Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for CCNA IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNA over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkCisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank206195
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads232585
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.675 %0.760 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.922 %4.997 %
Daily rates quoted64166
Average daily rate£238£275
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-13.63 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£155£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£359£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£238£265
% change on same period last year-10.37 %
Hourly rates quoted4184
Average hourly rate£23.50£22.25
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+5.610 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£17.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£22.25
% change on same period last year+3.370 %
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
591511708
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.22 %15.21 %
Daily rates quoted22253608
Average daily rate£340£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£197£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350
% change on same period last year-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted6491251
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.400 %

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.

CCNA
Demand Trend

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

CCNA Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

CCNA Daily Rate Histogram

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

CCNA Hourly Rate Histogram

CCNA
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 CCNA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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-4216£238-15.55 %
South EastUp+4275£275+2.80 %
LondonUp+155£250-23.07 %
HampshireUp+4121£300-7.69 %
BuckinghamshireUp+5318£230-13.20 %
East of EnglandUp+3018£200-13.97 %
YorkshireUp+4117£180-5.26 %
MiddlesexUp+3016£325-
West MidlandsUp+4013£190-30.90 %
Milton KeynesUp+3813£230-13.20 %
South WestUp+2513£235-26.56 %
East MidlandsUp+279£225-7.21 %
West YorkshireUp+159£295+55.26 %
EssexUp+129£200-
ScotlandUp+418£303-3.04 %
North WestUp+258£281+2.27 %
PortsmouthUp+108--
City of LondonUp+297--
OxfordshireUp+96--
GloucestershireNew entry-6£450-
SuffolkNew entry-6--
North EastUp+225£231-15.90 %
NorfolkUp+215--
WalesUp+135£150-37.50 %
BerkshireUp+115£285-12.30 %
GloucesterNew entry-5--
SurreyUp+294£200-0.12 %
BasingstokeUp+224£300+81.81 %
Tyne and WearUp+194£231-15.90 %
OxfordUp+184--

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCNA 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 CCNA.

1556 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2428 (76.98 %)Cisco
3258 (46.40 %)CCNP
4209 (37.59 %)Firewall
5172 (30.94 %)LAN
6170 (30.58 %)WAN
7137 (24.64 %)Windows
7137 (24.64 %)Microsoft Certification
8129 (23.20 %)MCSE
9119 (21.40 %)Security Cleared
1089 (16.01 %)CheckPoint
1180 (14.39 %)Active Directory
1279 (14.21 %)Microsoft
1375 (13.49 %)VPN
1375 (13.49 %)Windows Server 2003
1472 (12.95 %)SC Cleared
1566 (11.87 %)TCP/IP
1660 (10.79 %)VoIP
1758 (10.43 %)MS Exchange
1758 (10.43 %)Cisco PIX
1857 (10.25 %)MPLS
1956 (10.07 %)ITIL
1956 (10.07 %)HP
1956 (10.07 %)Juniper
2055 (9.892 %)VMware
2147 (8.453 %)Telecoms
2147 (8.453 %)BGP
2246 (8.273 %)Citrix
2343 (7.734 %)SAN
2343 (7.734 %)Cisco ASA

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCNA 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 CCNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (1.259 %)CSS
26 (1.079 %)HTML
35 (0.899 %)WSH
35 (0.899 %)WMI
42 (0.360 %)MAPI
42 (0.360 %)Spring
42 (0.360 %).NET
51 (0.180 %)J2EE
51 (0.180 %)Servlets
51 (0.180 %)Ruby on Rails
51 (0.180 %)Middleware
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
158 (10.43 %)MS Exchange
243 (7.734 %)Exchange Server 2003
320 (3.597 %)Exchange Server 2007
412 (2.158 %)SharePoint
511 (1.978 %)IIS
67 (1.259 %)Exchange Server 2000
75 (0.899 %)Apache
75 (0.899 %)Tomcat
82 (0.360 %)GroupWise
82 (0.360 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
82 (0.360 %)Resin
82 (0.360 %)WebLogic
82 (0.360 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.180 %)Exchange Server 5.5
91 (0.180 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.180 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (3.777 %)MS Excel
214 (2.518 %)MS Office
37 (1.259 %)MS Visio
46 (1.079 %)MS Project
52 (0.360 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.180 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.180 %)SoftGrid
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1209 (37.59 %)Firewall
2172 (30.94 %)LAN
3170 (30.58 %)WAN
475 (13.49 %)VPN
566 (11.87 %)TCP/IP
660 (10.79 %)VoIP
758 (10.43 %)Cisco PIX
857 (10.25 %)MPLS
947 (8.453 %)BGP
1043 (7.734 %)Cisco ASA
1043 (7.734 %)SAN
1141 (7.374 %)Network Security
1237 (6.655 %)DNS
1330 (5.396 %)DHCP
1429 (5.216 %)OSPF
1525 (4.496 %)Wireless
1624 (4.317 %)VLAN
1624 (4.317 %)Internet
1719 (3.417 %)IP Telephony
1817 (3.058 %)Cisco IOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (3.417 %)SQL Server
212 (2.158 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (0.899 %)MySQL
44 (0.719 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.180 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.180 %)TestDirector
11 (0.180 %)StarTeam
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
147 (8.453 %)Telecoms
239 (7.014 %)Finance
337 (6.655 %)Government
48 (1.439 %)Banking
56 (1.079 %)Health
65 (0.899 %)Education
73 (0.540 %)Automotive
73 (0.540 %)Military
73 (0.540 %)Legal
73 (0.540 %)Insurance
73 (0.540 %)Local Government
82 (0.360 %)Auditing
82 (0.360 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.360 %)Retail
91 (0.180 %)Billing
91 (0.180 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.180 %)Electric
91 (0.180 %)Electronics
91 (0.180 %)Aerospace
91 (0.180 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1187 (33.63 %)Network Engineer
262 (11.15 %)Network Support
361 (10.97 %)Cisco Engineer
460 (10.79 %)Analyst
558 (10.43 %)Support Engineer
642 (7.554 %)Network Analyst
734 (6.115 %)Consultant
829 (5.216 %)3rd Line Support
928 (5.036 %)Support Analyst
1027 (4.856 %)Network Support Engineer
1027 (4.856 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1123 (4.137 %)Network Specialist
1222 (3.957 %)Project Manager
1319 (3.417 %)Administrator
1319 (3.417 %)Cisco Support
1416 (2.878 %)Network Support Analyst
1416 (2.878 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
1515 (2.698 %)Architect
1515 (2.698 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1613 (2.338 %)Server Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (2.698 %)NHS
28 (1.439 %)Clustering
28 (1.439 %)German Language
37 (1.259 %)Blackberry
45 (0.899 %)CLARiiON
54 (0.719 %)Thin Client
54 (0.719 %)CCTV
54 (0.719 %)Spanish Language
54 (0.719 %)Fat Client
54 (0.719 %)Video Conferencing
63 (0.540 %)Celerra
63 (0.540 %)Streaming Video
63 (0.540 %)EMC Centera
63 (0.540 %)Firmware
72 (0.360 %)Symmetrix
72 (0.360 %)Statistics
72 (0.360 %)IVR
72 (0.360 %)e-Health
72 (0.360 %)PKI
72 (0.360 %)Swedish Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1137 (24.64 %)Windows
275 (13.49 %)Windows Server 2003
327 (4.856 %)Linux
425 (4.496 %)Windows 2000
425 (4.496 %)UNIX
524 (4.317 %)Windows XP
623 (4.137 %)Windows 2000 Server
716 (2.878 %)Windows Server 2008
89 (1.619 %)Windows Vista
98 (1.439 %)Solaris
107 (1.259 %)Windows NT
116 (1.079 %)HPUX
116 (1.079 %)Red Hat Linux
124 (0.719 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
133 (0.540 %)NetWare
142 (0.360 %)AIX
151 (0.180 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (10.07 %)ITIL
239 (7.014 %)Network Design
335 (6.295 %)Project Management
419 (3.417 %)Change Management
419 (3.417 %)Migration
518 (3.237 %)PRINCE2
616 (2.878 %)Load Balancing
616 (2.878 %)Time Management
712 (2.158 %)Disaster Recovery
810 (1.799 %)Identity Management
98 (1.439 %)Service Delivery
107 (1.259 %)Service Management
116 (1.079 %)Configuration Management
125 (0.899 %)Validation
125 (0.899 %)Fault Management
134 (0.719 %)Test Scripting
134 (0.719 %)Security Management
134 (0.719 %)Workflow
134 (0.719 %)Workflow Management
143 (0.540 %)Incident Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (3.237 %)SQL
28 (1.439 %)C
35 (0.899 %)VB
35 (0.899 %)PowerShell
43 (0.540 %)PHP
51 (0.180 %)Java
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1556 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2258 (46.40 %)CCNP
3137 (24.64 %)Microsoft Certification
4129 (23.20 %)MCSE
5119 (21.40 %)Security Cleared
672 (12.95 %)SC Cleared
733 (5.935 %)MCP
733 (5.935 %)CCIE
826 (4.676 %)CCDP
921 (3.777 %)MCSA
921 (3.777 %)CCSA
1020 (3.597 %)CCSP
1020 (3.597 %)Degree
1117 (3.058 %)CCSE
1117 (3.058 %)CCIP
1117 (3.058 %)CISSP
1215 (2.698 %)CCDA
1314 (2.518 %)CCVP
1411 (1.978 %)Citrix Certification
159 (1.619 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (3.597 %)SLA
25 (0.899 %)QA
32 (0.360 %)ISO27001
41 (0.180 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
180 (14.39 %)Active Directory
219 (3.417 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (2.518 %)VMware ESX
412 (2.158 %)Backup Exec
56 (1.079 %)ISA Server
65 (0.899 %)MetaFrame
74 (0.719 %)XenApp
83 (0.540 %)Hyper-V
83 (0.540 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.540 %)NetBackup
83 (0.540 %)Squid
92 (0.360 %)Snort
101 (0.180 %)MailMarshal
101 (0.180 %)WebMarshal
101 (0.180 %)Terminal Services
101 (0.180 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
135 (6.295 %)CiscoWorks
228 (5.036 %)OpenView
38 (1.439 %)SCOM
47 (1.259 %)Tivoli
47 (1.259 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
56 (1.079 %)SCCM
56 (1.079 %)Cisco IPCC
65 (0.899 %)ServiceCenter
65 (0.899 %)MOM
74 (0.719 %)Netcool
74 (0.719 %)HP NNM
74 (0.719 %)WhatsUp Gold
83 (0.540 %)HP Data Protector
83 (0.540 %)OpenView Configuration Management
83 (0.540 %)Norton AntiVirus
92 (0.360 %)MIMEsweeper
92 (0.360 %)ARCserve
101 (0.180 %)WSUS
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1428 (76.98 %)Cisco
289 (16.01 %)CheckPoint
379 (14.21 %)Microsoft
456 (10.07 %)HP
456 (10.07 %)Juniper
555 (9.892 %)VMware
646 (8.273 %)Citrix
736 (6.475 %)Nokia
823 (4.137 %)Nortel
915 (2.698 %)IBM
1013 (2.338 %)Blue Coat
1111 (1.978 %)3Com
1210 (1.799 %)McAfee Security
1210 (1.799 %)EMC
139 (1.619 %)Symantec
148 (1.439 %)Alcatel
148 (1.439 %)Avaya
157 (1.259 %)CA
157 (1.259 %)Veritas
166 (1.079 %)Red Hat