The first table below looks at the demand for CiscoWorks skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CiscoWorks over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco CiscoWorks
Rank 520 550 531
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -19
Contract jobs citing CiscoWorks 9 34 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.058% 0.087%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.282% 0.952% 1.469%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 28
Average daily rate £400 £275 £276
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -0.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £175 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £376 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £238 £258
% change year-on-year
+26.31% -7.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -18.18%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
3192 3573 3609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.880% 6.127% 5.912%
Number of daily rates quoted 1794 1824 1718
Average daily rate £375 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 170 236
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.81 £22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.94% -12.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%

CiscoWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

CiscoWorks Jobs Demand Trend

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

CiscoWorks Daily Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CiscoWorks within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

CiscoWorks Daily Rate Histogram

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CiscoWorks Hourly Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Top 8 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 24 May 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
England +24 7 £400 +68.42%
South West +30 3 £300 -
Bristol +16 3 £300 -
London +27 2 £425 +18.05%
South East +14 1 - -
City of London +12 1 £400 +3.22%
Berkshire - 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -

CiscoWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 16 (69.57%) Firewall
3 15 (65.22%) OSPF
3 15 (65.22%) BGP
3 15 (65.22%) HP
4 13 (56.52%) MPLS
5 10 (43.48%) Wireless
5 10 (43.48%) OpenView
5 10 (43.48%) VPN
5 10 (43.48%) WAN
5 10 (43.48%) Network Management
6 9 (39.13%) Cisco Nexus
6 9 (39.13%) SolarWinds
6 9 (39.13%) LAN
6 9 (39.13%) SNMP
6 9 (39.13%) TCP/IP
6 9 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (39.13%) Juniper
6 9 (39.13%) Nokia
6 9 (39.13%) CheckPoint
7 8 (34.78%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (26.09%) DHCP
8 6 (26.09%) IBM
8 6 (26.09%) VoIP
9 5 (21.74%) DNS
9 5 (21.74%) CCNP
9 5 (21.74%) Unified Communications
9 5 (21.74%) F5
9 5 (21.74%) FWSM
9 5 (21.74%) IP Telephony

CiscoWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 1 (4.348%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) Firewall
2 15 (65.22%) OSPF
2 15 (65.22%) BGP
3 13 (56.52%) MPLS
4 10 (43.48%) Wireless
4 10 (43.48%) VPN
4 10 (43.48%) WAN
5 9 (39.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 9 (39.13%) LAN
5 9 (39.13%) SNMP
5 9 (39.13%) TCP/IP
6 8 (34.78%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (26.09%) DHCP
7 6 (26.09%) VoIP
8 5 (21.74%) DNS
8 5 (21.74%) Unified Communications
8 5 (21.74%) FWSM
8 5 (21.74%) IP Telephony
9 4 (17.39%) IPsec
9 4 (17.39%) Cisco IPT
General
1 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.04%) Back Office
3 2 (8.696%) Billing
3 2 (8.696%) Finance
3 2 (8.696%) Legal
3 2 (8.696%) Retail
4 1 (4.348%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Network Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Network Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Network Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) IP Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Administrator
5 1 (4.348%) Network Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Telephony Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Design Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Network Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Network Implementation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Statistics
2 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.696%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Network Management
2 3 (13.04%) Load Balancing
2 3 (13.04%) Network Load Balancing
2 3 (13.04%) Network Design
3 2 (8.696%) ITIL
3 2 (8.696%) CRM
3 2 (8.696%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) Service Management
4 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (21.74%) CCNP
3 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) CCDP
4 3 (13.04%) CCNA
4 3 (13.04%) CCIE
5 2 (8.696%) Degree
5 2 (8.696%) CCIP
6 1 (4.348%) CCVP
6 1 (4.348%) CCDA
6 1 (4.348%) CCSP
6 1 (4.348%) CCDE
6 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (8.696%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) OpenView
2 2 (8.696%) HP NNM
2 2 (8.696%) Tivoli
2 2 (8.696%) Netcool
2 2 (8.696%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (65.22%) HP
3 9 (39.13%) SolarWinds
3 9 (39.13%) Juniper
3 9 (39.13%) Nokia
3 9 (39.13%) CheckPoint
4 6 (26.09%) IBM
5 5 (21.74%) F5
6 4 (17.39%) Blue Coat
6 4 (17.39%) IronPort
6 4 (17.39%) CA
7 3 (13.04%) Redback
8 2 (8.696%) OPNET
8 2 (8.696%) VMware
8 2 (8.696%) Riverbed
8 2 (8.696%) Citrix
8 2 (8.696%) Compuware
9 1 (4.348%) Mitel
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