The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco 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 Vendors for the Shropshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 4 21 16
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -5
Contract jobs citing Cisco 20 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 16.95% 5.385% 7.273%
As % of the Vendors category 21.51% 7.609% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 4
Average daily rate £308 £345 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.86% +4.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £340 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £350 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.20% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £20.00 £21.94
% change year-on-year
+15.62% -8.83%
All Vendors
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
93 92 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 78.81% 70.77% 41.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 50 8
Average daily rate £475 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £268 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.48 - £18.88
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.89 - £11.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.59 - £25.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Cisco
West Midlands

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Shropshire 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Telford +20 18 £294 -14.85% 1
Oswestry - - - -
Shrewsbury - - - -
Cisco
West Midlands

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 21 (84.00%) Firewall
2 13 (52.00%) LAN
3 12 (48.00%) WAN
4 9 (36.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (32.00%) CheckPoint
6 7 (28.00%) SolarWinds
6 7 (28.00%) Network Design
7 6 (24.00%) OPNET
7 6 (24.00%) Load Balancing
7 6 (24.00%) BMC
7 6 (24.00%) OSPF
7 6 (24.00%) BGP
7 6 (24.00%) OpenView
7 6 (24.00%) HP
7 6 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (20.00%) CCNP
9 4 (16.00%) CCSE
9 4 (16.00%) Fortinet
9 4 (16.00%) Network Management
9 4 (16.00%) ITIL
9 4 (16.00%) Nokia
10 3 (12.00%) Juniper
10 3 (12.00%) CSS
10 3 (12.00%) F5
10 3 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
10 3 (12.00%) BIG-IP
11 2 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (8.000%) VoIP
11 2 (8.000%) Middleware

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 (12.00%) CSS
2 2 (8.000%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 21 (84.00%) Firewall
2 13 (52.00%) LAN
3 12 (48.00%) WAN
4 9 (36.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (24.00%) OSPF
5 6 (24.00%) BGP
6 3 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (12.00%) BIG-IP
7 2 (8.000%) VoIP
8 1 (4.000%) Network Security
8 1 (4.000%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle 10g
General
1 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Consultant
1 7 (28.00%) Cisco Consultant
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Network Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Network Design Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Design Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Voice Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Architect
6 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Network Design Architect
6 1 (4.000%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Network Support
6 1 (4.000%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Network Design
2 6 (24.00%) Load Balancing
3 4 (16.00%) Network Management
3 4 (16.00%) ITIL
4 2 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.000%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.000%) Performance Management
5 1 (4.000%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.000%) Migration
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (20.00%) CCNP
3 4 (16.00%) CCSE
4 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (8.000%) CCDP
6 1 (4.000%) CCNA
6 1 (4.000%) CCSP
6 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (4.000%) BC Cleared
6 1 (4.000%) CCVP
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) OpenView
2 1 (4.000%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) CheckPoint
2 7 (28.00%) SolarWinds
3 6 (24.00%) OPNET
3 6 (24.00%) BMC
3 6 (24.00%) HP
4 4 (16.00%) Fortinet
4 4 (16.00%) Nokia
5 3 (12.00%) Juniper
5 3 (12.00%) F5
6 1 (4.000%) Oracle
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