The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco IPCC skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IPCC 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 of the Systems Management category.

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 IP Contact Center (IPCC)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank562571528
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Down-43
Matching contract IT job ads17108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.029 %0.016 %0.015 %
As % of the Systems Management category0.467 %0.278 %0.286 %
Number of daily rates quoted865
Average daily rate£313£388£700
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.35 %-44.64 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£298£345
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£390£450£790
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£425£350
% change year-on-year
-41.17 %+21.42 %
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
363936032795
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.148 %5.872 %5.076 %
Number of daily rates quoted185016941236
Average daily rate£350£360£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77 %+6.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£210£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£314
% change year-on-year
+8.33 %-4.38 %
Number of hourly rates quoted173219234
Average hourly rate£19.00£23.44£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.93 %+9.01 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£15.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£38.75£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£24.40£20.50
% change year-on-year
-28.27 %+19.02 %

Cisco IPCC
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IPCC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Cisco IPCC Demand Trend

Cisco IPCC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cisco IPCC Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IPCC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco IPCC within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Cisco IPCC Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco IPCC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cisco IPCC Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IPCC
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IPCC 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+1817£313-19.35 %
South EastUp+58£375-11.76 %
LondonUp+295£425+42.85 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-4--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-4--
MiddlesexNew entry-3£375-
East MidlandsNew entry-2£175-
City of LondonUp+351--
BerkshireDown-101--
CheshireNew entry-1£200-
North WestNew entry-1£200-
West MidlandsNew entry-1£250-
BirminghamNew entry-1£250-

Cisco IPCC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco IPCC 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 IPCC.

132 (80.00 %)Cisco
218 (45.00 %)LAN
317 (42.50 %)WAN
414 (35.00 %)Cisco Certification
414 (35.00 %)VoIP
510 (25.00 %)Cisco CUCM
510 (25.00 %)CCNP
510 (25.00 %)Telecoms
69 (22.50 %)Wireless
69 (22.50 %)IVR
78 (20.00 %)CCVP
78 (20.00 %)IP Telephony
78 (20.00 %)Cisco UCCX
78 (20.00 %)CCNA
87 (17.50 %)Avaya
87 (17.50 %)ISDN
87 (17.50 %)OSPF
87 (17.50 %)EIGRP
87 (17.50 %)Cisco ICM
96 (15.00 %)PABX
96 (15.00 %)MPLS
105 (12.50 %)Firewall
105 (12.50 %)CTI
105 (12.50 %)BGP
105 (12.50 %)MS Visio
105 (12.50 %)ATM
105 (12.50 %)CCIE
105 (12.50 %)Genesys
105 (12.50 %)SAN
105 (12.50 %)Network Management

Cisco IPCC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco IPCC 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 IPCC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (7.500 %)XML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (2.500 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (12.50 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (45.00 %)LAN
217 (42.50 %)WAN
314 (35.00 %)VoIP
49 (22.50 %)Wireless
58 (20.00 %)IP Telephony
67 (17.50 %)ISDN
67 (17.50 %)OSPF
67 (17.50 %)EIGRP
67 (17.50 %)Cisco ICM
76 (15.00 %)PABX
76 (15.00 %)MPLS
85 (12.50 %)Firewall
85 (12.50 %)CTI
85 (12.50 %)BGP
85 (12.50 %)ATM
85 (12.50 %)SAN
94 (10.00 %)IPsec
94 (10.00 %)VLAN
94 (10.00 %)Cisco IPT
94 (10.00 %)Fibre Channel
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (25.00 %)Telecoms
22 (5.000 %)Finance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (30.00 %)Cisco Engineer
28 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
37 (17.50 %)Cisco Network Engineer
46 (15.00 %)Project Manager
55 (12.50 %)Network Manager
64 (10.00 %)Network Administrator
64 (10.00 %)Design Engineer
64 (10.00 %)Cisco Administrator
64 (10.00 %)Consultant
64 (10.00 %)Administrator
73 (7.500 %)Cisco VoIP Engineer
73 (7.500 %)IP Engineer
73 (7.500 %)Voice Engineer
73 (7.500 %)VoIP Engineer
73 (7.500 %)Telephony Engineer
82 (5.000 %)Support Engineer
82 (5.000 %)Technical Consultant
91 (2.500 %)2nd Line Support
91 (2.500 %)Support Consultant
91 (2.500 %)Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (22.50 %)IVR
22 (5.000 %)AVVID
22 (5.000 %)Video Conferencing
31 (2.500 %)Handset
31 (2.500 %)NHS
31 (2.500 %)Computer Science
31 (2.500 %)Speech Recognition
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (7.500 %)Solaris
13 (7.500 %)Linux
22 (5.000 %)Windows
22 (5.000 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (12.50 %)Network Management
24 (10.00 %)Network Architecture
24 (10.00 %)Disaster Recovery
33 (7.500 %)Project Management
33 (7.500 %)CRM
33 (7.500 %)Capacity Planning
33 (7.500 %)Network Design
33 (7.500 %)Network Planning
33 (7.500 %)Supplier Management
42 (5.000 %)CAD
42 (5.000 %)Change Management
51 (2.500 %)Service Delivery
51 (2.500 %)Validation
51 (2.500 %)Configuration Management
51 (2.500 %)ITIL
51 (2.500 %)E-Commerce
51 (2.500 %)Continuous Improvement
51 (2.500 %)Root Cause Analysis
51 (2.500 %)Risk Management
51 (2.500 %)Project Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
114 (35.00 %)Cisco Certification
210 (25.00 %)CCNP
38 (20.00 %)CCVP
38 (20.00 %)CCNA
45 (12.50 %)CCIE
45 (12.50 %)Degree
54 (10.00 %)Avaya Certification
62 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
62 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.500 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (25.00 %)Cisco CUCM
28 (20.00 %)Cisco UCCX
33 (7.500 %)Cisco UCCE
41 (2.500 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
132 (80.00 %)Cisco
27 (17.50 %)Avaya
35 (12.50 %)Genesys
44 (10.00 %)Mitel
44 (10.00 %)Verint
44 (10.00 %)Nortel
53 (7.500 %)CheckPoint
53 (7.500 %)IBM
62 (5.000 %)Juniper
71 (2.500 %)SolarWinds
71 (2.500 %)Aruba
71 (2.500 %)F5