The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IOS over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Communications & Networking category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco IOS
Rank 70 70 74
Rank change year-on-year
0 +4
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 1 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.116% 0.967% 0.291%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.508% 2.296% 1.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £299 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.78% -7.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
197 479 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.88% 42.09% 19.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 110 70
Average daily rate £275 £285 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -24.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £213 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 7
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.58 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.14% -2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Cisco IOS
Berkshire

Cisco IOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IOS across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Reading Cisco IOS Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco IOS Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco IOS Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) VoIP
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) SNMP
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) HSRP
3 1 (25.00%) GLBP
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) TippingPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) CCSA
3 1 (25.00%) Redback
3 1 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (25.00%) HP NNM
3 1 (25.00%) SecurID
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) NetScout
3 1 (25.00%) 3G

Cisco IOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) SNMP
1 2 (50.00%) OSPF
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) HSRP
2 1 (25.00%) GLBP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) VRRP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) SMTP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Back Office
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCSA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP NNM
1 1 (25.00%) OpenView
1 1 (25.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) TippingPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Redback
3 1 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (25.00%) NetScout
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia
3 1 (25.00%) HP