South East Cisco Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts within the South East 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Feltham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Greenford Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	70	90
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	247	290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.348 %	0.293 %
As % of the category below	17.19 %	15.04 %
Daily rates quoted	63	80
Average minimum daily rate	£362	£321
Average daily rate	£385	£335
% change on same period last year	+15.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£409	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£322
% change on same period last year	+5.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	35	47
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.88	£20.34
Average hourly rate	£29.87	£21.85
% change on same period last year	+36.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.87	£23.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.13	£26.77
% change on same period last year	+1.34 %
Qualifications South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1437	1928
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.023 %	1.948 %
Daily rates quoted	417	553
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£321
Average daily rate	£346	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	210	251
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.25	£23.06
Average hourly rate	£27.97	£24.36
% change on same period last year	+14.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.69	£25.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.54	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-1.20 %
Cisco Certification England

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 South East 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 South East region.

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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 South East region.

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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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 South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
Buckinghamshire	+55	54	£375	+0.77 %
Berkshire	-19	43	£430	+24.48 %
Hampshire	+17	36	£395	+17.71 %
Oxfordshire	-5	21	£288	-16.81 %
West Sussex	-	15	£338	-
Thames Valley	+9	15	£480	+40.48 %
Surrey	-3	15	£400	+34.90 %
Kent	+8	5	-	-
M4 Corridor	-	5	£375	-
East Sussex	+13	5	£417	+85.18 %
Middlesex	-18	4	£470	+108.88 %
Home Counties	-	3	-	-
Sussex	+15	1	-	-

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Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 374 (75.40 %) Cisco 2 255 (51.41 %) CCNP 3 249 (50.20 %) CCNA 4 181 (36.49 %) WAN 5 178 (35.89 %) LAN 6 138 (27.82 %) Firewall 7 92 (18.55 %) Security Cleared 8 91 (18.35 %) Network Design 9 86 (17.34 %) MPLS 10 84 (16.94 %) VPN 11 80 (16.13 %) VoIP 12 79 (15.93 %) Cisco PIX 13 78 (15.73 %) CCIE 14 77 (15.52 %) Windows 15 73 (14.72 %) TCP/IP

16 70 (14.11 %) OSPF 17 67 (13.51 %) CheckPoint 18 64 (12.90 %) Microsoft Certification 19 59 (11.90 %) BGP 20 58 (11.69 %) SC Cleared 21 55 (11.09 %) VLAN 21 55 (11.09 %) MCSE 22 53 (10.69 %) CCDP 23 52 (10.48 %) Microsoft 24 48 (9.677 %) SNMP 25 44 (8.871 %) Government 26 43 (8.669 %) Telecoms 27 42 (8.468 %) Internet 28 41 (8.266 %) EIGRP 29 37 (7.460 %) Cisco ASA

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (0.605 %) .NET 2 2 (0.403 %) XML 3 1 (0.202 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 18 (3.629 %) MS Exchange 2 10 (2.016 %) Lotus Notes 3 8 (1.613 %) IIS 4 7 (1.411 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 5 (1.008 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 4 (0.806 %) Lotus Domino 7 3 (0.605 %) Apache 7 3 (0.605 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 2 (0.403 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 2 (0.403 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 1 (0.202 %) GroupWise 9 1 (0.202 %) WebLogic 9 1 (0.202 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 20 (4.032 %) MS Office 2 17 (3.427 %) MS Excel 3 2 (0.403 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.202 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.202 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 181 (36.49 %) WAN 2 178 (35.89 %) LAN 3 138 (27.82 %) Firewall 4 86 (17.34 %) MPLS 5 84 (16.94 %) VPN 6 80 (16.13 %) VoIP 7 79 (15.93 %) Cisco PIX 8 73 (14.72 %) TCP/IP 9 70 (14.11 %) OSPF 10 59 (11.90 %) BGP 11 55 (11.09 %) VLAN 12 48 (9.677 %) SNMP 13 42 (8.468 %) Internet 14 41 (8.266 %) EIGRP 15 37 (7.460 %) Cisco ASA 16 33 (6.653 %) Wireless 17 29 (5.847 %) Intranet 18 28 (5.645 %) DNS 18 28 (5.645 %) Network Security 19 20 (4.032 %) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (4.637 %) SQL Server 2 15 (3.024 %) SQL Server 2000 3 14 (2.823 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.202 %) Informix	Development Applications 1 4 (0.806 %) StarTeam
General 1 44 (8.871 %) Government 2 43 (8.669 %) Telecoms 3 28 (5.645 %) Finance 4 10 (2.016 %) Education 4 10 (2.016 %) Pharmaceutical 5 4 (0.806 %) Health 5 4 (0.806 %) Retail 6 3 (0.605 %) Local Government 6 3 (0.605 %) Military 6 3 (0.605 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (0.403 %) Banking 8 1 (0.202 %) Pensions 8 1 (0.202 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.202 %) FMCG 8 1 (0.202 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.202 %) Legal 8 1 (0.202 %) Electric	Job Titles 1 177 (35.69 %) Network Engineer 2 63 (12.70 %) Cisco Engineer 3 62 (12.50 %) Design Engineer 4 48 (9.677 %) Network Design Engineer 5 45 (9.073 %) Consultant 6 39 (7.863 %) Support Engineer 7 34 (6.855 %) Cisco Network Engineer 7 34 (6.855 %) Network Specialist 8 32 (6.452 %) Network Support 9 31 (6.250 %) Analyst 10 24 (4.839 %) Security Engineer 11 19 (3.831 %) Cisco Support 11 19 (3.831 %) Administrator 12 18 (3.629 %) Network Consultant 12 18 (3.629 %) Senior Network Engineer 13 17 (3.427 %) Network Administrator 13 17 (3.427 %) Network Analyst 14 15 (3.024 %) Network Technician 14 15 (3.024 %) 2nd Line Support 15 14 (2.823 %) Architect
Miscellaneous 1 5 (1.008 %) Clustering 2 4 (0.806 %) PMI 3 3 (0.605 %) Client/Server 3 3 (0.605 %) Blackberry 3 3 (0.605 %) Video Conferencing 4 2 (0.403 %) PKI 4 2 (0.403 %) Statistics 5 1 (0.202 %) Spread Betting 5 1 (0.202 %) Informatics 5 1 (0.202 %) Italian Language 5 1 (0.202 %) Fat Client 5 1 (0.202 %) CCTV 5 1 (0.202 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.202 %) e-Health 5 1 (0.202 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.202 %) NHS 5 1 (0.202 %) Thin Client	Operating Systems 1 77 (15.52 %) Windows 2 33 (6.653 %) Windows Server 2003 3 22 (4.435 %) Linux 4 20 (4.032 %) Windows 2000 5 19 (3.831 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 16 (3.226 %) UNIX 7 7 (1.411 %) Windows XP 8 6 (1.210 %) Solaris 9 4 (0.806 %) Windows Vista 9 4 (0.806 %) NetWare 10 3 (0.605 %) Windows NT 11 2 (0.403 %) HPUX 11 2 (0.403 %) Red Hat Linux 12 1 (0.202 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 92 (18.55 %) Security Cleared 2 91 (18.35 %) Network Design 3 58 (11.69 %) SC Cleared 4 32 (6.452 %) Migration 5 25 (5.040 %) ITIL 6 24 (4.839 %) DV Cleared 7 13 (2.621 %) E-Commerce 8 11 (2.218 %) Load Balancing 9 10 (2.016 %) QMS 9 10 (2.016 %) Service Management 9 10 (2.016 %) Quality Management 9 10 (2.016 %) Configuration Management 10 8 (1.613 %) Service Delivery 11 7 (1.411 %) Project Management 12 6 (1.210 %) ITSM 13 5 (1.008 %) Validation 14 4 (0.806 %) Time Management 14 4 (0.806 %) Problem Management 14 4 (0.806 %) Business Development 14 4 (0.806 %) Incident Management	Programming Languages 1 25 (5.040 %) SQL 2 5 (1.008 %) Perl 3 4 (0.806 %) Shell Script 4 3 (0.605 %) C 5 1 (0.202 %) Java
Qualifications 1 255 (51.41 %) CCNP 2 249 (50.20 %) CCNA 3 78 (15.73 %) CCIE 4 64 (12.90 %) Microsoft Certification 5 55 (11.09 %) MCSE 6 53 (10.69 %) CCDP 7 32 (6.452 %) CCIP 8 24 (4.839 %) MCP 8 24 (4.839 %) CCSA 9 22 (4.435 %) CCSP 10 19 (3.831 %) CCSE 11 18 (3.629 %) MCSA 12 17 (3.427 %) Degree 13 13 (2.621 %) HNC 13 13 (2.621 %) CCDA 14 12 (2.419 %) HND 15 10 (2.016 %) CCVP 16 3 (0.605 %) PMP 16 3 (0.605 %) PMI Certification 16 3 (0.605 %) CNE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (1.815 %) SLA 2 5 (1.008 %) QA 3 1 (0.202 %) PCI DSS 3 1 (0.202 %) ISO27001
System Software 1 26 (5.242 %) Active Directory 2 4 (0.806 %) ISA Server 2 4 (0.806 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (0.605 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (0.403 %) Novell eDirectory 4 2 (0.403 %) Terminal Server 5 1 (0.202 %) Terminal Services 5 1 (0.202 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.202 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 1 (0.202 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 1 (0.202 %) NDS	Systems Management 1 26 (5.242 %) CiscoWorks 2 14 (2.823 %) OpenView 3 12 (2.419 %) NNM 4 9 (1.815 %) Netcool 5 7 (1.411 %) Tivoli NetView 6 5 (1.008 %) Tivoli 7 4 (0.806 %) Norton AntiVirus 8 2 (0.403 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 8 2 (0.403 %) Windows Storage Server 9 1 (0.202 %) EMC NetWorker 9 1 (0.202 %) OVOW 9 1 (0.202 %) Legato
Vendors 1 374 (75.40 %) Cisco 2 67 (13.51 %) CheckPoint 3 52 (10.48 %) Microsoft 4 25 (5.040 %) HP 5 21 (4.234 %) Juniper 6 19 (3.831 %) Citrix 7 16 (3.226 %) Alcatel 8 15 (3.024 %) Lucent 8 15 (3.024 %) Symantec 9 13 (2.621 %) VMware 9 13 (2.621 %) Nortel 10 11 (2.218 %) Lotus 11 10 (2.016 %) Blue Coat 11 10 (2.016 %) Nokia 12 9 (1.815 %) Novell 13 8 (1.613 %) Red Hat 14 7 (1.411 %) Oracle 15 5 (1.008 %) Sun 15 5 (1.008 %) Dell 16 4 (0.806 %) VERITAS