Yorkshire Cisco Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT contracts within the 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 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	73	98
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	34	46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.054 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	12.27 %	12.01 %
Daily rates quoted	8	12
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£346
Average daily rate	£328	£369
% change on same period last year	-11.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£317
% change on same period last year	+4.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.80	£20.25
Average hourly rate	£25.10	£21.55
% change on same period last year	+16.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.40	£22.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.96	£30.43
% change on same period last year	-4.82 %
Qualifications Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	277	383
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.439 %	0.408 %
Daily rates quoted	68	107
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£321
Average daily rate	£342	£337
% change on same period last year	+1.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	39
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.16	£20.82
Average hourly rate	£23.45	£21.79
% change on same period last year	+7.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.73	£22.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.18	£25.30
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
Cisco Certification England

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.

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Certification across the 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 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 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 Yorkshire region.

Cisco Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
West Yorkshire	-2	16	£175	-53.53 %
South Yorkshire	+24	9	£318	+7.75 %
North Yorkshire	-	3	-	-
East Yorkshire	-	1	£325	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 77 (89.53 %) Cisco 2 49 (56.98 %) CCNA 3 44 (51.16 %) Firewall 4 43 (50.00 %) CCNP 5 21 (24.42 %) CheckPoint 6 19 (22.09 %) Cisco PIX 7 17 (19.77 %) Network Security 8 15 (17.44 %) WAN 9 14 (16.28 %) CCIE 9 14 (16.28 %) Cisco ASA 10 12 (13.95 %) LAN 11 11 (12.79 %) TCP/IP 12 10 (11.63 %) VPN 12 10 (11.63 %) CCDP 12 10 (11.63 %) ITIL

12 10 (11.63 %) PRINCE2 12 10 (11.63 %) Windows 12 10 (11.63 %) BGP 12 10 (11.63 %) VLAN 13 9 (10.47 %) CCSE 13 9 (10.47 %) UNIX 14 8 (9.302 %) Oracle 14 8 (9.302 %) ATM 14 8 (9.302 %) Microsoft Certification 14 8 (9.302 %) Load Balancing 15 7 (8.140 %) Network Design 15 7 (8.140 %) CCDA 15 7 (8.140 %) CCSP 15 7 (8.140 %) MPLS 16 6 (6.977 %) NHS

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 4 (4.651 %) XML 2 3 (3.488 %) XML Messaging 3 1 (1.163 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 2 (2.326 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (2.326 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (1.163 %) Lotus Domino 2 1 (1.163 %) Exchange Server 2000
Business Applications 1 2 (2.326 %) SAP IS-U	Communications & Networking 1 44 (51.16 %) Firewall 2 19 (22.09 %) Cisco PIX 3 17 (19.77 %) Network Security 4 15 (17.44 %) WAN 5 14 (16.28 %) Cisco ASA 6 12 (13.95 %) LAN 7 11 (12.79 %) TCP/IP 8 10 (11.63 %) VPN 8 10 (11.63 %) VLAN 8 10 (11.63 %) BGP 9 8 (9.302 %) ATM 10 7 (8.140 %) MPLS 11 5 (5.814 %) OSPF 11 5 (5.814 %) DNS 11 5 (5.814 %) SSL 11 5 (5.814 %) SAN 11 5 (5.814 %) EIGRP 12 4 (4.651 %) Frame Relay 12 4 (4.651 %) ISDN 13 3 (3.488 %) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.326 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.163 %) SAP BW 2 1 (1.163 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 2 (2.326 %) TestDirector
General 1 4 (4.651 %) Finance 2 3 (3.488 %) Government 3 2 (2.326 %) Health 3 2 (2.326 %) Financial Institution 3 2 (2.326 %) Telecoms 4 1 (1.163 %) Education 4 1 (1.163 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 26 (30.23 %) Network Engineer 2 13 (15.12 %) Analyst 2 13 (15.12 %) Cisco Engineer 3 10 (11.63 %) Architect 4 9 (10.47 %) Network Analyst 4 9 (10.47 %) Cisco Network Engineer 5 8 (9.302 %) Network Architect 6 7 (8.140 %) Consultant 7 6 (6.977 %) Senior Network Engineer 7 6 (6.977 %) Network Security Engineer 7 6 (6.977 %) Security Engineer 8 5 (5.814 %) Cisco Support 8 5 (5.814 %) Cisco Consultant 8 5 (5.814 %) Network Support 9 4 (4.651 %) Senior Analyst 9 4 (4.651 %) Security Analyst 9 4 (4.651 %) Support Analyst 9 4 (4.651 %) Support Engineer 9 4 (4.651 %) Network Security Analyst 9 4 (4.651 %) Senior Network Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 6 (6.977 %) NHS 2 2 (2.326 %) Smartcard 2 2 (2.326 %) NPfIT 3 1 (1.163 %) Clustering 3 1 (1.163 %) EPoS	Operating Systems 1 10 (11.63 %) Windows 2 9 (10.47 %) UNIX 3 5 (5.814 %) Windows Server 2003 4 4 (4.651 %) Linux 5 1 (1.163 %) Windows XP 5 1 (1.163 %) Solaris 5 1 (1.163 %) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (11.63 %) ITIL 1 10 (11.63 %) PRINCE2 2 8 (9.302 %) Load Balancing 3 7 (8.140 %) Network Design 4 3 (3.488 %) Service Management 4 3 (3.488 %) Quality Management 5 2 (2.326 %) CRM 5 2 (2.326 %) Disaster Recovery 5 2 (2.326 %) Test Management 6 1 (1.163 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (1.163 %) Time Management 6 1 (1.163 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (1.163 %) Migration 6 1 (1.163 %) Software Testing 6 1 (1.163 %) Incident Management 6 1 (1.163 %) Project Management 6 1 (1.163 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (1.163 %) Change Management 6 1 (1.163 %) Problem Management 6 1 (1.163 %) SAP Implementation	Programming Languages 1 2 (2.326 %) Java 2 1 (1.163 %) Perl 2 1 (1.163 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 49 (56.98 %) CCNA 2 43 (50.00 %) CCNP 3 14 (16.28 %) CCIE 4 10 (11.63 %) CCDP 5 9 (10.47 %) CCSE 6 8 (9.302 %) Microsoft Certification 7 7 (8.140 %) CCSP 7 7 (8.140 %) CCDA 8 6 (6.977 %) CCVP 9 5 (5.814 %) MCSE 9 5 (5.814 %) OCA 9 5 (5.814 %) Oracle Certification 10 3 (3.488 %) ISEB 10 3 (3.488 %) Sun Certification 10 3 (3.488 %) CCSA 10 3 (3.488 %) MCSA 11 2 (2.326 %) ISEB Practitioner 12 1 (1.163 %) MCP 12 1 (1.163 %) CNA 12 1 (1.163 %) CNE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.326 %) SLA 2 1 (1.163 %) BS7799 2 1 (1.163 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 4 (4.651 %) Active Directory 1 4 (4.651 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 3 (3.488 %) BorderManager	Systems Management 1 1 (1.163 %) OpenView 1 1 (1.163 %) CiscoWorks 1 1 (1.163 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 77 (89.53 %) Cisco 2 21 (24.42 %) CheckPoint 3 8 (9.302 %) Oracle 4 6 (6.977 %) Nokia 5 5 (5.814 %) Microsoft 6 4 (4.651 %) Sun 6 4 (4.651 %) Novell 6 4 (4.651 %) Alcatel 6 4 (4.651 %) VMware 7 3 (3.488 %) Nortel 7 3 (3.488 %) Juniper 8 2 (2.326 %) Lucent 8 2 (2.326 %) HP 8 2 (2.326 %) SAP 8 2 (2.326 %) IBM 8 2 (2.326 %) MetaSolv 8 2 (2.326 %) Ericsson 8 2 (2.326 %) Sarvega 9 1 (1.163 %) ProCurve 9 1 (1.163 %) Lotus