The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Nexus 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 Nexus over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Nexus
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.596% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.513% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
- +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £21.88
% change year-on-year
+32.69% +18.85%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
199 466 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.72% 41.79% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 110 73
Average daily rate £280 £285 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.75% -24.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £213 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
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 £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Cisco Nexus
Berkshire

Cisco Nexus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Cisco Nexus Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco Nexus Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Nexus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco Nexus 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 Nexus.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Juniper
3 3 (42.86%) Back Office
3 3 (42.86%) OSPF
3 3 (42.86%) BGP
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
3 3 (42.86%) SNMP
4 2 (28.57%) CCNP
4 2 (28.57%) CCNA
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) VoIP
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (28.57%) 3G
4 2 (28.57%) MPLS
4 2 (28.57%) SMTP
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 2 (28.57%) Redback
4 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) TippingPoint
4 2 (28.57%) SecurID
4 2 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (14.29%) HSRP
5 1 (14.29%) GLBP
5 1 (14.29%) VLAN
5 1 (14.29%) NetScout

Cisco Nexus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco Nexus 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 Nexus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) OSPF
1 3 (42.86%) BGP
1 3 (42.86%) DHCP
1 3 (42.86%) SNMP
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) VoIP
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) 3G
2 2 (28.57%) MPLS
2 2 (28.57%) SMTP
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (14.29%) HSRP
3 1 (14.29%) GLBP
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 3 (42.86%) Back Office
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Billing
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) IP Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Network Management
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) CRM
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCNP
1 2 (28.57%) CCNA
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) vSphere
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP NNM
1 1 (14.29%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (14.29%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Juniper
3 2 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) Redback
3 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
3 2 (28.57%) TippingPoint
4 1 (14.29%) NetScout
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) Nokia
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint