The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Swansea region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 21 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 Swansea 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 9 19 22
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 3.333% 2.597% 6.322%
As % of the Vendors category 12.50% 6.452% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £325 £405 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.75% +16.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £336 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.06% +3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £21.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
-4.65% +1.17%
All Vendors
Swansea
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
8 31 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 26.67% 40.26% 63.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 34
Average daily rate £324 £405 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £400 £317
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £538 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Cisco
West Wales

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) CCNA
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) Nortel
5 1 (20.00%) e-Health
5 1 (20.00%) Network Design
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) CA
5 1 (20.00%) OpenView
5 1 (20.00%) HP

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Support
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) CCNA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Nortel
2 1 (20.00%) CA
2 1 (20.00%) HP