The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IOS over the 3 months to 23 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 Communications & Networking category for the 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco IOS
Rank 107 - 100
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 5 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.269% - 0.162%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.618% - 1.538%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
309 279 195
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.61% 12.42% 10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 140 82
Average daily rate £300 £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £194 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 35 32
Average hourly rate £16.50 £15.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -52.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £35.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Cisco IOS Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Cisco IOS Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Cisco IOS Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
North Yorkshire - 3 £413 -
West Yorkshire - 2 - -
Cisco IOS
England

Cisco IOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS.

1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (66.67%) OSPF
3 6 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 6 (66.67%) CCNA
4 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
4 5 (55.56%) BGP
4 5 (55.56%) HSRP
5 4 (44.44%) Firewall
5 4 (44.44%) CCNP
5 4 (44.44%) Network Security
5 4 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (33.33%) Network Management
6 3 (33.33%) F5
6 3 (33.33%) VLAN
6 3 (33.33%) Blue Coat
6 3 (33.33%) CCSE
6 3 (33.33%) BIG-IP
6 3 (33.33%) Finance
6 3 (33.33%) VRRP
6 3 (33.33%) Project Management
6 3 (33.33%) NetScreen
6 3 (33.33%) Nokia
6 3 (33.33%) CSS
6 3 (33.33%) SNMP
6 3 (33.33%) VPN
6 3 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (22.22%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (22.22%) RIP
7 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2

Cisco IOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Cisco IOS 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 IOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) OSPF
2 5 (55.56%) BGP
2 5 (55.56%) HSRP
3 4 (44.44%) Firewall
3 4 (44.44%) Network Security
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (33.33%) VLAN
4 3 (33.33%) BIG-IP
4 3 (33.33%) VRRP
4 3 (33.33%) NetScreen
4 3 (33.33%) SNMP
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (22.22%) RIP
5 2 (22.22%) DHCP
5 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
5 2 (22.22%) ADSL
5 2 (22.22%) ATM
5 2 (22.22%) ISDN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Network Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Field Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Device Driver
2 1 (11.11%) SecurID
2 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
2 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) VMS
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
2 3 (33.33%) Network Management
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (66.67%) CCNA
3 4 (44.44%) CCNP
4 3 (33.33%) CCSE
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (11.11%) CCIE
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) ProxySG
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 3 (33.33%) F5
3 3 (33.33%) Blue Coat
3 3 (33.33%) Nokia
4 1 (11.11%) Infoblox
4 1 (11.11%) Imperva
4 1 (11.11%) TippingPoint
4 1 (11.11%) NetScout
4 1 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix