Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCIP in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCIP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkCisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank482410505
Rank change year-on-year
Down-72Up+95
Matching contract IT job ads113195
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.023 %0.079 %0.116 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.159 %0.433 %0.802 %
Daily rates quoted6916
Average daily rate£350£350£388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--9.670 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£240£278
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£386£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375£375
% change year-on-year
-13.33 %-
Hourly rates quoted023
Average hourly rate-£36.25£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.370 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£36.25£40.00
% change year-on-year
--9.370 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6936715411840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.36 %18.14 %14.40 %
Daily rates quoted301423973609
Average daily rate£350£372£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.910 %+1.910 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£520
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted5476971296
Average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-

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.

CCIP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CCIP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCIP Demand Trend

CCIP
Daily Rate Trend

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

CCIP Daily Rate Trend

CCIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CCIP Hourly Rate Trend

CCIP
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-6311£350-
South EastDown-94--
LondonDown-634£375+11.11 %
BerkshireUp+93--
ReadingUp+33--
BristolNew entry-2£325-
South WestNew entry-2£325-
East of EnglandUp+61£250-33.33 %
SurreyDown-121--
BedfordshireNew entry-1£250-

CCIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCIP 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 CCIP.

125 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
220 (80.00 %)CCNP
319 (76.00 %)Cisco
413 (52.00 %)MPLS
413 (52.00 %)BGP
511 (44.00 %)OSPF
511 (44.00 %)Telecoms
69 (36.00 %)CCIE
78 (32.00 %)CCNA
86 (24.00 %)TCP/IP
95 (20.00 %)Cisco ASA
95 (20.00 %)Network Design
95 (20.00 %)Firewall
104 (16.00 %)CheckPoint
104 (16.00 %)VPN
104 (16.00 %)WAN
104 (16.00 %)Cisco PIX
104 (16.00 %)IPsec
113 (12.00 %)VLAN
113 (12.00 %)Degree
113 (12.00 %)LAN
113 (12.00 %)CSS
113 (12.00 %)Linux
113 (12.00 %)Ethernet
113 (12.00 %)CCSP
113 (12.00 %)Juniper
113 (12.00 %)EIGRP
113 (12.00 %)TACACS
113 (12.00 %)Nokia
113 (12.00 %)Migration

CCIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCIP 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 CCIP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (12.00 %)CSS
22 (8.000 %).NET
31 (4.000 %)Spring
31 (4.000 %)COM
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (8.000 %)MS Visio
21 (4.000 %)Spreadsheet
21 (4.000 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (52.00 %)MPLS
113 (52.00 %)BGP
211 (44.00 %)OSPF
36 (24.00 %)TCP/IP
45 (20.00 %)Cisco ASA
45 (20.00 %)Firewall
54 (16.00 %)VPN
54 (16.00 %)WAN
54 (16.00 %)Cisco PIX
54 (16.00 %)IPsec
63 (12.00 %)VLAN
63 (12.00 %)LAN
63 (12.00 %)Ethernet
63 (12.00 %)EIGRP
63 (12.00 %)TACACS
72 (8.000 %)Internet
72 (8.000 %)DSL
72 (8.000 %)DNS
72 (8.000 %)VoIP
72 (8.000 %)Cisco IOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.000 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (44.00 %)Telecoms
22 (8.000 %)Banking
22 (8.000 %)Finance
31 (4.000 %)Investment Banking
31 (4.000 %)Government
31 (4.000 %)Back Office
31 (4.000 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (32.00 %)Network Engineer
26 (24.00 %)IP Engineer
34 (16.00 %)Architect
43 (12.00 %)Operations Engineer
43 (12.00 %)Firewall Engineer
43 (12.00 %)Cisco Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Junior Architect
51 (4.000 %)Implementation Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Lead Architect
51 (4.000 %)Technical Leader
51 (4.000 %)Cisco Consultant
51 (4.000 %)Junior
51 (4.000 %)Technical Architect
51 (4.000 %)Consultant
51 (4.000 %)Network Specialist
51 (4.000 %)Wireless Architect
51 (4.000 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Security Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Senior Network Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)French Language
21 (4.000 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (12.00 %)Linux
22 (8.000 %)Windows
31 (4.000 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.00 %)Network Design
23 (12.00 %)Migration
31 (4.000 %)Load Balancing
31 (4.000 %)ITIL
31 (4.000 %)Project Management
31 (4.000 %)Validation
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
220 (80.00 %)CCNP
39 (36.00 %)CCIE
48 (32.00 %)CCNA
53 (12.00 %)Degree
53 (12.00 %)CCSP
62 (8.000 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (8.000 %)MCSE
71 (4.000 %)SC Cleared
71 (4.000 %)Security Cleared
71 (4.000 %)ITIL Certification
71 (4.000 %)CCDP
71 (4.000 %)CWNA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.000 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.000 %)Cacti
11 (4.000 %)Nagios
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (76.00 %)Cisco
24 (16.00 %)CheckPoint
33 (12.00 %)Juniper
33 (12.00 %)Nokia
42 (8.000 %)Aruba
51 (4.000 %)Oracle
51 (4.000 %)Microsoft
51 (4.000 %)Alcatel
51 (4.000 %)BMC
51 (4.000 %)Nortel
51 (4.000 %)Remedy
51 (4.000 %)Red Hat
51 (4.000 %)VMware