Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Oxfordshire region.

 Cisco Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank292439
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+15
Matching contract IT job ads91114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire2.839 %3.767 %2.405 %
As % of the Qualifications category15.00 %16.67 %17.50 %
Daily rates quoted121
Average daily rate£288£365£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.23 %+21.66 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£317
% change year-on-year
--5.360 %
Hourly rates quoted229
Average hourly rate£20.13£42.50£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.64 %+63.46 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.43£42.50£22.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.83£42.50£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£29.75£26.00
% change year-on-year
-24.36 %+14.42 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
606680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire18.93 %22.60 %13.75 %
Daily rates quoted101611
Average daily rate£200£250£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£163£175£203
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£430£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted261424
Average hourly rate£17.68£32.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.61 %+44.44 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.75£26.00£17.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.75£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Cisco Certification South EastCisco Certification
South East

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.

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Oxfordshire Cisco Certification Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
OxfordDown-23--
Cisco Certification South EastCisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

113 (92.86 %)Cisco
212 (85.71 %)CCNP
311 (78.57 %)Firewall
47 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
56 (42.86 %)CCNA
56 (42.86 %)CheckPoint
65 (35.71 %)Citrix
65 (35.71 %)SAN
65 (35.71 %)LAN
65 (35.71 %)Cisco ASA
65 (35.71 %)VMware
74 (28.57 %)Windows
74 (28.57 %)VPN
83 (21.43 %)WAN
83 (21.43 %)UNIX
83 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
83 (21.43 %)C
83 (21.43 %)Linux
83 (21.43 %)CCIE
83 (21.43 %)CCVP
83 (21.43 %)ProCurve
83 (21.43 %)IP Telephony
83 (21.43 %)VLAN
83 (21.43 %)Cisco IPT
92 (14.29 %)Network Security
92 (14.29 %)Foundry
92 (14.29 %)Network Design
92 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
92 (14.29 %)Wireless
92 (14.29 %)Active Directory

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (7.143 %)CSS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (14.29 %)MS Visio
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (78.57 %)Firewall
27 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
35 (35.71 %)SAN
35 (35.71 %)LAN
35 (35.71 %)Cisco ASA
44 (28.57 %)VPN
53 (21.43 %)WAN
53 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
53 (21.43 %)IP Telephony
53 (21.43 %)VLAN
53 (21.43 %)Cisco IPT
62 (14.29 %)Network Security
62 (14.29 %)Wireless
62 (14.29 %)Internet
62 (14.29 %)VoIP
62 (14.29 %)DHCP
62 (14.29 %)DNS
71 (7.143 %)SSL
71 (7.143 %)MPLS
71 (7.143 %)NetScreen
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Network Engineer
23 (21.43 %)Senior Network Engineer
32 (14.29 %)Network Support
32 (14.29 %)Security Engineer
32 (14.29 %)Server Support
41 (7.143 %)Network Security Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Support Engineer
41 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support
41 (7.143 %)Administrator
41 (7.143 %)Architect
41 (7.143 %)Systems Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Network Support Engineer
41 (7.143 %)IT Architect
41 (7.143 %)Server Administrator
41 (7.143 %)Server Support Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Security Architect
41 (7.143 %)Network Administrator
41 (7.143 %)Cisco Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Server Engineer
41 (7.143 %)IT Security Architect
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (28.57 %)Windows
23 (21.43 %)UNIX
23 (21.43 %)Linux
31 (7.143 %)AIX
31 (7.143 %)Solaris
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)Network Design
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)C
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (85.71 %)CCNP
26 (42.86 %)CCNA
33 (21.43 %)CCIE
33 (21.43 %)CCVP
42 (14.29 %)CISSP
51 (7.143 %)CCSP
51 (7.143 %)CCSA
51 (7.143 %)CCSE
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
12 (14.29 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (7.143 %)Tivoli
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (92.86 %)Cisco
26 (42.86 %)CheckPoint
35 (35.71 %)Citrix
35 (35.71 %)VMware
43 (21.43 %)ProCurve
52 (14.29 %)Foundry
52 (14.29 %)Microsoft
61 (7.143 %)Juniper
61 (7.143 %)Nokia
61 (7.143 %)TippingPoint
61 (7.143 %)Blue Coat