The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA 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 Qualifications for the Oxfordshire 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 32 51 46
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -5
Contract jobs citing CCNA 20 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.577% 0.792% 1.131%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.60% 4.505% 4.237%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £260 £163 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.06 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.22% +38.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -6.25%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
137 111 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 31.35% 17.59% 26.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 30 51
Average daily rate £330 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £215 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 28 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £24.75 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.39% +70.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £16.84 £11.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCNA
South East

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCNA across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Oxfordshire CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Oxfordshire CCNA Hourly Rate Histogram

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford +10 10 £250 -
Abingdon - 4 - -
CCNA
South East

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1 20 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (80.00%) Cisco
3 11 (55.00%) Firewall
4 10 (50.00%) Windows
5 9 (45.00%) VPN
6 7 (35.00%) TCP/IP
7 6 (30.00%) VMware
7 6 (30.00%) NetWare
7 6 (30.00%) UNIX
7 6 (30.00%) Windows 7
8 5 (25.00%) LAN
8 5 (25.00%) WAN
9 4 (20.00%) DHCP
9 4 (20.00%) ITIL
9 4 (20.00%) DNS
9 4 (20.00%) CCNP
9 4 (20.00%) Degree
9 4 (20.00%) Wireshark
9 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
10 3 (15.00%) CCIE
10 3 (15.00%) Broadband
10 3 (15.00%) Benchmarking
11 2 (10.00%) Internet
11 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
11 2 (10.00%) MS Office
11 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
11 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
11 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
11 2 (10.00%) Incident Management

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Office
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) Firewall
2 9 (45.00%) VPN
3 7 (35.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (25.00%) LAN
4 5 (25.00%) WAN
5 4 (20.00%) DHCP
5 4 (20.00%) DNS
5 4 (20.00%) Wireshark
6 3 (15.00%) Broadband
7 2 (10.00%) Internet
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (5.000%) Unified Communications
8 1 (5.000%) MPLS
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Installation Technician
3 3 (15.00%) Help Desk Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Administrator
3 3 (15.00%) Network Administrator
4 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Services Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Support
5 1 (5.000%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) NetWare
2 6 (30.00%) UNIX
2 6 (30.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) ITIL
2 3 (15.00%) Benchmarking
2 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) CCNP
3 3 (15.00%) CCIE
4 1 (5.000%) CCSP
4 1 (5.000%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 6 (30.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.000%) Altiris
3 1 (5.000%) Twitter
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Essential skills: *Firewall configuration *Cisco Routing & Switching *CCNA qualification (Or working towards) Experience of dealing with customers directly Desirable Skills: *ICT Desktop *Performance Benchmarking *Experience of running test...
Roc Search
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Line Support, Network Engineer, CCNA... A strong understanding of LAN/WAN connectivity troubleshooting would also be highly beneficial as would previous service desk experience... Skills:- * Ability to troubleshoot...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Rate: Up to £15 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013