The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IOS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Scotland 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco IOS
Rank 114 108 107
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -1
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 5 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.200% 0.037% 0.176%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.961% 0.290% 1.712%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
Average daily rate £158 - £223
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £311 £300
% change year-on-year
+32.53% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £28.64 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+13.47% -9.07%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
255 345 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.18% 12.83% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 134 79
Average daily rate £330 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £420 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 26 24
Average hourly rate £32.25 £30.41 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.05% +84.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.20 £16.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Cisco IOS
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Cisco IOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Cisco IOS Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco IOS across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Cisco IOS Daily Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region.

Scotland Cisco IOS Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Cisco IOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) Mac OS X
2 4 (66.67%) Apple
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Vista
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (50.00%) Tandberg
3 3 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (50.00%) Android
3 3 (50.00%) DHCP
3 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) Internet
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) BGP
4 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
4 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003

Cisco IOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
2 3 (50.00%) Internet
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) MPLS
3 1 (16.67%) OSPF
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support
2 3 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (50.00%) Support Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Mac OS X
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Vista
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Mobile
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (50.00%) Android
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Apple
3 3 (50.00%) Tandberg
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
Aberdeen, Scotland
As such you should have demonstrable experience of technologies such as (NOT ALL REQUIRED!):* Windows 2003 / 2008 / 2012 Server* Active Directory / DNS* Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8* Microsoft...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
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