The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 17 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 Nottingham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 14 27 25
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -2
Contract jobs citing Cisco 26 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 9.123% 1.802% 1.695%
As % of the Vendors category 19.85% 4.938% 3.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 1
Average daily rate £308 £294 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.68% +39.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.58% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
Average hourly rate £27.50 - £17.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 - £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.45 - £20.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
131 81 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 45.96% 36.49% 49.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 48 31
Average daily rate £338 £344 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £214 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 1 14
Average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +30.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £30.00 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £27.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
Nottinghamshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Nottingham Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 22 (51.16%) Windows
2 20 (46.51%) Firewall
3 16 (37.21%) VMware
4 15 (34.88%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (30.23%) CCNP
6 11 (25.58%) Citrix
6 11 (25.58%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (23.26%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (23.26%) Telecoms
7 10 (23.26%) Juniper
7 10 (23.26%) Active Directory
7 10 (23.26%) CheckPoint
7 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
7 10 (23.26%) Linux
8 9 (20.93%) UNIX
8 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
8 9 (20.93%) DNS
8 9 (20.93%) LAN
8 9 (20.93%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (18.60%) F5
9 8 (18.60%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (18.60%) WAN
9 8 (18.60%) VPN
9 8 (18.60%) Wireless
10 7 (16.28%) Finance
10 7 (16.28%) Validation
10 7 (16.28%) Windows XP
10 7 (16.28%) Internet
11 6 (13.95%) Tivoli
11 6 (13.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 (13.95%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (13.95%) Apache
1 6 (13.95%) MS Exchange
1 6 (13.95%) IIS
2 5 (11.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.326%) Lync
4 1 (2.326%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 3 (6.977%) MS Office
2 2 (4.651%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (4.651%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (46.51%) Firewall
2 9 (20.93%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (20.93%) LAN
2 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
2 9 (20.93%) DNS
3 8 (18.60%) VPN
3 8 (18.60%) WAN
3 8 (18.60%) Cisco Nexus
3 8 (18.60%) Wireless
4 7 (16.28%) Internet
5 5 (11.63%) HTTP
5 5 (11.63%) BGP
5 5 (11.63%) SMTP
5 5 (11.63%) BIG-IP
5 5 (11.63%) Cisco PIX
5 5 (11.63%) Network Security
6 4 (9.302%) FWSM
6 4 (9.302%) DMVPN
6 4 (9.302%) DHCP
7 3 (6.977%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.977%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 10 (23.26%) Telecoms
2 7 (16.28%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (37.21%) Network Engineer
2 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Server Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) IT Support
6 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (4.651%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.651%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Cisco Specialist
7 1 (2.326%) Network Specialist
7 1 (2.326%) Network Project Manager
7 1 (2.326%) Storage Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Network Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.326%) Handset
1 1 (2.326%) Clustering
1 1 (2.326%) VLE
1 1 (2.326%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 22 (51.16%) Windows
2 11 (25.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (23.26%) Linux
4 9 (20.93%) UNIX
5 7 (16.28%) Windows XP
6 6 (13.95%) Windows 7
7 4 (9.302%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (6.977%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (6.977%) Windows 2000
9 2 (4.651%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.28%) Validation
2 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
3 4 (9.302%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (6.977%) Network Management
5 2 (4.651%) Migration
5 2 (4.651%) ITIL
5 2 (4.651%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.651%) Project Management
5 2 (4.651%) Service Management
6 1 (2.326%) Data Analysis
6 1 (2.326%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.326%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.326%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.326%) Infrastructure Management
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (30.23%) CCNP
3 5 (11.63%) CCNA
4 3 (6.977%) MCSE
4 3 (6.977%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.651%) PMP
5 2 (4.651%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.326%) MCITP
6 1 (2.326%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.651%) QA
2 1 (2.326%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (23.26%) Active Directory
1 10 (23.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (13.95%) MetaFrame
3 2 (4.651%) vSphere
3 2 (4.651%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.326%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (2.326%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Tivoli
1 6 (13.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (4.651%) SCCM
3 1 (2.326%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 16 (37.21%) VMware
2 11 (25.58%) Citrix
3 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
3 10 (23.26%) Juniper
3 10 (23.26%) CheckPoint
4 8 (18.60%) F5
5 6 (13.95%) HP
6 5 (11.63%) IBM
7 4 (9.302%) Nokia
7 4 (9.302%) Nortel
8 3 (6.977%) Red Hat
9 2 (4.651%) PlateSpin
9 2 (4.651%) EMC
9 2 (4.651%) Avaya
10 1 (2.326%) Dell
10 1 (2.326%) Oracle
10 1 (2.326%) SAP
10 1 (2.326%) Lotus
10 1 (2.326%) Hitachi
10 1 (2.326%) McAfee
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Ideal candidate must have one or more of the Qualifications, and at least the items in the one or more key areas: Qualifications *CCNA *CCNP *CCIE KEY Areas...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013