The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco PIX 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 PIX 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco PIX
Rank 71 56 72
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +16
Contract jobs citing Cisco PIX 2 25 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.234% 2.262% 0.680%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.031% 5.411% 3.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £365 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +108.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -17.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £23.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- -47.22%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
194 462 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.66% 41.81% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 110 68
Average daily rate £275 £280 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% -25.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £213 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £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 15 5
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.58 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.14% -11.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Cisco PIX
Berkshire

Cisco PIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Cisco PIX Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco PIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco PIX Daily Rate Trend

Cisco PIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco PIX Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco PIX
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco PIX 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 PIX.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Redback
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCDP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Check Point Certification

Cisco PIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco PIX 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 PIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) FWSM
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) CCDP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Redback
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat