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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Certification 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 Certification
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1609687
Rank change year-on-year
Down-64Down-9
Matching contract IT job ads4407341485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.005 %1.596 %1.814 %
As % of the Qualifications category7.054 %8.997 %12.17 %
Daily rates quoted193210419
Average daily rate£315£325£340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.070 %-4.410 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted48101130
Average hourly rate£22.00£35.00£26.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.14 %+31.70 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.20£18.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.75£42.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£35.00£28.25
% change year-on-year
-40.00 %+23.89 %
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.

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

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

Cisco Certification Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cisco Certification Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Cisco Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
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 Cisco Certification 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-69424£325-
LondonDown-79193£334-4.57 %
South EastDown-2398£340+4.61 %
City of LondonDown-3964£445+18.66 %
BerkshireUp+235£394-1.56 %
North WestUp+2128£285-
East of EnglandUp+725£300+6.19 %
South WestUp+323£290-22.66 %
HampshireUp+521£250-23.07 %
ManchesterUp+620£250-12.28 %
SurreyUp+320£375+50.00 %
East MidlandsDown-119£275+37.50 %
GloucestershireUp+3216£225-19.64 %
ReadingUp+815£450+28.57 %
YorkshireDown-114£300-23.56 %
West MidlandsDown-2714£300+11.11 %
HertfordshireUp+1913£300+33.33 %
NottinghamshireDown-112£260-20.00 %
NottinghamUp+210£260-
West YorkshireUp+39£300-7.69 %
GloucesterUp+58£225-
ScotlandDown-327£305+15.09 %
WalesUp+126£300+26.31 %
CoventryNew entry-6£213-
MidlandsUp+115--
East SussexUp+65£380-
BuckinghamshireDown-75--
EdinburghDown-225£305-3.55 %
OxfordshireUp+84£288+59.72 %
BrightonNo change04£388-

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification.

1678 (76.87 %)Cisco
2490 (55.56 %)CCNA
3418 (47.39 %)CCNP
4329 (37.30 %)Firewall
5248 (28.12 %)LAN
6225 (25.51 %)WAN
7206 (23.36 %)CCIE
8186 (21.09 %)CheckPoint
9151 (17.12 %)Windows
10143 (16.21 %)VPN
11136 (15.42 %)Finance
12133 (15.08 %)MPLS
13132 (14.97 %)Juniper
14125 (14.17 %)TCP/IP
15121 (13.72 %)Microsoft Certification
15121 (13.72 %)Security Cleared
16120 (13.61 %)OSPF
17117 (13.27 %)BGP
18114 (12.93 %)VoIP
18114 (12.93 %)Cisco PIX
19110 (12.47 %)MCSE
20106 (12.02 %)Cisco ASA
21105 (11.90 %)Microsoft
2297 (11.00 %)Network Security
2388 (9.977 %)Telecoms
2485 (9.637 %)Active Directory
2584 (9.524 %)Network Design
2681 (9.184 %)Banking
2681 (9.184 %)SC Cleared
2775 (8.503 %)Nokia

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (2.268 %)CSS
26 (0.680 %).NET
35 (0.567 %)XML
44 (0.454 %)MAPI
53 (0.340 %)Web Services
53 (0.340 %)HTML
62 (0.227 %)ebXML
62 (0.227 %)SAML
62 (0.227 %)Windows SharePoint Services
71 (0.113 %)Middleware
71 (0.113 %)JMS
71 (0.113 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.113 %)COM
71 (0.113 %)Application Packaging
71 (0.113 %)Software Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
143 (4.875 %)MS Exchange
232 (3.628 %)Exchange Server 2003
314 (1.587 %)Exchange Server 2007
412 (1.361 %)IIS
58 (0.907 %)Exchange Server 2000
65 (0.567 %)SharePoint
72 (0.227 %)Apache
81 (0.113 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (0.113 %)CMS
81 (0.113 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.113 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.113 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (2.608 %)MS Excel
218 (2.041 %)MS Visio
313 (1.474 %)MS Office
47 (0.794 %)Spreadsheet
55 (0.567 %)MS Project
61 (0.113 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.113 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.227 %)Summit
21 (0.113 %)Academy Housing
21 (0.113 %)arcHouse
21 (0.113 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.113 %)Dynamics AX
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1329 (37.30 %)Firewall
2248 (28.12 %)LAN
3225 (25.51 %)WAN
4143 (16.21 %)VPN
5133 (15.08 %)MPLS
6125 (14.17 %)TCP/IP
7120 (13.61 %)OSPF
8117 (13.27 %)BGP
9114 (12.93 %)VoIP
9114 (12.93 %)Cisco PIX
10106 (12.02 %)Cisco ASA
1197 (11.00 %)Network Security
1266 (7.483 %)Wireless
1360 (6.803 %)DNS
1443 (4.875 %)SAN
1542 (4.762 %)VLAN
1641 (4.649 %)SNMP
1740 (4.535 %)DHCP
1835 (3.968 %)EIGRP
1933 (3.741 %)NetScreen
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (2.381 %)SQL Server
23 (0.340 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (0.340 %)MS Access
32 (0.227 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.113 %)SQL Server 7
41 (0.113 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.113 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (0.340 %)StarTeam
13 (0.340 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.113 %)ClearQuest
21 (0.113 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1136 (15.42 %)Finance
288 (9.977 %)Telecoms
381 (9.184 %)Banking
450 (5.669 %)Government
523 (2.608 %)Investment Banking
612 (1.361 %)Financial Institution
612 (1.361 %)Law
79 (1.020 %)Health
88 (0.907 %)Education
88 (0.907 %)Legal
97 (0.794 %)Retail
106 (0.680 %)Manufacturing
115 (0.567 %)Local Government
124 (0.454 %)Electronics
124 (0.454 %)Retail Banking
132 (0.227 %)Marketing
132 (0.227 %)Auditing
132 (0.227 %)Multimedia
132 (0.227 %)Insurance
141 (0.113 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1283 (32.09 %)Network Engineer
288 (9.977 %)Cisco Engineer
377 (8.730 %)Analyst
469 (7.823 %)Consultant
551 (5.782 %)Support Engineer
648 (5.442 %)Senior Network Engineer
648 (5.442 %)Architect
744 (4.989 %)Network Analyst
744 (4.989 %)Network Support
838 (4.308 %)Network Consultant
937 (4.195 %)Project Manager
1036 (4.082 %)Design Engineer
1036 (4.082 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1132 (3.628 %)Network Specialist
1230 (3.401 %)Test Engineer
1328 (3.175 %)IP Engineer
1427 (3.061 %)Network Architect
1525 (2.834 %)Security Engineer
1624 (2.721 %)Network Support Engineer
1723 (2.608 %)Designer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (2.154 %)NHS
218 (2.041 %)Video Conferencing
39 (1.020 %)PKI
39 (1.020 %)CLARiiON
47 (0.794 %)Derivative
47 (0.794 %)EMC Centera
47 (0.794 %)Fixed Income
47 (0.794 %)PMI
47 (0.794 %)Celerra
56 (0.680 %)Fat Client
56 (0.680 %)Thin Client
65 (0.567 %)Firmware
74 (0.454 %)Computer Science
74 (0.454 %)Smartcard
83 (0.340 %)CMDB
83 (0.340 %)Open Source
92 (0.227 %)French Language
92 (0.227 %)Client/Server
92 (0.227 %)IVR
92 (0.227 %)Equities
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1151 (17.12 %)Windows
270 (7.937 %)Windows Server 2003
364 (7.256 %)UNIX
443 (4.875 %)Linux
536 (4.082 %)Windows Server 2008
620 (2.268 %)Windows 2000
719 (2.154 %)Windows XP
818 (2.041 %)Windows 2000 Server
916 (1.814 %)Solaris
105 (0.567 %)Red Hat Linux
114 (0.454 %)Windows Vista
122 (0.227 %)NetWare
122 (0.227 %)AIX
122 (0.227 %)Windows NT
131 (0.113 %)SUSE
131 (0.113 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.113 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
184 (9.524 %)Network Design
264 (7.256 %)ITIL
352 (5.896 %)Project Management
447 (5.329 %)PRINCE2
539 (4.422 %)Migration
638 (4.308 %)Load Balancing
720 (2.268 %)Validation
817 (1.927 %)Service Management
914 (1.587 %)Capacity Planning
1013 (1.474 %)Stakeholder Management
1111 (1.247 %)Data Protection
1210 (1.134 %)ITSM
1210 (1.134 %)Configuration Management
139 (1.020 %)Network Architecture
148 (0.907 %)Problem Management
148 (0.907 %)E-Commerce
148 (0.907 %)Change Management
148 (0.907 %)Incident Management
157 (0.794 %)Service Delivery
166 (0.680 %)Integration Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
136 (4.082 %)C
222 (2.494 %)SQL
311 (1.247 %)Perl
43 (0.340 %)VB.NET
43 (0.340 %)C++
52 (0.227 %)C#
52 (0.227 %)Shell Script
61 (0.113 %)Delphi
61 (0.113 %)Java
61 (0.113 %)VBScript
61 (0.113 %)VB
61 (0.113 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1490 (55.56 %)CCNA
2418 (47.39 %)CCNP
3206 (23.36 %)CCIE
4121 (13.72 %)Microsoft Certification
4121 (13.72 %)Security Cleared
5110 (12.47 %)MCSE
681 (9.184 %)SC Cleared
771 (8.050 %)CCDP
846 (5.215 %)CCVP
943 (4.875 %)CCSA
1036 (4.082 %)CCSP
1129 (3.288 %)MCP
1129 (3.288 %)MCSA
1227 (3.061 %)CCIP
1325 (2.834 %)DV Cleared
1325 (2.834 %)Degree
1423 (2.608 %)CCSE
1521 (2.381 %)CISSP
1616 (1.814 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1715 (1.701 %)CCDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (2.721 %)SLA
24 (0.454 %)QA
33 (0.340 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.340 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.227 %)ISO27001
51 (0.113 %)ISO9000
51 (0.113 %)JSP 440
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
185 (9.637 %)Active Directory
221 (2.381 %)VMware ESX
318 (2.041 %)VMware Infrastructure
410 (1.134 %)Hyper-V
54 (0.454 %)Citrix Presentation Server
54 (0.454 %)ISA Server
54 (0.454 %)NetBackup
63 (0.340 %)Backup Exec
72 (0.227 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.227 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.227 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.227 %)VMware Workstation
72 (0.227 %)Xen
72 (0.227 %)Snort
81 (0.113 %)ProxySG
81 (0.113 %)Squid
81 (0.113 %)MailMarshal
81 (0.113 %)vSphere
81 (0.113 %)XenApp
81 (0.113 %)XenServer
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
137 (4.195 %)CiscoWorks
222 (2.494 %)OpenView
311 (1.247 %)SCOM
49 (1.020 %)Cisco IPCC
49 (1.020 %)SCCM
57 (0.794 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
64 (0.454 %)McAfee ePO
64 (0.454 %)Tivoli
64 (0.454 %)Netcool
73 (0.340 %)HP NNM
73 (0.340 %)SolarWinds Orion
82 (0.227 %)Cacti
82 (0.227 %)WhatsUp Gold
82 (0.227 %)MIMEsweeper
82 (0.227 %)Norton AntiVirus
82 (0.227 %)EMC Navisphere
82 (0.227 %)OVSD
91 (0.113 %)Nagios
91 (0.113 %)ARCserve
91 (0.113 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1678 (76.87 %)Cisco
2186 (21.09 %)CheckPoint
3132 (14.97 %)Juniper
4105 (11.90 %)Microsoft
575 (8.503 %)Nokia
668 (7.710 %)VMware
750 (5.669 %)HP
845 (5.102 %)Citrix
939 (4.422 %)Blue Coat
1030 (3.401 %)Nortel
1122 (2.494 %)Symantec
1219 (2.154 %)NetApp
1318 (2.041 %)SolarWinds
1415 (1.701 %)ProCurve
1514 (1.587 %)EMC
1514 (1.587 %)BT
1612 (1.361 %)Alcatel
1711 (1.247 %)Avaya
1711 (1.247 %)IBM
1810 (1.134 %)Oracle