Cisco Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 51 43 49
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +6
Contract jobs citing Cisco 73 118 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 3.151% 3.717% 3.123%
As % of the Vendors category 6.959% 7.143% 6.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 41 58
Average daily rate £263 £300 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -12.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £155 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.46% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 10
Average hourly rate £27.00 £17.00 £13.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+58.82% +30.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.42 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £22.90 £32.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.25 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-5.80% +2.38%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 1049 1652 1407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.27% 52.03% 46.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 762 686
Average daily rate £340 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 76 96
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West Cisco Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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 27 £313 -12.89%
Manchester -16 25 £251 -16.25%
Lancashire +17 17 £260 +67.74%
Merseyside -5 2 - -
Cisco
England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Cisco 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.

1 72 (47.68%) Windows
2 59 (39.07%) Cisco Certification
3 51 (33.77%) VMware
4 49 (32.45%) Active Directory
5 46 (30.46%) Firewall
6 44 (29.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 42 (27.81%) CCNA
8 37 (24.50%) ITIL
9 34 (22.52%) Microsoft
10 32 (21.19%) MS Exchange
11 31 (20.53%) CCNP
12 29 (19.21%) LAN
13 27 (17.88%) Citrix
14 24 (15.89%) SQL
15 23 (15.23%) Hyper-V
16 22 (14.57%) TCP/IP
16 22 (14.57%) Wireless
17 21 (13.91%) WAN
17 21 (13.91%) SAN
17 21 (13.91%) VMware Infrastructure
18 20 (13.25%) VPN
18 20 (13.25%) Telecoms
19 19 (12.58%) Windows XP
19 19 (12.58%) Windows Server 2003
19 19 (12.58%) vSphere
20 17 (11.26%) HP
20 17 (11.26%) F5
20 17 (11.26%) Exchange Server 2007
21 15 (9.934%) SCOM
22 14 (9.272%) XenDesktop

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (3.974%) Middleware
1 6 (3.974%) WebSphere
2 5 (3.311%) VXML
3 2 (1.325%) COM
4 1 (0.662%) SOAP
4 1 (0.662%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 32 (21.19%) MS Exchange
2 17 (11.26%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (5.960%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (5.298%) SAS
4 8 (5.298%) IIS
5 5 (3.311%) CICS
6 4 (2.649%) WebLogic
7 3 (1.987%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.325%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (1.325%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.325%) Lync
9 1 (0.662%) GroupWise
9 1 (0.662%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (5.960%) MS Office
2 6 (3.974%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.325%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.662%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 46 (30.46%) Firewall
2 29 (19.21%) LAN
3 22 (14.57%) TCP/IP
3 22 (14.57%) Wireless
4 21 (13.91%) SAN
4 21 (13.91%) WAN
5 20 (13.25%) VPN
6 12 (7.947%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (7.285%) VoIP
8 9 (5.960%) DNS
8 9 (5.960%) DHCP
9 8 (5.298%) Internet
9 8 (5.298%) Fibre Channel
9 8 (5.298%) iSCSI
9 8 (5.298%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (4.636%) WLAN
11 5 (3.311%) SSL
11 5 (3.311%) MPLS
11 5 (3.311%) IP Telephony
11 5 (3.311%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.960%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.649%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.987%) DB2
4 2 (1.325%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.325%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.662%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.662%) MSI
General
1 20 (13.25%) Telecoms
2 9 (5.960%) Finance
3 8 (5.298%) Banking
4 5 (3.311%) Retail
5 4 (2.649%) Local Government
6 1 (0.662%) Czech Language
6 1 (0.662%) Polish Language
6 1 (0.662%) Billing
6 1 (0.662%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.662%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.662%) Law
6 1 (0.662%) Legal
6 1 (0.662%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (15.23%) Architect
2 18 (11.92%) Network Engineer
3 14 (9.272%) Cisco Engineer
4 12 (7.947%) Consultant
4 12 (7.947%) Voice Engineer
5 11 (7.285%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (6.623%) Cisco Voice Engineer
7 9 (5.960%) Technical Manager
7 9 (5.960%) Network Architect
7 9 (5.960%) Analyst
8 8 (5.298%) Support Engineer
8 8 (5.298%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (4.636%) Infrastructure Architect
10 6 (3.974%) 3rd Line Support
10 6 (3.974%) Security Consultant
10 6 (3.974%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.974%) Technical Architect
11 5 (3.311%) Service Manager
11 5 (3.311%) Project Engineer
11 5 (3.311%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.636%) IVR
2 5 (3.311%) VSAM
2 5 (3.311%) Mainframe
3 4 (2.649%) NHS
3 4 (2.649%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.649%) PKI
4 3 (1.987%) Online Banking
4 3 (1.987%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.987%) IBM Mainframe
4 3 (1.987%) Clustering
4 3 (1.987%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.325%) FMCG
5 2 (1.325%) CLARiiON
5 2 (1.325%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.325%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.325%) Statistics
6 1 (0.662%) CMDB
6 1 (0.662%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.662%) Celerra
6 1 (0.662%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 72 (47.68%) Windows
2 44 (29.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (12.58%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (12.58%) Windows XP
4 6 (3.974%) UNIX
5 5 (3.311%) Linux
6 4 (2.649%) AIX
6 4 (2.649%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.325%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.325%) Debian
7 2 (1.325%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.325%) Windows Vista
7 2 (1.325%) Windows NT
7 2 (1.325%) VMS
8 1 (0.662%) zOS
8 1 (0.662%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.662%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.50%) ITIL
2 14 (9.272%) Migration
3 11 (7.285%) Information Security
4 8 (5.298%) Network Design
5 7 (4.636%) Network Management
6 6 (3.974%) Security Management
7 5 (3.311%) PRINCE2
7 5 (3.311%) Service Management
8 4 (2.649%) Change Management
8 4 (2.649%) ETL
8 4 (2.649%) Project Management
8 4 (2.649%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (2.649%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (2.649%) TOGAF
8 4 (2.649%) Incident Management
8 4 (2.649%) Load Balancing
8 4 (2.649%) Capacity Management
9 3 (1.987%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (1.987%) Data Protection
9 3 (1.987%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.89%) SQL
2 3 (1.987%) JCL
3 2 (1.325%) COBOL
4 1 (0.662%) C
Qualifications
1 59 (39.07%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (27.81%) CCNA
3 31 (20.53%) CCNP
4 13 (8.609%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (7.947%) CCDP
6 7 (4.636%) CCIE
7 5 (3.311%) MCP
7 5 (3.311%) MCSE
7 5 (3.311%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.649%) CISSP
9 3 (1.987%) MCSA
9 3 (1.987%) Dell Certification
9 3 (1.987%) MCITP
9 3 (1.987%) Degree
9 3 (1.987%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.662%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.662%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.662%) CCSA
10 1 (0.662%) CCVP
10 1 (0.662%) ACSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.649%) SLA
1 4 (2.649%) BS7799
1 4 (2.649%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 49 (32.45%) Active Directory
2 23 (15.23%) Hyper-V
3 21 (13.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (12.58%) vSphere
5 14 (9.272%) XenDesktop
6 10 (6.623%) XenApp
7 8 (5.298%) NFS
8 4 (2.649%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 2 (1.325%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.662%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.662%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.662%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.662%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 15 (9.934%) SCOM
2 10 (6.623%) Backup Exec
2 10 (6.623%) SCCM
3 8 (5.298%) Cisco UCCE
3 8 (5.298%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (3.311%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (2.649%) Tivoli
6 3 (1.987%) CiscoWorks
6 3 (1.987%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.325%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.662%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.662%) Foglight
8 1 (0.662%) Cisco IPCC
8 1 (0.662%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.662%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 51 (33.77%) VMware
2 34 (22.52%) Microsoft
3 27 (17.88%) Citrix
4 17 (11.26%) HP
4 17 (11.26%) F5
5 11 (7.285%) Juniper
6 10 (6.623%) NetApp
7 9 (5.960%) CheckPoint
7 9 (5.960%) Brocade
8 7 (4.636%) Avaya
8 7 (4.636%) IBM
9 6 (3.974%) Dell
9 6 (3.974%) EMC
9 6 (3.974%) Mitel
10 5 (3.311%) CA
11 4 (2.649%) Oracle
11 4 (2.649%) AirMagnet
11 4 (2.649%) Riverbed
12 3 (1.987%) Nortel
12 3 (1.987%) Siemens
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