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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 12 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 Certification
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1568685
Rank change year-on-year
Down-70Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads4846791428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.032 %1.684 %1.750 %
As % of the Qualifications category7.200 %9.286 %12.06 %
Daily rates quoted224208409
Average daily rate£325£325£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£200£216
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£455£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£326
% change year-on-year
--7.830 %
Hourly rates quoted5070120
Average hourly rate£23.00£34.00£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35 %+30.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.10£17.45£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£35.00£26.75
% change year-on-year
-31.42 %+30.84 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6722731211844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.33 %18.13 %14.52 %
Daily rates quoted292524403592
Average daily rate£350£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£203£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted5347121318
Average hourly rate£20.50£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£41.96£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£28.11£25.00
% change year-on-year
-28.85 %+12.44 %

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 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-72465£325-1.51 %
LondonDown-84212£343+0.73 %
South EastDown-8120£350+6.87 %
City of LondonDown-7071£425+13.33 %
BerkshireUp+441£400-10.40 %
North WestUp+529£285+3.63 %
SurreyUp+429£388+3.33 %
South WestDown-1228£300-33.33 %
ReadingUp+1224£438+25.00 %
East of EnglandDown-224£300+14.28 %
West MidlandsDown-1524£300+15.38 %
HampshireUp+221£250-23.07 %
ManchesterUp+419£250-13.04 %
East MidlandsUp+316£245+22.50 %
HertfordshireUp+611£300+87.50 %
GloucestershireUp+1710£258-
WiltshireUp+1510£300-10.11 %
NottinghamUp+1010£245-
NottinghamshireUp+710£245-
WalesUp+119£244-
OxfordshireDown-49£288-21.23 %
SwindonUp+108£300+2.56 %
South WalesNew entry-8£244-
WarwickshireDown-137£340+25.92 %
ScotlandDown-407£281+16.58 %
CoventryUp+46£213-
East SussexUp+16£365-
BristolDown-76£325-
DerbyshireNew entry-6--
MidlandsUp+35--

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 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.

1696 (78.47 %)Cisco
2471 (53.10 %)CCNA
3428 (48.25 %)CCNP
4352 (39.68 %)Firewall
5267 (30.10 %)LAN
6248 (27.96 %)WAN
7199 (22.44 %)CCIE
8161 (18.15 %)CheckPoint
9150 (16.91 %)Windows
10143 (16.12 %)VPN
11142 (16.01 %)Finance
12136 (15.33 %)Juniper
13129 (14.54 %)MPLS
14127 (14.32 %)BGP
15124 (13.98 %)OSPF
16122 (13.75 %)TCP/IP
17120 (13.53 %)Cisco PIX
18114 (12.85 %)Network Security
19111 (12.51 %)Cisco ASA
20110 (12.40 %)VoIP
21104 (11.72 %)Microsoft Certification
21104 (11.72 %)Security Cleared
22102 (11.50 %)Microsoft
2394 (10.60 %)Network Design
2394 (10.60 %)MCSE
2485 (9.583 %)Banking
2583 (9.357 %)Active Directory
2682 (9.245 %)Telecoms
2777 (8.681 %)VMware
2777 (8.681 %)ITIL

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 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
112 (1.353 %)CSS
210 (1.127 %).NET
35 (0.564 %)XML
44 (0.451 %)MAPI
44 (0.451 %)Web Services
52 (0.225 %)ebXML
52 (0.225 %)SAML
52 (0.225 %)Tivoli Directory Integrator
61 (0.113 %)HTML
61 (0.113 %)Spring
61 (0.113 %)WMI
61 (0.113 %)Windows SharePoint Services
61 (0.113 %)Application Packaging
61 (0.113 %)COM
61 (0.113 %)WSH
61 (0.113 %)EDI
61 (0.113 %)JMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
136 (4.059 %)MS Exchange
224 (2.706 %)Exchange Server 2003
318 (2.029 %)IIS
414 (1.578 %)Exchange Server 2007
58 (0.902 %)Exchange Server 2000
58 (0.902 %)Apache
65 (0.564 %)ColdFusion
74 (0.451 %)SharePoint
83 (0.338 %)Rendezvous
92 (0.225 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.113 %)CMS
101 (0.113 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.113 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
122 (2.480 %)MS Excel
216 (1.804 %)MS Visio
311 (1.240 %)MS Office
48 (0.902 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.338 %)MS Project
61 (0.113 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.225 %)Summit
21 (0.113 %)Academy Housing
21 (0.113 %)arcHouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1352 (39.68 %)Firewall
2267 (30.10 %)LAN
3248 (27.96 %)WAN
4143 (16.12 %)VPN
5129 (14.54 %)MPLS
6127 (14.32 %)BGP
7124 (13.98 %)OSPF
8122 (13.75 %)TCP/IP
9120 (13.53 %)Cisco PIX
10114 (12.85 %)Network Security
11111 (12.51 %)Cisco ASA
12110 (12.40 %)VoIP
1371 (8.005 %)Wireless
1465 (7.328 %)DNS
1542 (4.735 %)VLAN
1641 (4.622 %)DHCP
1740 (4.510 %)NetScreen
1837 (4.171 %)EIGRP
1837 (4.171 %)SAN
1837 (4.171 %)SNMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (2.593 %)SQL Server
24 (0.451 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (0.338 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.225 %)MySQL
42 (0.225 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.113 %)Data Mining
51 (0.113 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.113 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (0.338 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.113 %)TestDirector
21 (0.113 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1142 (16.01 %)Finance
285 (9.583 %)Banking
382 (9.245 %)Telecoms
446 (5.186 %)Government
531 (3.495 %)Investment Banking
615 (1.691 %)Education
714 (1.578 %)Financial Institution
810 (1.127 %)Health
810 (1.127 %)Law
99 (1.015 %)Manufacturing
107 (0.789 %)Legal
107 (0.789 %)Retail
116 (0.676 %)Electronics
124 (0.451 %)Insurance
124 (0.451 %)Retail Banking
132 (0.225 %)Marketing
132 (0.225 %)Auditing
132 (0.225 %)Local Government
132 (0.225 %)Home Office
132 (0.225 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1296 (33.37 %)Network Engineer
2101 (11.39 %)Analyst
396 (10.82 %)Cisco Engineer
475 (8.455 %)Consultant
563 (7.103 %)Network Analyst
655 (6.201 %)Senior Network Engineer
750 (5.637 %)Support Engineer
849 (5.524 %)Network Support
946 (5.186 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1037 (4.171 %)Network Consultant
1136 (4.059 %)Architect
1234 (3.833 %)Design Engineer
1329 (3.269 %)Network Support Engineer
1426 (2.931 %)Network Specialist
1524 (2.706 %)Project Manager
1524 (2.706 %)IP Engineer
1623 (2.593 %)Senior Analyst
1623 (2.593 %)Test Engineer
1721 (2.368 %)Security Analyst
1721 (2.368 %)Designer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (2.029 %)NHS
216 (1.804 %)Video Conferencing
38 (0.902 %)PKI
47 (0.789 %)Computer Science
56 (0.676 %)Fat Client
56 (0.676 %)Thin Client
64 (0.451 %)Smartcard
64 (0.451 %)CESG
73 (0.338 %)e-Health
73 (0.338 %)CLARiiON
73 (0.338 %)EMC Centera
73 (0.338 %)Fixed Income
73 (0.338 %)Clustering
73 (0.338 %)Celerra
73 (0.338 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
73 (0.338 %)CMDB
82 (0.225 %)French Language
82 (0.225 %)iSeries
82 (0.225 %)Open Source
82 (0.225 %)EqualLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1150 (16.91 %)Windows
273 (8.230 %)Windows Server 2003
370 (7.892 %)UNIX
454 (6.088 %)Linux
544 (4.961 %)Windows Server 2008
619 (2.142 %)Windows 2000 Server
717 (1.917 %)Windows XP
816 (1.804 %)Windows 2000
915 (1.691 %)Solaris
107 (0.789 %)Red Hat Linux
115 (0.564 %)Windows Vista
124 (0.451 %)Windows NT
132 (0.225 %)NetWare
132 (0.225 %)AIX
132 (0.225 %)HPUX
132 (0.225 %)SUSE
132 (0.225 %)Windows 7
141 (0.113 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
194 (10.60 %)Network Design
277 (8.681 %)ITIL
351 (5.750 %)Project Management
441 (4.622 %)Load Balancing
534 (3.833 %)PRINCE2
628 (3.157 %)Migration
717 (1.917 %)Service Management
815 (1.691 %)Capacity Planning
914 (1.578 %)Validation
1011 (1.240 %)Network Architecture
1011 (1.240 %)Configuration Management
119 (1.015 %)Change Management
128 (0.902 %)E-Commerce
128 (0.902 %)Incident Management
137 (0.789 %)Performance Testing
137 (0.789 %)Data Protection
137 (0.789 %)Service Delivery
146 (0.676 %)Problem Management
155 (0.564 %)Software Testing
155 (0.564 %)Test Scripting
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
138 (4.284 %)C
224 (2.706 %)SQL
311 (1.240 %)Perl
45 (0.564 %)C#
54 (0.451 %)Java
62 (0.225 %)C++
62 (0.225 %)VB
62 (0.225 %)VB.NET
62 (0.225 %)PowerShell
71 (0.113 %)ActionScript 3.0
71 (0.113 %)ActionScript 2.0
71 (0.113 %)VBScript
71 (0.113 %)ActionScript
71 (0.113 %)Tcl
71 (0.113 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1471 (53.10 %)CCNA
2428 (48.25 %)CCNP
3199 (22.44 %)CCIE
4104 (11.72 %)Microsoft Certification
4104 (11.72 %)Security Cleared
594 (10.60 %)MCSE
673 (8.230 %)SC Cleared
765 (7.328 %)CCDP
843 (4.848 %)CCVP
934 (3.833 %)Degree
1030 (3.382 %)CCSA
1127 (3.044 %)CCSP
1225 (2.818 %)MCP
1323 (2.593 %)CCIP
1323 (2.593 %)CCSE
1419 (2.142 %)MCSA
1419 (2.142 %)CISSP
1516 (1.804 %)MCITP
1615 (1.691 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1615 (1.691 %)CCDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (3.382 %)SLA
25 (0.564 %)ISO27001
34 (0.451 %)PCI DSS
43 (0.338 %)QA
43 (0.338 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.225 %)ISO9001
61 (0.113 %)JSP 440
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
183 (9.357 %)Active Directory
228 (3.157 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (1.691 %)VMware ESX
411 (1.240 %)Hyper-V
53 (0.338 %)vSphere
53 (0.338 %)Terminal Services
62 (0.225 %)Snort
62 (0.225 %)VMware Workstation
62 (0.225 %)XenApp
71 (0.113 %)XenServer
71 (0.113 %)ProxySG
71 (0.113 %)NFS
71 (0.113 %)Squid
71 (0.113 %)MailMarshal
71 (0.113 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.113 %)ISA Server
71 (0.113 %)Terminal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
150 (5.637 %)CiscoWorks
225 (2.818 %)OpenView
38 (0.902 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
47 (0.789 %)Tivoli
56 (0.676 %)Cisco IPCC
65 (0.564 %)HP NNM
65 (0.564 %)Backup Exec
65 (0.564 %)SCOM
65 (0.564 %)SolarWinds Orion
74 (0.451 %)McAfee ePO
74 (0.451 %)SCCM
83 (0.338 %)NetBackup
83 (0.338 %)Norton AntiVirus
92 (0.225 %)MIMEsweeper
92 (0.225 %)OVOW
92 (0.225 %)MOM
92 (0.225 %)Netcool
92 (0.225 %)Cacti
92 (0.225 %)OVSD
101 (0.113 %)Nagios
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1696 (78.47 %)Cisco
2161 (18.15 %)CheckPoint
3136 (15.33 %)Juniper
4102 (11.50 %)Microsoft
577 (8.681 %)VMware
663 (7.103 %)Nokia
756 (6.313 %)HP
844 (4.961 %)Citrix
940 (4.510 %)Blue Coat
1034 (3.833 %)Nortel
1119 (2.142 %)BT
1218 (2.029 %)SolarWinds
1316 (1.804 %)ProCurve
1413 (1.466 %)Avaya
1413 (1.466 %)EMC
1512 (1.353 %)NetApp
1512 (1.353 %)Symantec
1512 (1.353 %)McAfee
1611 (1.240 %)Fortinet
1611 (1.240 %)IBM