The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 49 14 34
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +20
Contract jobs citing Cisco 21 91 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.515% 8.161% 5.566%
As % of the Vendors category 4.688% 14.92% 9.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 26
Average daily rate £288 £345 £339
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £141 £153 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £443 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £343 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.21% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Average hourly rate - £14.58 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -69.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
448 610 606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 53.65% 54.71% 58.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 191 246
Average daily rate £350 £330 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £215 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 42 24
Average hourly rate £22.50 £15.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.16% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
Berkshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Cisco Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco 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.

1 13 (30.23%) Windows
2 12 (27.91%) VPN
2 12 (27.91%) Firewall
3 10 (23.26%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (23.26%) CheckPoint
3 10 (23.26%) WAN
4 9 (20.93%) LAN
4 9 (20.93%) DHCP
4 9 (20.93%) Juniper
4 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
4 9 (20.93%) MPLS
5 8 (18.60%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (18.60%) OSPF
5 8 (18.60%) BGP
5 8 (18.60%) Telecoms
5 8 (18.60%) DNS
5 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
6 7 (16.28%) MS Office
6 7 (16.28%) CCNP
6 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (16.28%) Active Directory
6 7 (16.28%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (16.28%) Blue Coat
7 6 (13.95%) Network Security
7 6 (13.95%) CCNA
7 6 (13.95%) Linux
7 6 (13.95%) Windows XP
7 6 (13.95%) VoIP
7 6 (13.95%) VMware
8 5 (11.63%) Back Office

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Cisco 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.977%) Flash
2 1 (2.326%) CSS
2 1 (2.326%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (9.302%) MS Exchange
2 3 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.326%) CMS
3 1 (2.326%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.326%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (2.326%) Lync
3 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) MS Office
2 4 (9.302%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.91%) VPN
1 12 (27.91%) Firewall
2 10 (23.26%) WAN
3 9 (20.93%) LAN
3 9 (20.93%) DHCP
3 9 (20.93%) MPLS
4 8 (18.60%) OSPF
4 8 (18.60%) BGP
4 8 (18.60%) DNS
4 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
5 7 (16.28%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (13.95%) Network Security
6 6 (13.95%) VoIP
7 5 (11.63%) SNMP
7 5 (11.63%) SAN
7 5 (11.63%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (9.302%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (9.302%) VLAN
8 4 (9.302%) SSL
8 4 (9.302%) IP Telephony
General
1 8 (18.60%) Telecoms
2 5 (11.63%) Back Office
2 5 (11.63%) Finance
3 2 (4.651%) Retail
3 2 (4.651%) Billing
4 1 (2.326%) French Language
4 1 (2.326%) German Language
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Support Engineer
2 9 (20.93%) IP Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.302%) Analyst
4 4 (9.302%) Consultant
5 3 (6.977%) Network Consultant
5 3 (6.977%) Architect
5 3 (6.977%) Storage Specialist
5 3 (6.977%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) IT Support
6 2 (4.651%) Network Design Architect
6 2 (4.651%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 2 (4.651%) Network Security Consultant
6 2 (4.651%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (4.651%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (4.651%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (4.651%) Design Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Network Architect
6 2 (4.651%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.302%) CLARiiON
2 3 (6.977%) Mainframe
2 3 (6.977%) Symmetrix
2 3 (6.977%) EMC Centera
2 3 (6.977%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (6.977%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (4.651%) SecurID
4 1 (2.326%) Streaming Video
4 1 (2.326%) NHS
4 1 (2.326%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.23%) Windows
2 8 (18.60%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (13.95%) Linux
4 6 (13.95%) Windows XP
5 5 (11.63%) Windows 7
6 4 (9.302%) UNIX
7 1 (2.326%) SUSE
7 1 (2.326%) HPUX
7 1 (2.326%) VMS
7 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (6.977%) Project Management
1 3 (6.977%) Service Delivery
1 3 (6.977%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (6.977%) Business Continuity
1 3 (6.977%) ITIL
1 3 (6.977%) Network Design
2 2 (4.651%) Network Architecture
2 2 (4.651%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (4.651%) CRM
2 2 (4.651%) Information Security
3 1 (2.326%) Migration
3 1 (2.326%) Load Balancing
3 1 (2.326%) Network Management
3 1 (2.326%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.302%) SQL
2 3 (6.977%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.326%) C#
3 1 (2.326%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (16.28%) CCNP
3 6 (13.95%) CCNA
4 4 (9.302%) CCIE
5 3 (6.977%) CCSA
6 2 (4.651%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.651%) ACSA
6 2 (4.651%) CISSP
6 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.651%) CCSP
7 1 (2.326%) CCVP
7 1 (2.326%) MCP
7 1 (2.326%) CCDP
7 1 (2.326%) CCIP
7 1 (2.326%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (2.326%) JNCIP
7 1 (2.326%) JNCIE
7 1 (2.326%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.326%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.651%) SLA
1 2 (4.651%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.326%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.977%) ProxySG
2 3 (6.977%) SRDF
3 2 (4.651%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.651%) vSphere
4 1 (2.326%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.326%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.326%) XenApp
4 1 (2.326%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (6.977%) Tivoli
1 3 (6.977%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (2.326%) Cisco IPCC
2 1 (2.326%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (2.326%) OpenView
2 1 (2.326%) HP NNM
2 1 (2.326%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (2.326%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) CheckPoint
2 9 (20.93%) Juniper
2 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
3 7 (16.28%) Blue Coat
4 6 (13.95%) VMware
5 5 (11.63%) F5
6 4 (9.302%) Avaya
6 4 (9.302%) HP
7 3 (6.977%) Redback
7 3 (6.977%) Oracle
7 3 (6.977%) EMC
7 3 (6.977%) IBM
7 3 (6.977%) Citrix
7 3 (6.977%) Apple
8 2 (4.651%) TippingPoint
8 2 (4.651%) Sourcefire
9 1 (2.326%) BT
9 1 (2.326%) Nortel
9 1 (2.326%) Nokia
9 1 (2.326%) Siemens