South West Cisco Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Belper Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Cirencester City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hove Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rugby Runcorn Sale Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stourbridge Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	37	45
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	156	149
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.246 %	0.160 %
As % of the category below	9.297 %	7.045 %
Daily rates quoted	17	30
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£298
Average daily rate	£388	£313
% change on same period last year	+23.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£313
% change on same period last year	+11.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.78	£26.51
Average hourly rate	£23.73	£28.51
% change on same period last year	-16.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.68	£30.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.55	£26.29
% change on same period last year	+4.78 %
Vendors South West
Matching contract IT job ads	1678	2115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.643 %	2.266 %
Daily rates quoted	444	477
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£314
Average daily rate	£364	£330
% change on same period last year	+10.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	193	256
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.28	£23.11
Average hourly rate	£24.68	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.09	£26.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 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
Gloucestershire	+19	47	£300	-15.99 %
Wiltshire	-9	36	£384	+47.90 %
Bristol	+7	15	£338	-5.59 %
Somerset	-1	11	-	-
Devon	+14	10	£426	+72.20 %
Dorset	0	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 145 (44.21 %) Cisco Certification 2 113 (34.45 %) Security Cleared 3 94 (28.66 %) CCNA 4 90 (27.44 %) Firewall 5 86 (26.22 %) Windows 6 65 (19.82 %) CCNP 6 65 (19.82 %) SC Cleared 7 59 (17.99 %) Government 8 58 (17.68 %) Windows Server 2003 9 57 (17.38 %) SAN 10 55 (16.77 %) DV Cleared 11 50 (15.24 %) WAN 12 45 (13.72 %) CheckPoint 13 43 (13.11 %) VPN 13 43 (13.11 %) MS Exchange

14 40 (12.20 %) HP 15 39 (11.89 %) Active Directory 16 38 (11.59 %) Citrix 17 35 (10.67 %) Microsoft 17 35 (10.67 %) LAN 18 33 (10.06 %) VoIP 19 32 (9.756 %) Cisco PIX 19 32 (9.756 %) Exchange Server 2007 20 29 (8.841 %) VMware 21 28 (8.537 %) CCIE 22 27 (8.232 %) TCP/IP 22 27 (8.232 %) SQL 22 27 (8.232 %) VLAN 23 26 (7.927 %) Exchange Server 2003 23 26 (7.927 %) Cisco ASA

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 15 (4.573 %) J2EE 2 14 (4.268 %) .NET 3 3 (0.915 %) CSS 3 3 (0.915 %) JSP 4 2 (0.610 %) WebServices 4 2 (0.610 %) XML 5 1 (0.305 %) DOM 5 1 (0.305 %) XSLT 5 1 (0.305 %) XHTML 5 1 (0.305 %) SAX 5 1 (0.305 %) Middleware 5 1 (0.305 %) COM	Application Platforms 1 43 (13.11 %) MS Exchange 2 32 (9.756 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 26 (7.927 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 14 (4.268 %) SharePoint 4 14 (4.268 %) BizTalk Server 5 3 (0.915 %) Lotus Notes 5 3 (0.915 %) Apache 6 2 (0.610 %) Documentum 6 2 (0.610 %) NetWeaver 6 2 (0.610 %) Office Communications Server 7 1 (0.305 %) Tomcat 7 1 (0.305 %) WebLogic 7 1 (0.305 %) IIS
Applications 1 9 (2.744 %) MS Office 2 6 (1.829 %) MS Project 3 4 (1.220 %) MS Excel 3 4 (1.220 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (0.305 %) Oracle Applications 1 1 (0.305 %) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking 1 90 (27.44 %) Firewall 2 57 (17.38 %) SAN 3 50 (15.24 %) WAN 4 43 (13.11 %) VPN 5 35 (10.67 %) LAN 6 33 (10.06 %) VoIP 7 32 (9.756 %) Cisco PIX 8 27 (8.232 %) TCP/IP 8 27 (8.232 %) VLAN 9 26 (7.927 %) Cisco ASA 10 22 (6.707 %) DNS 10 22 (6.707 %) MPLS 11 17 (5.183 %) Extranet 12 13 (3.963 %) Intranet 12 13 (3.963 %) BGP 13 12 (3.659 %) DHCP 14 11 (3.354 %) OSPF 15 10 (3.049 %) HTTPS 15 10 (3.049 %) Wireless 16 9 (2.744 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (7.012 %) SQL Server 2 2 (0.610 %) MySQL 3 1 (0.305 %) Crystal Reports 3 1 (0.305 %) BusinessObjects 3 1 (0.305 %) SAP BW
Development Applications 1 2 (0.610 %) PVCS 2 1 (0.305 %) StarTeam	General 1 59 (17.99 %) Government 2 24 (7.317 %) Telecoms 3 10 (3.049 %) Finance 4 8 (2.439 %) Legal 5 4 (1.220 %) Back Office 5 4 (1.220 %) Electric 6 3 (0.915 %) Aerospace 7 2 (0.610 %) Education 8 1 (0.305 %) Health 8 1 (0.305 %) Military 8 1 (0.305 %) Banking 8 1 (0.305 %) Billing 8 1 (0.305 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 90 (27.44 %) Network Engineer 2 46 (14.02 %) Consultant 3 41 (12.50 %) Cisco Engineer 4 36 (10.98 %) Support Engineer 5 28 (8.537 %) Cisco Network Engineer 6 23 (7.012 %) Analyst 7 22 (6.707 %) Network Support 8 20 (6.098 %) Storage Engineer 9 16 (4.878 %) Technical Consultant 10 15 (4.573 %) Network Consultant 11 14 (4.268 %) 3rd Line Support 12 12 (3.659 %) Architect 12 12 (3.659 %) Voice Engineer 13 11 (3.354 %) Senior Voice Engineer 13 11 (3.354 %) Network Support Engineer 14 8 (2.439 %) Support Analyst 14 8 (2.439 %) Network Specialist 15 7 (2.134 %) Systems Integrator 15 7 (2.134 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 15 7 (2.134 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 21 (6.402 %) Clustering 2 11 (3.354 %) Thin Client 2 11 (3.354 %) Fat Client 3 6 (1.829 %) SecurID 4 5 (1.524 %) CESG 4 5 (1.524 %) CLARiiON 5 4 (1.220 %) Symmetrix 6 3 (0.915 %) PKI 7 2 (0.610 %) IVR 7 2 (0.610 %) Blackberry 7 2 (0.610 %) Management Information System 7 2 (0.610 %) Client/Server 7 2 (0.610 %) NHS 8 1 (0.305 %) Smartcard 8 1 (0.305 %) Cryptography 8 1 (0.305 %) IPTV 8 1 (0.305 %) Derivative
Operating Systems 1 86 (26.22 %) Windows 2 58 (17.68 %) Windows Server 2003 3 22 (6.707 %) UNIX 4 18 (5.488 %) Windows 2000 5 16 (4.878 %) Windows XP 6 12 (3.659 %) Linux 7 5 (1.524 %) Solaris 8 4 (1.220 %) Red Hat Linux 9 3 (0.915 %) AIX 9 3 (0.915 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 2 (0.610 %) HPUX 11 1 (0.305 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 113 (34.45 %) Security Cleared 2 65 (19.82 %) SC Cleared 3 55 (16.77 %) DV Cleared 4 23 (7.012 %) Migration 5 18 (5.488 %) Network Design 6 15 (4.573 %) Load Balancing 7 13 (3.963 %) ITSM 8 12 (3.659 %) Content Management 9 11 (3.354 %) ITIL 10 9 (2.744 %) Disaster Recovery 11 8 (2.439 %) Configuration Management 12 5 (1.524 %) Project Management 12 5 (1.524 %) Service Management 13 3 (0.915 %) Change Management 13 3 (0.915 %) Risk Assessment 13 3 (0.915 %) BC Cleared 13 3 (0.915 %) Penetration Testing 14 2 (0.610 %) Problem Management 14 2 (0.610 %) Communications Security 14 2 (0.610 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 27 (8.232 %) SQL 2 5 (1.524 %) C 3 3 (0.915 %) VBScript 4 1 (0.305 %) VB 4 1 (0.305 %) Python 4 1 (0.305 %) Tcl 4 1 (0.305 %) Java 4 1 (0.305 %) Perl 4 1 (0.305 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 145 (44.21 %) Cisco Certification 2 94 (28.66 %) CCNA 3 65 (19.82 %) CCNP 4 28 (8.537 %) CCIE 5 22 (6.707 %) Microsoft Certification 6 15 (4.573 %) MCSE 7 12 (3.659 %) CCVP 8 8 (2.439 %) MCP 9 6 (1.829 %) CCDP 10 5 (1.524 %) MCSA 10 5 (1.524 %) Degree 11 4 (1.220 %) CCIP 12 3 (0.915 %) CCSE 13 2 (0.610 %) CCA 13 2 (0.610 %) Citrix Certification 13 2 (0.610 %) CCDA 13 2 (0.610 %) CCSP 13 2 (0.610 %) HNC 13 2 (0.610 %) CCSA 14 1 (0.305 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (1.829 %) SLA 2 2 (0.610 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 39 (11.89 %) Active Directory 2 22 (6.707 %) NetBackup 3 13 (3.963 %) VMware Server 4 7 (2.134 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 7 (2.134 %) Backup Exec 4 7 (2.134 %) ISA Server 5 3 (0.915 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 2 (0.610 %) VMware ESX 6 2 (0.610 %) Terminal Services 7 1 (0.305 %) NFS 7 1 (0.305 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 13 (3.963 %) OpenView 1 13 (3.963 %) OVPI 2 12 (3.659 %) CiscoWorks 3 8 (2.439 %) MOM 4 6 (1.829 %) Netcool 5 5 (1.524 %) NNM 6 3 (0.915 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 2 (0.610 %) MIMEsweeper 7 2 (0.610 %) WSUS 7 2 (0.610 %) BMC Performance Manager 7 2 (0.610 %) OpenView Configuration Management 8 1 (0.305 %) ARCserve 8 1 (0.305 %) Tivoli 8 1 (0.305 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 8 1 (0.305 %) Netcool/Proviso	Vendors 1 45 (13.72 %) CheckPoint 2 40 (12.20 %) HP 3 38 (11.59 %) Citrix 4 35 (10.67 %) Microsoft 5 29 (8.841 %) VMware 6 25 (7.622 %) EMC 7 23 (7.012 %) IBM 8 19 (5.793 %) Sun 9 15 (4.573 %) Brocade 10 14 (4.268 %) Avaya 11 13 (3.963 %) Juniper 12 10 (3.049 %) Symantec 12 10 (3.049 %) VERITAS 13 7 (2.134 %) McAfee Security 14 5 (1.524 %) Nortel 14 5 (1.524 %) NetApp 14 5 (1.524 %) Nokia 14 5 (1.524 %) SAP 15 4 (1.220 %) Dell 15 4 (1.220 %) Alcatel