The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA 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 Qualifications for the South West 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 Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 92 114 114
Rank change year-on-year
+22 0
Contract jobs citing CCNA 16 22 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.793% 0.680% 0.283%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.649% 2.180% 1.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 3
Average daily rate £280 £306 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -26.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £219 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £428 £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £296 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+7.72% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.25
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.22%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
604 1009 719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.95% 31.19% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 535 327
Average daily rate £380 £420 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.52% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 73 54
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.85 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.60 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West CCNA Daily Rate Histogram

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the South West 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
Bristol +15 4 £300 +26.31%
Wiltshire -9 4 £280 -34.11%
Dorset 0 1 £300 +27.65%
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
CCNA
England

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1 36 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (88.89%) Cisco
3 22 (61.11%) CCNP
4 14 (38.89%) Firewall
5 13 (36.11%) Security Cleared
6 10 (27.78%) DV Cleared
7 9 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (25.00%) VoIP
8 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
8 7 (19.44%) Cisco PIX
8 7 (19.44%) Windows
8 7 (19.44%) VMware
8 7 (19.44%) Military
9 6 (16.67%) Service Delivery
9 6 (16.67%) LAN
9 6 (16.67%) WAN
9 6 (16.67%) SNMP
10 5 (13.89%) MCSE
10 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (13.89%) Juniper
10 5 (13.89%) PCI DSS
10 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (13.89%) Open Source
11 4 (11.11%) HP
11 4 (11.11%) ITIL
11 4 (11.11%) Linux
11 4 (11.11%) OSPF
11 4 (11.11%) BGP
11 4 (11.11%) CCVP
12 3 (8.333%) IPsec

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (5.556%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.778%) Apache
1 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.778%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) Firewall
2 9 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (25.00%) VoIP
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco PIX
4 6 (16.67%) LAN
4 6 (16.67%) WAN
4 6 (16.67%) SNMP
5 4 (11.11%) OSPF
5 4 (11.11%) BGP
6 3 (8.333%) IPsec
6 3 (8.333%) TCP/IP
6 3 (8.333%) SAN
6 3 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (8.333%) FWSM
6 3 (8.333%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (5.556%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (5.556%) Network Security
7 2 (5.556%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (5.556%) PBX
7 2 (5.556%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) ClearQuest
General
1 7 (19.44%) Military
2 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Network Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (8.333%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 3 (8.333%) Cisco IPT Engineer
4 2 (5.556%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (5.556%) IP Engineer
4 2 (5.556%) Architect
4 2 (5.556%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (2.778%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Network Administrator
5 1 (2.778%) Network Architect
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Architect
5 1 (2.778%) Network Designer
5 1 (2.778%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (2.778%) Administrator
5 1 (2.778%) Field Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Open Source
2 1 (2.778%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 7 (19.44%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Linux
3 3 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.778%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (11.11%) ITIL
3 3 (8.333%) Project Management
3 3 (8.333%) PRINCE
3 3 (8.333%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.778%) Network Design
4 1 (2.778%) WAN Optimisation
4 1 (2.778%) Integration Testing
4 1 (2.778%) Resource Management
4 1 (2.778%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.778%) C
1 1 (2.778%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (61.11%) CCNP
3 13 (36.11%) Security Cleared
4 10 (27.78%) DV Cleared
5 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
6 5 (13.89%) MCSE
6 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (11.11%) CCVP
8 1 (2.778%) MCSA
8 1 (2.778%) CCIE
8 1 (2.778%) CCIP
8 1 (2.778%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) PCI DSS
2 3 (8.333%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.778%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.778%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 32 (88.89%) Cisco
2 7 (19.44%) VMware
3 5 (13.89%) Juniper
4 4 (11.11%) HP
5 3 (8.333%) CheckPoint
6 2 (5.556%) F5
6 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.778%) Blue Coat
7 1 (2.778%) Sourcefire
7 1 (2.778%) McAfee
7 1 (2.778%) Citrix
7 1 (2.778%) Nokia
South West
The network engineer needs to be CCNA or ideally CCNP qualified and the key skills for the network engineer are Cisco Firewalls experience ASA / PIX Routers and Switches...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013