The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 23 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 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.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 16 24 37
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +13
Contract jobs citing Cisco 3 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.409% 5.607% 1.370%
As % of the Vendors category 6.818% 10.53% 4.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £175 £175 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.08% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +17.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
44 114 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 50.00% 53.27% 28.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 37 12
Average daily rate £244 £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £215 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £366 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 8
Average hourly rate £15.16 £16.86 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.08% -43.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.78 £12.16 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.29 £30.50 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Cisco
West Midlands

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 -
Cisco
West Midlands

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (66.67%) CCNA
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) XenServer
3 2 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) DHCP
3 2 (33.33%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) CCA
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 1 (16.67%) Veeam
4 1 (16.67%) Network Management
4 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
4 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
4 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (16.67%) Brocade

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) DHCP
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
3 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Network Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CCNA
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) CCA
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) Veeam
3 1 (16.67%) Brocade