Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCNA in 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 9 February 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 Network Associate (CCNA)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank257174187
Rank change year-on-year
Down-83Up+13
Matching contract IT job ads233392708
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.532 %0.852 %0.865 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.735 %4.805 %5.803 %
Daily rates quoted89119180
Average daily rate£275£280£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.780 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£156£200£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£375£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£265£300
% change year-on-year
+3.770 %-11.66 %
Hourly rates quoted377794
Average hourly rate£21.00£32.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.38 %+44.44 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.70£17.30£14.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.80£41.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£33.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-39.39 %+32.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6238815812200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.25 %17.74 %14.90 %
Daily rates quoted265025843748
Average daily rate£359£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.260 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£360£350
% change year-on-year
-9.720 %+2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted5489661399
Average hourly rate£20.50£27.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.07 %+8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£29.00£25.50
% change year-on-year
-31.03 %+13.72 %

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 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-72222£275-8.33 %
LondonDown-6787£275-8.33 %
South EastDown-1752£313+25.00 %
City of LondonDown-4626£250-33.26 %
North WestUp+2019£243-10.18 %
South WestUp+1219£288-23.33 %
BerkshireUp+1218£345+72.50 %
GloucestershireUp+3215£225-19.64 %
HampshireUp+815£250-23.07 %
ManchesterUp+415£200-29.82 %
East MidlandsDown-514£260+30.00 %
SurreyUp+312£375-
East of EnglandUp+510£160-34.69 %
YorkshireUp+410£375+15.38 %
NottinghamshireDown-49£260-20.00 %
GloucesterNew entry-8£225-
West YorkshireUp+27£375+15.38 %
NottinghamDown-17£260-
HertfordshireUp+206£155-31.11 %
West MidlandsDown-266£300+9.09 %
WalesUp+135£206-13.15 %
ReadingUp+75£313-
BuckinghamshireUp+24--
SwanseaNew entry-4£300-
West WalesNew entry-4£300-
StevenageUp+33£155-31.11 %
Milton KeynesUp+23--
BristolDown-83£513+48.55 %
ScotlandDown-203£310+34.78 %
RomseyNew entry-3£250-

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

1490 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2359 (73.27 %)Cisco
3178 (36.33 %)CCNP
4177 (36.12 %)Firewall
5135 (27.55 %)LAN
6123 (25.10 %)Windows
7120 (24.49 %)WAN
8111 (22.65 %)Microsoft Certification
9107 (21.84 %)CheckPoint
10100 (20.41 %)MCSE
1190 (18.37 %)Security Cleared
1272 (14.69 %)TCP/IP
1371 (14.49 %)Microsoft
1468 (13.88 %)Active Directory
1567 (13.67 %)VPN
1567 (13.67 %)Finance
1664 (13.06 %)Cisco PIX
1761 (12.45 %)Cisco ASA
1761 (12.45 %)Windows Server 2003
1860 (12.24 %)Juniper
1957 (11.63 %)SC Cleared
2055 (11.22 %)VMware
2151 (10.41 %)VoIP
2250 (10.20 %)Telecoms
2346 (9.388 %)UNIX
2445 (9.184 %)MPLS
2542 (8.571 %)Nokia
2641 (8.367 %)HP
2739 (7.959 %)ITIL
2837 (7.551 %)SAN

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (1.429 %)CSS
23 (0.612 %)Web Services
23 (0.612 %)XML
23 (0.612 %).NET
32 (0.408 %)HTML
32 (0.408 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (0.204 %)Application Packaging
41 (0.204 %)Software Packaging
41 (0.204 %)JMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
135 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
228 (5.714 %)Exchange Server 2003
313 (2.653 %)Exchange Server 2007
49 (1.837 %)IIS
55 (1.020 %)Exchange Server 2000
64 (0.816 %)SharePoint
72 (0.408 %)Apache
81 (0.204 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (0.204 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.204 %)Office Communications Server
81 (0.204 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.204 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (3.469 %)MS Excel
26 (1.224 %)MS Office
26 (1.224 %)MS Visio
35 (1.020 %)Spreadsheet
42 (0.408 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.408 %)Summit
21 (0.204 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.204 %)Dynamics AX
21 (0.204 %)Academy Housing
21 (0.204 %)arcHouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1177 (36.12 %)Firewall
2135 (27.55 %)LAN
3120 (24.49 %)WAN
472 (14.69 %)TCP/IP
567 (13.67 %)VPN
664 (13.06 %)Cisco PIX
761 (12.45 %)Cisco ASA
851 (10.41 %)VoIP
945 (9.184 %)MPLS
1037 (7.551 %)SAN
1134 (6.939 %)DNS
1233 (6.735 %)Network Security
1233 (6.735 %)Wireless
1332 (6.531 %)OSPF
1427 (5.510 %)BGP
1524 (4.898 %)SNMP
1623 (4.694 %)DHCP
1718 (3.673 %)VLAN
1815 (3.061 %)Cisco IPT
1913 (2.653 %)Cisco IOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (3.469 %)SQL Server
23 (0.612 %)MS Access
32 (0.408 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (0.408 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.204 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.204 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.204 %)SQL Server 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (0.612 %)StarTeam
21 (0.204 %)TestDirector
21 (0.204 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
167 (13.67 %)Finance
250 (10.20 %)Telecoms
334 (6.939 %)Banking
428 (5.714 %)Government
510 (2.041 %)Law
67 (1.429 %)Legal
67 (1.429 %)Health
76 (1.224 %)Investment Banking
85 (1.020 %)Retail
85 (1.020 %)Financial Institution
94 (0.816 %)Electronics
94 (0.816 %)Retail Banking
103 (0.612 %)Education
112 (0.408 %)Multimedia
121 (0.204 %)Auditing
121 (0.204 %)Local Government
121 (0.204 %)Pharmaceutical
121 (0.204 %)Police
121 (0.204 %)Aerospace
121 (0.204 %)Electric
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1147 (30.00 %)Network Engineer
247 (9.592 %)Cisco Engineer
344 (8.980 %)Analyst
436 (7.347 %)Support Engineer
534 (6.939 %)Consultant
632 (6.531 %)Project Manager
730 (6.122 %)Network Support
823 (4.694 %)Network Analyst
823 (4.694 %)Cisco Network Engineer
921 (4.286 %)Architect
1019 (3.878 %)Network Consultant
1118 (3.673 %)Test Engineer
1217 (3.469 %)Network Support Engineer
1315 (3.061 %)Team Leader
1414 (2.857 %)Systems Engineer
1513 (2.653 %)3rd Line Support
1612 (2.449 %)Senior Analyst
1612 (2.449 %)Designer
1711 (2.245 %)Network Manager
1711 (2.245 %)Network Specialist
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (2.245 %)Video Conferencing
111 (2.245 %)NHS
29 (1.837 %)CLARiiON
37 (1.429 %)Derivative
37 (1.429 %)Celerra
37 (1.429 %)PMI
37 (1.429 %)EMC Centera
37 (1.429 %)Fixed Income
44 (0.816 %)Computer Science
53 (0.612 %)PKI
53 (0.612 %)Fat Client
53 (0.612 %)Open Source
53 (0.612 %)Thin Client
62 (0.408 %)AVVID
62 (0.408 %)e-Health
62 (0.408 %)CESG
71 (0.204 %)CCTV
71 (0.204 %)Informatics
71 (0.204 %)CMDB
71 (0.204 %)Data Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1123 (25.10 %)Windows
261 (12.45 %)Windows Server 2003
346 (9.388 %)UNIX
431 (6.327 %)Windows Server 2008
530 (6.122 %)Linux
619 (3.878 %)Windows 2000
716 (3.265 %)Windows 2000 Server
815 (3.061 %)Windows XP
913 (2.653 %)Solaris
104 (0.816 %)Red Hat Linux
113 (0.612 %)Windows Vista
122 (0.408 %)Windows NT
131 (0.204 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.204 %)NetWare
131 (0.204 %)AIX
131 (0.204 %)HPUX
131 (0.204 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
139 (7.959 %)ITIL
237 (7.551 %)Network Design
334 (6.939 %)PRINCE2
429 (5.918 %)Project Management
525 (5.102 %)Migration
614 (2.857 %)Service Management
614 (2.857 %)Capacity Planning
710 (2.041 %)ITSM
710 (2.041 %)Data Protection
89 (1.837 %)Stakeholder Management
89 (1.837 %)Validation
98 (1.633 %)Load Balancing
106 (1.224 %)Configuration Management
106 (1.224 %)Network Architecture
106 (1.224 %)Project Planning
115 (1.020 %)Incident Management
115 (1.020 %)Problem Management
124 (0.816 %)Performance Testing
124 (0.816 %)Software Testing
133 (0.612 %)Enterprise Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
124 (4.898 %)C
219 (3.878 %)SQL
39 (1.837 %)Perl
42 (0.408 %)VB.NET
42 (0.408 %)C#
42 (0.408 %)C++
51 (0.204 %)PowerShell
51 (0.204 %)Java
51 (0.204 %)VBScript
51 (0.204 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1490 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2178 (36.33 %)CCNP
3111 (22.65 %)Microsoft Certification
4100 (20.41 %)MCSE
590 (18.37 %)Security Cleared
657 (11.63 %)SC Cleared
728 (5.714 %)MCSA
728 (5.714 %)MCP
728 (5.714 %)CCDP
728 (5.714 %)CCSA
825 (5.102 %)CCIE
918 (3.673 %)DV Cleared
1016 (3.265 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1111 (2.245 %)CCSE
1111 (2.245 %)Network+ Certification
1210 (2.041 %)CCSP
1210 (2.041 %)CCDA
139 (1.837 %)CCVP
139 (1.837 %)MCT
139 (1.837 %)A+ Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (4.286 %)SLA
23 (0.612 %)QA
31 (0.204 %)ISO27001
31 (0.204 %)JSP 440
31 (0.204 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
168 (13.88 %)Active Directory
217 (3.469 %)VMware ESX
311 (2.245 %)VMware Infrastructure
410 (2.041 %)Hyper-V
54 (0.816 %)Citrix Presentation Server
63 (0.612 %)NetBackup
63 (0.612 %)ISA Server
72 (0.408 %)VMware Workstation
72 (0.408 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.408 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.408 %)Snort
72 (0.408 %)Backup Exec
72 (0.408 %)Xen
81 (0.204 %)MailMarshal
81 (0.204 %)vSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
131 (6.327 %)CiscoWorks
221 (4.286 %)OpenView
310 (2.041 %)SCOM
49 (1.837 %)SCCM
56 (1.224 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
64 (0.816 %)Netcool
64 (0.816 %)McAfee ePO
72 (0.408 %)EMC Navisphere
72 (0.408 %)MIMEsweeper
72 (0.408 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (0.408 %)Tivoli
72 (0.408 %)HP NNM
72 (0.408 %)OVSD
72 (0.408 %)SolarWinds Orion
81 (0.204 %)Netcool/Proviso
81 (0.204 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.204 %)WhatsUp Gold
81 (0.204 %)Cacti
81 (0.204 %)OpenNMS
81 (0.204 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1359 (73.27 %)Cisco
2107 (21.84 %)CheckPoint
371 (14.49 %)Microsoft
460 (12.24 %)Juniper
555 (11.22 %)VMware
642 (8.571 %)Nokia
741 (8.367 %)HP
833 (6.735 %)Citrix
921 (4.286 %)Symantec
1019 (3.878 %)NetApp
1116 (3.265 %)Blue Coat
1214 (2.857 %)EMC
1214 (2.857 %)SolarWinds
1311 (2.245 %)Nortel
1311 (2.245 %)IBM
149 (1.837 %)Dell
149 (1.837 %)McAfee
158 (1.633 %)ProCurve
166 (1.224 %)BT
166 (1.224 %)Alcatel