The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 26 18 25
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +7
Contract jobs citing Cisco 3 24 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.887% 9.524% 5.348%
As % of the Vendors category 5.769% 19.05% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 3
Average daily rate £225 £225 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £151 £171 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £279 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.46% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Average hourly rate - £22.88 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All Vendors
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
52 126 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 32.70% 50.00% 42.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 65 38
Average daily rate £325 £288 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -5.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £142 £220 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £413 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 4
Average hourly rate £11.50 £26.19 £18.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.08% +44.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.10 £16.65 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.75 £44.50 £30.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
East of England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich -7 1 £250 +28.20%
Cisco
East of England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 11 (61.11%) VoIP
2 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) VMware
3 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (38.89%) WAN
3 7 (38.89%) LAN
4 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 6 (33.33%) Windows
4 6 (33.33%) SAN
4 6 (33.33%) CCNP
4 6 (33.33%) NAS
5 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (27.78%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (27.78%) PRINCE
6 4 (22.22%) CCIP
6 4 (22.22%) Project Management
6 4 (22.22%) Change Management
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (22.22%) Matrix Management
6 4 (22.22%) WAAS
7 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
7 3 (16.67%) Brocade
7 3 (16.67%) CCDP
7 3 (16.67%) CCIE
8 2 (11.11%) DNS
8 2 (11.11%) SQL
8 2 (11.11%) IIS

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) IIS
1 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
1 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) VoIP
2 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) WAN
3 7 (38.89%) LAN
4 6 (33.33%) SAN
4 6 (33.33%) NAS
5 4 (22.22%) WAAS
6 2 (11.11%) DNS
6 2 (11.11%) Wireless
7 1 (5.556%) ADSL2
7 1 (5.556%) ADSL2+
7 1 (5.556%) VLAN
7 1 (5.556%) VDSL
7 1 (5.556%) MPLS
7 1 (5.556%) OSPF
7 1 (5.556%) BGP
7 1 (5.556%) DSLAM
7 1 (5.556%) DSL
7 1 (5.556%) EIGRP
7 1 (5.556%) IGRP
General
1 1 (5.556%) Electronics
1 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Project Manager
2 6 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Designer
5 1 (5.556%) Network Designer
5 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.556%) Network Support
5 1 (5.556%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Cisco Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
3 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (5.556%) Linux
3 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 5 (27.78%) PRINCE
4 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (22.22%) Matrix Management
5 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 1 (5.556%) Network Management
6 1 (5.556%) Network Architecture
6 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.556%) Network Design
6 1 (5.556%) Network Planning
6 1 (5.556%) eTOM
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (33.33%) CCNP
3 5 (27.78%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (22.22%) CCIP
5 3 (16.67%) CCDP
5 3 (16.67%) CCIE
6 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 1 (5.556%) VCP5
7 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (5.556%) MCITP
7 1 (5.556%) CCNA
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 2 (11.11%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (11.11%) UAG
5 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) VMware
2 3 (16.67%) Brocade
3 2 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (5.556%) BT
4 1 (5.556%) Huawei
4 1 (5.556%) Ericsson
4 1 (5.556%) HP
4 1 (5.556%) Citrix
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
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