Cisco Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services 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 Cisco over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors 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.

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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 35 34 31
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs citing Cisco 73 83 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.343% 3.694% 4.406%
As % of the Vendors category 8.439% 7.484% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 32 30
Average daily rate £288 £263 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.52% -9.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £162 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £449 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £336 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.06% +3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 12
Average hourly rate £20.00 £21.75 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.04% +42.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.75 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £33.75 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £21.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
-4.65% +1.17%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 865 1109 807
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.46% 49.35% 43.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 456 325
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 99 87
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.85 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.70% +14.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Cisco
England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Cisco Daily Rate Trend

Cisco
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Cisco Hourly Rate Histogram

Cisco
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Shropshire +18 19 £315 -10.00%
Worcestershire +4 15 £209 -7.22%
Birmingham -5 11 £270 -25.51%
Warwickshire -9 9 - -
Coventry -5 4 £104 -13.54%
Staffordshire +4 3 £175 -
Herefordshire - 2 £200 -
Wolverhampton -2 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
Cisco
England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 62 (44.93%) Firewall
2 55 (39.86%) Windows
3 41 (29.71%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (26.81%) Microsoft
5 36 (26.09%) LAN
6 33 (23.91%) WAN
7 29 (21.01%) CCNA
8 28 (20.29%) VMware
9 26 (18.84%) TCP/IP
10 22 (15.94%) SAN
11 21 (15.22%) DNS
11 21 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 20 (14.49%) Active Directory
13 19 (13.77%) HP
13 19 (13.77%) MS Office
14 18 (13.04%) Linux
14 18 (13.04%) Windows Server 2003
14 18 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
15 17 (12.32%) MPLS
15 17 (12.32%) Juniper
16 16 (11.59%) CCNP
16 16 (11.59%) ITIL
16 16 (11.59%) Project Management
17 15 (10.87%) Telecoms
18 14 (10.14%) DHCP
18 14 (10.14%) MS Exchange
18 14 (10.14%) Windows XP
18 14 (10.14%) Citrix
19 13 (9.420%) MS Excel
19 13 (9.420%) Network Management

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 3 (2.174%) CSS
2 2 (1.449%) Application Packaging
2 2 (1.449%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 14 (10.14%) MS Exchange
2 6 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (3.623%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.623%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (2.899%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.725%) IIS
6 1 (0.725%) Apache
6 1 (0.725%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.725%) Lync
Applications
1 19 (13.77%) MS Office
2 13 (9.420%) MS Excel
3 9 (6.522%) MS Project
4 8 (5.797%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.899%) Office 365
6 2 (1.449%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.725%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.725%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 62 (44.93%) Firewall
2 36 (26.09%) LAN
3 33 (23.91%) WAN
4 26 (18.84%) TCP/IP
5 22 (15.94%) SAN
6 21 (15.22%) DNS
7 17 (12.32%) MPLS
8 14 (10.14%) DHCP
9 12 (8.696%) SNMP
9 12 (8.696%) Wireless
10 11 (7.971%) VPN
10 11 (7.971%) VoIP
11 10 (7.246%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (6.522%) BGP
13 8 (5.797%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (5.797%) NAS
13 8 (5.797%) Cisco PIX
13 8 (5.797%) OSPF
13 8 (5.797%) Internet
14 7 (5.072%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.072%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.623%) MySQL
3 1 (0.725%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (1.449%) MSI
General
1 15 (10.87%) Telecoms
2 6 (4.348%) Retail
3 5 (3.623%) German Language
4 4 (2.899%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.899%) Corporate Banking
4 4 (2.899%) Banking
4 4 (2.899%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.174%) Finance
6 2 (1.449%) Italian Language
6 2 (1.449%) French Language
Job Titles
1 30 (21.74%) Network Engineer
2 16 (11.59%) Consultant
3 15 (10.87%) Support Engineer
4 13 (9.420%) Network Support
5 12 (8.696%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (7.246%) Network Support Engineer
6 10 (7.246%) Network Specialist
6 10 (7.246%) Analyst
7 8 (5.797%) Coordinator
8 7 (5.072%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (5.072%) Implementation Engineer
8 7 (5.072%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.348%) Network Manager
9 6 (4.348%) Voice Engineer
9 6 (4.348%) Administrator
9 6 (4.348%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (4.348%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.623%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 5 (3.623%) Systems Support
10 5 (3.623%) Data Centre Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.522%) Computer Science
2 7 (5.072%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.623%) Clustering
4 4 (2.899%) Fat Client
4 4 (2.899%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.174%) Symmetrix
6 2 (1.449%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.449%) EqualLogic
6 2 (1.449%) NHS
7 1 (0.725%) Replication
7 1 (0.725%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.725%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 55 (39.86%) Windows
2 21 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (13.04%) Linux
3 18 (13.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (10.14%) Windows XP
5 10 (7.246%) UNIX
6 9 (6.522%) Windows 7
7 8 (5.797%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (5.797%) Solaris
8 4 (2.899%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.725%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.725%) Debian
9 1 (0.725%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (11.59%) ITIL
1 16 (11.59%) Project Management
2 13 (9.420%) Network Management
3 10 (7.246%) Network Design
4 7 (5.072%) Migration
4 7 (5.072%) Load Balancing
5 6 (4.348%) Six Sigma
6 5 (3.623%) Business Transformation
6 5 (3.623%) Service Management
6 5 (3.623%) Incident Management
7 4 (2.899%) Fund Management
7 4 (2.899%) Wealth Management
7 4 (2.899%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (2.174%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (1.449%) Business Continuity
9 2 (1.449%) OpenUP
9 2 (1.449%) PRINCE2
9 2 (1.449%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (1.449%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.449%) SQL
2 1 (0.725%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.725%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 41 (29.71%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (21.01%) CCNA
3 16 (11.59%) CCNP
4 12 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (7.971%) Security Cleared
6 9 (6.522%) Degree
7 7 (5.072%) SC Cleared
8 6 (4.348%) CCSE
9 4 (2.899%) GCSC
9 4 (2.899%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (2.899%) MCP
10 2 (1.449%) CCIE
10 2 (1.449%) CCDP
11 1 (0.725%) CCSP
11 1 (0.725%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.725%) CCA
11 1 (0.725%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.725%) MCSE
11 1 (0.725%) VCP4
11 1 (0.725%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.899%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (14.49%) Active Directory
2 18 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.348%) XenApp
4 5 (3.623%) vSphere
5 4 (2.899%) XenServer
6 3 (2.174%) SRDF
7 1 (0.725%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.725%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.725%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.725%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.725%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (4.348%) SCCM
1 6 (4.348%) OpenView
2 3 (2.174%) EMC TimeFinder
3 2 (1.449%) SCOM
3 2 (1.449%) WSUS
3 2 (1.449%) CiscoWorks
3 2 (1.449%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.725%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.725%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.725%) Netcool
4 1 (0.725%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.725%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.725%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 37 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.29%) VMware
3 19 (13.77%) HP
4 17 (12.32%) Juniper
5 14 (10.14%) Citrix
6 12 (8.696%) Dell
6 12 (8.696%) EMC
7 11 (7.971%) CheckPoint
8 9 (6.522%) Red Hat
8 9 (6.522%) F5
9 8 (5.797%) SolarWinds
9 8 (5.797%) Compaq
9 8 (5.797%) Sun
10 7 (5.072%) Oracle
11 6 (4.348%) OPNET
11 6 (4.348%) BMC
12 5 (3.623%) Fortinet
13 4 (2.899%) Panasonic
13 4 (2.899%) Nokia
14 3 (2.174%) NetApp
2nd/3rd Line Support
Birmingham, West Midlands
3rd Line Support, Cisco,VMWare, Infrastructure, Birmingham - West Midlands We are currently recruiting for our Client based in the West Midlands... * Install, configure and maintain windows server * VM...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £160.00 - £200.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
3rd Line Support Engineer
Worcestershire
3rd Line Support/Cisco/ VMWare/ Infrastructure/ Worcester. Roc Searches client based in Worcester require a 3rd Line support engineer to join their team for an initial 6 month...
Roc Search
Posted: 20 May 2013
Citrix Engineer
Market Drayton, West Midlands
A fantastic opportunity has arisen working for my Market Drayton based client, they are currently looking for a 3rd Line support engineer to join their busy team for...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
CHECKPOINT AND CISCO ENGINEER - MIDLANDS - 6m
Telford, Shropshire
CHECKPOINT and CISCO SECURITY ENGINEER - ROUTING / SWITCHING, NETWORK, CONFIG, BUG FIX, DESIGN INPUT etc - Telford, 6 months to £350 per day - CCNP level or higher, CCSE, CCSE, I'...
Circle Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
CISCO DESIGN CONSULTANT - TELFORD £315 6m
Telford, Shropshire
CISCO DESIGN CONSULTANT - SKILLED IN Routing and Switching, ANY FIREWALL SKILL WELL REGARDED - high and low level design - upgrades, change request and config - TELFORD - £315 per day, 6...
Circle Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £315 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Data Centre Engineer, Cisco, Networking, data centre, TCP/IP
Redditch, Worcestershire
Cisco, Networking, data centre, TCP/IP, support, installation, PC's, server, Windows, 24x7 Support) Global organisation are looking for a Data Centre Engineer / Support Technician to work in...
Streamline Connections
Rate: £17 - £19 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Data Centre Engineer, Cisco, Networking, data centre, TCP/IP
Redditch, West Midlands
Cisco, Networking, data centre, TCP/IP, support, installation, PC's, server, Windows, 24x7 Support) Global organisation are looking for a Data Centre Engineer / Support Technician to work in...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Rate: £17 - £19 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
VMware Engineer - 3+ months
West Midlands
Key skills: - VMware 4/5, VMware site recovery manager, Veeam backups - SAN (HP, MSA, EVA) installations and configuration - Cisco Routers and Switches, ASA - VLANS layers 2/3 - MPLS,...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Infrastructure Engineer (Vmware/Cisco/SAN)
West Midlands
Infrastructure Engineer (Vmware/Cisco/SAN) I have a contract requirement for an infrastructure engineer (3rd line/Vmware/Cisco/SAN) to be based out of the West Midlands... You...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Network Engineer
Coventry, West Midlands
The rate will be 300-350 p/d based on experience of the following skills: VMware Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 7 & 8 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
2nd Line support/Windows Server/Exchange/SQL/Cisco
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Roc Searches client are currently recruiting for a number of positions due to an increased work level. The ideal candidate will have a varied background in support thus...
Roc Search
Posted: 20 May 2013
Juniper Network Engineer - 2 months+ - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
Network Specialist required to assist in 3 seperate projects to "future-proof" a high traffic eCommerce platform: Essentials: - Juniper routing, including: Routing-instances; QoS design & implementation; Network Designl...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Juniper Network Engineer
West Midlands
Network Specialist required to assist in 3 separate projects to "future-proof" a high traffic eCommerce platform: Essentials: - Juniper routing, including: Routing-instances; QoS design & implementation; Network Design;...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Support
Birmingham, West Midlands
3rd Line Support Role- Birmingham- 300 p/d An opportunity has become available for a 3rd line Support Engineer to work for our client based in a central...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior IA Practitioner and Security Risk Assessor
Coventry, West Midlands
Familiarity with strengths and weaknesses of recent technologies, to include most or all of: Virtualisation technologies, Microsoft Forefront UAG / TMG, Sharepoint, Cisco UCS, Cloud, firewalls and IPS/IDS.
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Data centre Technician
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Data Centre Support Engineer
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
IT SALES Executive (LEAD), Pre Sales, Networks, Cisco, Telco
Redditch, West Midlands
Overall responsibility for SOA compliance. Coordination of the presentation of complex proposals to customers Responsible for, or Supporting the contract negotiating process, including the negotiation of Statement of...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Posted: 16 May 2013
IT SALES Executive (LEAD), Pre Sales, Networks, Cisco, Telco
Redditch, Worcestershire
Overall responsibility for SOA compliance. Coordination of the presentation of complex proposals to customers Responsible for, or Supporting the contract negotiating process, including the negotiation of Statement of...
Streamline Connections
Posted: 16 May 2013
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