The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA over the 3 months to 20 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 Staffordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 19 26 38
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +12
Contract jobs citing CCNA 1 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.176% 3.226% 0.905%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.333% 18.92% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £175 £175 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -6.25%
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
12 37 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 14.12% 17.05% 5.430%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 25 3
Average daily rate £175 £285 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.59% -2.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £43.15 £17.50 £13.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+146.54% +28.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.39 £13.50 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £28.35 £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCNA
West Midlands

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cannock - 1 £175 -
CCNA
West Midlands

CCNA
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) XenServer
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) CCA
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Veeam
4 1 (25.00%) Network Management
4 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (25.00%) Brocade
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Support Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCA
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) XenServer
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Brocade
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam
3 1 (25.00%) HP