The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 32 33 36
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 16 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 6.426% 3.684% 1.911%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.59% 8.974% 4.412%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 3
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +81.81%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +6.41%
All Qualifications
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
58 78 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 23.29% 41.05% 43.31%
Number of salaries quoted 55 75 64
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +28.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Cisco Certification
Bedfordshire

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedford Cisco Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Bedford region.

Bedford Cisco Certification Salary Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bedford Cisco Certification Salary Histogram

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco Certification.

1 43 (81.13%) Cisco
2 39 (73.58%) CCNP
3 23 (43.40%) Network Security
4 21 (39.62%) CCNA
5 20 (37.74%) Firewall
5 20 (37.74%) VMware
6 18 (33.96%) DNS
7 17 (32.08%) TCP/IP
8 16 (30.19%) VPN
8 16 (30.19%) Active Directory
8 16 (30.19%) Windows
8 16 (30.19%) VoIP
9 15 (28.30%) MCSE
9 15 (28.30%) CCIE
9 15 (28.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (28.30%) MPLS
9 15 (28.30%) Network Design
9 15 (28.30%) VLAN
10 14 (26.42%) Unified Communications
10 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
10 14 (26.42%) WAN
11 13 (24.53%) DHCP
11 13 (24.53%) MS Exchange
11 13 (24.53%) LAN
11 13 (24.53%) RIP
11 13 (24.53%) SAN
11 13 (24.53%) Exchange Server 2010
11 13 (24.53%) Network Management
11 13 (24.53%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (22.64%) CEH

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (24.53%) MS Exchange
1 13 (24.53%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 6 (11.32%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (11.32%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (9.434%) IIS
4 3 (5.660%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 3 (5.660%) MS Office
1 3 (5.660%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (43.40%) Network Security
2 20 (37.74%) Firewall
3 18 (33.96%) DNS
4 17 (32.08%) TCP/IP
5 16 (30.19%) VPN
5 16 (30.19%) VoIP
6 15 (28.30%) MPLS
6 15 (28.30%) VLAN
7 14 (26.42%) Unified Communications
7 14 (26.42%) WAN
8 13 (24.53%) DHCP
8 13 (24.53%) LAN
8 13 (24.53%) RIP
8 13 (24.53%) SAN
9 8 (15.09%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (13.21%) NAS
10 7 (13.21%) MGCP
10 7 (13.21%) H.323
11 6 (11.32%) Cisco PIX
12 5 (9.434%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.434%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.660%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (9.434%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.547%) Finance
3 1 (1.887%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Network Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Voice Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (20.75%) Cisco Voice Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) Security Officer
4 9 (16.98%) Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Server Analyst
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Voice Engineer
7 5 (9.434%) Data Centre Engineer
7 5 (9.434%) Security Engineer
7 5 (9.434%) Installations Engineer
7 5 (9.434%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 5 (9.434%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (9.434%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (7.547%) Data Centre Specialist
9 3 (5.660%) 3rd Line Support
10 2 (3.774%) Support Analyst
10 2 (3.774%) Support Engineer
10 2 (3.774%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.887%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (30.19%) Windows
2 13 (24.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (16.98%) Linux
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (9.434%) Windows 7
5 5 (9.434%) Windows Vista
5 5 (9.434%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) Network Design
2 13 (24.53%) Network Management
3 12 (22.64%) Change Management
4 10 (18.87%) Capacity Planning
5 9 (16.98%) ITIL
6 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (15.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (9.434%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (9.434%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (5.660%) Supplier Management
9 1 (1.887%) Migration
Qualifications
1 39 (73.58%) CCNP
2 21 (39.62%) CCNA
3 15 (28.30%) MCSE
3 15 (28.30%) CCIE
3 15 (28.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (22.64%) CEH
4 12 (22.64%) CISSP
4 12 (22.64%) CISA
4 12 (22.64%) CISM
5 9 (16.98%) CCVP
5 9 (16.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (16.98%) CCSP
6 8 (15.09%) CCDP
7 7 (13.21%) Degree
7 7 (13.21%) MCITP
8 6 (11.32%) MCP
9 5 (9.434%) CCIP
10 4 (7.547%) CCSA
10 4 (7.547%) CCSE
11 3 (5.660%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (30.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.774%) ISA Server
2 2 (3.774%) Terminal Services
2 2 (3.774%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (3.774%) UAG
2 2 (3.774%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.887%) vSphere
3 1 (1.887%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (16.98%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (15.09%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 43 (81.13%) Cisco
2 20 (37.74%) VMware
3 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
4 6 (11.32%) Tandberg
4 6 (11.32%) IPFX
5 5 (9.434%) F5
5 5 (9.434%) Citrix
5 5 (9.434%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.887%) Twitter
6 1 (1.887%) AirMagnet
6 1 (1.887%) Juniper
6 1 (1.887%) HP