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The table below looks at the demand for Cisco CiscoWorks skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CiscoWorks over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco CiscoWorks
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank134157
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.087 %4.167 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£307
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£36.33
Average hourly rate-£37.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£37.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£35.62
% change on same period last year-8.99 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
South West
Matching contract IT job ads92144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.154 %
Daily rates quoted2033
Average minimum daily rate£346£281
Average daily rate£362£300
% change on same period last year+20.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£377£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£347
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted2632
Average minimum hourly rate£33.15£24.06
Average hourly rate£34.78£25.33
% change on same period last year+37.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.41£26.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.37£27.57
% change on same period last year+6.53 %
CiscoWorks EnglandCiscoWorks
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.

CiscoWorks
Demand Trend

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

South West CiscoWorks Demand Trend

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West CiscoWorks Daily Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West CiscoWorks Hourly Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CiscoWorks 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.

LocationRank 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
BristolNew entry-1--
CiscoWorks EnglandCiscoWorks
England

CiscoWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112 (100.00 %)Cisco
211 (91.67 %)OpenView
39 (75.00 %)Security Cleared
47 (58.33 %)Cisco Certification
47 (58.33 %)CCNA
56 (50.00 %)HP
56 (50.00 %)VPN
65 (41.67 %)VERITAS
65 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (41.67 %)Symantec
65 (41.67 %)McAfee Security
65 (41.67 %)DNS
65 (41.67 %)WAN
65 (41.67 %)DHCP
65 (41.67 %)Windows
65 (41.67 %)Windows XP
65 (41.67 %)LAN
65 (41.67 %)Active Directory
65 (41.67 %)SC Cleared
65 (41.67 %)Backup Exec
65 (41.67 %)NNM
74 (33.33 %)Government
74 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
74 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
74 (33.33 %)Firewall
83 (25.00 %)MPLS
83 (25.00 %)Juniper
83 (25.00 %)Aerospace
92 (16.67 %)VBScript
92 (16.67 %)WSUS

CiscoWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (50.00 %)VPN
25 (41.67 %)DNS
25 (41.67 %)LAN
25 (41.67 %)WAN
25 (41.67 %)DHCP
34 (33.33 %)Firewall
34 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
34 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
43 (25.00 %)MPLS
52 (16.67 %)SMS
61 (8.333 %)VoIP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Government
23 (25.00 %)Aerospace
31 (8.333 %)Telecoms
31 (8.333 %)Health
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
25 (41.67 %)Network Engineer
25 (41.67 %)Systems Support
34 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
34 (33.33 %)Systems Support Engineer
42 (16.67 %)Analyst
42 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Technical Support
51 (8.333 %)Network Support Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Systems Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Network Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Technical Support Engineer
51 (8.333 %)Network Support Engineer
51 (8.333 %)Technical Engineer
51 (8.333 %)Systems Support Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Cisco Engineer
51 (8.333 %)Network Support
51 (8.333 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (8.333 %)NOC Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (41.67 %)Windows
15 (41.67 %)Windows XP
15 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (75.00 %)Security Cleared
25 (41.67 %)SC Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)VBScript
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (58.33 %)CCNA
17 (58.33 %)Cisco Certification
21 (8.333 %)CCNP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (41.67 %)Active Directory
15 (41.67 %)Backup Exec
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (91.67 %)OpenView
25 (41.67 %)NNM
32 (16.67 %)WSUS
32 (16.67 %)MOM
32 (16.67 %)Norton AntiVirus
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Cisco
26 (50.00 %)HP
35 (41.67 %)VERITAS
35 (41.67 %)Symantec
35 (41.67 %)McAfee Security
43 (25.00 %)Juniper