The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 52 45 60
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +15
Contract jobs citing Cisco 1678 2069 1822
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 3.447% 3.563% 2.930%
As % of the Vendors category 7.341% 7.652% 6.238%
Number of daily rates quoted 803 1022 863
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £458 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.46% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 173 184
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £20.06 £21.88
% change year-on-year
+12.16% -8.29%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22858 27039 29208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.96% 46.56% 46.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12157 13678 14768
Average daily rate £400 £388 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -4.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1224 1348 1626
Average hourly rate £19.75 £19.63 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.63% -4.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.24 £11.37 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cisco Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -9 1538 £340 -2.85% 573
London -23 577 £388 +3.33% 213
South East -8 364 £328 -6.32% 125
City of London -17 197 £400 - 85
East of England +5 118 £268 -25.69% 37
Berkshire -20 114 £333 +2.30% 32
Yorkshire +18 112 £308 +2.50% 31
South West +8 100 £300 -25.00% 44
West Midlands +19 96 £288 -0.86% 30
Hampshire -7 85 £335 -4.28% 17
West Yorkshire +9 77 £300 - 21
North West -12 77 £266 -11.25% 60
Surrey +15 60 £375 +7.14% 29
Leeds +9 59 £308 +2.50% 18
East Midlands +19 56 £308 +74.71% 18
Scotland -26 43 £300 -20.00% 20
Cambridgeshire +7 36 £243 -11.81% 13
Cheshire +1 34 £263 -22.22% 15
Wiltshire -13 30 £363 -9.18% 13
Reading -24 30 £281 -3.01% 13
Nottinghamshire +23 29 £308 +48.73% 4
Wales +21 29 £260 -11.86% 14
Aberdeen +18 27 £330 +10.00% 10
Nottingham +15 27 £308 +48.73% 3
Oxfordshire +12 27 £270 -16.92% 10
Gloucestershire +26 25 £513 +28.12% 6
Essex -11 25 £379 -5.31% 5
South Wales +19 24 £243 -21.13% 12
West Sussex +12 23 £575 +84.00% 7
Buckinghamshire -22 23 £250 -16.66% 6

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco 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.

1 1102 (35.92%) Cisco Certification
2 1092 (35.59%) Windows
3 1047 (34.13%) Firewall
4 799 (26.04%) VMware
5 737 (24.02%) LAN
6 692 (22.56%) WAN
7 653 (21.28%) Microsoft
8 594 (19.36%) CCNP
9 586 (19.10%) CCNA
10 519 (16.92%) Active Directory
11 485 (15.81%) Windows Server 2008
12 483 (15.74%) SAN
13 477 (15.55%) VMware Infrastructure
14 471 (15.35%) ITIL
15 463 (15.09%) VPN
16 449 (14.63%) Juniper
17 445 (14.50%) Citrix
18 441 (14.37%) HP
19 418 (13.62%) Cisco ASA
20 411 (13.40%) Linux
21 409 (13.33%) VoIP
22 400 (13.04%) CheckPoint
23 375 (12.22%) Telecoms
24 364 (11.86%) Security Cleared
25 358 (11.67%) MS Exchange
26 351 (11.44%) TCP/IP
27 345 (11.25%) Wireless
28 342 (11.15%) MPLS
29 335 (10.92%) Windows Server 2003
30 333 (10.85%) Finance

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 50 (1.630%) Middleware
2 34 (1.108%) HTML
3 27 (0.880%) WebSphere
4 20 (0.652%) XML
5 19 (0.619%) CSS
6 17 (0.554%) Application Packaging
7 16 (0.522%) XSLT
8 12 (0.391%) XMPP
9 11 (0.359%) Web Services
9 11 (0.359%) .NET
10 10 (0.326%) STL
10 10 (0.326%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 8 (0.261%) Regular Expression
11 8 (0.261%) COM
12 7 (0.228%) VXML
13 6 (0.196%) ASP
13 6 (0.196%) Flash
13 6 (0.196%) WAP
13 6 (0.196%) ADSI
14 5 (0.163%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 358 (11.67%) MS Exchange
2 170 (5.541%) Exchange Server 2010
3 136 (4.433%) SharePoint
4 124 (4.042%) Exchange Server 2007
5 108 (3.520%) Exchange Server 2003
6 91 (2.966%) IIS
7 89 (2.901%) Apache
8 61 (1.988%) Lync
9 50 (1.630%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 43 (1.402%) SharePoint 2010
11 30 (0.978%) WebLogic
12 23 (0.750%) Tomcat
13 21 (0.684%) IBM Notes
14 12 (0.391%) GlassFish
15 11 (0.359%) CMS
15 11 (0.359%) SAS
16 10 (0.326%) Exchange Server 2000
17 9 (0.293%) Office Communications Server
17 9 (0.293%) Amazon AWS
18 8 (0.261%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 175 (5.704%) MS Excel
2 163 (5.313%) MS Office
3 66 (2.151%) MS Visio
4 23 (0.750%) MS Project
5 20 (0.652%) MS PowerPoint
6 15 (0.489%) Office 365
7 12 (0.391%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.130%) S-PLUS
9 3 (0.098%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.098%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.033%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.033%) Vectorworks
10 1 (0.033%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.033%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 17 (0.554%) RMDS
2 11 (0.359%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.228%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.196%) SAP CCM
4 6 (0.196%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 6 (0.196%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.130%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.130%) Maximo
6 3 (0.098%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.033%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.033%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.033%) Summit
7 1 (0.033%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.033%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 1047 (34.13%) Firewall
2 737 (24.02%) LAN
3 692 (22.56%) WAN
4 483 (15.74%) SAN
5 463 (15.09%) VPN
6 418 (13.62%) Cisco ASA
7 409 (13.33%) VoIP
8 351 (11.44%) TCP/IP
9 345 (11.25%) Wireless
10 342 (11.15%) MPLS
11 332 (10.82%) DNS
12 305 (9.941%) BGP
13 272 (8.866%) OSPF
14 254 (8.279%) DHCP
15 248 (8.083%) Cisco Nexus
16 238 (7.757%) Network Security
17 196 (6.389%) Internet
18 171 (5.574%) NAS
19 169 (5.508%) VLAN
20 155 (5.052%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (6.454%) SQL Server
2 66 (2.151%) SQL Server 2008
3 53 (1.728%) MySQL
4 32 (1.043%) SQL Server 2005
5 15 (0.489%) Oracle 8/8i
6 11 (0.359%) Oracle 11g
6 11 (0.359%) SQL Server 2012
7 10 (0.326%) EDRMS
8 9 (0.293%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.261%) Oracle 10g
10 6 (0.196%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.163%) DB2
12 4 (0.130%) Informix
12 4 (0.130%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.130%) SQL Server 2000
13 2 (0.065%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.065%) SAP BW
13 2 (0.065%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.065%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.065%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 18 (0.587%) Subversion
2 16 (0.522%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 11 (0.359%) Trac
4 10 (0.326%) GCC
4 10 (0.326%) GDB
5 8 (0.261%) MSI
6 5 (0.163%) ClearQuest
6 5 (0.163%) JIRA
7 4 (0.130%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.098%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.098%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.098%) Hudson
8 3 (0.098%) StarTeam
8 3 (0.098%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.065%) WiX
9 2 (0.065%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.065%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.065%) Git (software)
9 2 (0.065%) CruiseControl
9 2 (0.065%) TestDirector
General
1 375 (12.22%) Telecoms
2 333 (10.85%) Finance
3 123 (4.009%) Banking
4 59 (1.923%) Retail
5 36 (1.173%) Back Office
6 34 (1.108%) Investment Banking
7 26 (0.847%) Financial Institution
8 25 (0.815%) Billing
9 22 (0.717%) Legal
9 22 (0.717%) Manufacturing
10 21 (0.684%) Military
10 21 (0.684%) Marketing
11 17 (0.554%) French Language
11 17 (0.554%) German Language
12 15 (0.489%) Law
13 13 (0.424%) Advertising
14 10 (0.326%) Local Government
15 9 (0.293%) Spanish Language
16 8 (0.261%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.228%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 693 (22.59%) Network Engineer
2 287 (9.355%) Architect
3 260 (8.475%) Cisco Engineer
4 254 (8.279%) Analyst
5 208 (6.780%) Support Engineer
6 197 (6.421%) Consultant
7 167 (5.443%) Administrator
8 141 (4.596%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 127 (4.140%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 122 (3.977%) 3rd Line Support
11 121 (3.944%) Project Manager
12 92 (2.999%) Systems Administrator
13 84 (2.738%) Support Analyst
13 84 (2.738%) Security Engineer
13 84 (2.738%) Voice Engineer
14 82 (2.673%) Technical Architect
14 82 (2.673%) Network Analyst
15 80 (2.608%) Network Specialist
16 76 (2.477%) Solutions Architect
17 73 (2.379%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 97 (3.162%) Blackberry
2 83 (2.705%) Video Conferencing
3 77 (2.510%) Clustering
4 55 (1.793%) Management Information System
5 52 (1.695%) CLARiiON
6 45 (1.467%) Thin Client
6 45 (1.467%) Fat Client
7 42 (1.369%) NHS
8 41 (1.336%) Replication
9 39 (1.271%) IVR
9 39 (1.271%) Open Source
10 33 (1.076%) Symmetrix DMX
10 33 (1.076%) PKI
11 32 (1.043%) Computer Science
12 30 (0.978%) Symmetrix
13 24 (0.782%) EMC Centera
13 24 (0.782%) Handset
14 20 (0.652%) iPad
15 19 (0.619%) Enterprise Storage
16 18 (0.587%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1092 (35.59%) Windows
2 485 (15.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 411 (13.40%) Linux
4 335 (10.92%) Windows Server 2003
5 217 (7.073%) Windows 7
6 196 (6.389%) UNIX
7 194 (6.323%) Windows XP
8 157 (5.117%) Solaris
9 124 (4.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 49 (1.597%) Windows Server 2012
11 45 (1.467%) CentOS
12 35 (1.141%) HPUX
12 35 (1.141%) Mac OS X
13 30 (0.978%) Windows Vista
14 22 (0.717%) Windows 2000 Server
15 19 (0.619%) AIX
15 19 (0.619%) VMS
16 18 (0.587%) NetWare
16 18 (0.587%) Windows 2000
17 16 (0.522%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (15.35%) ITIL
2 246 (8.018%) Project Management
3 217 (7.073%) Migration
4 162 (5.280%) Network Design
5 153 (4.987%) Load Balancing
6 148 (4.824%) PRINCE2
7 120 (3.911%) Change Management
8 116 (3.781%) Service Management
9 111 (3.618%) Network Management
10 102 (3.325%) Service Delivery
11 87 (2.836%) Disaster Recovery
12 73 (2.379%) Incident Management
13 64 (2.086%) Configuration Management
14 52 (1.695%) Change Control
15 51 (1.662%) Information Security
16 49 (1.597%) Business Continuity
17 48 (1.565%) E-Commerce
18 45 (1.467%) Network Architecture
19 41 (1.336%) PRINCE
20 40 (1.304%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (6.160%) SQL
2 75 (2.445%) C
3 42 (1.369%) Java
4 37 (1.206%) Perl
5 32 (1.043%) Shell Script
6 31 (1.010%) PowerShell
7 27 (0.880%) PHP
8 16 (0.522%) JavaScript
9 14 (0.456%) C++
10 12 (0.391%) VBScript
10 12 (0.391%) Bash shell
11 9 (0.293%) VB
12 6 (0.196%) Lisp
13 5 (0.163%) Python
14 3 (0.098%) C#
14 3 (0.098%) R
14 3 (0.098%) JCL
15 2 (0.065%) Ruby
15 2 (0.065%) COBOL
15 2 (0.065%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1102 (35.92%) Cisco Certification
2 594 (19.36%) CCNP
3 586 (19.10%) CCNA
4 364 (11.86%) Security Cleared
5 241 (7.855%) CCIE
6 233 (7.595%) Microsoft Certification
7 228 (7.432%) SC Cleared
8 170 (5.541%) MCSE
9 149 (4.857%) Degree
10 101 (3.292%) DV Cleared
11 81 (2.640%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 76 (2.477%) CCDP
13 74 (2.412%) MCITP
14 65 (2.119%) ITIL Certification
15 63 (2.053%) CISSP
16 57 (1.858%) CCSE
17 46 (1.499%) CCIP
18 45 (1.467%) CCSP
19 42 (1.369%) MCP
19 42 (1.369%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (3.944%) SLA
2 36 (1.173%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (1.108%) PCI DSS
4 19 (0.619%) QA
5 14 (0.456%) JSP 440
6 9 (0.293%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.163%) BS7799
8 4 (0.130%) TickIT
9 3 (0.098%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.098%) COBIT
10 1 (0.033%) GxP
10 1 (0.033%) GCP
10 1 (0.033%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.033%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 519 (16.92%) Active Directory
2 477 (15.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 180 (5.867%) vSphere
4 119 (3.879%) Hyper-V
5 118 (3.846%) XenApp
6 90 (2.934%) VMware ESX
7 74 (2.412%) VMware ESXi
8 52 (1.695%) XenDesktop
9 51 (1.662%) XenServer
10 40 (1.304%) ProxySG
11 26 (0.847%) SRDF
12 23 (0.750%) NFS
13 19 (0.619%) UAG
14 15 (0.489%) Oracle RAC
15 13 (0.424%) Citrix Presentation Server
15 13 (0.424%) Forefront TMG
15 13 (0.424%) Terminal Services
16 12 (0.391%) Microsoft App-V
16 12 (0.391%) vCloud
17 11 (0.359%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 132 (4.302%) Cisco CUCM
2 104 (3.390%) SCCM
3 90 (2.934%) Cisco UCCX
4 81 (2.640%) SCOM
5 68 (2.216%) Backup Exec
6 53 (1.728%) Cisco UCCE
7 42 (1.369%) OpenView
8 40 (1.304%) Nagios
9 35 (1.141%) NetBackup
10 32 (1.043%) Tivoli
11 31 (1.010%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 24 (0.782%) CiscoWorks
13 22 (0.717%) EMC NetWorker
13 22 (0.717%) McAfee ePO
14 18 (0.587%) WSUS
15 16 (0.522%) Cacti
15 16 (0.522%) FortiGate
16 15 (0.489%) Puppet
17 14 (0.456%) HP SIM
17 14 (0.456%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 799 (26.04%) VMware
2 653 (21.28%) Microsoft
3 449 (14.63%) Juniper
4 445 (14.50%) Citrix
5 441 (14.37%) HP
6 400 (13.04%) CheckPoint
7 254 (8.279%) F5
8 241 (7.855%) NetApp
9 196 (6.389%) EMC
10 167 (5.443%) Red Hat
11 146 (4.759%) Oracle
12 118 (3.846%) Avaya
13 109 (3.553%) IBM
14 99 (3.227%) Blue Coat
15 96 (3.129%) Brocade
16 89 (2.901%) McAfee
17 84 (2.738%) Nokia
18 81 (2.640%) Riverbed
19 76 (2.477%) Nortel
20 74 (2.412%) Dell
Norwich, East Anglia
Norwich-Network Support Role. £16-20 hr (3 month contract - to become permanent) Must have skills in: Cisco (Routers, firewalls, and switches)- CCNA. LAN/WAN. ITIL... To find...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 22 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
3 month contract - With extension or to become permanent) Must have skills in. Cisco (Routers, firewalls, and switches) LAN/WAN. ITIL. CCNA QUALIFIED... To find out more about.
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 23 May 2013
South West
The network engineer needs to be CCNA or ideally CCNP qualified and the key skills for the network engineer are Cisco Firewalls experience ASA / PIX Routers and Switches...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £225 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Experienced Cisco Network Engineer is sought for a global client based in Aberdeen City Centre. Due to an influx of project work there is an 11-month contract...
TEKsystems
Rate: £300 - £360 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
My client is looking for someone with the following skills and expereince: CCNA qualified. Working knowledge of using Cisco routers and switches. Active Directory. Exchange Server. Good working...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 30 May 2013
City of London
Rate: £25 - £30 per hour
Posted: 10 June 2013
London
Computer Futures
Posted: 11 June 2013
Middlesbrough, North East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £19 - £22 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £225 - £375 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP28 per hour
Posted: 4 June 2013
Norfolk, East Anglia
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 28 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands (County)
Roc Search
Posted: 12 June 2013
Lancashire, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 24 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 11 June 2013
City, London
Sanderson
Rate: £180 - £210 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £25000 - £27000 per annum + bens
Posted: 7 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 17 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP320 - GBP360 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
Computer Futures
Posted: 28 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 6 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Computer Futures
Posted: 5 June 2013
City of London
Computer Futures
Posted: 3 June 2013
Kingston upon Thames, South East
Computer Futures
Posted: 6 June 2013
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Posted: 3 June 2013
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