The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification 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 Qualifications for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 32 41 69
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 67 44 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 6.181% 4.458% 1.063%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.01% 14.57% 3.147%
Number of salaries quoted 56 38 9
Average salary £54,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £35,000 £39,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.21% +2.50%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
279 302 286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 25.74% 30.60% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 231 268 276
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,925 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Cisco Certification
East of England

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Cisco Certification Salary Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

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

Bedfordshire Cisco Certification Salary Histogram

Cisco Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +15 27 £52,500 +23.52%
Dunstable -2 16 £60,000 +22.44%
Bedford -7 14 £40,000 -11.11%
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £67,500 -
Cisco Certification
East of England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 128 (87.07%) Cisco
2 87 (59.18%) CCNP
3 79 (53.74%) CCNA
4 47 (31.97%) Firewall
5 46 (31.29%) LAN
6 45 (30.61%) TCP/IP
7 44 (29.93%) WAN
8 42 (28.57%) VMware
9 41 (27.89%) Windows
10 40 (27.21%) Active Directory
10 40 (27.21%) CCIE
11 38 (25.85%) Network Security
12 35 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 33 (22.45%) Microsoft
13 33 (22.45%) MCSE
14 32 (21.77%) Finance
15 26 (17.69%) ITIL
15 26 (17.69%) SAN
15 26 (17.69%) Network Design
16 25 (17.01%) VPN
17 24 (16.33%) MPLS
18 23 (15.65%) Wireless
18 23 (15.65%) DNS
18 23 (15.65%) SQL Server
18 23 (15.65%) Linux
18 23 (15.65%) CCSP
18 23 (15.65%) Windows Server 2008
19 22 (14.97%) CheckPoint
19 22 (14.97%) MS Exchange
20 21 (14.29%) Juniper

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 Development
1 2 (1.361%) Web Services
2 1 (0.680%) XML
2 1 (0.680%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (0.680%) COM
Application Platforms
1 22 (14.97%) MS Exchange
2 16 (10.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (6.803%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (4.762%) IIS
4 7 (4.762%) SharePoint
5 6 (4.082%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (2.721%) Windows Azure
7 3 (2.041%) CMS
8 2 (1.361%) Lync
8 2 (1.361%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 18 (12.24%) MS Excel
2 10 (6.803%) MS Office
3 2 (1.361%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.680%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 47 (31.97%) Firewall
2 46 (31.29%) LAN
3 45 (30.61%) TCP/IP
4 44 (29.93%) WAN
5 38 (25.85%) Network Security
6 26 (17.69%) SAN
7 25 (17.01%) VPN
8 24 (16.33%) MPLS
9 23 (15.65%) Wireless
9 23 (15.65%) DNS
10 21 (14.29%) VLAN
11 17 (11.56%) DHCP
11 17 (11.56%) VoIP
11 17 (11.56%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (10.88%) Unified Communications
12 16 (10.88%) Cisco PIX
12 16 (10.88%) RIP
13 14 (9.524%) SSL
13 14 (9.524%) BGP
14 12 (8.163%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (15.65%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.122%) OLTP
3 6 (4.082%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (2.721%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.680%) MySQL
General
1 32 (21.77%) Finance
2 12 (8.163%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.401%) Banking
4 3 (2.041%) Retail
4 3 (2.041%) Local Government
4 3 (2.041%) Marketing
5 2 (1.361%) Legal
5 2 (1.361%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 33 (22.45%) Network Engineer
2 20 (13.61%) Network Manager
3 17 (11.56%) Analyst
4 15 (10.20%) Consultant
4 15 (10.20%) Support Engineer
5 13 (8.844%) 3rd Line Support
6 11 (7.483%) Build Manager
7 10 (6.803%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (6.122%) Network Security Engineer
8 9 (6.122%) Network Consultant
8 9 (6.122%) Security Engineer
8 9 (6.122%) Security Officer
9 8 (5.442%) Network Support
9 8 (5.442%) Support Analyst
9 8 (5.442%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 7 (4.762%) Architect
10 7 (4.762%) Network Architect
10 7 (4.762%) Server Analyst
10 7 (4.762%) Cisco Engineer
10 7 (4.762%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.122%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.041%) Clustering
3 2 (1.361%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.680%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.680%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 41 (27.89%) Windows
2 23 (15.65%) Linux
2 23 (15.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (12.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (4.762%) Windows XP
5 6 (4.082%) Windows Vista
5 6 (4.082%) Windows 7
6 5 (3.401%) Solaris
6 5 (3.401%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (17.69%) ITIL
1 26 (17.69%) Network Design
2 20 (13.61%) Disaster Recovery
3 19 (12.93%) Network Management
4 16 (10.88%) Change Management
4 16 (10.88%) PRINCE2
5 12 (8.163%) PRINCE
6 11 (7.483%) Capacity Planning
7 10 (6.803%) Change Control
7 10 (6.803%) Project Management
8 8 (5.442%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (5.442%) Network Architecture
9 6 (4.082%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (4.082%) Supplier Management
9 6 (4.082%) Ethical Hacking
10 4 (2.721%) Load Balancing
11 3 (2.041%) Business Development
11 3 (2.041%) Time Management
12 2 (1.361%) Performance Management
12 2 (1.361%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.680%) PHP
1 1 (0.680%) SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (59.18%) CCNP
2 79 (53.74%) CCNA
3 40 (27.21%) CCIE
4 35 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (22.45%) MCSE
6 23 (15.65%) CCSP
7 15 (10.20%) MCITP
7 15 (10.20%) Security Cleared
8 14 (9.524%) Degree
8 14 (9.524%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 13 (8.844%) CEH
9 13 (8.844%) CISA
9 13 (8.844%) CISM
9 13 (8.844%) CCDP
9 13 (8.844%) CISSP
10 12 (8.163%) CCSA
11 11 (7.483%) CCSE
11 11 (7.483%) CCIP
11 11 (7.483%) MCP
12 10 (6.803%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.401%) SLA
2 2 (1.361%) QA
3 1 (0.680%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (27.21%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.122%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.721%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (2.721%) ISA Server
3 4 (2.721%) VMware ESX
4 3 (2.041%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.041%) UAG
4 3 (2.041%) vSphere
5 1 (0.680%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (5.442%) Cisco UCCX
2 5 (3.401%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (2.721%) CiscoWorks
3 4 (2.721%) Cisco UCCE
4 3 (2.041%) OpenView
5 2 (1.361%) Cisco IPCC
6 1 (0.680%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.680%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 128 (87.07%) Cisco
2 42 (28.57%) VMware
3 33 (22.45%) Microsoft
4 22 (14.97%) CheckPoint
5 21 (14.29%) Juniper
6 15 (10.20%) Citrix
7 11 (7.483%) F5
8 10 (6.803%) HP
8 10 (6.803%) EMC
9 9 (6.122%) NetApp
9 9 (6.122%) Twitter
10 4 (2.721%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.721%) Symantec
11 3 (2.041%) BT
11 3 (2.041%) Apple
11 3 (2.041%) Avaya
12 1 (0.680%) 3Com
12 1 (0.680%) McAfee
12 1 (0.680%) Blue Coat
12 1 (0.680%) Brocade
Luton, Bedfordshire
Skills and Experience Required: - In-depth knowledge of CISCO technologies is essential. - Baseline SE skills and in at least one of the following area's of specialization: Security,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + CAR + BONUS
Posted: 15 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: 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