The first table below looks at the demand for the Cisco Support role 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Support
Rank 219 241 250
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Support 1 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.039% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.043% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £275 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £275 £275
% change year-on-year
-4.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.63 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year
-39.33% -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7336 9394 9506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.60% 92.47% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3629 4201 4116
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 724 798
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Cisco Support
England

Cisco Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Cisco Support Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Cisco Support Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Cisco Support Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Support within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
East Sussex - 1 - -
Cisco Support
England

Cisco Support
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Cisco Support in their job title 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 with Cisco Support in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (60.00%) BGP
3 3 (60.00%) CCIE
3 3 (60.00%) CCNP
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
5 1 (20.00%) Mitel
5 1 (20.00%) Local Government
5 1 (20.00%) VLAN
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) VRRP
5 1 (20.00%) CCNA
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) LAN
5 1 (20.00%) VoIP
5 1 (20.00%) WAN
5 1 (20.00%) DHCP
5 1 (20.00%) HTTP
5 1 (20.00%) DNS

Cisco Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Cisco Support in their job title 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 with Cisco Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) VLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (20.00%) VRRP
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCIE
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Mitel
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint