The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Nexus skills 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 Cisco Nexus 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 of the Communications & Networking category 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 Nexus
Rank 203 224 224
Rank change year-on-year
+21 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 21 15 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.269% 0.148% 0.280%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.412% 0.700% 1.510%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 20
Average daily rate £580 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.63% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £350 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £589 £388 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
- +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £25.00 £21.88
% change year-on-year
+38.00% +14.28%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Cisco Nexus Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Cisco Nexus Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Cisco Nexus Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Cisco Nexus Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Nexus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus 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
West Sussex +21 6 £585 +50.96%
Berkshire - 6 £325 -
Hampshire -14 3 - -
Surrey - 3 £525 -
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
Middlesex +6 1 - -
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 43 (97.73%) Cisco
2 23 (52.27%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (38.64%) Firewall
4 16 (36.36%) CCNA
5 15 (34.09%) CCNP
6 14 (31.82%) OSPF
6 14 (31.82%) BGP
7 13 (29.55%) VPN
8 11 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (22.73%) VMware
9 10 (22.73%) LAN
9 10 (22.73%) CheckPoint
10 8 (18.18%) Windows
10 8 (18.18%) F5
11 7 (15.91%) NetApp
11 7 (15.91%) Migration
11 7 (15.91%) BIG-IP
11 7 (15.91%) vSphere
12 6 (13.64%) VMware ESX
12 6 (13.64%) EIGRP
12 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
12 6 (13.64%) CSS
12 6 (13.64%) ITIL
12 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
12 6 (13.64%) CCIE
12 6 (13.64%) DHCP
12 6 (13.64%) SNMP
13 5 (11.36%) MySQL
13 5 (11.36%) WAN
13 5 (11.36%) Linux

Cisco Nexus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (13.64%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
1 4 (9.091%) Apache
1 4 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 4 (9.091%) OpenEdge
2 1 (2.273%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.545%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.091%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 17 (38.64%) Firewall
2 14 (31.82%) OSPF
2 14 (31.82%) BGP
3 13 (29.55%) VPN
4 11 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (22.73%) LAN
6 7 (15.91%) BIG-IP
7 6 (13.64%) EIGRP
7 6 (13.64%) DHCP
7 6 (13.64%) SNMP
8 5 (11.36%) WAN
8 5 (11.36%) DMZ
8 5 (11.36%) Internet
8 5 (11.36%) SAN
8 5 (11.36%) Network Security
8 5 (11.36%) HSRP
9 4 (9.091%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (9.091%) VLAN
9 4 (9.091%) MPLS
9 4 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.36%) MySQL
2 5 (11.36%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (11.36%) Finance
2 4 (9.091%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.818%) Back Office
3 3 (6.818%) Banking
4 1 (2.273%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.273%) Retail
4 1 (2.273%) Billing
Job Titles
1 16 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 13 (29.55%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (18.18%) Analyst
3 8 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (15.91%) Security Engineer
5 6 (13.64%) Network Support
6 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (11.36%) IP Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (6.818%) Consultant
7 3 (6.818%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.818%) Network Support Analyst
7 3 (6.818%) Network Analyst
7 3 (6.818%) Network Support Engineer
8 2 (4.545%) Design Engineer
8 2 (4.545%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (4.545%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.091%) SecurID
1 4 (9.091%) Clustering
2 2 (4.545%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.273%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Linux
2 5 (11.36%) Windows 7
2 5 (11.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (6.818%) VMS
4 3 (6.818%) UNIX
5 2 (4.545%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.91%) Migration
2 6 (13.64%) ITIL
3 5 (11.36%) Load Balancing
4 4 (9.091%) Network Management
4 4 (9.091%) Incident Management
4 4 (9.091%) Network Design
5 3 (6.818%) Project Management
6 1 (2.273%) CRM
6 1 (2.273%) ERP
6 1 (2.273%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.091%) PHP
2 1 (2.273%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (52.27%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (36.36%) CCNA
3 15 (34.09%) CCNP
4 6 (13.64%) CCIE
5 3 (6.818%) CCDA
6 2 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.545%) CCDP
7 1 (2.273%) CCIP
7 1 (2.273%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.273%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (15.91%) vSphere
2 6 (13.64%) VMware ESX
3 5 (11.36%) Active Directory
3 5 (11.36%) XenApp
4 1 (2.273%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.273%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.273%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (2.273%) OpenView
1 1 (2.273%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 43 (97.73%) Cisco
2 10 (22.73%) VMware
2 10 (22.73%) CheckPoint
3 8 (18.18%) F5
4 7 (15.91%) NetApp
5 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
6 5 (11.36%) Red Hat
6 5 (11.36%) Juniper
7 4 (9.091%) TippingPoint
7 4 (9.091%) Blue Coat
8 3 (6.818%) HP
8 3 (6.818%) Avaya
8 3 (6.818%) Nokia
8 3 (6.818%) NetScout
9 2 (4.545%) Redback
10 1 (2.273%) EMC
10 1 (2.273%) Brocade
10 1 (2.273%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.273%) Infoblox