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The table looks at the demand for Cisco Certification 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 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 Certification
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank117107
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads4541188
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.322 %1.543 %
As % of the Qualifications category7.675 %10.15 %
Daily rates quoted150339
Average daily rate£300£339
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-11.43 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£462£467
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£288
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Hourly rates quoted57113
Average hourly rate£23.50£25.25
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-6.930 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.40£43.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£23.25
% change on same period last year+3.220 %
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.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 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-9426£300-14.28 %
LondonDown-22171£325-18.75 %
South EastUp+21121£288-4.16 %
City of LondonUp+1551£325-20.00 %
HampshireUp+3837£306-14.93 %
YorkshireUp+1625£195-15.21 %
East of EnglandUp+2923£225+4.65 %
South WestUp+2223£243-24.10 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3120£230-19.01 %
North EastUp+2920£238-32.14 %
ScotlandUp+919£225-10.00 %
Tyne and WearUp+2918£238-13.63 %
PortsmouthUp+2018--
BerkshireUp+718£285-22.44 %
MiddlesexUp+2917£325-7.14 %
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+1816£238+1.06 %
Milton KeynesUp+2015£230-19.01 %
East MidlandsUp+2414£225-13.46 %
West MidlandsUp+3713£190-30.90 %
North WestUp+1011£281+2.27 %
West YorkshireUp+711£295+51.28 %
East SussexUp+1810--
EssexUp+99£200-
BristolUp+168£220-12.00 %
BrightonUp+148--
AberdeenUp+67£225-
South YorkshireUp+236£188-33.62 %
Docklands, LondonUp+226£413+3.12 %
GloucestershireUp+156£450-
OxfordshireUp+26--

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1885 (79.37 %)Cisco
2571 (51.21 %)CCNP
3556 (49.87 %)CCNA
4411 (36.86 %)Firewall
5380 (34.08 %)LAN
6347 (31.12 %)WAN
7268 (24.04 %)CCIE
8194 (17.40 %)CheckPoint
9193 (17.31 %)VPN
9193 (17.31 %)Security Cleared
10173 (15.52 %)Windows
11168 (15.07 %)BGP
12156 (13.99 %)Finance
13150 (13.45 %)Microsoft Certification
13150 (13.45 %)Cisco PIX
14146 (13.09 %)OSPF
15145 (13.00 %)MPLS
15145 (13.00 %)Network Design
16142 (12.74 %)MCSE
17137 (12.29 %)VoIP
18136 (12.20 %)Telecoms
19134 (12.02 %)SC Cleared
20130 (11.66 %)Juniper
21120 (10.76 %)TCP/IP
22107 (9.596 %)Microsoft
22107 (9.596 %)Cisco ASA
23100 (8.969 %)HP
2499 (8.879 %)Active Directory
2594 (8.430 %)Nokia
2594 (8.430 %)Banking

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (1.076 %)CSS
27 (0.628 %)HTML
35 (0.448 %)WSH
35 (0.448 %)WMI
44 (0.359 %)SOAP
53 (0.269 %)Middleware
53 (0.269 %).NET
62 (0.179 %)Spring
62 (0.179 %)MAPI
62 (0.179 %)FIX Protocol
71 (0.090 %)Ruby on Rails
71 (0.090 %)J2EE
71 (0.090 %)Servlets
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
175 (6.726 %)MS Exchange
245 (4.036 %)Exchange Server 2003
326 (2.332 %)Exchange Server 2007
415 (1.345 %)SharePoint
512 (1.076 %)IIS
68 (0.717 %)Exchange Server 2000
77 (0.628 %)Apache
85 (0.448 %)Tomcat
92 (0.179 %)GroupWise
92 (0.179 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
92 (0.179 %)Resin
92 (0.179 %)WebLogic
92 (0.179 %)SharePoint Server 2007
101 (0.090 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.090 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.090 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (2.422 %)MS Excel
224 (2.152 %)MS Visio
321 (1.883 %)MS Office
47 (0.628 %)MS Project
52 (0.179 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.090 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.090 %)SoftGrid
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1411 (36.86 %)Firewall
2380 (34.08 %)LAN
3347 (31.12 %)WAN
4193 (17.31 %)VPN
5168 (15.07 %)BGP
6150 (13.45 %)Cisco PIX
7146 (13.09 %)OSPF
8145 (13.00 %)MPLS
9137 (12.29 %)VoIP
10120 (10.76 %)TCP/IP
11107 (9.596 %)Cisco ASA
1286 (7.713 %)Network Security
1363 (5.650 %)DNS
1460 (5.381 %)IP Telephony
1557 (5.112 %)VLAN
1655 (4.933 %)Internet
1655 (4.933 %)Wireless
1752 (4.664 %)SAN
1848 (4.305 %)DHCP
1946 (4.126 %)Cisco IPT
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (1.794 %)SQL Server
212 (1.076 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (0.448 %)MySQL
44 (0.359 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.090 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.090 %)TestDirector
11 (0.090 %)StarTeam
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1156 (13.99 %)Finance
2136 (12.20 %)Telecoms
394 (8.430 %)Banking
478 (6.996 %)Government
537 (3.318 %)Investment Banking
615 (1.345 %)Health
712 (1.076 %)Education
89 (0.807 %)Financial Institution
96 (0.538 %)Legal
96 (0.538 %)Local Government
105 (0.448 %)Retail
114 (0.359 %)Insurance
123 (0.269 %)Military
123 (0.269 %)Auditing
123 (0.269 %)Automotive
132 (0.179 %)Billing
141 (0.090 %)Electric
141 (0.090 %)Publishing
141 (0.090 %)Criminal Justice
141 (0.090 %)Home Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1394 (35.34 %)Network Engineer
2155 (13.90 %)Cisco Engineer
393 (8.341 %)Network Support
492 (8.251 %)Design Engineer
590 (8.072 %)Analyst
689 (7.982 %)Support Engineer
774 (6.637 %)Cisco Network Engineer
872 (6.457 %)Consultant
965 (5.830 %)Network Analyst
1057 (5.112 %)Network Design Engineer
1156 (5.022 %)Network Specialist
1246 (4.126 %)Senior Network Engineer
1341 (3.677 %)3rd Line Support
1439 (3.498 %)Network Support Engineer
1534 (3.049 %)Support Analyst
1633 (2.960 %)Voice Engineer
1732 (2.870 %)Architect
1732 (2.870 %)Cisco Support
1732 (2.870 %)Security Engineer
1827 (2.422 %)Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (1.883 %)NHS
216 (1.435 %)Video Conferencing
310 (0.897 %)Derivative
310 (0.897 %)Fixed Income
310 (0.897 %)Clustering
48 (0.717 %)German Language
57 (0.628 %)Blackberry
66 (0.538 %)Firmware
66 (0.538 %)Thin Client
66 (0.538 %)French Language
66 (0.538 %)CCTV
66 (0.538 %)Fat Client
75 (0.448 %)Computer Science
75 (0.448 %)CLARiiON
75 (0.448 %)IVR
75 (0.448 %)e-Health
84 (0.359 %)Statistics
84 (0.359 %)Spanish Language
93 (0.269 %)Celerra
93 (0.269 %)PDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1173 (15.52 %)Windows
290 (8.072 %)Windows Server 2003
346 (4.126 %)Linux
440 (3.587 %)UNIX
531 (2.780 %)Windows XP
626 (2.332 %)Windows 2000
723 (2.063 %)Windows 2000 Server
821 (1.883 %)Windows Server 2008
917 (1.525 %)Solaris
1010 (0.897 %)Windows Vista
117 (0.628 %)Red Hat Linux
117 (0.628 %)Windows NT
126 (0.538 %)HPUX
134 (0.359 %)NetWare
134 (0.359 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
143 (0.269 %)AIX
152 (0.179 %)Mac OS
161 (0.090 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1145 (13.00 %)Network Design
280 (7.175 %)ITIL
348 (4.305 %)Project Management
443 (3.857 %)Load Balancing
536 (3.229 %)Migration
630 (2.691 %)PRINCE2
728 (2.511 %)Service Delivery
728 (2.511 %)Change Management
818 (1.614 %)Time Management
913 (1.166 %)Disaster Recovery
913 (1.166 %)Validation
1011 (0.987 %)Problem Management
1110 (0.897 %)Identity Management
1110 (0.897 %)Configuration Management
129 (0.807 %)Service Management
129 (0.807 %)Incident Management
138 (0.717 %)Technical Architecture
138 (0.717 %)E-Commerce
147 (0.628 %)Fault Management
156 (0.538 %)Investment Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (1.704 %)SQL
212 (1.076 %)C
36 (0.538 %)PowerShell
45 (0.448 %)VB
53 (0.269 %)PHP
61 (0.090 %)Fortran
61 (0.090 %)Java
61 (0.090 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1571 (51.21 %)CCNP
2556 (49.87 %)CCNA
3268 (24.04 %)CCIE
4193 (17.31 %)Security Cleared
5150 (13.45 %)Microsoft Certification
6142 (12.74 %)MCSE
7134 (12.02 %)SC Cleared
874 (6.637 %)CCDP
973 (6.547 %)CCVP
1060 (5.381 %)CCSP
1141 (3.677 %)CCIP
1240 (3.587 %)DV Cleared
1339 (3.498 %)CCSA
1433 (2.960 %)MCP
1531 (2.780 %)CCSE
1626 (2.332 %)Degree
1725 (2.242 %)MCSA
1824 (2.152 %)CISSP
1920 (1.794 %)CCDA
2011 (0.987 %)Citrix Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (3.587 %)SLA
25 (0.448 %)QA
32 (0.179 %)ISO27001
41 (0.090 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.090 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
199 (8.879 %)Active Directory
223 (2.063 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (1.794 %)VMware ESX
412 (1.076 %)Backup Exec
57 (0.628 %)ISA Server
57 (0.628 %)MetaFrame
66 (0.538 %)Terminal Services
74 (0.359 %)XenApp
74 (0.359 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.269 %)Squid
83 (0.269 %)Hyper-V
83 (0.269 %)NetBackup
92 (0.179 %)Snort
101 (0.090 %)ProxySG
101 (0.090 %)MailMarshal
101 (0.090 %)WebMarshal
101 (0.090 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
190 (8.072 %)CiscoWorks
269 (6.188 %)OpenView
321 (1.883 %)HP NNM
416 (1.435 %)Cisco IPCC
513 (1.166 %)Cacti
610 (0.897 %)Netcool
79 (0.807 %)SCOM
88 (0.717 %)BMC PATROL
88 (0.717 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
97 (0.628 %)Tivoli
97 (0.628 %)SCCM
106 (0.538 %)MOM
115 (0.448 %)OVPI
115 (0.448 %)ServiceCenter
124 (0.359 %)WhatsUp Gold
124 (0.359 %)SolarWinds Orion
133 (0.269 %)HP Data Protector
133 (0.269 %)Norton AntiVirus
133 (0.269 %)OpenView Configuration Management
142 (0.179 %)ARCserve
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1885 (79.37 %)Cisco
2194 (17.40 %)CheckPoint
3130 (11.66 %)Juniper
4107 (9.596 %)Microsoft
5100 (8.969 %)HP
694 (8.430 %)Nokia
766 (5.919 %)VMware
861 (5.471 %)Nortel
957 (5.112 %)Citrix
1033 (2.960 %)IBM
1128 (2.511 %)Blue Coat
1227 (2.422 %)Avaya
1318 (1.614 %)Lucent
1417 (1.525 %)EMC
1515 (1.345 %)3Com
1612 (1.076 %)McAfee Security
1612 (1.076 %)SolarWinds
1612 (1.076 %)Alcatel
1612 (1.076 %)Symantec
1711 (0.987 %)NetScout