South West CCDA Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CCDA over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bracknell Brentford City of London Crawley East Midlands England Horsham London Nottingham Nottinghamshire Scotland Shropshire South East South West Swindon Telford UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	161
Rank change on same period last year	+28
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.440 %	0.323 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£600	-
Average daily rate	£601	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£601	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£469	£426
% change on same period last year	+10.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	455	619
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.717 %	0.663 %
Daily rates quoted	135	169
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£332
Average daily rate	£368	£351
% change on same period last year	+4.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	72	107
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	£25.14
Average hourly rate	£22.45	£26.42
% change on same period last year	-15.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.90	£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
CCDA 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.

CCDA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CCDA across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCDA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCDA across the South West region.

CCDA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCDA within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Wiltshire	-	2	£601	-

CCDA England

CCDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CCDA 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 CCDA.

1 3 (100.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (66.67 %) Juniper 2 2 (66.67 %) Cisco 2 2 (66.67 %) CCNP 2 2 (66.67 %) CCNA 2 2 (66.67 %) Network Design 2 2 (66.67 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (66.67 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing 3 1 (33.33 %) JNCIA 3 1 (33.33 %) JNCIS 3 1 (33.33 %) VLAN 3 1 (33.33 %) CCDP 3 1 (33.33 %) OpenView 3 1 (33.33 %) HP

3 1 (33.33 %) UML 3 1 (33.33 %) RUP 3 1 (33.33 %) ATM 3 1 (33.33 %) LAN 3 1 (33.33 %) SDH 3 1 (33.33 %) WAN 3 1 (33.33 %) Alcatel 3 1 (33.33 %) BMC 3 1 (33.33 %) DMZ 3 1 (33.33 %) Netcool 3 1 (33.33 %) BMC PATROL 3 1 (33.33 %) SONET 3 1 (33.33 %) DWDM 3 1 (33.33 %) MPLS 3 1 (33.33 %) Remedy

CCDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CCDA 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 CCDA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) ATM 1 1 (33.33 %) LAN 1 1 (33.33 %) SDH 1 1 (33.33 %) WAN 1 1 (33.33 %) DMZ 1 1 (33.33 %) SONET 1 1 (33.33 %) DWDM 1 1 (33.33 %) MPLS 1 1 (33.33 %) Firewall 1 1 (33.33 %) Frame Relay 1 1 (33.33 %) VLAN	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Architect 1 1 (33.33 %) Network Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Senior Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Solutions Architect 1 1 (33.33 %) Network Designer 1 1 (33.33 %) Senior Network Consultant	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Network Design 1 2 (66.67 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (66.67 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) UML 2 1 (33.33 %) RUP 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management
Qualifications 1 3 (100.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (66.67 %) CCNP 2 2 (66.67 %) CCNA 3 1 (33.33 %) CCDP 3 1 (33.33 %) JNCIA 3 1 (33.33 %) JNCIS	Systems Management 1 1 (33.33 %) OpenView 1 1 (33.33 %) Netcool 1 1 (33.33 %) BMC PATROL
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Juniper 1 2 (66.67 %) Cisco 2 1 (33.33 %) HP 2 1 (33.33 %) Alcatel 2 1 (33.33 %) BMC 2 1 (33.33 %) Remedy