The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Cisco Support role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco Support in their job title 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 Job Titles 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 Support
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank556567506
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Down-61
Matching contract IT job ads231430
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.039 %0.023 %0.054 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.042 %0.025 %0.059 %
Number of daily rates quoted11410
Average daily rate£300£253£220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.81 %+14.77 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£217£163
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£438£281£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£260£275£323
% change year-on-year
-5.45 %-14.72 %
Number of hourly rates quoted2212
Average hourly rate£32.00£33.25£18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.75 %+84.72 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.40£28.25£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.60£38.25£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00-£16.00
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
547785688250613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.55 %92.70 %91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted302013092924313
Average daily rate£400£425£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted259529252766
Average hourly rate£18.75£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

Cisco Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Support within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cisco Support Demand Trend

Cisco Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cisco Support Daily Rate Trend

Cisco Support
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cisco Support Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cisco Support Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco Support
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Support 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+1922£300+18.81 %
LondonUp+3413£300+33.33 %
South EastUp+25£260-
City of LondonUp+333£400+77.77 %
East MidlandsNew entry-3--
HampshireNew entry-3£250-
BerkshireDown-111£300-
DerbyshireNew entry-1--
SuffolkNew entry-1--
SurreyNew entry-1£245-
SloughNew entry-1£300-
WeybridgeNew entry-1£245-
DerbyNew entry-1--
EdinburghNew entry-1--
IpswichNew entry-1--
ScotlandNew entry-1--
East of EnglandNew entry-1--

Cisco Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Cisco Support in their job title 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 with Cisco Support in their job title.

134 (100.00 %)Cisco
226 (76.47 %)Cisco Certification
317 (50.00 %)CCNP
415 (44.12 %)CCNA
514 (41.18 %)Firewall
610 (29.41 %)Telecoms
610 (29.41 %)WAN
79 (26.47 %)VoIP
88 (23.53 %)CheckPoint
88 (23.53 %)LAN
88 (23.53 %)Finance
96 (17.65 %)VMware
96 (17.65 %)Windows
96 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
96 (17.65 %)Internet
96 (17.65 %)MPLS
105 (14.71 %)CCIE
105 (14.71 %)ITIL
105 (14.71 %)Network Security
105 (14.71 %)Cisco ASA
105 (14.71 %)Cisco CUCM
105 (14.71 %)Network Management
114 (11.76 %)CCVP
114 (11.76 %)Wireless
114 (11.76 %)Linux
114 (11.76 %)Microsoft
114 (11.76 %)Ethernet
114 (11.76 %)OSPF
114 (11.76 %)BGP
114 (11.76 %)NetApp

Cisco Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Cisco Support in their job title 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 with Cisco Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.941 %)IIS
21 (2.941 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (2.941 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.941 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (41.18 %)Firewall
210 (29.41 %)WAN
39 (26.47 %)VoIP
48 (23.53 %)LAN
56 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
56 (17.65 %)Internet
56 (17.65 %)MPLS
65 (14.71 %)Network Security
65 (14.71 %)Cisco ASA
74 (11.76 %)Wireless
74 (11.76 %)Ethernet
74 (11.76 %)OSPF
74 (11.76 %)BGP
83 (8.824 %)VPN
83 (8.824 %)Cisco IOS
83 (8.824 %)Cisco IPT
83 (8.824 %)Cisco Nexus
92 (5.882 %)VLAN
92 (5.882 %)H.323
92 (5.882 %)IPsec
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.941 %)Data Warehouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (2.941 %)RequisitePro
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (29.41 %)Telecoms
28 (23.53 %)Finance
32 (5.882 %)Retail
41 (2.941 %)German Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (5.882 %)Statistics
21 (2.941 %)Client/Server
21 (2.941 %)Handset
21 (2.941 %)Management Information System
21 (2.941 %)Video Conferencing
21 (2.941 %)PKI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (17.65 %)Windows
24 (11.76 %)Linux
33 (8.824 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (8.824 %)Windows Server 2008
42 (5.882 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
51 (2.941 %)CentOS
51 (2.941 %)Windows 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (14.71 %)ITIL
15 (14.71 %)Network Management
22 (5.882 %)Network Design
31 (2.941 %)Quality Management
31 (2.941 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (2.941 %)E-business
31 (2.941 %)Configuration Management
31 (2.941 %)Project Management
31 (2.941 %)E-Commerce
31 (2.941 %)Business Continuity
31 (2.941 %)Release Management
31 (2.941 %)Load Balancing
31 (2.941 %)Change Control
31 (2.941 %)Root Cause Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (5.882 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (76.47 %)Cisco Certification
217 (50.00 %)CCNP
315 (44.12 %)CCNA
45 (14.71 %)CCIE
54 (11.76 %)CCVP
62 (5.882 %)CCSE
62 (5.882 %)CCSA
62 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
71 (2.941 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (2.941 %)MCSE
71 (2.941 %)CCSP
71 (2.941 %)CCDA
71 (2.941 %)CCDP
71 (2.941 %)BC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.882 %)SLA
21 (2.941 %)PCI DSS
21 (2.941 %)ISO/IEC 27001
21 (2.941 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (8.824 %)vSphere
22 (5.882 %)VMware ESXi
22 (5.882 %)VMware ESX
22 (5.882 %)Active Directory
31 (2.941 %)Terminal Server
31 (2.941 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (14.71 %)Cisco CUCM
23 (8.824 %)CiscoWorks
23 (8.824 %)SolarWinds Orion
32 (5.882 %)Cisco UCCX
41 (2.941 %)NetBackup
41 (2.941 %)Backup Exec
41 (2.941 %)Cisco UCCE
41 (2.941 %)SCCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
134 (100.00 %)Cisco
28 (23.53 %)CheckPoint
36 (17.65 %)VMware
44 (11.76 %)Microsoft
44 (11.76 %)NetApp
53 (8.824 %)Nokia
53 (8.824 %)SolarWinds
61 (2.941 %)Symantec
61 (2.941 %)Siemens
61 (2.941 %)Red Hat
61 (2.941 %)Juniper
61 (2.941 %)Genesys
61 (2.941 %)Nortel
61 (2.941 %)Citrix
61 (2.941 %)Redback
61 (2.941 %)Mitel
61 (2.941 %)BT
61 (2.941 %)Fortinet
61 (2.941 %)Verint
61 (2.941 %)CyberTech