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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco 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 Vendors for the West Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 41 43 58
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +15
Contract jobs citing Cisco 51 55 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 4.019% 3.399% 1.427%
As % of the Vendors category 9.290% 7.628% 3.951%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 5
Average daily rate £300 £264 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.74% +5.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £183 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £361 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.58% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
Average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +110.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.80 £32.50 £9.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.20 £32.50 £20.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +2.38%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
549 721 405
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 43.26% 44.56% 36.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 358 157
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 35 44
Average hourly rate £15.25 £14.50 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% -13.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cisco
Yorkshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Cisco Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -7 42 £304 +12.50%
Halifax +16 4 - -
Bradford +2 4 £250 +16.95%
Cisco
Yorkshire

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 39 (42.39%) Windows
2 34 (36.96%) Windows Server 2008
3 32 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (31.52%) SAN
4 29 (31.52%) Firewall
5 26 (28.26%) LAN
5 26 (28.26%) WAN
6 25 (27.17%) Windows Server 2003
7 24 (26.09%) Microsoft
8 22 (23.91%) F5
9 20 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (21.74%) MCSE
10 19 (20.65%) MS Exchange
10 19 (20.65%) SQL Server
10 19 (20.65%) VoIP
11 18 (19.57%) CCNP
11 18 (19.57%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (18.48%) Windows XP
13 16 (17.39%) CCNA
13 16 (17.39%) CheckPoint
13 16 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2003
14 15 (16.30%) NAS
15 14 (15.22%) VMware
16 13 (14.13%) ITIL
17 11 (11.96%) Linux
18 10 (10.87%) PABX
19 9 (9.783%) VMware Infrastructure
19 9 (9.783%) Active Directory
19 9 (9.783%) HP
20 8 (8.696%) Red Hat

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (2.174%) .NET
1 2 (2.174%) CSS
2 1 (1.087%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 19 (20.65%) MS Exchange
2 16 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (5.435%) SharePoint
4 4 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (3.261%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (3.261%) Lotus Domino
6 2 (2.174%) Apache
6 2 (2.174%) IIS
6 2 (2.174%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.087%) WorkSite
7 1 (1.087%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.174%) MS Office
3 1 (1.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.261%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 29 (31.52%) SAN
1 29 (31.52%) Firewall
2 26 (28.26%) LAN
2 26 (28.26%) WAN
3 19 (20.65%) VoIP
4 18 (19.57%) Cisco ASA
5 15 (16.30%) NAS
6 10 (10.87%) PABX
7 7 (7.609%) BIG-IP
7 7 (7.609%) VPN
8 6 (6.522%) VLAN
8 6 (6.522%) Wireless
8 6 (6.522%) BGP
9 5 (5.435%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (5.435%) Internet
9 5 (5.435%) MPLS
9 5 (5.435%) OSPF
9 5 (5.435%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (4.348%) HSRP
10 4 (4.348%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (20.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.174%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.087%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.087%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (7.609%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.348%) Finance
2 4 (4.348%) Banking
3 2 (2.174%) Investment Banking
3 2 (2.174%) Legal
4 1 (1.087%) Law
4 1 (1.087%) French Language
4 1 (1.087%) German Language
4 1 (1.087%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 21 (22.83%) Analyst
3 11 (11.96%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (9.783%) Support Engineer
4 9 (9.783%) Architect
4 9 (9.783%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (9.783%) Voice Engineer
5 8 (8.696%) Messaging Analyst
6 6 (6.522%) Support Analyst
7 5 (5.435%) Network Analyst
7 5 (5.435%) Messaging Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) Network Architect
8 4 (4.348%) Consultant
8 4 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.348%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 3 (3.261%) Senior Support Analyst
9 3 (3.261%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.261%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 3 (3.261%) Messaging Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.348%) IVR
2 3 (3.261%) Replication
3 2 (2.174%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.087%) Handset
4 1 (1.087%) EMC Centera
4 1 (1.087%) NHS
4 1 (1.087%) Firmware
4 1 (1.087%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.087%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.087%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.087%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 39 (42.39%) Windows
2 34 (36.96%) Windows Server 2008
3 25 (27.17%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (18.48%) Windows XP
5 11 (11.96%) Linux
6 8 (8.696%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (7.609%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (7.609%) CentOS
8 4 (4.348%) UNIX
9 3 (3.261%) Windows 7
10 2 (2.174%) Solaris
11 1 (1.087%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.13%) ITIL
2 7 (7.609%) Configuration Management
3 6 (6.522%) Incident Management
4 5 (5.435%) Load Balancing
4 5 (5.435%) Network Architecture
5 4 (4.348%) Project Management
5 4 (4.348%) CRM
6 2 (2.174%) E-Commerce
6 2 (2.174%) Business Continuity
6 2 (2.174%) Information Security
6 2 (2.174%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.174%) Test Scripting
6 2 (2.174%) Network Management
6 2 (2.174%) Change Control
7 1 (1.087%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (1.087%) WAN Optimisation
7 1 (1.087%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.087%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (1.087%) Test Management
7 1 (1.087%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.522%) SQL
2 2 (2.174%) C
2 2 (2.174%) Perl
2 2 (2.174%) PHP
3 1 (1.087%) C++
3 1 (1.087%) Java
3 1 (1.087%) VBScript
3 1 (1.087%) VB
3 1 (1.087%) Python
3 1 (1.087%) Lisp
3 1 (1.087%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.087%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (21.74%) MCSE
3 18 (19.57%) CCNP
4 16 (17.39%) CCNA
5 8 (8.696%) Security Cleared
6 7 (7.609%) CCIE
7 6 (6.522%) CCSA
8 5 (5.435%) SC Cleared
9 4 (4.348%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (4.348%) MCSA
10 3 (3.261%) CCVP
11 2 (2.174%) CCDP
12 1 (1.087%) CCIP
12 1 (1.087%) CCSP
12 1 (1.087%) CCSE
12 1 (1.087%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (1.087%) MCDST
12 1 (1.087%) MCTS
12 1 (1.087%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.435%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.087%) SLA
2 1 (1.087%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (9.783%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (9.783%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.435%) vSphere
3 3 (3.261%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.174%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.087%) Sendmail
5 1 (1.087%) XenApp
5 1 (1.087%) XenServer
5 1 (1.087%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.087%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.087%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (5.435%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (4.348%) Cisco UCCE
3 3 (3.261%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.087%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.087%) PureDisk
4 1 (1.087%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (1.087%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.087%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 22 (23.91%) F5
3 16 (17.39%) CheckPoint
4 14 (15.22%) VMware
5 9 (9.783%) HP
6 8 (8.696%) Red Hat
7 7 (7.609%) Citrix
7 7 (7.609%) NetApp
8 6 (6.522%) Juniper
8 6 (6.522%) Perforce
9 5 (5.435%) Oracle
10 4 (4.348%) IBM
10 4 (4.348%) SolarWinds
11 3 (3.261%) Brocade
11 3 (3.261%) LANDesk
11 3 (3.261%) Lotus
11 3 (3.261%) Nokia
12 2 (2.174%) EMC
12 2 (2.174%) Veeam
12 2 (2.174%) Blue Coat
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