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This section looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco Certification
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank9882
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads11671629
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.497 %1.830 %
As % of the category below15.18 %19.06 %
Daily rates quoted317335
Average minimum daily rate£306£315
Average daily rate£322£332
% change on same period last year-3.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£317
% change on same period last year-7.61 %
Hourly rates quoted110210
Average minimum hourly rate£25.64£25.20
Average hourly rate£27.55£26.77
% change on same period last year+2.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.45£28.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.19£27.09
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Qualifications UKQualifications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads76888548
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.864 %9.604 %
Daily rates quoted24592393
Average minimum daily rate£336£342
Average daily rate£358£363
% change on same period last year-1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£332
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted785885
Average minimum hourly rate£23.81£23.87
Average hourly rate£25.46£25.38
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.10£26.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.74£25.82
% change on same period last year-4.19 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Cisco Certification across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Cisco Certification across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Cisco Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Cisco Certification across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Cisco Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-251055£321-3.14 %
2LondonDown-5472£352-1.15 %
3South EastDown-23222£294-6.81 %
4City of LondonDown-3696£355+5.87 %
5YorkshireUp+787£288-9.44 %
6East of EnglandDown-1974£279-5.98 %
7ScotlandDown-2364£269-19.13 %
8BerkshireNo change056£282-16.36 %
9West YorkshireUp+1151£282-13.96 %
10North WestDown-3250£278-29.82 %
11BuckinghamshireUp+546£320+4.62 %
12West MidlandsDown-5342£275-16.39 %
13South WestDown-1341£273-3.74 %
14Milton KeynesDown-836£326-0.79 %
15HampshireDown-1733£314+10.77 %
16HertfordshireDown-1531£381+25.44 %
17WalesUp+1428£391-2.34 %
18LeedsUp+1225£301-13.18 %
19East MidlandsDown-1623£304-14.26 %
19EssexUp+523£204-28.06 %
20North YorkshireUp+1722£325+0.10 %
20ReadingUp+122£283+4.49 %
20GlasgowDown-122£247-26.41 %
21Docklands, LondonUp+220£345-6.97 %
22SurreyUp+717£336-2.30 %
23OxfordshireDown-416--
23ManchesterDown-1016£200-42.30 %
24HarrogateDown-215£313-
25AberdeenDown-314£250-
25MidlandsDown-2414£260-12.35 %

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Cisco Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Cisco Certification.

12109 (80.19 %)Cisco
21398 (53.16 %)CCNP
31254 (47.68 %)CCNA
4786 (29.89 %)Firewall
5781 (29.70 %)LAN
6751 (28.56 %)WAN
7590 (22.43 %)CCIE
8452 (17.19 %)CheckPoint
9434 (16.50 %)OSPF
10420 (15.97 %)VPN
11419 (15.93 %)BGP
12376 (14.30 %)MPLS
13359 (13.65 %)VoIP
14329 (12.51 %)Finance
15328 (12.47 %)TCP/IP
15328 (12.47 %)Windows
16303 (11.52 %)Microsoft Certification
17299 (11.37 %)Network Design
18260 (9.886 %)MCSE
19255 (9.696 %)Network Security
20240 (9.125 %)Telecoms
21235 (8.935 %)CCDP
22221 (8.403 %)EIGRP
23204 (7.757 %)Microsoft
23204 (7.757 %)Cisco PIX
24172 (6.540 %)Juniper
25169 (6.426 %)Active Directory
26163 (6.198 %)Nokia
27162 (6.160 %)CCIP
28157 (5.970 %)CCVP

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Cisco Certification also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Cisco Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
113 (0.494 %)WebServices
211 (0.418 %)CSS
36 (0.228 %)XML
36 (0.228 %)ASP
45 (0.190 %).NET
54 (0.152 %)JSP
54 (0.152 %)Software Packaging
63 (0.114 %)WAP
72 (0.076 %)HTML
72 (0.076 %)Application Packaging
81 (0.038 %)Middleware
81 (0.038 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
193 (3.536 %)MS Exchange
286 (3.270 %)Exchange Server 2003
334 (1.293 %)Exchange Server 2000
425 (0.951 %)IIS
520 (0.760 %)Apache
520 (0.760 %)Exchange Server 2007
615 (0.570 %)Lotus Notes
713 (0.494 %)Tomcat
87 (0.266 %)JBoss
87 (0.266 %)Resin
96 (0.228 %)SharePoint
105 (0.190 %)Exchange Server 5.5
105 (0.190 %)CMS
113 (0.114 %)Oracle Application Server
113 (0.114 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
113 (0.114 %)Lotus Domino
113 (0.114 %)SharePoint Server 2007
121 (0.038 %)Content Management Server
121 (0.038 %)WebLogic
121 (0.038 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
151 (1.939 %)MS Office
250 (1.901 %)MS Excel
336 (1.369 %)MS Visio
412 (0.456 %)MS Project
59 (0.342 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.076 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
14 (0.152 %)MFGPRO
23 (0.114 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.038 %)SAP R/3
31 (0.038 %)Summit
Communications & Networking
1786 (29.89 %)Firewall
2781 (29.70 %)LAN
3751 (28.56 %)WAN
4434 (16.50 %)OSPF
5420 (15.97 %)VPN
6419 (15.93 %)BGP
7376 (14.30 %)MPLS
8359 (13.65 %)VoIP
9328 (12.47 %)TCP/IP
10255 (9.696 %)Network Security
11221 (8.403 %)EIGRP
12204 (7.757 %)Cisco PIX
13148 (5.627 %)DNS
14121 (4.601 %)Wireless
15117 (4.449 %)VLAN
15117 (4.449 %)Internet
16114 (4.335 %)IP Telephony
1788 (3.346 %)SAN
1883 (3.156 %)DHCP
1979 (3.004 %)RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
125 (0.951 %)SQL Server
212 (0.456 %)MySQL
33 (0.114 %)Oracle 10g
33 (0.114 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (0.114 %)NonStop SQL
42 (0.076 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.038 %)FileMaker
51 (0.038 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.038 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
13 (0.114 %)MSI
General
1329 (12.51 %)Finance
2240 (9.125 %)Telecoms
3155 (5.894 %)Government
4135 (5.133 %)Banking
542 (1.597 %)Investment Banking
638 (1.445 %)Financial Institution
727 (1.027 %)Health
824 (0.913 %)Military
922 (0.837 %)Education
1021 (0.798 %)Auditing
1116 (0.608 %)Retail
1213 (0.494 %)Legal
1311 (0.418 %)Insurance
148 (0.304 %)Law
148 (0.304 %)Games
157 (0.266 %)Construction
166 (0.228 %)Pharmaceutical
174 (0.152 %)Manufacturing
174 (0.152 %)Billing
183 (0.114 %)Local Government
Job Titles
11085 (41.25 %)Network Engineer
2516 (19.62 %)Cisco Engineer
3310 (11.79 %)Cisco Network Engineer
4228 (8.669 %)Network Support
5216 (8.213 %)Support Engineer
6203 (7.719 %)Analyst
7168 (6.388 %)Consultant
8150 (5.703 %)Design Engineer
9132 (5.019 %)Network Analyst
10119 (4.525 %)Network Support Engineer
11114 (4.335 %)Security Engineer
11114 (4.335 %)Architect
12105 (3.992 %)Senior Network Engineer
1399 (3.764 %)Cisco Support
1399 (3.764 %)Network Design Engineer
1484 (3.194 %)Cisco Specialist
1484 (3.194 %)Network Consultant
1583 (3.156 %)Network Specialist
1678 (2.966 %)Network Security Engineer
1777 (2.928 %)Administrator
Miscellaneous
128 (1.065 %)NHS
221 (0.798 %)SecurID
318 (0.684 %)PKI
318 (0.684 %)Clustering
416 (0.608 %)Video Conferencing
513 (0.494 %)Blackberry
513 (0.494 %)CESG
612 (0.456 %)CESG CLAS
612 (0.456 %)Derivative
710 (0.380 %)French Language
88 (0.304 %)Statistics
96 (0.228 %)Japanese Language
96 (0.228 %)IVR
105 (0.190 %)Management Information System
105 (0.190 %)Replication
105 (0.190 %)CLARiiON
105 (0.190 %)Smartcard
105 (0.190 %)Asset Management
114 (0.152 %)Client/Server
123 (0.114 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
1328 (12.47 %)Windows
2145 (5.513 %)Linux
3141 (5.361 %)Unix
480 (3.042 %)Windows 2000
563 (2.395 %)Windows Server 2003
651 (1.939 %)Solaris
744 (1.673 %)Windows NT
829 (1.103 %)Windows XP
98 (0.304 %)NetWare
106 (0.228 %)AIX
112 (0.076 %)HPUX
112 (0.076 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.076 %)Mac OS X Server
121 (0.038 %)SUSE
121 (0.038 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1299 (11.37 %)Network Design
2149 (5.665 %)ITIL
3100 (3.802 %)Migration
493 (3.536 %)Project Management
579 (3.004 %)PRINCE2
677 (2.928 %)Load Balancing
751 (1.939 %)Service Delivery
832 (1.217 %)Change Management
921 (0.798 %)Service Management
1020 (0.760 %)Configuration Management
1117 (0.646 %)Information Security
1214 (0.532 %)Incident Management
1313 (0.494 %)Disaster Recovery
1412 (0.456 %)Validation
1412 (0.456 %)Release Management
1511 (0.418 %)Requirements Analysis
1511 (0.418 %)E-Commerce
169 (0.342 %)Time Management
178 (0.304 %)Network Planning
187 (0.266 %)Investment Management
Programming Languages
146 (1.749 %)SQL
222 (0.837 %)C
313 (0.494 %)Perl
313 (0.494 %)Shell Script
47 (0.266 %)VB
56 (0.228 %)PHP
56 (0.228 %)Java
62 (0.076 %)VB.NET
62 (0.076 %)VBScript
71 (0.038 %)Delphi
Qualifications
11398 (53.16 %)CCNP
21254 (47.68 %)CCNA
3590 (22.43 %)CCIE
4303 (11.52 %)Microsoft Certification
5260 (9.886 %)MCSE
6235 (8.935 %)CCDP
7162 (6.160 %)CCIP
8157 (5.970 %)CCVP
9125 (4.753 %)CCSA
10119 (4.525 %)CCSP
11107 (4.068 %)CCDA
1295 (3.612 %)CCSE
1382 (3.118 %)MCP
1461 (2.319 %)Degree
1545 (1.711 %)CISSP
1636 (1.369 %)MCSA
1726 (0.989 %)Citrix Certification
1824 (0.913 %)Check Point Certification
1922 (0.837 %)CCA
2021 (0.798 %)ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
145 (1.711 %)SLA
211 (0.418 %)BS7799
35 (0.190 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
35 (0.190 %)ISO17799
43 (0.114 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.038 %)COBIT
51 (0.038 %)QA
System Software
1169 (6.426 %)Active Directory
221 (0.798 %)Citrix Presentation Server
314 (0.532 %)ISA Server
412 (0.456 %)NetBackup
511 (0.418 %)VMware ESX
610 (0.380 %)Squid
78 (0.304 %)Backup Exec
87 (0.266 %)Terminal Services
95 (0.190 %)VMware GSX
104 (0.152 %)VMware Workstation
113 (0.114 %)Terminal Server
122 (0.076 %)MetaFrame
122 (0.076 %)Oracle RMAN
131 (0.038 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
131 (0.038 %)VMware Server
131 (0.038 %)Samba
Systems Management
1106 (4.030 %)CiscoWorks
2102 (3.878 %)OpenView
318 (0.684 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
417 (0.646 %)Tivoli
417 (0.646 %)BMC PATROL
511 (0.418 %)NNM
68 (0.304 %)Tivoli NetView
76 (0.228 %)Norton AntiVirus
85 (0.190 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
85 (0.190 %)MOM
85 (0.190 %)Netcool
93 (0.114 %)OpenView Configuration Management
101 (0.038 %)Legato
101 (0.038 %)Nagios
101 (0.038 %)ARCserve
101 (0.038 %)OVIS
101 (0.038 %)WSUS
101 (0.038 %)EMC NetWorker
101 (0.038 %)SCOM
101 (0.038 %)HP Data Protector
Vendors
12109 (80.19 %)Cisco
2452 (17.19 %)CheckPoint
3204 (7.757 %)Microsoft
4172 (6.540 %)Juniper
5163 (6.198 %)Nokia
6144 (5.475 %)HP
792 (3.498 %)Nortel
873 (2.776 %)Citrix
965 (2.471 %)VMware
1044 (1.673 %)Avaya
1132 (1.217 %)Red Hat
1230 (1.141 %)EMC
1230 (1.141 %)Blue Coat
1325 (0.951 %)Oracle
1424 (0.913 %)Sun
1523 (0.875 %)Alcatel
1523 (0.875 %)NetApp
1523 (0.875 %)Remedy
1523 (0.875 %)NetScout
1622 (0.837 %)Ericsson
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