The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 36 52 36
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -16
Contract jobs citing Cisco 45 45 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 3.903% 2.793% 3.919%
As % of the Vendors category 7.881% 5.890% 7.869%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 31
Average daily rate £450 £350 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -14.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £260 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £445 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £343 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.21% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -
All Vendors
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
571 764 915
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 49.52% 47.42% 49.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 424 442
Average daily rate £350 £370 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +1.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £159 £155 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 47 45
Average hourly rate £18.00 £16.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +8.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.05 £40.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Guildford -6 9 £550 +64.17%
Camberley -6 6 £462 +15.50%
Addlestone - 4 £133 -
Staines +5 3 - -
Redhill +3 2 - -
Reigate - 2 - -
Horley - 2 - -
Dorking - 2 - -
Weybridge - 2 £133 -
Cobham - 1 - -
Cisco
South East

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 51 (55.43%) Firewall
2 32 (34.78%) Juniper
3 28 (30.43%) McAfee
4 26 (28.26%) Windows
4 26 (28.26%) Solaris
5 23 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 22 (23.91%) Finance
6 22 (23.91%) Intrusion Detection
7 21 (22.83%) Internet
8 20 (21.74%) Security Cleared
9 19 (20.65%) SMTP
10 18 (19.57%) VPN
10 18 (19.57%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (19.57%) SAN
10 18 (19.57%) SC Cleared
11 17 (18.48%) Network Load Balancing
11 17 (18.48%) LAN
11 17 (18.48%) ITIL
12 16 (17.39%) Microsoft
12 16 (17.39%) WAN
12 16 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
13 15 (16.30%) Radware
13 15 (16.30%) Windows 7
14 14 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 14 (15.22%) Project Management
15 13 (14.13%) DNS
15 13 (14.13%) NAS
16 12 (13.04%) Blue Coat
16 12 (13.04%) TCP/IP
16 12 (13.04%) HP

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 6 (6.522%) CSS
1 6 (6.522%) STL
1 6 (6.522%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (1.087%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 12 (13.04%) MS Exchange
2 8 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 8 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (7.609%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (5.435%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (4.348%) Apache
6 3 (3.261%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.087%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.087%) CMS
7 1 (1.087%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.435%) MS Office
2 3 (3.261%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.087%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 51 (55.43%) Firewall
2 22 (23.91%) Intrusion Detection
3 21 (22.83%) Internet
4 19 (20.65%) SMTP
5 18 (19.57%) VPN
5 18 (19.57%) SAN
6 17 (18.48%) LAN
7 16 (17.39%) WAN
8 13 (14.13%) DNS
8 13 (14.13%) NAS
9 12 (13.04%) TCP/IP
10 11 (11.96%) VoIP
11 9 (9.783%) DHCP
12 8 (8.696%) PBX
13 7 (7.609%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (7.609%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (7.609%) MPLS
14 6 (6.522%) UMTS
14 6 (6.522%) GSM
14 6 (6.522%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.348%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.522%) Subversion
1 6 (6.522%) Trac
1 6 (6.522%) GCC
1 6 (6.522%) GDB
General
1 23 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 22 (23.91%) Finance
3 2 (2.174%) Banking
4 1 (1.087%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.087%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (26.09%) Architect
2 20 (21.74%) Solutions Architect
3 16 (17.39%) Network Engineer
4 8 (8.696%) Support Engineer
5 7 (7.609%) Cisco Engineer
5 7 (7.609%) Analyst
5 7 (7.609%) Project Manager
6 6 (6.522%) Software Engineer
6 6 (6.522%) Server Engineer
7 5 (5.435%) Consultant
7 5 (5.435%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (4.348%) Server Support
8 4 (4.348%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (4.348%) Network Project Manager
8 4 (4.348%) Technical Manager
8 4 (4.348%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) Network Manager
9 3 (3.261%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (3.261%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.522%) Blackberry
2 4 (4.348%) CLARiiON
2 4 (4.348%) Celerra
3 3 (3.261%) EMC Centera
3 3 (3.261%) Replication
4 2 (2.174%) Symmetrix DMX
5 1 (1.087%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.087%) PDA
5 1 (1.087%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 26 (28.26%) Windows
1 26 (28.26%) Solaris
2 16 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (16.30%) Windows 7
4 14 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (9.783%) Windows XP
6 8 (8.696%) Linux
7 6 (6.522%) Windows 8
7 6 (6.522%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (4.348%) Windows Vista
8 4 (4.348%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (3.261%) UNIX
10 2 (2.174%) AIX
11 1 (1.087%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.48%) Network Load Balancing
1 17 (18.48%) ITIL
2 14 (15.22%) Project Management
3 12 (13.04%) CRM
4 8 (8.696%) Incident Management
4 8 (8.696%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (7.609%) Change Management
6 6 (6.522%) OO
6 6 (6.522%) OOD
7 5 (5.435%) Network Design
7 5 (5.435%) Business Analysis
7 5 (5.435%) Configuration Management
8 4 (4.348%) Service Management
9 3 (3.261%) WAN Optimisation
9 3 (3.261%) Load Balancing
9 3 (3.261%) Service Delivery
9 3 (3.261%) ITSM
9 3 (3.261%) PRINCE2
10 2 (2.174%) Workflow
10 2 (2.174%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.609%) C++
2 5 (5.435%) SQL
3 4 (4.348%) Java
4 3 (3.261%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.261%) C
5 1 (1.087%) Perl
5 1 (1.087%) PHP
5 1 (1.087%) VB
5 1 (1.087%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 18 (19.57%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.96%) CCNA
4 5 (5.435%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.348%) CCNP
5 4 (4.348%) MCITP
6 3 (3.261%) MCTS
6 3 (3.261%) MCSE
6 3 (3.261%) CCDA
7 2 (2.174%) CCIE
8 1 (1.087%) MCSA
8 1 (1.087%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.087%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.087%) CCDP
8 1 (1.087%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.174%) SLA
1 2 (2.174%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (11.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.522%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (6.522%) XenApp
3 4 (4.348%) Sendmail
4 3 (3.261%) ProxySG
4 3 (3.261%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (2.174%) VMware ESX
5 2 (2.174%) SRDF
5 2 (2.174%) vSphere
6 1 (1.087%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (1.087%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.087%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (7.609%) Backup Exec
2 5 (5.435%) HP SIM
3 2 (2.174%) SCCM
4 1 (1.087%) SCOM
4 1 (1.087%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.087%) WSUS
4 1 (1.087%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 32 (34.78%) Juniper
2 28 (30.43%) McAfee
3 16 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 15 (16.30%) Radware
5 12 (13.04%) Blue Coat
5 12 (13.04%) HP
5 12 (13.04%) Citrix
6 11 (11.96%) CheckPoint
6 11 (11.96%) VMware
7 8 (8.696%) Oracle
8 7 (7.609%) NetApp
8 7 (7.609%) Nortel
9 6 (6.522%) Nokia
9 6 (6.522%) Sun
9 6 (6.522%) NETGEAR
10 5 (5.435%) Symantec
11 4 (4.348%) Dell
11 4 (4.348%) EMC
12 3 (3.261%) Riverbed
12 3 (3.261%) F5
Guildford, Surrey
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Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
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Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013