The first table below looks at the demand for CiscoWorks skills 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 CiscoWorks over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco CiscoWorks
Rank - 104 95
Contract jobs citing CiscoWorks 0 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.263% 0.216%
As % of the Systems Management category - 5.217% 3.810%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
Average daily rate - £175 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £238 £258
% change year-on-year
+26.31% -7.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Systems Management
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
76 115 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.532% 5.033% 5.682%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 56 49
Average daily rate £325 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £175 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £360 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.25 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -32.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £12.05 £15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £19.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
CiscoWorks
England

CiscoWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands CiscoWorks Daily Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands CiscoWorks Hourly Rate Trend

CiscoWorks
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCDP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus

CiscoWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (50.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCDP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds