The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 71 69 72
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +3
Contract jobs citing CCNA 2 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.234% 1.086% 0.680%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.939% 3.529% 1.877%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 7
Average daily rate £340 £255 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +7.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -6.25%
All Qualifications
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
213 340 373
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 24.88% 30.77% 36.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 127 128
Average daily rate £425 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £220 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -5.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCNA
Berkshire

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
3 5 (71.43%) CCNP
4 3 (42.86%) Network Security
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (28.57%) SecurID
5 2 (28.57%) TippingPoint
5 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
5 2 (28.57%) Firewall
5 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (14.29%) HSRP
6 1 (14.29%) GLBP
6 1 (14.29%) MCSE
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 1 (14.29%) ADSL
6 1 (14.29%) Broadband
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) PBX
6 1 (14.29%) VoIP
6 1 (14.29%) WAN
6 1 (14.29%) VMS
6 1 (14.29%) DHCP
6 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
6 1 (14.29%) SNMP
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) VPN
6 1 (14.29%) SLA

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (14.29%) HSRP
3 1 (14.29%) GLBP
3 1 (14.29%) ADSL
3 1 (14.29%) Broadband
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) PBX
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
3 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
3 1 (14.29%) SNMP
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) MPLS
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) VMS
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Solaris
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) Network Management
1 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (71.43%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CCIE
3 1 (14.29%) CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) CCSA
3 1 (14.29%) ACSA
3 1 (14.29%) CCIP
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) TippingPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Avaya
3 1 (14.29%) Nokia
3 1 (14.29%) Veritas
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) BT
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Twitter
3 1 (14.29%) NetScout