CiscoWorks Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco CiscoWorks skills across the UK with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CiscoWorks over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cisco CiscoWorks
Location Basildon Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire London Maidenhead Milton Keynes Newport Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	461	459
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	98	202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.139 %	0.204 %
As % of the category below	4.302 %	6.407 %
Daily rates quoted	31	75
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£349
Average daily rate	£351	£364
% change on same period last year	-3.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£314	£335
% change on same period last year	-6.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.14	£33.68
Average hourly rate	£31.11	£36.37
% change on same period last year	-14.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.07	£39.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.11	£34.35
% change on same period last year	-9.44 %
Systems Management UK
Matching contract IT job ads	2278	3153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.221 %	3.192 %
Daily rates quoted	704	897
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£358
Average daily rate	£355	£379
% change on same period last year	-6.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£362
% change on same period last year	-7.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	310	455
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.97	£25.45
Average hourly rate	£27.64	£26.81
% change on same period last year	+3.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.30	£28.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.62	£27.36
% change on same period last year	+4.59 %

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.

CiscoWorks
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CiscoWorks within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CiscoWorks within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CiscoWorks within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

CiscoWorks
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 CiscoWorks within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank 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
England	-15	93	£357	-1.80 %
London	+34	34	£378	-2.76 %
West Midlands	+10	20	£280	-
East of England	+32	15	-	-
South East	+3	15	£326	-17.15 %
Warwickshire	+11	13	£280	-
Essex	+16	11	-	-
Basildon	+7	10	-	-
Warwick	+3	10	£280	-
City of London	-34	8	£401	+21.00 %
Buckinghamshire	+25	7	£313	-
South West	+25	7	-	-
Milton Keynes	-	6	£313	-
Dorset	-	5	-	-
Oxford	-5	4	£346	-23.14 %
Oxfordshire	-1	4	£346	-23.14 %
Hertfordshire	-	3	-	-
Scotland	+27	3	£300	-
Wales	-1	2	£275	-21.42 %
Edinburgh	+16	2	£300	-
South Wales	-	2	£275	-
Herefordshire	-8	2	-	-
Solihull	-	2	-	-
Hampshire	+11	2	-	-
Portsmouth	-12	2	-	-
Hemel Hempstead	+4	2	-	-
Nottingham	-	1	-	-
Peterborough	-	1	-	-
Maidenhead	-	1	£325	-
Thames Valley	+12	1	-	-

CiscoWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks.

1 212 (92.98 %) Cisco 2 139 (60.96 %) Cisco Certification 3 104 (45.61 %) Firewall 4 86 (37.72 %) CCNP 4 86 (37.72 %) LAN 5 83 (36.40 %) WAN 6 74 (32.46 %) OpenView 7 63 (27.63 %) CheckPoint 8 62 (27.19 %) BGP 9 60 (26.32 %) OSPF 10 59 (25.88 %) Nokia 10 59 (25.88 %) Cisco PIX 11 57 (25.00 %) VPN 12 55 (24.12 %) CCNA 13 53 (23.25 %) TCP/IP

13 53 (23.25 %) HP 14 44 (19.30 %) Finance 15 36 (15.79 %) Network Design 16 35 (15.35 %) Juniper 17 31 (13.60 %) CCIE 18 30 (13.16 %) Windows 18 30 (13.16 %) MPLS 19 29 (12.72 %) Telecoms 19 29 (12.72 %) NNM 19 29 (12.72 %) Security Cleared 20 27 (11.84 %) Tivoli NetView 21 26 (11.40 %) VoIP 22 25 (10.96 %) ITIL 22 25 (10.96 %) EIGRP 23 24 (10.53 %) Network Security

CiscoWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CiscoWorks 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 CiscoWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (3.509 %) XML 2 2 (0.877 %) ODBC 2 2 (0.877 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.316 %) MQSeries 2 2 (0.877 %) GroupWise 2 2 (0.877 %) WebLogic 2 2 (0.877 %) Apache
Applications 1 2 (0.877 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.439 %) MS Visio 2 1 (0.439 %) Spreadsheet 2 1 (0.439 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 104 (45.61 %) Firewall 2 86 (37.72 %) LAN 3 83 (36.40 %) WAN 4 62 (27.19 %) BGP 5 60 (26.32 %) OSPF 6 59 (25.88 %) Cisco PIX 7 57 (25.00 %) VPN 8 53 (23.25 %) TCP/IP 9 30 (13.16 %) MPLS 10 26 (11.40 %) VoIP 11 25 (10.96 %) EIGRP 12 24 (10.53 %) Network Security 13 22 (9.649 %) Internet 14 18 (7.895 %) VLAN 15 16 (7.018 %) Cisco IOS 15 16 (7.018 %) SNMP 16 15 (6.579 %) TACACS 17 14 (6.140 %) Ethernet 18 13 (5.702 %) WLAN 18 13 (5.702 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (2.193 %) SQL Server 2 4 (1.754 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 3 (1.316 %) Ingres	Development Applications 1 3 (1.316 %) ClearCase
General 1 44 (19.30 %) Finance 2 29 (12.72 %) Telecoms 3 22 (9.649 %) Banking 4 11 (4.825 %) Investment Banking 5 10 (4.386 %) Government 6 9 (3.947 %) Financial Institution 7 8 (3.509 %) Health 8 3 (1.316 %) Billing 8 3 (1.316 %) Front Office 8 3 (1.316 %) Aerospace 8 3 (1.316 %) Auditing 9 1 (0.439 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 82 (35.96 %) Network Engineer 2 33 (14.47 %) Network Support 3 32 (14.04 %) Analyst 4 29 (12.72 %) Cisco Engineer 5 25 (10.96 %) Network Analyst 6 23 (10.09 %) Cisco Network Engineer 6 23 (10.09 %) Network Specialist 7 20 (8.772 %) Support Analyst 8 17 (7.456 %) Network Support Analyst 9 15 (6.579 %) Support Engineer 10 13 (5.702 %) Network Technician 11 11 (4.825 %) Administrator 12 9 (3.947 %) Network Support Engineer 12 9 (3.947 %) Network Administrator 12 9 (3.947 %) Consultant 13 8 (3.509 %) Architect 13 8 (3.509 %) Systems Engineer 13 8 (3.509 %) Cisco Support 13 8 (3.509 %) Cisco Analyst 14 7 (3.070 %) Firewall Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 14 (6.140 %) Derivative 2 8 (3.509 %) Fixed Income 3 7 (3.070 %) e-Health 4 5 (2.193 %) Firmware 5 2 (0.877 %) SecurID 6 1 (0.439 %) NHS 6 1 (0.439 %) CMDB	Operating Systems 1 30 (13.16 %) Windows 2 16 (7.018 %) UNIX 3 13 (5.702 %) Linux 3 13 (5.702 %) Windows Server 2003 4 11 (4.825 %) Windows 2000 5 7 (3.070 %) Solaris 6 6 (2.632 %) VMS 6 6 (2.632 %) NetWare 7 5 (2.193 %) Windows XP 8 3 (1.316 %) OpenVMS 9 2 (0.877 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.439 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 36 (15.79 %) Network Design 2 29 (12.72 %) Security Cleared 3 25 (10.96 %) ITIL 4 16 (7.018 %) SC Cleared 5 11 (4.825 %) ITSM 6 7 (3.070 %) Validation 7 6 (2.632 %) Electronic Trading 7 6 (2.632 %) Service Management 8 5 (2.193 %) Service Delivery 8 5 (2.193 %) Project Management 9 4 (1.754 %) BCP 9 4 (1.754 %) Load Balancing 10 3 (1.316 %) DV Cleared 10 3 (1.316 %) PRINCE2 10 3 (1.316 %) Change Management 11 2 (0.877 %) DRM 11 2 (0.877 %) PRINCE 11 2 (0.877 %) Performance Management 11 2 (0.877 %) Migration 11 2 (0.877 %) Security Management	Programming Languages 1 9 (3.947 %) SQL 1 9 (3.947 %) Shell Script 2 8 (3.509 %) Perl 3 4 (1.754 %) C 4 3 (1.316 %) DCL 4 3 (1.316 %) Korn 5 2 (0.877 %) JavaScript 5 2 (0.877 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 139 (60.96 %) Cisco Certification 2 86 (37.72 %) CCNP 3 55 (24.12 %) CCNA 4 31 (13.60 %) CCIE 5 9 (3.947 %) CCVP 6 8 (3.509 %) Novell Certification 7 7 (3.070 %) CNE 8 6 (2.632 %) CCSP 9 5 (2.193 %) CISSP 9 5 (2.193 %) SSCP 10 4 (1.754 %) CCSA 10 4 (1.754 %) Microsoft Certification 10 4 (1.754 %) CNA 10 4 (1.754 %) MCSE 11 2 (0.877 %) Avaya Certification 11 2 (0.877 %) PMP 11 2 (0.877 %) PMI Certification 12 1 (0.439 %) CCDA 12 1 (0.439 %) CCIP 12 1 (0.439 %) JNCIS	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.632 %) SLA 2 2 (0.877 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 5 (2.193 %) Active Directory 1 5 (2.193 %) Backup Exec 1 5 (2.193 %) MailMarshal 2 3 (1.316 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.439 %) Novell eDirectory 3 1 (0.439 %) NDS	Systems Management 1 74 (32.46 %) OpenView 2 29 (12.72 %) NNM 3 27 (11.84 %) Tivoli NetView 4 22 (9.649 %) Tivoli 5 20 (8.772 %) BMC PATROL 6 10 (4.386 %) Nagios 7 7 (3.070 %) OVOW 7 7 (3.070 %) OVPA 7 7 (3.070 %) OVPI 8 6 (2.632 %) Netcool 9 3 (1.316 %) ARCserve 10 2 (0.877 %) MOM 10 2 (0.877 %) WSUS 10 2 (0.877 %) Norton AntiVirus 10 2 (0.877 %) OVSD 11 1 (0.439 %) ZENworks
Vendors 1 212 (92.98 %) Cisco 2 63 (27.63 %) CheckPoint 3 59 (25.88 %) Nokia 4 53 (23.25 %) HP 5 35 (15.35 %) Juniper 6 20 (8.772 %) BMC 7 14 (6.140 %) Compuware 8 13 (5.702 %) IBM 8 13 (5.702 %) Oracle 9 8 (3.509 %) VERITAS 9 8 (3.509 %) Concord 10 7 (3.070 %) McAfee Security 10 7 (3.070 %) Nortel 11 6 (2.632 %) Blue Coat 12 5 (2.193 %) Symantec 12 5 (2.193 %) BT 12 5 (2.193 %) Sophos 12 5 (2.193 %) Websense 12 5 (2.193 %) Novell 13 4 (1.754 %) Citrix