The first table below looks at the demand for CCIE in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCIE 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Rank 403 327 427
Rank change year-on-year
-76 +100
Contract jobs citing CCIE 128 277 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.276% 0.475% 0.257%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.521% 2.753% 1.623%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 116 55
Average daily rate £413 £425 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £325 £339
10% offered a daily rate of more than £502 £625 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
Average hourly rate £40.00 £38.75 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -10.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -21.87%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8414 10063 9673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.25% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4503 5233 4635
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 552 658
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

CCIE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCIE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCIE Jobs Demand Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCIE within the UK.

CCIE Daily Rate Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCIE within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

CCIE Daily Rate Histogram

CCIE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCIE within the UK.

CCIE Hourly Rate Trend

CCIE
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the UK 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
England -78 117 £413 -2.94%
London -35 50 £450 -
South East -56 33 £350 -12.50%
Berkshire -36 22 £350 -5.40%
City of London -10 16 £438 +2.94%
East of England +17 9 £413 -2.94%
Yorkshire +5 7 £356 -0.34%
Slough -4 7 £350 -
Hampshire -11 7 £475 +5.55%
Colchester +7 6 £413 -
Essex 0 6 £413 -2.94%
Wales +13 4 £550 -
West Midlands +9 4 £425 +6.25%
South Wales +5 4 £550 -
West Yorkshire +3 4 £300 -16.08%
Oxfordshire - 4 £315 -
Aberdeen +3 3 - -
Leeds -8 3 £300 -16.08%
Scotland -9 3 - -
Reading -13 3 £340 +15.74%
Bracknell - 3 - -
Hertfordshire - 3 £376 -
South West +25 2 £413 -17.50%
North West +13 2 £233 -48.33%
Cheshire +1 2 £233 -
Southampton -3 2 £475 +5.55%
Cardiff - 2 - -
Macclesfield - 2 £233 -
Newbury - 2 £450 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £425 -

CCIE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCIE 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 CCIE.

1 277 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 244 (88.09%) Cisco
3 166 (59.93%) CCNP
4 104 (37.55%) LAN
5 91 (32.85%) WAN
6 85 (30.69%) Firewall
7 74 (26.71%) CCNA
8 69 (24.91%) Wireless
9 64 (23.10%) VoIP
9 64 (23.10%) BGP
10 61 (22.02%) Network Security
11 57 (20.58%) MPLS
11 57 (20.58%) OSPF
12 48 (17.33%) Cisco Nexus
13 46 (16.61%) Cisco ASA
13 46 (16.61%) CheckPoint
14 43 (15.52%) Finance
14 43 (15.52%) Network Design
15 41 (14.80%) Telecoms
16 40 (14.44%) Juniper
17 34 (12.27%) Cisco IOS
18 33 (11.91%) F5
19 31 (11.19%) VMware
19 31 (11.19%) Cisco CUCM
20 30 (10.83%) Project Management
20 30 (10.83%) Migration
21 29 (10.47%) IP Telephony
21 29 (10.47%) VPN
22 28 (10.11%) EIGRP
23 25 (9.025%) TCP/IP

CCIE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCIE 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 CCIE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (1.444%) Middleware
2 2 (0.722%) JSP
2 2 (0.722%) XMPP
3 1 (0.361%) WAP
3 1 (0.361%) SOAP
3 1 (0.361%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (0.722%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.361%) CMS
2 1 (0.361%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.361%) IIS
2 1 (0.361%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.361%) Lync
2 1 (0.361%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (3.249%) MS Excel
1 9 (3.249%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.888%) MS Office
3 2 (0.722%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (2.166%) SAP CCM
1 6 (2.166%) SAP GTS
1 6 (2.166%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 104 (37.55%) LAN
2 91 (32.85%) WAN
3 85 (30.69%) Firewall
4 69 (24.91%) Wireless
5 64 (23.10%) VoIP
5 64 (23.10%) BGP
6 61 (22.02%) Network Security
7 57 (20.58%) MPLS
7 57 (20.58%) OSPF
8 48 (17.33%) Cisco Nexus
9 46 (16.61%) Cisco ASA
10 34 (12.27%) Cisco IOS
11 29 (10.47%) IP Telephony
11 29 (10.47%) VPN
12 28 (10.11%) EIGRP
13 25 (9.025%) TCP/IP
14 20 (7.220%) DHCP
15 19 (6.859%) DNS
16 17 (6.137%) Unified Communications
17 16 (5.776%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.722%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (0.722%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.361%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (1.083%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 43 (15.52%) Finance
2 41 (14.80%) Telecoms
3 16 (5.776%) Banking
4 6 (2.166%) Law
5 5 (1.805%) French Language
6 4 (1.444%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.083%) Legal
8 2 (0.722%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.361%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.361%) Back Office
9 1 (0.361%) Electronics
9 1 (0.361%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.361%) Retail
9 1 (0.361%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.361%) Billing
9 1 (0.361%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (0.361%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.361%) German Language
Job Titles
1 83 (29.96%) Network Engineer
2 41 (14.80%) Architect
3 32 (11.55%) Cisco Engineer
4 31 (11.19%) Consultant
5 26 (9.386%) Network Architect
6 20 (7.220%) Senior Network Engineer
7 17 (6.137%) Network Specialist
7 17 (6.137%) Firewall Engineer
8 14 (5.054%) Designer
8 14 (5.054%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (5.054%) Design Engineer
9 11 (3.971%) Network Consultant
9 11 (3.971%) Trainer
10 10 (3.610%) Analyst
10 10 (3.610%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.249%) Infrastructure Architect
11 9 (3.249%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.249%) Network Design Engineer
12 8 (2.888%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.888%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.693%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (2.166%) Fat Client
2 6 (2.166%) Thin Client
3 5 (1.805%) IVR
3 5 (1.805%) PKI
4 4 (1.444%) Data Integration
4 4 (1.444%) NHS
5 2 (0.722%) Computer Science
5 2 (0.722%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.722%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.722%) Blackberry
5 2 (0.722%) Handset
6 1 (0.361%) Firmware
6 1 (0.361%) ASIC
6 1 (0.361%) IaaS
6 1 (0.361%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.361%) PaaS
6 1 (0.361%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.137%) Windows
2 15 (5.415%) Linux
3 6 (2.166%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (1.444%) UNIX
5 3 (1.083%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.722%) Windows XP
6 2 (0.722%) NetWare
7 1 (0.361%) Debian
7 1 (0.361%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.361%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (15.52%) Network Design
2 30 (10.83%) Project Management
2 30 (10.83%) Migration
3 23 (8.303%) Load Balancing
4 19 (6.859%) Network Architecture
5 18 (6.498%) ITIL
6 16 (5.776%) Change Management
7 14 (5.054%) PRINCE2
8 13 (4.693%) Network Management
9 10 (3.610%) Time Management
10 8 (2.888%) E-Commerce
11 7 (2.527%) Service Delivery
11 7 (2.527%) Project Planning
11 7 (2.527%) PRINCE
12 6 (2.166%) WAN Optimisation
12 6 (2.166%) TOGAF
12 6 (2.166%) Data Management
12 6 (2.166%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (1.805%) Information Security
14 4 (1.444%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.166%) C
2 2 (0.722%) SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 166 (59.93%) CCNP
3 74 (26.71%) CCNA
4 25 (9.025%) Degree
5 24 (8.664%) CCSE
6 23 (8.303%) CCSP
7 22 (7.942%) CCDP
8 19 (6.859%) Security Cleared
9 16 (5.776%) SC Cleared
10 15 (5.415%) CISSP
10 15 (5.415%) CCIP
11 14 (5.054%) JNCIE
12 12 (4.332%) Check Point Certification
13 10 (3.610%) CCVP
14 8 (2.888%) CCSA
15 7 (2.527%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (2.166%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (1.805%) JNCIP
17 5 (1.805%) MCSE
18 4 (1.444%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.332%) PCI DSS
2 5 (1.805%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.444%) SLA
4 3 (1.083%) QA
5 2 (0.722%) JSP 440
System Software
1 19 (6.859%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (3.610%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.527%) ProxySG
4 4 (1.444%) UAG
4 4 (1.444%) vSphere
5 3 (1.083%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.361%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.361%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.361%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.361%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.361%) Xen
Systems Management
1 31 (11.19%) Cisco CUCM
2 20 (7.220%) Cisco UCCX
3 12 (4.332%) Cisco UCCE
4 7 (2.527%) Cisco IPCC
4 7 (2.527%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.083%) CiscoWorks
6 2 (0.722%) Cacti
6 2 (0.722%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (0.722%) OpenView
7 1 (0.361%) HP NNM
7 1 (0.361%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 244 (88.09%) Cisco
2 46 (16.61%) CheckPoint
3 40 (14.44%) Juniper
4 33 (11.91%) F5
5 31 (11.19%) VMware
6 25 (9.025%) Citrix
7 22 (7.942%) Riverbed
8 18 (6.498%) Microsoft
8 18 (6.498%) HP
9 15 (5.415%) Nokia
10 10 (3.610%) Remedy
10 10 (3.610%) Fortinet
11 9 (3.249%) Polycom
12 8 (2.888%) Brocade
12 8 (2.888%) Sourcefire
13 7 (2.527%) Blue Coat
13 7 (2.527%) SAP
13 7 (2.527%) Twitter
14 6 (2.166%) Infoblox
14 6 (2.166%) Imperva
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