The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA 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 Qualifications for the South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 120 121 165
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +44
Contract jobs citing CCNA 107 123 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.373% 1.212% 0.848%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.482% 5.627% 3.966%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 55 50
Average daily rate £291 £300 £289
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.91% +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £140 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £375 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £296 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.72% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 12
Average hourly rate £19.63 £23.00 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.67% +5.74%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.97 £20.06 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £32.00 £31.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.25
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.22%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1952 2186 2219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 25.04% 21.55% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 977 912
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 134 203
Average hourly rate £21.88 £22.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.56% -6.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East CCNA Daily Rate Histogram

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNA across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East CCNA Hourly Rate Histogram

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Hampshire +2 43 £288 -4.32%
Berkshire -4 23 £300 +15.38%
Oxfordshire +22 22 £250 +53.84%
Buckinghamshire +4 7 £338 +20.53%
Kent +2 3 £300 -11.11%
Middlesex +2 3 £375 -
East Sussex +7 2 - -
West Sussex +15 1 £350 +150.00%
Surrey +3 1 - -
CCNA
England

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1 196 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 140 (71.43%) Cisco
3 82 (41.84%) LAN
4 79 (40.31%) WAN
5 77 (39.29%) CCNP
6 73 (37.24%) Firewall
7 57 (29.08%) TCP/IP
8 55 (28.06%) Windows
9 44 (22.45%) VPN
9 44 (22.45%) Telecoms
10 41 (20.92%) MPLS
11 40 (20.41%) Security Cleared
12 38 (19.39%) VMware
13 36 (18.37%) Microsoft
13 36 (18.37%) SC Cleared
14 33 (16.84%) VoIP
15 32 (16.33%) BGP
15 32 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (14.29%) SQL Server
17 26 (13.27%) MCSE
18 25 (12.76%) Internet
19 24 (12.24%) EIGRP
20 23 (11.73%) CheckPoint
20 23 (11.73%) SAN
20 23 (11.73%) VLAN
20 23 (11.73%) VMware Infrastructure
20 23 (11.73%) Windows Server 2008
21 22 (11.22%) OSPF
22 20 (10.20%) Active Directory
22 20 (10.20%) Migration

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (4.592%) CSS
2 5 (2.551%) COM+
3 3 (1.531%) JMS
3 3 (1.531%) SOAP
4 2 (1.020%) JSP
5 1 (0.510%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.510%) .NET
5 1 (0.510%) ASP
5 1 (0.510%) COM
Application Platforms
1 13 (6.633%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.612%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (5.102%) MS Exchange
3 10 (5.102%) IIS
4 5 (2.551%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.531%) Lync
5 3 (1.531%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.510%) CMS
6 1 (0.510%) Apache
6 1 (0.510%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.510%) Site Server
Applications
1 12 (6.122%) MS Excel
2 8 (4.082%) MS Office
3 4 (2.041%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.510%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.510%) MS Project
4 1 (0.510%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 82 (41.84%) LAN
2 79 (40.31%) WAN
3 73 (37.24%) Firewall
4 57 (29.08%) TCP/IP
5 44 (22.45%) VPN
6 41 (20.92%) MPLS
7 33 (16.84%) VoIP
8 32 (16.33%) BGP
9 25 (12.76%) Internet
10 24 (12.24%) EIGRP
11 23 (11.73%) SAN
11 23 (11.73%) VLAN
12 22 (11.22%) OSPF
13 20 (10.20%) Cisco ASA
14 18 (9.184%) Ethernet
14 18 (9.184%) Cisco IOS
15 16 (8.163%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (6.633%) Network Security
16 13 (6.633%) DNS
17 12 (6.122%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (1.531%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.510%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 44 (22.45%) Telecoms
2 13 (6.633%) Finance
3 2 (1.020%) Banking
4 1 (0.510%) Avionics
4 1 (0.510%) Local Government
4 1 (0.510%) Military
Job Titles
1 91 (46.43%) Network Engineer
2 28 (14.29%) Analyst
3 26 (13.27%) Network Support
3 26 (13.27%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (12.76%) Support Engineer
5 23 (11.73%) Architect
6 22 (11.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 20 (10.20%) Support Analyst
8 19 (9.694%) Network Analyst
9 14 (7.143%) Network Support Analyst
10 11 (5.612%) IP Engineer
10 11 (5.612%) Infrastructure Architect
11 10 (5.102%) IP Network Engineer
12 9 (4.592%) Network Support Engineer
12 9 (4.592%) Project Manager
13 6 (3.061%) Administrator
13 6 (3.061%) 3rd Line Support
13 6 (3.061%) Technical Analyst
14 5 (2.551%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 5 (2.551%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.082%) Computer Science
2 4 (2.041%) Cryptography
2 4 (2.041%) SecurID
3 3 (1.531%) Clustering
4 2 (1.020%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.020%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.020%) PKI
4 2 (1.020%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.020%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.510%) CESG
5 1 (0.510%) e-Health
5 1 (0.510%) IVR
5 1 (0.510%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.510%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.510%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 55 (28.06%) Windows
2 23 (11.73%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (9.184%) UNIX
4 17 (8.673%) Windows 7
5 13 (6.633%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (6.633%) Linux
6 9 (4.592%) Solaris
6 9 (4.592%) Windows XP
7 8 (4.082%) HPUX
8 6 (3.061%) NetWare
9 3 (1.531%) VMS
10 2 (1.020%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.510%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.510%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.510%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (10.20%) Migration
2 19 (9.694%) ITIL
3 12 (6.122%) Network Design
4 11 (5.612%) Project Management
5 10 (5.102%) PRINCE2
6 8 (4.082%) Incident Management
7 6 (3.061%) Test Scripting
8 5 (2.551%) Network Management
8 5 (2.551%) Network Architecture
8 5 (2.551%) Load Balancing
8 5 (2.551%) Service Management
9 4 (2.041%) Benchmarking
9 4 (2.041%) Change Management
10 3 (1.531%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (1.531%) TOGAF
10 3 (1.531%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (1.531%) ITSM
10 3 (1.531%) Configuration Management
11 2 (1.020%) Penetration Testing
11 2 (1.020%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.102%) SQL
2 6 (3.061%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.551%) VB
4 2 (1.020%) C
4 2 (1.020%) Python
5 1 (0.510%) Bash shell
5 1 (0.510%) Korn
Qualifications
1 196 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 77 (39.29%) CCNP
3 40 (20.41%) Security Cleared
4 36 (18.37%) SC Cleared
5 32 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (13.27%) MCSE
7 18 (9.184%) CCIE
8 17 (8.673%) Degree
9 16 (8.163%) MCITP
10 14 (7.143%) MCTS
11 12 (6.122%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (4.592%) CCSP
13 6 (3.061%) DV Cleared
14 5 (2.551%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (2.041%) CCIP
15 4 (2.041%) MCSA
16 3 (1.531%) BC Cleared
16 3 (1.531%) HNC
16 3 (1.531%) MCP
16 3 (1.531%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.082%) SLA
2 2 (1.020%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.510%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (11.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (10.20%) Active Directory
3 14 (7.143%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.102%) vSphere
5 8 (4.082%) XenApp
6 5 (2.551%) VMware ESX
7 3 (1.531%) ProxySG
7 3 (1.531%) ISA Server
8 2 (1.020%) Xen
8 2 (1.020%) UAG
9 1 (0.510%) XenServer
9 1 (0.510%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.510%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.510%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.592%) EMC NetWorker
2 8 (4.082%) OpenView
2 8 (4.082%) SCOM
3 7 (3.571%) SCCM
4 3 (1.531%) MOM
4 3 (1.531%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.020%) MIMEsweeper
5 2 (1.020%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.510%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.510%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.510%) Opalis
6 1 (0.510%) OVSD
6 1 (0.510%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 140 (71.43%) Cisco
2 38 (19.39%) VMware
3 36 (18.37%) Microsoft
4 23 (11.73%) CheckPoint
5 17 (8.673%) HP
6 15 (7.653%) Citrix
7 13 (6.633%) Avaya
7 13 (6.633%) Juniper
7 13 (6.633%) Oracle
8 11 (5.612%) Mitel
9 9 (4.592%) Blue Coat
9 9 (4.592%) EMC
10 8 (4.082%) 3Com
10 8 (4.082%) F5
11 7 (3.571%) Nokia
12 5 (2.551%) TippingPoint
12 5 (2.551%) Nortel
13 4 (2.041%) StorageTek
13 4 (2.041%) Symantec
13 4 (2.041%) Sun
Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Windsor, Berkshire
Our client is looking for a team player with comprehensive experience of Microsoft, Citrix and Cisco technologies from a similar role. Ideally supported by professional accreditation (Microsoft, CCNA,...
Hunt 4 Staff
Rate: £32k - 36k per year + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
Home Office SC security cleared Server Engineer`s required with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- We are looking for Server Engineer`s with existing Home...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, South East
URGENT!! NETWORK SUPPORT ANALYST REQUIRED!! Greywood Associates are currently recruiting for a Network Support Analyst for our educational client in Southampton. This will be a fixed term position...
greywood
Rate: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
CCNA or equivalentTCP/IP and other network protocols, Ethernet, VLANs, Wireless networking, IP routing plus a general knowledge of ICT. Knowledge of network monitoring, policy management, Windows, Linux...
Greywood Associates Limited
Rate: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Line Support, Network Engineer, CCNA... A strong understanding of LAN/WAN connectivity troubleshooting would also be highly beneficial as would previous service desk experience... Skills:- * Ability to troubleshoot...
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Rate: Up to £15 per hour
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Berkshire, South East
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Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013