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The table below looks at the demand for Cisco CiscoWorks skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CiscoWorks over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco CiscoWorks
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank124127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.017 %
As % of the category below3.409 %9.357 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£235
Average daily rate-£235
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£235
UK excluding London average daily rate£298£308
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.50
Average hourly rate-£28.13
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£28.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.90£36.53
% change on same period last year-20.89 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
North West
Matching contract IT job ads88171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.141 %0.184 %
Daily rates quoted3632
Average minimum daily rate£372£310
Average daily rate£383£334
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£346
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Hourly rates quoted1017
Average minimum hourly rate£40.27£22.65
Average hourly rate£42.13£24.65
% change on same period last year+70.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.00£26.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.87£27.20
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
CiscoWorks EnglandCiscoWorks
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.

CiscoWorks
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CiscoWorks across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

North West CiscoWorks Demand Trend

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West CiscoWorks Daily Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West CiscoWorks Hourly Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CiscoWorks within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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.

LocationRank 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
MerseysideDown-33--
CiscoWorks EnglandCiscoWorks
England

CiscoWorks
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks.

16 (100.00 %)Cisco
16 (100.00 %)CCNA
16 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
23 (50.00 %)MPLS
23 (50.00 %)CCNP
23 (50.00 %)LAN
23 (50.00 %)WAN
23 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
23 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)e-Health
32 (33.33 %)SAN
32 (33.33 %)OpenView
32 (33.33 %)HP
32 (33.33 %)BGP
32 (33.33 %)EIGRP
41 (16.67 %)Firewall
41 (16.67 %)ADSL
41 (16.67 %)CheckPoint
41 (16.67 %)Cisco PIX

CiscoWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)LAN
13 (50.00 %)WAN
13 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (50.00 %)MPLS
22 (33.33 %)BGP
22 (33.33 %)EIGRP
22 (33.33 %)SAN
31 (16.67 %)Firewall
31 (16.67 %)Cisco PIX
31 (16.67 %)ADSL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
23 (50.00 %)Cisco Engineer
23 (50.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Network Support
32 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Network Support Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)e-Health
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
13 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (100.00 %)CCNA
16 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
23 (50.00 %)CCNP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (33.33 %)OpenView
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (33.33 %)HP
31 (16.67 %)CheckPoint