The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA 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 CCNA 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 Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 78 78 63
Rank change year-on-year
0 -15
Contract jobs citing CCNA 17 25 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.030% 1.121% 1.636%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.800% 8.013% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 13
Average daily rate £238 £175 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% -41.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £145 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £273 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £286 £275 £290
% change year-on-year
+4.09% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.44% -23.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.90 £15.20 £25.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.90 £28.50 £33.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -6.25%
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%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands CCNA Daily Rate Trend

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNA across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands CCNA Daily Rate Histogram

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands CCNA Hourly Rate Trend

CCNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA 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
Birmingham +10 6 £238 -5.00%
Warwickshire -1 2 £350 -
Worcestershire -11 2 £250 +11.11%
Staffordshire +9 1 £175 -
Shropshire +7 1 - -
Coventry -6 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
CCNA
England

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 41 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (70.73%) Cisco
3 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
4 15 (36.59%) MS Office
4 15 (36.59%) ITIL
4 15 (36.59%) Project Management
4 15 (36.59%) Firewall
4 15 (36.59%) Management Information System
4 15 (36.59%) Degree
4 15 (36.59%) Computer Science
5 14 (34.15%) Six Sigma
6 11 (26.83%) MS Project
6 11 (26.83%) MS Visio
6 11 (26.83%) German Language
7 10 (24.39%) WAN
8 9 (21.95%) Windows
8 9 (21.95%) CCNP
9 8 (19.51%) Italian Language
9 8 (19.51%) French Language
9 8 (19.51%) VMware
10 7 (17.07%) MPLS
10 7 (17.07%) Linux
11 6 (14.63%) LAN
11 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
11 6 (14.63%) Juniper
11 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
11 6 (14.63%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (12.20%) Cisco PIX
12 5 (12.20%) Wireless
12 5 (12.20%) Retail

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.878%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.439%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (36.59%) MS Office
2 11 (26.83%) MS Visio
2 11 (26.83%) MS Project
3 4 (9.756%) MS Excel
4 2 (4.878%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) Firewall
2 10 (24.39%) WAN
3 7 (17.07%) MPLS
4 6 (14.63%) LAN
4 6 (14.63%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (12.20%) Cisco PIX
5 5 (12.20%) Wireless
6 4 (9.756%) TACACS
6 4 (9.756%) SNMP
7 3 (7.317%) SAN
7 3 (7.317%) VoIP
7 3 (7.317%) VLAN
8 2 (4.878%) Network Security
8 2 (4.878%) iSCSI
8 2 (4.878%) BGP
8 2 (4.878%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (4.878%) DHCP
8 2 (4.878%) TCP/IP
8 2 (4.878%) VPN
8 2 (4.878%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.439%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (26.83%) German Language
2 8 (19.51%) Italian Language
2 8 (19.51%) French Language
3 5 (12.20%) Retail
4 3 (7.317%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Network Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Project Manager
2 6 (14.63%) Consultant
3 4 (9.756%) Network Manager
4 3 (7.317%) Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (7.317%) Network Specialist
4 3 (7.317%) Network Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) Network Project Manager
4 3 (7.317%) Implementation Engineer
4 3 (7.317%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 2 (4.878%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (4.878%) Field Engineer
5 2 (4.878%) Network Consultant
5 2 (4.878%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.439%) Network Support
6 1 (2.439%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Management Information System
1 15 (36.59%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.878%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.878%) EqualLogic
3 1 (2.439%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.95%) Windows
2 7 (17.07%) Linux
3 5 (12.20%) UNIX
4 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (4.878%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.439%) Debian
6 1 (2.439%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) ITIL
1 15 (36.59%) Project Management
2 14 (34.15%) Six Sigma
3 4 (9.756%) Incident Management
3 4 (9.756%) Network Management
4 3 (7.317%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (7.317%) Migration
5 2 (4.878%) Network Design
6 1 (2.439%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.439%) Network Architecture
6 1 (2.439%) Business Transformation
6 1 (2.439%) Information Security
6 1 (2.439%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.439%) Identity Management
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (36.59%) Degree
3 9 (21.95%) CCNP
4 4 (9.756%) SC Cleared
4 4 (9.756%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.756%) GCSC
5 3 (7.317%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (7.317%) PMP
5 3 (7.317%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.439%) CISM
6 1 (2.439%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.439%) CCDP
6 1 (2.439%) CCA
6 1 (2.439%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (2.439%) CISSP
6 1 (2.439%) CCIE
6 1 (2.439%) VCP4
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.317%) XenServer
3 1 (2.439%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (2.439%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (70.73%) Cisco
2 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
3 8 (19.51%) VMware
4 6 (14.63%) Juniper
5 4 (9.756%) Citrix
5 4 (9.756%) F5
6 3 (7.317%) Veeam
6 3 (7.317%) HP
7 2 (4.878%) Dell
7 2 (4.878%) SonicWALL
8 1 (2.439%) Brocade
8 1 (2.439%) WatchGuard
8 1 (2.439%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.439%) Twitter
8 1 (2.439%) IBM
8 1 (2.439%) Ericsson
8 1 (2.439%) NetApp
8 1 (2.439%) Remedy
8 1 (2.439%) BT
8 1 (2.439%) Cramer
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