2000 1 2 (1.709 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 2 (1.709 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 1 (0.855 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 58 (49.57 %) LAN 2 53 (45.30 %) WAN 3 32 (27.35 %) Firewall 4 17 (14.53 %) VoIP 4 17 (14.53 %) VPN 5 14 (11.97 %) TCP/IP 6 13 (11.11 %) SAN 6 13 (11.11 %) IP Telephony 7 11 (9.402 %) EIGRP 8 8 (6.838 %) VLAN 8 8 (6.838 %) Network Security 9 6 (5.128 %) MPLS 9 6 (5.128 %) OSPF 9 6 (5.128 %) BGP 10 5 (4.274 %) DNS 11 4 (3.419 %) NetScreen 12 3 (2.564 %) Wireless 12 3 (2.564 %) IPCC 13 2 (1.709 %) Cisco PIX 13 2 (1.709 %) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (0.855 %) FileMaker	General 1 11 (9.402 %) Telecoms 2 6 (5.128 %) Finance 2 6 (5.128 %) Government 3 4 (3.419 %) Construction 4 3 (2.564 %) Manufacturing 4 3 (2.564 %) Auditing 5 2 (1.709 %) Local Government 6 1 (0.855 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 40 (34.19 %) Network Engineer 2 32 (27.35 %) Cisco Engineer 3 26 (22.22 %) Cisco Network Engineer 4 17 (14.53 %) Network Support 5 12 (10.26 %) Consultant 6 10 (8.547 %) Cisco Specialist 7 9 (7.692 %) Network Specialist 8 7 (5.983 %) Team Leader 8 7 (5.983 %) Design Engineer 9 6 (5.128 %) Network Manager 9 6 (5.128 %) Network Consultant 10 5 (4.274 %) Support Engineer 11 4 (3.419 %) Cisco Consultant 11 4 (3.419 %) Project Leader 11 4 (3.419 %) Technical Project Leader 12 3 (2.564 %) Infrastructure Consultant 12 3 (2.564 %) Cisco Support 12 3 (2.564 %) Architect 12 3 (2.564 %) Network Design Engineer 13 2 (1.709 %) Storage Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.709 %) Mainframe 2 1 (0.855 %) NHS 2 1 (0.855 %) PKI 2 1 (0.855 %) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems 1 15 (12.82 %) Windows 2 7 (5.983 %) Unix 3 6 (5.128 %) Windows 2000 4 5 (4.274 %) Linux 5 3 (2.564 %) AIX 5 3 (2.564 %) Solaris 5 3 (2.564 %) Windows Server 2003 6 2 (1.709 %) Windows NT 7 1 (0.855 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.855 %) VMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (13.68 %) Network Design 2 8 (6.838 %) ITIL 3 6 (5.128 %) Migration 4 5 (4.274 %) Security Cleared 5 4 (3.419 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (2.564 %) Project Management 6 3 (2.564 %) SC Cleared 6 3 (2.564 %) BC Cleared 7 2 (1.709 %) Communications Security 8 1 (0.855 %) TOGAF 8 1 (0.855 %) Service Management 8 1 (0.855 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (0.855 %) Risk Management 8 1 (0.855 %) Incident Management 8 1 (0.855 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 1 (0.855 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 67 (57.26 %) CCNA 2 62 (52.99 %) CCNP 3 16 (13.68 %) CCIE 4 11 (9.402 %) Microsoft Certification 5 9 (7.692 %) MCSE 6 6 (5.128 %) CCDP 7 4 (3.419 %) CCSA 7 4 (3.419 %) CCVP 8 2 (1.709 %) CISSP 8 2 (1.709 %) MCP 9 1 (0.855 %) CCSP 9 1 (0.855 %) CCIP 9 1 (0.855 %) Check Point Certification 9 1 (0.855 %) CCSE 9 1 (0.855 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.855 %) BS7799 1 1 (0.855 %) QA	System Software 1 6 (5.128 %) Active Directory 2 3 (2.564 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.855 %) Squid
Systems Management 1 4 (3.419 %) CiscoWorks 1 4 (3.419 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.855 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.855 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 102 (87.18 %) Cisco 2 12 (10.26 %) Avaya 3 10 (8.547 %) CheckPoint 4 7 (5.983 %) Microsoft 4 7 (5.983 %) Nortel 5 6 (5.128 %) VMware 6 5 (4.274 %) HP 7 3 (2.564 %) Sun 7 3 (2.564 %) NetApp 8 2 (1.709 %) Citrix 9 1 (0.855 %) Juniper 9 1 (0.855 %) Ericsson 9 1 (0.855 %) Hitachi 9 1 (0.855 %) EMC 9 1 (0.855 %) Intel 9 1 (0.855 %) Novell 9 1 (0.855 %) Siemens 9 1 (0.855 %) Remedy 9 1 (0.855 %) 3Com 9 1 (0.855 %) Mitel