The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 40 28 35
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +7
Contract jobs citing Cisco 331 532 461
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 4.236% 5.237% 4.411%
As % of the Vendors category 8.524% 10.45% 8.988%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 186 196
Average daily rate £323 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.85% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £223 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £445 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.58% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 64 60
Average hourly rate £19.63 £21.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.54% -16.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £13.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3883 5089 5129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 49.69% 50.10% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1898 2223 2014
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 380 413
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.34 £11.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Cisco Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire -26 102 £325 -7.14%
Hampshire -2 90 £315 -13.10%
Surrey +20 45 £450 +28.57%
Oxfordshire +15 26 £270 -16.92%
Buckinghamshire -19 24 £265 -13.46%
West Sussex +11 17 £585 +80.00%
Kent +2 15 £300 -1.23%
East Sussex +4 8 £525 +38.15%
Middlesex -9 8 £313 -16.66%
Cisco
England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cisco 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.

1 224 (36.01%) Cisco Certification
2 200 (32.15%) Firewall
3 197 (31.67%) Windows
4 140 (22.51%) VMware
5 138 (22.19%) CCNA
6 134 (21.54%) Telecoms
7 132 (21.22%) Microsoft
8 130 (20.90%) LAN
9 122 (19.61%) Security Cleared
10 121 (19.45%) WAN
11 118 (18.97%) CCNP
12 113 (18.17%) TCP/IP
13 106 (17.04%) Juniper
14 105 (16.88%) VPN
15 101 (16.24%) ITIL
16 98 (15.76%) Active Directory
17 91 (14.63%) SAN
18 90 (14.47%) SC Cleared
19 88 (14.15%) Windows Server 2008
19 88 (14.15%) HP
19 88 (14.15%) VoIP
20 87 (13.99%) MPLS
21 75 (12.06%) Citrix
22 73 (11.74%) CheckPoint
23 70 (11.25%) Windows Server 2003
24 69 (11.09%) DNS
25 68 (10.93%) VMware Infrastructure
26 67 (10.77%) BGP
27 62 (9.968%) Cisco ASA
28 61 (9.807%) Windows 7

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cisco 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (1.608%) CSS
2 6 (0.965%) ADSI
3 5 (0.804%) .NET
3 5 (0.804%) COM+
3 5 (0.804%) SAML
4 4 (0.643%) COM
4 4 (0.643%) Flash
4 4 (0.643%) STL
4 4 (0.643%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (0.482%) WSH
5 3 (0.482%) WAP
6 2 (0.322%) Middleware
6 2 (0.322%) XMPP
6 2 (0.322%) Web Services
6 2 (0.322%) HTML
6 2 (0.322%) Application Packaging
7 1 (0.161%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.161%) WML
7 1 (0.161%) ASP
7 1 (0.161%) XML
Application Platforms
1 54 (8.682%) MS Exchange
2 43 (6.913%) SharePoint
3 27 (4.341%) Exchange Server 2007
4 26 (4.180%) IIS
5 24 (3.859%) Exchange Server 2010
6 21 (3.376%) Exchange Server 2003
7 20 (3.215%) SharePoint 2010
8 19 (3.055%) Apache
9 11 (1.768%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 9 (1.447%) Lync
11 5 (0.804%) GlassFish
11 5 (0.804%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.643%) OpenEdge
13 2 (0.322%) CMS
13 2 (0.322%) Zimbra
14 1 (0.161%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 1 (0.161%) Office Communications Server
14 1 (0.161%) Site Server
14 1 (0.161%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.161%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 40 (6.431%) MS Excel
2 28 (4.502%) MS Office
3 6 (0.965%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.482%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.161%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.161%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.643%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 200 (32.15%) Firewall
2 130 (20.90%) LAN
3 121 (19.45%) WAN
4 113 (18.17%) TCP/IP
5 105 (16.88%) VPN
6 91 (14.63%) SAN
7 88 (14.15%) VoIP
8 87 (13.99%) MPLS
9 69 (11.09%) DNS
10 67 (10.77%) BGP
11 62 (9.968%) Cisco ASA
12 61 (9.807%) Network Security
12 61 (9.807%) OSPF
13 60 (9.646%) DHCP
14 58 (9.325%) Internet
15 45 (7.235%) VLAN
16 44 (7.074%) Cisco IOS
17 43 (6.913%) Cisco Nexus
18 37 (5.949%) IP Telephony
19 36 (5.788%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.431%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.698%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (1.447%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (1.125%) MySQL
5 4 (0.643%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (0.643%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (0.322%) DB2
6 2 (0.322%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.161%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.161%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (0.643%) Subversion
1 4 (0.643%) GCC
1 4 (0.643%) GDB
1 4 (0.643%) Trac
2 2 (0.322%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (0.322%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.161%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.161%) MSI
3 1 (0.161%) WebLOAD
General
1 134 (21.54%) Telecoms
2 51 (8.199%) Finance
3 9 (1.447%) Billing
4 7 (1.125%) Military
5 6 (0.965%) Banking
5 6 (0.965%) Legal
5 6 (0.965%) Manufacturing
6 5 (0.804%) Back Office
7 4 (0.643%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.482%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.322%) Retail
9 2 (0.322%) Advertising
9 2 (0.322%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.322%) French Language
10 1 (0.161%) German Language
10 1 (0.161%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.161%) Avionics
10 1 (0.161%) Local Government
10 1 (0.161%) Marketing
10 1 (0.161%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 146 (23.47%) Network Engineer
2 77 (12.38%) Architect
3 74 (11.90%) Analyst
4 54 (8.682%) Cisco Engineer
5 52 (8.360%) Support Engineer
6 38 (6.109%) Project Manager
7 34 (5.466%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 31 (4.984%) Consultant
8 31 (4.984%) Support Analyst
8 31 (4.984%) Administrator
8 31 (4.984%) IP Engineer
9 29 (4.662%) Solutions Architect
10 28 (4.502%) 3rd Line Support
11 27 (4.341%) Network Analyst
12 25 (4.019%) Network Support
13 24 (3.859%) Security Engineer
14 20 (3.215%) Infrastructure Architect
14 20 (3.215%) Design Engineer
15 17 (2.733%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (2.572%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (1.608%) Blackberry
1 10 (1.608%) Management Information System
1 10 (1.608%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (1.447%) CLARiiON
3 8 (1.286%) EMC Centera
3 8 (1.286%) Thin Client
3 8 (1.286%) Fat Client
4 7 (1.125%) Clustering
5 6 (0.965%) Digital Media
5 6 (0.965%) Mobile Computing
6 5 (0.804%) Open Source
6 5 (0.804%) SaaS
6 5 (0.804%) SecurID
6 5 (0.804%) PKI
6 5 (0.804%) Replication
7 4 (0.643%) Celerra
7 4 (0.643%) IVR
7 4 (0.643%) CESG
7 4 (0.643%) NHS
7 4 (0.643%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 197 (31.67%) Windows
2 88 (14.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 70 (11.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 61 (9.807%) Windows 7
5 47 (7.556%) Linux
6 36 (5.788%) UNIX
7 32 (5.145%) Solaris
8 31 (4.984%) Windows XP
9 10 (1.608%) NetWare
9 10 (1.608%) Windows 8
10 9 (1.447%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (1.447%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (1.286%) VMS
12 7 (1.125%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.643%) Windows 2000 Server
13 4 (0.643%) Debian
13 4 (0.643%) Oracle Linux
14 3 (0.482%) AIX
15 2 (0.322%) HPUX
15 2 (0.322%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (16.24%) ITIL
2 55 (8.842%) Project Management
3 50 (8.039%) Migration
4 33 (5.305%) PRINCE2
5 32 (5.145%) Network Design
6 29 (4.662%) Service Delivery
6 29 (4.662%) Change Management
7 26 (4.180%) Load Balancing
8 24 (3.859%) ITIL V3
9 20 (3.215%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (2.894%) Service Management
11 17 (2.733%) Network Load Balancing
12 14 (2.251%) Incident Management
12 14 (2.251%) Network Management
13 13 (2.090%) Process Architecture
13 13 (2.090%) CRM
14 12 (1.929%) Time Management
15 11 (1.768%) Configuration Management
16 10 (1.608%) Information Security
16 10 (1.608%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (4.662%) SQL
2 13 (2.090%) C
3 12 (1.929%) Java
3 12 (1.929%) PHP
4 11 (1.768%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.286%) Perl
6 7 (1.125%) Shell Script
7 6 (0.965%) C++
7 6 (0.965%) VBScript
8 5 (0.804%) VB
9 2 (0.322%) Python
10 1 (0.161%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.161%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.161%) C#
10 1 (0.161%) R
Qualifications
1 224 (36.01%) Cisco Certification
2 138 (22.19%) CCNA
3 122 (19.61%) Security Cleared
4 118 (18.97%) CCNP
5 90 (14.47%) SC Cleared
6 46 (7.395%) CCIE
7 33 (5.305%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (5.305%) DV Cleared
8 27 (4.341%) Degree
9 19 (3.055%) MCSE
10 18 (2.894%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 16 (2.572%) MCITP
12 14 (2.251%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (2.251%) CCSP
13 13 (2.090%) CISSP
14 12 (1.929%) MCTS
15 11 (1.768%) JNCIP
16 8 (1.286%) PMP
16 8 (1.286%) PMI Certification
17 7 (1.125%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.894%) SLA
2 2 (0.322%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.322%) JSP 440
2 2 (0.322%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.322%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.161%) QA
3 1 (0.161%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 98 (15.76%) Active Directory
2 68 (10.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (6.109%) XenApp
3 38 (6.109%) vSphere
4 24 (3.859%) Hyper-V
5 22 (3.537%) VMware ESX
5 22 (3.537%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (1.929%) ProxySG
7 9 (1.447%) XenDesktop
8 7 (1.125%) XenServer
9 5 (0.804%) Sendmail
9 5 (0.804%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (0.804%) SRDF
9 5 (0.804%) Shibboleth
10 4 (0.643%) Xen
10 4 (0.643%) Oracle RAC
10 4 (0.643%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 3 (0.482%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.322%) Snort
12 2 (0.322%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 17 (2.733%) Cisco CUCM
2 15 (2.412%) SCCM
3 10 (1.608%) SCOM
3 10 (1.608%) EMC NetWorker
3 10 (1.608%) Backup Exec
4 9 (1.447%) NetBackup
5 8 (1.286%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 8 (1.286%) OpenView
6 7 (1.125%) Tivoli
7 5 (0.804%) Cisco UCCX
7 5 (0.804%) Cisco UCCE
7 5 (0.804%) McAfee ePO
7 5 (0.804%) HP SIM
8 3 (0.482%) WSUS
8 3 (0.482%) OVSD
8 3 (0.482%) Nagios
9 2 (0.322%) CiscoWorks
9 2 (0.322%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.322%) Nessus
9 2 (0.322%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 140 (22.51%) VMware
2 132 (21.22%) Microsoft
3 106 (17.04%) Juniper
4 88 (14.15%) HP
5 75 (12.06%) Citrix
6 73 (11.74%) CheckPoint
7 41 (6.592%) F5
8 37 (5.949%) Avaya
9 36 (5.788%) McAfee
9 36 (5.788%) NetApp
10 32 (5.145%) Blue Coat
11 29 (4.662%) EMC
12 28 (4.502%) Oracle
13 17 (2.733%) Symantec
14 16 (2.572%) Nokia
14 16 (2.572%) Nortel
15 15 (2.412%) BT
16 14 (2.251%) Radware
17 13 (2.090%) Red Hat
18 12 (1.929%) Mitel
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Roc Search
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hampshire
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Posted: 13 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Key Responsibilities Leading in the design and deployment of a Windows 7 upgrade and a VDI Environment Acting as an escalation point for the Service Desk or Infrastructure...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £60000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Key Responsibilities Leading in the design and deployment of a Windows 7 upgrade and a VDI Environment Acting as an escalation point for the Service Desk or Infrastructure...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £60000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire
Cisco - CCNP - Checkpoint - R&S - Load Balancing - Juniper - F5 - BAU - Project - Troubleshooting - PCI Compliance... This is a really exciting and URGENT opportunity for a Cisco Network and Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: NEG
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Providing infrastructure support for Windows 7, Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 and XenApp 6.5, VMware 5.1 & Cisco Routing... Installing and supporting Windows 2008 R2 Server. Installing and...
Resource Management
Rate: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowance + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
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Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) VMWARE ESXi 4.0, 5.0, VSphere. Citrix XenApp 5.0, 6.0. Cisco Layer 2\CAT switching, ASA Firewall. HP Proliant Server,...
Smart Sourcing
Rate: £39,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Already hold or well established towards achieving a relevant accreditation - Avaya ACIS, ACSS, ACSA or Cisco CCNA qualification... Networking skills including TCP/IP and LINUX and internet technologies.
Henderson Scott
Rate: £350 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Sussex
Detailed technical working knowledge of most of the following areas: Essential: Core network protocols - TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP Cisco - LAN switching \ Routing \...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £31000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus & benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Middlesex
Experience of solutions design involving NT/WIN 2000/2003, SQL Server, IIS, SiteServer, ASP, Solaris, Weblogic, Apache, Oracle, Cisco switches and routers. Ideally MCSD/MCSE + I, CCNA qualified.
CPS Group UK
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Southampton, South East
IT SUPPORT TEAM LEADER - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE - £24-26phEnvironment: Windows XP, Windows 7, Active Directory, Windows 2003 Network, Exchange, LANDesk, HP Hardware, Service Desk Team Lead, Desktop Support, Helpdesk...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £24 - £25 per hour
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Hampshire
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Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
SC or DV clearance is required Experience and knowledge: Firewalls: (Cisco ASA, VSG, Checkpoint R8,R2, Juniper SRX, NetScreen) Firewall management: (Cisco ASDM and CSM, Checkpoint R8/R2...
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Rate: £1 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Posted: 13 May 2013
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Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, MAP, CAMEL, Boost, HLR, Auc, MSC, VLR, SMSC, SGSN, GGSN,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP, RTP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
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Rate: Market rate
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