West Yorkshire Cisco Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts within the West Yorkshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Altrincham Andover Angus Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bootle Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Cobham County Antrim Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Feltham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Goole Grays Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Immingham Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Plymouth Pontefract Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochester Romford Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Witham Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	35
Rank change on same period last year	-23
Matching contract IT job ads	37	64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.049 %	0.065 %
As % of the category below	15.23 %	25.20 %
Daily rates quoted	6	12
Average minimum daily rate	£184	£343
Average daily rate	£195	£345
% change on same period last year	-43.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£206	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£309	£336
% change on same period last year	-7.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.83	£26.18
Average hourly rate	£23.17	£29.62
% change on same period last year	-21.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.50	£33.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.38	£26.52
% change on same period last year	-0.49 %
Qualifications West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	243	254
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.324 %	0.257 %
Daily rates quoted	53	52
Average minimum daily rate	£282	£337
Average daily rate	£301	£348
% change on same period last year	-13.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£319	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.08	£22.45
Average hourly rate	£18.33	£25.13
% change on same period last year	-27.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.58	£27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.98	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco Certification across the West Yorkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the West Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leeds	-19	14	£220	-34.33 %
Huddersfield	-7	4	£160	-
Bradford	-1	3	£208	-
Halifax	-13	1	£190	-
Pontefract	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification.

1 71 (89.87 %) Cisco 2 47 (59.49 %) CCNA 3 43 (54.43 %) CCNP 4 38 (48.10 %) Firewall 5 20 (25.32 %) CheckPoint 6 18 (22.78 %) Cisco PIX 7 14 (17.72 %) VoIP 8 13 (16.46 %) WAN 8 13 (16.46 %) Network Security 9 11 (13.92 %) Internet 10 10 (12.66 %) OSPF 10 10 (12.66 %) Finance 11 9 (11.39 %) Telecoms 11 9 (11.39 %) MPLS 12 8 (10.13 %) BGP

12 8 (10.13 %) Windows 12 8 (10.13 %) Wireless 13 6 (7.595 %) CCSE 13 6 (7.595 %) Network Design 13 6 (7.595 %) Microsoft 13 6 (7.595 %) DNS 13 6 (7.595 %) CCSP 14 5 (6.329 %) Active Directory 14 5 (6.329 %) SLA 14 5 (6.329 %) UNIX 15 4 (5.063 %) LAN 15 4 (5.063 %) OpenView 15 4 (5.063 %) HP 15 4 (5.063 %) Microsoft Certification 15 4 (5.063 %) Novell

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Cisco Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.266 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.266 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 2 (2.532 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.266 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 38 (48.10 %) Firewall 2 18 (22.78 %) Cisco PIX 3 14 (17.72 %) VoIP 4 13 (16.46 %) WAN 4 13 (16.46 %) Network Security 5 11 (13.92 %) Internet 6 10 (12.66 %) OSPF 7 9 (11.39 %) MPLS 8 8 (10.13 %) Wireless 8 8 (10.13 %) BGP 9 6 (7.595 %) DNS 10 4 (5.063 %) LAN 11 3 (3.797 %) VPN 11 3 (3.797 %) IP Telephony 11 3 (3.797 %) VLAN 11 3 (3.797 %) 802.11 12 2 (2.532 %) DAB 12 2 (2.532 %) SAN 13 1 (1.266 %) IPv4 13 1 (1.266 %) IPv6
General 1 10 (12.66 %) Finance 2 9 (11.39 %) Telecoms 3 2 (2.532 %) Government 3 2 (2.532 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 51 (64.56 %) Network Engineer 2 37 (46.84 %) Cisco Engineer 3 32 (40.51 %) Cisco Network Engineer 4 7 (8.861 %) Security Engineer 4 7 (8.861 %) Network Security Engineer 5 6 (7.595 %) Analyst 6 4 (5.063 %) Systems Engineer 6 4 (5.063 %) Network Analyst 6 4 (5.063 %) Support Engineer 6 4 (5.063 %) Cisco Support 6 4 (5.063 %) Network Support 6 4 (5.063 %) Security Analyst 6 4 (5.063 %) Network Security Analyst 7 3 (3.797 %) Senior Cisco Engineer 7 3 (3.797 %) Network Support Engineer 7 3 (3.797 %) Senior Network Engineer 8 2 (2.532 %) Architect 8 2 (2.532 %) Desktop Analyst 8 2 (2.532 %) Senior Cisco Network Engineer 9 1 (1.266 %) Firewall Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.532 %) NHS 1 2 (2.532 %) PKI 2 1 (1.266 %) Smartcard	Operating Systems 1 8 (10.13 %) Windows 2 5 (6.329 %) UNIX 3 2 (2.532 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (2.532 %) Windows XP 3 2 (2.532 %) Solaris 3 2 (2.532 %) Linux 3 2 (2.532 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.266 %) Windows NT 4 1 (1.266 %) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (7.595 %) Network Design 2 2 (2.532 %) Load Balancing 2 2 (2.532 %) ITIL 2 2 (2.532 %) Disaster Recovery 3 1 (1.266 %) Migration 3 1 (1.266 %) TOGAF 3 1 (1.266 %) Change Management 3 1 (1.266 %) Time Management 3 1 (1.266 %) Supplier Management	Programming Languages 1 3 (3.797 %) C 2 1 (1.266 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 47 (59.49 %) CCNA 2 43 (54.43 %) CCNP 3 6 (7.595 %) CCSP 3 6 (7.595 %) CCSE 4 4 (5.063 %) Microsoft Certification 4 4 (5.063 %) CCVP 5 3 (3.797 %) CCSA 6 2 (2.532 %) MCP 6 2 (2.532 %) MCSE 7 1 (1.266 %) MCDBA 7 1 (1.266 %) CCDA 7 1 (1.266 %) CCDP 7 1 (1.266 %) CISSP 7 1 (1.266 %) Sun Certification 7 1 (1.266 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (6.329 %) SLA 2 1 (1.266 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 5 (6.329 %) Active Directory 2 3 (3.797 %) BorderManager 3 1 (1.266 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (1.266 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 4 (5.063 %) OpenView 2 2 (2.532 %) CiscoWorks 3 1 (1.266 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (1.266 %) OVIS
Vendors 1 71 (89.87 %) Cisco 2 20 (25.32 %) CheckPoint 3 6 (7.595 %) Microsoft 4 4 (5.063 %) HP 4 4 (5.063 %) Novell 5 3 (3.797 %) Citrix 6 2 (2.532 %) Siemens 6 2 (2.532 %) Websense 7 1 (1.266 %) BT 7 1 (1.266 %) VMware 7 1 (1.266 %) Mitel 7 1 (1.266 %) Finjan 7 1 (1.266 %) Oracle 7 1 (1.266 %) VERITAS 7 1 (1.266 %) Remedy 7 1 (1.266 %) Juniper