The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedford region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 29 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 21 14 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 8.333% 6.796% -
As % of the Vendors category 12.73% 13.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 0
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Vendors
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
165 105 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 65.48% 50.97% 37.06%
Number of salaries quoted 163 99 61
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £58,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cisco
Bedfordshire

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Cisco Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedford Cisco Salary Histogram

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco.

1 37 (71.15%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (57.69%) CCNP
3 28 (53.85%) Network Security
4 21 (40.38%) Firewall
5 20 (38.46%) VoIP
6 19 (36.54%) Active Directory
7 18 (34.62%) TCP/IP
7 18 (34.62%) DNS
8 17 (32.69%) VPN
8 17 (32.69%) Microsoft
8 17 (32.69%) Windows
8 17 (32.69%) Network Design
9 16 (30.77%) VLAN
9 16 (30.77%) VMware
9 16 (30.77%) WAN
10 14 (26.92%) MPLS
10 14 (26.92%) DHCP
10 14 (26.92%) LAN
10 14 (26.92%) RIP
10 14 (26.92%) Network Management
11 13 (25.00%) CISSP
11 13 (25.00%) CISA
11 13 (25.00%) CISM
11 13 (25.00%) Change Management
11 13 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (25.00%) CEH
12 10 (19.23%) SharePoint
12 10 (19.23%) CCNA
12 10 (19.23%) Capacity Planning
13 9 (17.31%) SAN

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (9.615%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 6 (11.54%) MS Exchange
3 5 (9.615%) IIS
3 5 (9.615%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (9.615%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (9.615%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (5.769%) Windows Azure
4 3 (5.769%) CMS
5 1 (1.923%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (7.692%) MS Office
2 3 (5.769%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (53.85%) Network Security
2 21 (40.38%) Firewall
3 20 (38.46%) VoIP
4 18 (34.62%) TCP/IP
4 18 (34.62%) DNS
5 17 (32.69%) VPN
6 16 (30.77%) WAN
6 16 (30.77%) VLAN
7 14 (26.92%) DHCP
7 14 (26.92%) LAN
7 14 (26.92%) RIP
7 14 (26.92%) MPLS
8 9 (17.31%) SAN
9 8 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (11.54%) Cisco PIX
10 6 (11.54%) Unified Communications
11 5 (9.615%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (9.615%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (9.615%) Internet
11 5 (9.615%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.769%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (9.615%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Network Security Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Security Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Data Centre Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Security Officer
3 8 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (11.54%) Voice Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (9.615%) Deployment Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Development Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Senior Development Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (9.615%) Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (9.615%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 4 (7.692%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 4 (7.692%) Data Centre Specialist
7 3 (5.769%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) Replication
2 3 (5.769%) IVR
3 1 (1.923%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.923%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.69%) Windows
2 6 (11.54%) Windows XP
2 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (9.615%) Windows 7
3 5 (9.615%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) Network Design
2 14 (26.92%) Network Management
3 13 (25.00%) Change Management
3 13 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (19.23%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (11.54%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (11.54%) Supplier Management
6 6 (11.54%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (5.769%) Workflow
8 1 (1.923%) Migration
8 1 (1.923%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.615%) SQL
2 1 (1.923%) VBScript
2 1 (1.923%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (71.15%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (57.69%) CCNP
3 13 (25.00%) CISA
3 13 (25.00%) CISM
3 13 (25.00%) CISSP
3 13 (25.00%) CEH
4 10 (19.23%) CCNA
5 9 (17.31%) CCSP
6 8 (15.38%) CCDP
7 7 (13.46%) CCIE
7 7 (13.46%) MCP
7 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (11.54%) MCSE
9 5 (9.615%) CCIP
10 4 (7.692%) CCSA
10 4 (7.692%) CCSE
11 3 (5.769%) CCVP
11 3 (5.769%) MCSA
12 1 (1.923%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.923%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.615%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (36.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.46%) vSphere
3 5 (9.615%) Novell eDirectory
4 2 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.846%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (3.846%) UAG
4 2 (3.846%) Terminal Services
4 2 (3.846%) ISA Server
5 1 (1.923%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.923%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (9.615%) ZENworks
1 5 (9.615%) SCCM
2 3 (5.769%) Cisco IPCC
2 3 (5.769%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (3.846%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 17 (32.69%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.77%) VMware
3 7 (13.46%) Citrix
4 6 (11.54%) Oracle
4 6 (11.54%) CommVault
4 6 (11.54%) FalconStor
4 6 (11.54%) F5
5 5 (9.615%) LANDesk
5 5 (9.615%) Novell
5 5 (9.615%) CheckPoint
6 3 (5.769%) Genesys
6 3 (5.769%) Avaya
7 2 (3.846%) HP
8 1 (1.923%) Juniper
8 1 (1.923%) AirMagnet
8 1 (1.923%) Twitter
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The Cisco Voice Engineer will be responsible for the configuration and installation of large international Cisco Unified Communications projects for our international clients. Unified Communications entails basic IPT,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The Cisco Voice Engineer will be responsible for the configuration and installation of large international Cisco Unified Communications projects for our international clients. Unified Communications entails basic IPT,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013