Scotland Cisco Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cisco Certification
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	57	78
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	36	46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.058 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	15.06 %	16.14 %
Daily rates quoted	11	11
Average minimum daily rate	£270	£255
Average daily rate	£292	£264
% change on same period last year	+10.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£273
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£317
% change on same period last year	+4.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£47.50	£17.00
Average hourly rate	£47.50	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+171.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£47.50	£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.04	£30.42
% change on same period last year	-4.52 %
Qualifications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	239	285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.384 %	0.306 %
Daily rates quoted	43	65
Average minimum daily rate	£261	£286
Average daily rate	£277	£296
% change on same period last year	-6.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£293	£307
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.28	£17.25
Average hourly rate	£29.95	£18.63
% change on same period last year	+60.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.62	£20.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+1.72 %
Cisco Certification UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cisco Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Glasgow	+16	13	£271	-1.03 %
Aberdeen	-3	12	£275	-8.33 %
Edinburgh	+25	9	£301	+25.41 %
West Lothian	0	1	-	-

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Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification.

1 68 (87.18 %) Cisco 2 48 (61.54 %) CCNP 3 28 (35.90 %) LAN 4 23 (29.49 %) CCIE 5 22 (28.21 %) WAN 6 19 (24.36 %) BGP 7 18 (23.08 %) VoIP 8 17 (21.79 %) MPLS 9 15 (19.23 %) CCNA 10 14 (17.95 %) CiscoWorks 11 13 (16.67 %) Firewall 12 11 (14.10 %) Project Management 13 10 (12.82 %) CCVP 14 9 (11.54 %) IPCC 14 9 (11.54 %) Internet

14 9 (11.54 %) CCDP 15 8 (10.26 %) EIGRP 15 8 (10.26 %) OSPF 15 8 (10.26 %) Telecoms 16 7 (8.974 %) Cisco PIX 16 7 (8.974 %) TCP/IP 17 6 (7.692 %) CCSP 17 6 (7.692 %) OpenView 17 6 (7.692 %) HP 17 6 (7.692 %) Finance 18 5 (6.410 %) VLAN 18 5 (6.410 %) Ethernet 19 4 (5.128 %) SNMP 19 4 (5.128 %) Windows 19 4 (5.128 %) CCDA

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.282 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.282 %) IIS 1 1 (1.282 %) SharePoint 1 1 (1.282 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (1.282 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 2 (2.564 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.282 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 28 (35.90 %) LAN 2 22 (28.21 %) WAN 3 19 (24.36 %) BGP 4 18 (23.08 %) VoIP 5 17 (21.79 %) MPLS 6 13 (16.67 %) Firewall 7 9 (11.54 %) IPCC 7 9 (11.54 %) Internet 8 8 (10.26 %) OSPF 8 8 (10.26 %) EIGRP 9 7 (8.974 %) Cisco PIX 9 7 (8.974 %) TCP/IP 10 5 (6.410 %) Ethernet 10 5 (6.410 %) VLAN 11 4 (5.128 %) SNMP 11 4 (5.128 %) Cisco IOS 11 4 (5.128 %) Cisco ASA 12 3 (3.846 %) RIP 12 3 (3.846 %) Cisco IPT 12 3 (3.846 %) Network Security	General 1 8 (10.26 %) Telecoms 2 6 (7.692 %) Finance 3 4 (5.128 %) Banking 4 2 (2.564 %) Retail 4 2 (2.564 %) Billing 4 2 (2.564 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (1.282 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 23 (29.49 %) Network Engineer 2 17 (21.79 %) Cisco Engineer 3 12 (15.38 %) Consultant 3 12 (15.38 %) Analyst 4 9 (11.54 %) Cisco Network Engineer 5 8 (10.26 %) Network Analyst 6 6 (7.692 %) Network Consultant 6 6 (7.692 %) Cisco Consultant 7 4 (5.128 %) Cisco Support 8 3 (3.846 %) Network Support 8 3 (3.846 %) Support Analyst 8 3 (3.846 %) Support Engineer 9 2 (2.564 %) Data Analyst 9 2 (2.564 %) Technical Analyst 9 2 (2.564 %) Project Manager 9 2 (2.564 %) Network Support Analyst 9 2 (2.564 %) Cisco Analyst 9 2 (2.564 %) VoIP Engineer 9 2 (2.564 %) Network Specialist 9 2 (2.564 %) Data Network Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.564 %) e-Health 2 1 (1.282 %) Video Conferencing 2 1 (1.282 %) N-Tier 2 1 (1.282 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 4 (5.128 %) Windows 2 2 (2.564 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (1.282 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 1 (1.282 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (1.282 %) Windows NT 3 1 (1.282 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (14.10 %) Project Management 2 3 (3.846 %) ITIL 2 3 (3.846 %) Change Management 3 2 (2.564 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (2.564 %) Load Balancing 3 2 (2.564 %) Performance Management 4 1 (1.282 %) PRINCE 4 1 (1.282 %) Service Management 4 1 (1.282 %) Migration 4 1 (1.282 %) Network Design 4 1 (1.282 %) Supplier Management 4 1 (1.282 %) Incident Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (1.282 %) C	Qualifications 1 48 (61.54 %) CCNP 2 23 (29.49 %) CCIE 3 15 (19.23 %) CCNA 4 10 (12.82 %) CCVP 5 9 (11.54 %) CCDP 6 6 (7.692 %) CCSP 7 4 (5.128 %) CCDA 8 3 (3.846 %) Microsoft Certification 9 2 (2.564 %) Avaya Certification 9 2 (2.564 %) MCSE 10 1 (1.282 %) MCDST 10 1 (1.282 %) PMP 10 1 (1.282 %) PMI Certification 10 1 (1.282 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.282 %) SLA	System Software 1 3 (3.846 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.282 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 14 (17.95 %) CiscoWorks 2 6 (7.692 %) OpenView 3 4 (5.128 %) Tivoli 3 4 (5.128 %) Netcool 4 2 (2.564 %) OVSD 4 2 (2.564 %) Tivoli NetView	Vendors 1 68 (87.18 %) Cisco 2 6 (7.692 %) HP 3 4 (5.128 %) Nokia 3 4 (5.128 %) CheckPoint 4 3 (3.846 %) Citrix 4 3 (3.846 %) Microsoft 5 2 (2.564 %) Avaya 5 2 (2.564 %) CA 5 2 (2.564 %) VMware 6 1 (1.282 %) IBM