Yorkshire Cisco Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Belper Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Rugby Runcorn Sale Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	41	35
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	96	143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.136 %	0.145 %
As % of the category below	7.748 %	9.244 %
Daily rates quoted	8	29
Average minimum daily rate	£289	£329
Average daily rate	£322	£342
% change on same period last year	-5.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£330
% change on same period last year	+10.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.39	£21.84
Average hourly rate	£26.67	£23.31
% change on same period last year	+14.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.96	£24.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.88	£25.09
% change on same period last year	+3.12 %
Vendors Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1239	1547
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.752 %	1.566 %
Daily rates quoted	218	327
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£337
Average daily rate	£361	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	193	173
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.08	£21.13
Average hourly rate	£24.14	£22.59
% change on same period last year	+6.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.20	£24.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.41	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors 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 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 across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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 across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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 within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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	-8	55	£322	-8.13 %
South Yorkshire	+2	26	£331	+19.15 %
North Yorkshire	+2	5	£300	-14.28 %
East Yorkshire	-2	3	£325	+6.55 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 99 (49.25 %) Cisco Certification 2 98 (48.76 %) Firewall 3 56 (27.86 %) CCNP 4 48 (23.88 %) CCNA 5 44 (21.89 %) Windows 6 43 (21.39 %) WAN 7 37 (18.41 %) CheckPoint 8 36 (17.91 %) Network Security 9 33 (16.42 %) Linux 10 32 (15.92 %) LAN 10 32 (15.92 %) VPN 11 30 (14.93 %) SAN 12 29 (14.43 %) Solaris 12 29 (14.43 %) Cisco PIX 13 26 (12.94 %) TCP/IP

13 26 (12.94 %) Finance 14 25 (12.44 %) HP 14 25 (12.44 %) ITIL 15 22 (10.95 %) Brocade 15 22 (10.95 %) PRINCE2 15 22 (10.95 %) EMC 16 21 (10.45 %) Microsoft 16 21 (10.45 %) Oracle 16 21 (10.45 %) AIX 16 21 (10.45 %) HPUX 16 21 (10.45 %) Cisco ASA 17 20 (9.950 %) CCDP 17 20 (9.950 %) OpenView 18 19 (9.453 %) Sun 18 19 (9.453 %) UNIX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (0.995 %) J2EE 1 2 (0.995 %) XML 1 2 (0.995 %) WebSphere 2 1 (0.498 %) Middleware 2 1 (0.498 %) XML Messaging	Application Platforms 1 11 (5.473 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (2.488 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (1.493 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 3 (1.493 %) IIS 3 3 (1.493 %) Lotus Notes 3 3 (1.493 %) Lotus Domino 4 2 (0.995 %) WebSphere MQ 5 1 (0.498 %) WebLogic 5 1 (0.498 %) Apache 5 1 (0.498 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 3 (1.493 %) MS Project 1 3 (1.493 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.995 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (0.995 %) SAP IS-U 2 1 (0.498 %) arcHouse
Communications & Networking 1 98 (48.76 %) Firewall 2 43 (21.39 %) WAN 3 36 (17.91 %) Network Security 4 32 (15.92 %) VPN 4 32 (15.92 %) LAN 5 30 (14.93 %) SAN 6 29 (14.43 %) Cisco PIX 7 26 (12.94 %) TCP/IP 8 21 (10.45 %) Cisco ASA 9 17 (8.458 %) VoIP 10 16 (7.960 %) ATM 11 15 (7.463 %) VLAN 11 15 (7.463 %) SSL 11 15 (7.463 %) OSPF 12 14 (6.965 %) BGP 13 12 (5.970 %) DNS 14 11 (5.473 %) MPLS 15 10 (4.975 %) Internet 16 8 (3.980 %) IPCC 17 7 (3.483 %) Frame Relay	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (4.478 %) SQL Server 2 3 (1.493 %) Informix 2 3 (1.493 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 2 (0.995 %) RDBMS 4 1 (0.498 %) SAP BW 4 1 (0.498 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 3 (1.493 %) TestDirector	General 1 26 (12.94 %) Finance 2 13 (6.468 %) Telecoms 3 7 (3.483 %) Financial Institution 4 6 (2.985 %) Health 5 3 (1.493 %) Legal 6 2 (0.995 %) Government 7 1 (0.498 %) Banking 7 1 (0.498 %) Billing 7 1 (0.498 %) Education
Job Titles 1 54 (26.87 %) Network Engineer 2 29 (14.43 %) Cisco Engineer 3 27 (13.43 %) Analyst 4 25 (12.44 %) Architect 5 23 (11.44 %) Cisco Network Engineer 6 20 (9.950 %) Support Engineer 7 18 (8.955 %) Network Architect 8 14 (6.965 %) Security Engineer 9 13 (6.468 %) Support Analyst 9 13 (6.468 %) Network Analyst 10 12 (5.970 %) Network Security Engineer 11 11 (5.473 %) Project Manager 12 10 (4.975 %) Security Specialist 12 10 (4.975 %) Network Specialist 12 10 (4.975 %) Network Security Specialist 13 9 (4.478 %) Storage Analyst 13 9 (4.478 %) Network Support 14 7 (3.483 %) Technical Manager 14 7 (3.483 %) Storage Engineer 15 6 (2.985 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 7 (3.483 %) NHS 1 7 (3.483 %) Thin Client 1 7 (3.483 %) Fat Client 2 6 (2.985 %) CLARiiON 3 4 (1.990 %) Symmetrix 3 4 (1.990 %) PKI 4 3 (1.493 %) Client/Server 5 2 (0.995 %) Smartcard 6 1 (0.498 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 44 (21.89 %) Windows 2 33 (16.42 %) Linux 3 29 (14.43 %) Solaris 4 21 (10.45 %) AIX 4 21 (10.45 %) HPUX 5 19 (9.453 %) UNIX 6 13 (6.468 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (1.493 %) Windows XP 8 2 (0.995 %) NetWare 8 2 (0.995 %) Windows 2000 8 2 (0.995 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 2 (0.995 %) Red Hat Linux 9 1 (0.498 %) SUSE 9 1 (0.498 %) Debian	Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (12.44 %) ITIL 2 22 (10.95 %) PRINCE2 3 13 (6.468 %) Network Design 4 11 (5.473 %) Load Balancing 5 8 (3.980 %) Identity Management 6 6 (2.985 %) Network Security Management 6 6 (2.985 %) Security Management 6 6 (2.985 %) Risk Management 6 6 (2.985 %) ITSM 6 6 (2.985 %) Project Management 7 5 (2.488 %) Service Management 8 3 (1.493 %) TOGAF 8 3 (1.493 %) Change Management 8 3 (1.493 %) Migration 8 3 (1.493 %) Test Management 9 2 (0.995 %) Supplier Management 9 2 (0.995 %) Security Cleared 9 2 (0.995 %) Zachman Framework 9 2 (0.995 %) Disaster Recovery 9 2 (0.995 %) Quality Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (0.498 %) C 1 1 (0.498 %) Perl 1 1 (0.498 %) PHP 1 1 (0.498 %) PL/SQL 1 1 (0.498 %) SQL 1 1 (0.498 %) FoxPro (VFP)	Qualifications 1 99 (49.25 %) Cisco Certification 2 56 (27.86 %) CCNP 3 48 (23.88 %) CCNA 4 20 (9.950 %) CCDP 5 17 (8.458 %) CCDA 5 17 (8.458 %) CCIE 6 10 (4.975 %) CCVP 6 10 (4.975 %) CCSE 7 9 (4.478 %) CCSP 8 5 (2.488 %) Microsoft Certification 8 5 (2.488 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 4 (1.990 %) MCSE 9 4 (1.990 %) CCSA 9 4 (1.990 %) MCP 10 3 (1.493 %) SNIA Certification 11 2 (0.995 %) ISEB 11 2 (0.995 %) Sun Certification 12 1 (0.498 %) ITIL Certification 12 1 (0.498 %) OCA 12 1 (0.498 %) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (3.980 %) SLA 2 2 (0.995 %) PCI DSS 3 1 (0.498 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 11 (5.473 %) Active Directory 1 11 (5.473 %) NetBackup 2 5 (2.488 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (1.493 %) Terminal Services 3 3 (1.493 %) ISA Server 3 3 (1.493 %) BorderManager 4 2 (0.995 %) Backup Exec 5 1 (0.498 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 20 (9.950 %) OpenView 2 8 (3.980 %) HP Data Protector 3 4 (1.990 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 3 (1.493 %) Legato 4 3 (1.493 %) OVPA 5 2 (0.995 %) ARCserve 6 1 (0.498 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 37 (18.41 %) CheckPoint 2 25 (12.44 %) HP 3 22 (10.95 %) EMC 3 22 (10.95 %) Brocade 4 21 (10.45 %) Oracle 4 21 (10.45 %) Microsoft 5 19 (9.453 %) Sun 6 13 (6.468 %) Novell 7 12 (5.970 %) VERITAS 8 10 (4.975 %) Citrix 9 8 (3.980 %) Nokia 9 8 (3.980 %) Siemens 10 6 (2.985 %) VMware 10 6 (2.985 %) Alcatel 11 4 (1.990 %) NetApp 11 4 (1.990 %) Juniper 11 4 (1.990 %) Nortel 11 4 (1.990 %) Lucent 12 3 (1.493 %) Blue Coat 12 3 (1.493 %) Lotus