The first table below looks at the demand for CCIE in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCIE over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the West Midlands region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Rank 91 100 84
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -16
Contract jobs citing CCIE 4 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.242% 0.134% 0.528%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.600% 0.962% 3.356%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -21.87%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
250 312 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.14% 13.98% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 141 136
Average daily rate £325 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 33 25
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.25 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCIE
England

CCIE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCIE across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands CCIE Jobs Demand Trend

CCIE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCIE across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands CCIE Daily Rate Trend

CCIE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCIE across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands CCIE Hourly Rate Trend

CCIE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwickshire - 2 - -
CCIE
England

CCIE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CCIE 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 CCIE.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (20.00%) Junos
4 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Debian
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
4 1 (20.00%) VLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) IIS
4 1 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003

CCIE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CCIE 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 CCIE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (20.00%) Junos
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) BGP
2 1 (20.00%) X.25
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Debian
3 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) F5
West Midlands
Senior Network Engineer (SC Cleared) - Birmingham - £400-450 per/day (12 Months) Senior Network Engineer - CCIE OR CCNP (Must have) - SC Clearance (Must have) - Routing & Switching, Lan & Wan,...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Rate: £400 - £450 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013