The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 18 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 Qualifications for the Slough 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 20 20 33
Rank change year-on-year
0 +13
Contract jobs citing Cisco Certification 18 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 7.563% 6.122% 1.613%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.58% 21.82% 8.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 1
Average daily rate £300 £333 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.77% +15.65%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -13.46%
All Qualifications
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
57 55 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 23.95% 28.06% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 31 23
Average daily rate £315 £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £268 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £9.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -42.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Cisco Certification
Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough Cisco Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Slough Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Slough region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Slough Cisco Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 19 (70.37%) Cisco
2 18 (66.67%) CCNP
3 12 (44.44%) Telecoms
4 11 (40.74%) CCIE
4 11 (40.74%) Network Security
5 10 (37.04%) Cisco IOS
6 9 (33.33%) CCNA
7 7 (25.93%) UNIX
7 7 (25.93%) Linux
7 7 (25.93%) Degree
8 6 (22.22%) HPUX
8 6 (22.22%) Solaris
8 6 (22.22%) Oracle
8 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
9 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
10 4 (14.81%) LLU
11 3 (11.11%) Finance
11 3 (11.11%) HP
11 3 (11.11%) DNS
11 3 (11.11%) MPLS
12 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (7.407%) F5
12 2 (7.407%) Test Strategy
12 2 (7.407%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 2 (7.407%) TestDirector
12 2 (7.407%) SSL
12 2 (7.407%) ISEB
12 2 (7.407%) XML
12 2 (7.407%) Java
12 2 (7.407%) Perl

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 2 (7.407%) WML
1 2 (7.407%) XML
1 2 (7.407%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) Network Security
2 10 (37.04%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (14.81%) LLU
4 3 (11.11%) MPLS
4 3 (11.11%) DNS
5 2 (7.407%) SSL
5 2 (7.407%) Internet
5 2 (7.407%) GPRS
5 2 (7.407%) GSM
5 2 (7.407%) UMTS
5 2 (7.407%) HTTP
5 2 (7.407%) Wireshark
5 2 (7.407%) Firewall
6 1 (3.704%) IGMP
6 1 (3.704%) OSPF
6 1 (3.704%) BGP
6 1 (3.704%) DSLAM
6 1 (3.704%) IGRP
6 1 (3.704%) NetScreen
6 1 (3.704%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) TestDirector
General
1 12 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (7.407%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Trainer
2 6 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Configuration Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) UNIX Administrator
5 1 (3.704%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Firewall Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.704%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Administrator
5 1 (3.704%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.704%) Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.407%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.704%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) UNIX
1 7 (25.93%) Linux
2 6 (22.22%) HPUX
2 6 (22.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.407%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (7.407%) Software Engineering
1 2 (7.407%) Load Balancing
1 2 (7.407%) Test Management
1 2 (7.407%) Test Strategy
2 1 (3.704%) Project Management
2 1 (3.704%) Change Management
2 1 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (3.704%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) Java
1 2 (7.407%) Perl
1 2 (7.407%) PHP
2 1 (3.704%) C
Qualifications
1 18 (66.67%) CCNP
2 11 (40.74%) CCIE
3 9 (33.33%) CCNA
4 7 (25.93%) Degree
5 2 (7.407%) ISEB
6 1 (3.704%) CCSP
6 1 (3.704%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Cisco
2 6 (22.22%) Oracle
3 3 (11.11%) HP
4 2 (7.407%) CheckPoint
4 2 (7.407%) F5
4 2 (7.407%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (3.704%) Nokia
5 1 (3.704%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.704%) Redknee
5 1 (3.704%) Crossbeam
5 1 (3.704%) TippingPoint
5 1 (3.704%) Citrix
5 1 (3.704%) Juniper