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 16 May 2012 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.

Note that 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
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank108171173
Rank change year-on-year
Up+63Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads1013679555
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.712 %1.107 %1.008 %
As % of the Qualifications category9.832 %7.013 %6.518 %
Number of daily rates quoted519299236
Average daily rate£338£300£308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-2.43 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£200£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£494£458£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£300£300
% change year-on-year
+4.58 %-
Number of hourly rates quoted466986
Average hourly rate£22.50£30.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+50.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.20£15.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.40£47.40£31.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£30.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+50.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1030396828515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.41 %15.78 %15.46 %
Number of daily rates quoted536946133867
Average daily rate£380£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33 %+7.14 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£225£205
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted566663646
Average hourly rate£22.00£22.32£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.41 %+14.43 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.16 %+33.33 %

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 16 May 2012.

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 16 May 2012.

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 16 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+62944£345+15.00 %
LondonUp+84381£375+7.14 %
South EastUp+39295£320+6.66 %
BerkshireUp+16151£300+1.69 %
City of LondonUp+37101£400+17.64 %
South WestUp+2264£398+17.77 %
East of EnglandUp+3055£275+10.00 %
ReadingUp+2453£238-3.06 %
HampshireUp+3751£313+19.14 %
YorkshireUp+1036£300+20.00 %
North WestUp+534£300+4.34 %
SurreyUp+333£375+25.00 %
West MidlandsDown-3132£175-39.65 %
WiltshireUp+1526£338-6.57 %
WalesUp+424£275-32.09 %
West YorkshireUp+224£325+8.33 %
ScotlandDown-1624£375+7.14 %
East MidlandsUp+522£231-22.91 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1020£350+84.21 %
SloughUp+2519£300+17.07 %
Milton KeynesUp+1119£350+84.21 %
ManchesterDown-519£300-7.69 %
North EastUp+1118£350-
South WalesUp+818£238-41.35 %
SwindonUp+818£363+0.34 %
BristolDown-618£425+88.88 %
SouthamptonUp+1217£300+46.46 %
LeedsDown-817£350+16.66 %
SuffolkUp+716£283+61.42 %
CambridgeshireDown-314£213-15.00 %

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

11580 (81.40 %)Cisco
2991 (51.06 %)CCNA
3960 (49.46 %)CCNP
4907 (46.73 %)Firewall
5623 (32.10 %)LAN
6584 (30.09 %)WAN
7531 (27.36 %)CCIE
8393 (20.25 %)Cisco ASA
9376 (19.37 %)VPN
10374 (19.27 %)OSPF
11373 (19.22 %)CheckPoint
12356 (18.34 %)Juniper
13340 (17.52 %)BGP
13340 (17.52 %)Windows
14333 (17.16 %)VoIP
15323 (16.64 %)TCP/IP
16320 (16.49 %)Telecoms
17276 (14.22 %)VMware
18258 (13.29 %)MPLS
19250 (12.88 %)Security Cleared
20243 (12.52 %)Finance
21241 (12.42 %)Wireless
22239 (12.31 %)Network Security
23233 (12.00 %)ITIL
24230 (11.85 %)Cisco PIX
25229 (11.80 %)Microsoft Certification
26221 (11.39 %)Microsoft
27200 (10.30 %)CCSP
28189 (9.737 %)HP
29187 (9.634 %)MCSE

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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 (1.030 %)CSS
213 (0.670 %)ASP
37 (0.361 %)Flash
37 (0.361 %)XML
46 (0.309 %)XMPP
46 (0.309 %)SOAP
46 (0.309 %)Web Services
46 (0.309 %).NET
55 (0.258 %)RSS
55 (0.258 %)HTML
55 (0.258 %)XSLT
55 (0.258 %)JSON
64 (0.206 %)Software Packaging
73 (0.155 %)WebSphere
82 (0.103 %)Forefront TMG
82 (0.103 %)LAMP
82 (0.103 %)JSP
82 (0.103 %)COM+
91 (0.052 %)DCOM
91 (0.052 %)COM
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
188 (4.534 %)MS Exchange
251 (2.628 %)Exchange Server 2003
341 (2.112 %)Exchange Server 2010
436 (1.855 %)Exchange Server 2007
528 (1.443 %)IIS
625 (1.288 %)SharePoint
717 (0.876 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
811 (0.567 %)Lync
910 (0.515 %)Exchange Server 2000
108 (0.412 %)Apache
117 (0.361 %)Lotus Notes
117 (0.361 %)Flash Media Server
124 (0.206 %)SharePoint 2010
124 (0.206 %)Office Communications Server
133 (0.155 %)Tomcat
133 (0.155 %)CMS
142 (0.103 %)Moodle
151 (0.052 %)Lotus Domino
151 (0.052 %)SharePoint Server
151 (0.052 %)Amazon EC2
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
179 (4.070 %)MS Excel
247 (2.421 %)MS Office
342 (2.164 %)MS Visio
48 (0.412 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.206 %)Office 365
54 (0.206 %)MS Project
63 (0.155 %)AutoCAD
71 (0.052 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.155 %)Maximo
13 (0.155 %)Sage 1000
13 (0.155 %)Dynamics NAV
13 (0.155 %)Sage 200
22 (0.103 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.103 %)Dynamics AX
22 (0.103 %)assyst
31 (0.052 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1907 (46.73 %)Firewall
2623 (32.10 %)LAN
3584 (30.09 %)WAN
4393 (20.25 %)Cisco ASA
5376 (19.37 %)VPN
6374 (19.27 %)OSPF
7340 (17.52 %)BGP
8333 (17.16 %)VoIP
9323 (16.64 %)TCP/IP
10258 (13.29 %)MPLS
11241 (12.42 %)Wireless
12239 (12.31 %)Network Security
13230 (11.85 %)Cisco PIX
14178 (9.171 %)DNS
15147 (7.573 %)Cisco IOS
16145 (7.470 %)IPsec
16145 (7.470 %)SNMP
17144 (7.419 %)Cisco Nexus
18126 (6.491 %)FWSM
19124 (6.388 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
154 (2.782 %)SQL Server
26 (0.309 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
35 (0.258 %)SQL Server 2008
44 (0.206 %)MySQL
44 (0.206 %)Oracle Reports
53 (0.155 %)Data Mining
62 (0.103 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (0.103 %)MS Access
62 (0.103 %)Crystal Reports
62 (0.103 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.052 %)Data Warehouse
71 (0.052 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.052 %)Informix
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (0.361 %)VSS/SourceSafe
17 (0.361 %)Rational DOORS
25 (0.258 %)StarTeam
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1320 (16.49 %)Telecoms
2243 (12.52 %)Finance
3104 (5.358 %)Banking
433 (1.700 %)Retail
522 (1.133 %)Investment Banking
619 (0.979 %)Financial Institution
713 (0.670 %)Electronics
812 (0.618 %)Pharmaceutical
99 (0.464 %)French Language
108 (0.412 %)Billing
108 (0.412 %)Law
108 (0.412 %)Publishing
116 (0.309 %)German Language
116 (0.309 %)Military
125 (0.258 %)Games
125 (0.258 %)Manufacturing
125 (0.258 %)Back Office
134 (0.206 %)Multimedia
134 (0.206 %)Legal
143 (0.155 %)Aerospace
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1738 (38.02 %)Network Engineer
2207 (10.66 %)Cisco Engineer
3202 (10.41 %)Security Engineer
4167 (8.604 %)IP Engineer
5166 (8.552 %)Consultant
6149 (7.676 %)Design Engineer
7142 (7.316 %)Analyst
8130 (6.698 %)Cisco Network Engineer
9114 (5.873 %)Support Engineer
10106 (5.461 %)Architect
1191 (4.688 %)Network Support
1289 (4.585 %)Senior Network Engineer
1381 (4.173 %)Network Consultant
1472 (3.709 %)Network Analyst
1566 (3.400 %)Network Security Engineer
1662 (3.194 %)Implementation Engineer
1752 (2.679 %)Network Support Engineer
1851 (2.628 %)Network Manager
1948 (2.473 %)3rd Line Support
1948 (2.473 %)Administrator
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
141 (2.112 %)Video Conferencing
234 (1.752 %)Computer Science
333 (1.700 %)Blackberry
423 (1.185 %)NHS
516 (0.824 %)Hedge funds
615 (0.773 %)Thin Client
615 (0.773 %)Management Information System
615 (0.773 %)Fat Client
615 (0.773 %)PKI
714 (0.721 %)IVR
813 (0.670 %)Cloud Computing
912 (0.618 %)Clustering
1011 (0.567 %)e-Health
1011 (0.567 %)Mathematics
119 (0.464 %)N-Tier
119 (0.464 %)Statistics
127 (0.361 %)MPEG
127 (0.361 %)Firmware
127 (0.361 %)Open Source
136 (0.309 %)Streaming Media
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1340 (17.52 %)Windows
2178 (9.171 %)Linux
3133 (6.852 %)Windows Server 2008
4105 (5.410 %)Windows Server 2003
5100 (5.152 %)UNIX
648 (2.473 %)Windows XP
747 (2.421 %)Solaris
846 (2.370 %)Windows 7
932 (1.649 %)Windows 2000
1016 (0.824 %)Windows Vista
1113 (0.670 %)Mac OS X
1210 (0.515 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1210 (0.515 %)Windows 2000 Server
138 (0.412 %)CentOS
138 (0.412 %)AIX
146 (0.309 %)Ubuntu
146 (0.309 %)Windows NT
155 (0.258 %)HPUX
162 (0.103 %)Windows Mobile
162 (0.103 %)Android
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1233 (12.00 %)ITIL
2186 (9.583 %)Load Balancing
3169 (8.707 %)Network Design
4131 (6.749 %)Network Management
5105 (5.410 %)Migration
679 (4.070 %)Project Management
777 (3.967 %)Service Delivery
853 (2.731 %)Change Management
947 (2.421 %)E-Commerce
947 (2.421 %)PRINCE2
1046 (2.370 %)Service Management
1140 (2.061 %)Risk Assessment
1236 (1.855 %)Change Control
1330 (1.546 %)Penetration Testing
1330 (1.546 %)Disaster Recovery
1330 (1.546 %)Root Cause Analysis
1425 (1.288 %)WAN Optimisation
1524 (1.236 %)Problem Management
1524 (1.236 %)Configuration Management
1623 (1.185 %)Information Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
150 (2.576 %)SQL
247 (2.421 %)C
322 (1.133 %)Perl
421 (1.082 %)PHP
516 (0.824 %)C#
614 (0.721 %)Python
711 (0.567 %)Java
810 (0.515 %)PowerShell
810 (0.515 %)Erlang
94 (0.206 %)C++
103 (0.155 %)Shell Script
112 (0.103 %)Bash shell
112 (0.103 %)Tcl
112 (0.103 %)VB
121 (0.052 %)JavaScript
121 (0.052 %)Winbatch
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1991 (51.06 %)CCNA
2960 (49.46 %)CCNP
3531 (27.36 %)CCIE
4250 (12.88 %)Security Cleared
5229 (11.80 %)Microsoft Certification
6200 (10.30 %)CCSP
7187 (9.634 %)MCSE
8164 (8.449 %)SC Cleared
9140 (7.213 %)CCDP
10133 (6.852 %)CISSP
11103 (5.307 %)Degree
1295 (4.894 %)CCVP
1392 (4.740 %)CCSA
1489 (4.585 %)CCIP
1577 (3.967 %)MCITP
1675 (3.864 %)CCSE
1768 (3.503 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1867 (3.452 %)DV Cleared
1955 (2.834 %)MCP
2046 (2.370 %)Citrix Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
175 (3.864 %)SLA
229 (1.494 %)PCI DSS
316 (0.824 %)ISO/IEC 27001
410 (0.515 %)GMP
59 (0.464 %)JSP 440
67 (0.361 %)QA
75 (0.258 %)ISO 9001
82 (0.103 %)BS7799
82 (0.103 %)ISO 9000
91 (0.052 %)GAMP
91 (0.052 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1166 (8.552 %)Active Directory
2127 (6.543 %)VMware Infrastructure
348 (2.473 %)VMware ESX
439 (2.009 %)vSphere
535 (1.803 %)XenApp
627 (1.391 %)VMware ESXi
724 (1.236 %)Hyper-V
814 (0.721 %)XenServer
912 (0.618 %)XenDesktop
912 (0.618 %)ISA Server
1010 (0.515 %)MailMarshal
118 (0.412 %)Terminal Services
126 (0.309 %)Snort
135 (0.258 %)UAG
144 (0.206 %)Squid
152 (0.103 %)SRDF
152 (0.103 %)DFS Replication
152 (0.103 %)Veritas Cluster Server
161 (0.052 %)NFS
161 (0.052 %)Terminal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
158 (2.988 %)CiscoWorks
247 (2.421 %)Cisco CUCM
325 (1.288 %)OpenView
420 (1.030 %)SCCM
420 (1.030 %)WSUS
517 (0.876 %)NetBackup
517 (0.876 %)Backup Exec
616 (0.824 %)SolarWinds Orion
715 (0.773 %)Cisco UCCX
814 (0.721 %)Cisco IPCC
912 (0.618 %)Norton AntiVirus
1011 (0.567 %)Netcool
1011 (0.567 %)McAfee ePO
1110 (0.515 %)Ionix
1110 (0.515 %)Tivoli
128 (0.412 %)SCOM
128 (0.412 %)Unicenter
137 (0.361 %)Nagios
137 (0.361 %)HP NNM
137 (0.361 %)vCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11580 (81.40 %)Cisco
2373 (19.22 %)CheckPoint
3356 (18.34 %)Juniper
4276 (14.22 %)VMware
5221 (11.39 %)Microsoft
6189 (9.737 %)HP
7179 (9.222 %)F5
8155 (7.986 %)Citrix
9125 (6.440 %)Nokia
1091 (4.688 %)Blue Coat
1169 (3.555 %)Avaya
1169 (3.555 %)Redback
1261 (3.143 %)Nortel
1342 (2.164 %)Riverbed
1342 (2.164 %)SolarWinds
1434 (1.752 %)Huawei
1434 (1.752 %)Remedy
1533 (1.700 %)Symantec
1632 (1.649 %)McAfee
1731 (1.597 %)NetApp