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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 24 28 18
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Contract jobs citing Cisco 8 4 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 3.065% 1.498% 6.944%
As % of the Vendors category 7.921% 2.778% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 8
Average daily rate £355 £325 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.23% +44.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £305 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £353 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.46% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
Average hourly rate - - £30.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All Vendors
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
101 144 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 38.70% 53.93% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 75 65
Average daily rate £336 £265 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.88% -13.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £185 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 19 23
Average hourly rate £12.44 £23.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.91% -4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £11.27 £11.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £40.00 £56.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
Yorkshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Doncaster +6 6 £358 +10.00%
Sheffield - 2 £160 -
Cisco
Yorkshire

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 14 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCNA
2 10 (38.46%) WAN
3 9 (34.62%) VoIP
3 9 (34.62%) Network Design
3 9 (34.62%) Network Security
4 8 (30.77%) TCP/IP
5 7 (26.92%) LAN
5 7 (26.92%) Firewall
5 7 (26.92%) Cisco UCCX
5 7 (26.92%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (23.08%) CCNP
6 6 (23.08%) SLA
7 5 (19.23%) VPN
7 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
7 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (15.38%) OSPF
8 4 (15.38%) BGP
9 3 (11.54%) VMware
9 3 (11.54%) DNS
9 3 (11.54%) CCIE
9 3 (11.54%) Juniper
9 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
9 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
10 2 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (7.692%) FWSM
10 2 (7.692%) Telecoms

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (3.846%) COM
1 1 (3.846%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.846%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Office
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) WAN
2 9 (34.62%) VoIP
2 9 (34.62%) Network Security
3 8 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 7 (26.92%) LAN
4 7 (26.92%) Firewall
5 5 (19.23%) VPN
6 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (15.38%) OSPF
6 4 (15.38%) BGP
7 3 (11.54%) DNS
8 2 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (7.692%) FWSM
8 2 (7.692%) SAN
8 2 (7.692%) VRRP
8 2 (7.692%) MPLS
9 1 (3.846%) Wireless
9 1 (3.846%) IPsec
9 1 (3.846%) L2TP
9 1 (3.846%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (30.77%) Voice Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 5 (19.23%) Designer
5 5 (19.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Network Designer
7 3 (11.54%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (11.54%) Voice Network Engineer
7 3 (11.54%) Security Engineer
8 1 (3.846%) Support Technician
8 1 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.846%) Design Engineer
8 1 (3.846%) Network Support Engineer
8 1 (3.846%) Senior Network Engineer
8 1 (3.846%) Senior Support Analyst
8 1 (3.846%) IT Support Technician
8 1 (3.846%) Architect
8 1 (3.846%) Analyst
8 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (3.846%) Symmetrix
2 1 (3.846%) Thin Client
2 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.846%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (3.846%) SecurID
2 1 (3.846%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) VMS
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Network Design
2 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
4 2 (7.692%) Project Management
4 2 (7.692%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.692%) Change Management
5 1 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.846%) Security Management
5 1 (3.846%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.846%) Business Continuity
5 1 (3.846%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.846%) Service Management
5 1 (3.846%) ERP
5 1 (3.846%) ITIL
5 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.846%) Migration
5 1 (3.846%) Network Architecture
5 1 (3.846%) Network Management
5 1 (3.846%) Information Assurance
5 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCNA
3 6 (23.08%) CCNP
4 3 (11.54%) CCIE
5 2 (7.692%) CCSP
6 1 (3.846%) CCDA
6 1 (3.846%) CISSP
6 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.846%) JNCIS
6 1 (3.846%) JNCIP
6 1 (3.846%) JNCIE
6 1 (3.846%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.692%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.846%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco UCCX
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
2 3 (11.54%) VMware
2 3 (11.54%) Juniper
2 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
3 2 (7.692%) Nokia
4 1 (3.846%) BT
4 1 (3.846%) AppSense
4 1 (3.846%) Lotus
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.846%) HP
4 1 (3.846%) EMC
4 1 (3.846%) Intel
4 1 (3.846%) Nortel
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix
4 1 (3.846%) NetApp
4 1 (3.846%) F5
4 1 (3.846%) Tandberg
4 1 (3.846%) TippingPoint
4 1 (3.846%) Brocade
4 1 (3.846%) NetScout