The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 25 46 60
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 49 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 8.813% 1.814% 1.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.67% 5.926% 4.196%
Number of salaries quoted 46 7 4
Average salary £32,500 £41,000 £40,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.73% +1.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,500 £37,650
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £46,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Qualifications
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
150 135 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 26.98% 30.61% 24.91%
Number of salaries quoted 133 130 130
Average salary £36,400 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,400 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Cisco Certification
South Wales

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Cisco Certification Salary Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff Cisco Certification Salary Histogram

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 52 (98.11%) Cisco
2 39 (73.58%) Firewall
3 27 (50.94%) CCNP
4 24 (45.28%) CCNA
4 24 (45.28%) Juniper
5 21 (39.62%) CheckPoint
5 21 (39.62%) WAN
6 20 (37.74%) MPLS
7 19 (35.85%) CCIE
8 18 (33.96%) BGP
8 18 (33.96%) Network Design
9 16 (30.19%) OSPF
10 15 (28.30%) EIGRP
11 14 (26.42%) Windows
11 14 (26.42%) Linux
12 13 (24.53%) F5
13 12 (22.64%) ITIL
13 12 (22.64%) DNS
13 12 (22.64%) CCDP
14 11 (20.75%) VMware
14 11 (20.75%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (18.87%) Degree
15 10 (18.87%) Cisco IOS
15 10 (18.87%) HSRP
15 10 (18.87%) CCIP
15 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
15 10 (18.87%) DHCP
15 10 (18.87%) UNIX
16 9 (16.98%) VPN
16 9 (16.98%) MS Excel

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 6 (11.32%) Lync
2 5 (9.434%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.547%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (16.98%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.774%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 39 (73.58%) Firewall
2 21 (39.62%) WAN
3 20 (37.74%) MPLS
4 18 (33.96%) BGP
5 16 (30.19%) OSPF
6 15 (28.30%) EIGRP
7 12 (22.64%) DNS
8 11 (20.75%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (18.87%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (18.87%) HSRP
9 10 (18.87%) DHCP
10 9 (16.98%) VPN
11 8 (15.09%) VPLS
11 8 (15.09%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (15.09%) Junos
11 8 (15.09%) xDSL
11 8 (15.09%) Unified Communications
11 8 (15.09%) LAN
11 8 (15.09%) VoIP
11 8 (15.09%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (7.547%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 7 (13.21%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 21 (39.62%) Network Engineer
2 14 (26.42%) Administrator
3 13 (24.53%) Systems Administrator
4 11 (20.75%) Network Administrator
4 11 (20.75%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 9 (16.98%) Senior Network Administrator
6 8 (15.09%) Support Engineer
7 7 (13.21%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 6 (11.32%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 6 (11.32%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (9.434%) Design Engineer
9 5 (9.434%) Network Design Engineer
10 4 (7.547%) Cisco Engineer
10 4 (7.547%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 3 (5.660%) Architect
11 3 (5.660%) IP Engineer
11 3 (5.660%) Network Architect
11 3 (5.660%) IP Network Engineer
12 2 (3.774%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (11.32%) Blog
3 2 (3.774%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Windows
1 14 (26.42%) Linux
2 10 (18.87%) UNIX
3 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) Network Design
2 12 (22.64%) ITIL
3 8 (15.09%) Network Management
4 6 (11.32%) Change Management
5 5 (9.434%) PRINCE2
5 5 (9.434%) Load Balancing
5 5 (9.434%) Project Planning
6 4 (7.547%) Network Architecture
7 1 (1.887%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 27 (50.94%) CCNP
2 24 (45.28%) CCNA
3 19 (35.85%) CCIE
4 12 (22.64%) CCDP
5 10 (18.87%) Degree
5 10 (18.87%) CCIP
6 8 (15.09%) CCDA
6 8 (15.09%) CCSA
7 7 (13.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (13.21%) CCSE
8 6 (11.32%) CCENT
9 4 (7.547%) JNCIA
9 4 (7.547%) JNCIS
9 4 (7.547%) CCSP
10 2 (3.774%) JNCIP
10 2 (3.774%) JNCIE
10 2 (3.774%) CCDE
10 2 (3.774%) CCVP
11 1 (1.887%) MCSA
11 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (9.434%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.547%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (7.547%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.887%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) ServiceCenter
1 6 (11.32%) Splunk
1 6 (11.32%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 52 (98.11%) Cisco
2 24 (45.28%) Juniper
3 21 (39.62%) CheckPoint
4 13 (24.53%) F5
5 11 (20.75%) VMware
6 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
7 6 (11.32%) Peregrine
7 6 (11.32%) Remedy
8 2 (3.774%) SolarWinds
8 2 (3.774%) NetApp
9 1 (1.887%) Twitter
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
You will gain exposure to: F5 networks. Check Point Firewall (Checkpoint Firewall) Juniper... Nice to haves but not essential: CCNA or CCNP or CCDA or CCSA or CCSE...
De Facto IT
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum £35K - £45K base salary + 20% bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Main responsibilities will be: Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum + Health + Pension + 20%Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Main responsibilities will be: Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Health + Pension + 20%
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions basic BGP; HSRP and...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Health, Pension, 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions basic BGP; HSRP and...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Health, Pension, 20% Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Check Point Firewall (Checkpoint Firewall) CCIE (written only or upwards) Nice to haves but not essential: CCDE or CCDP or CCDA or CCSA or CCSE. Juniper. The technical...
De Facto IT
Salary: From £60,000 to £60,000 per annum £60K + 20% bonus + 25 days holiday +
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NETWORK Design ** NETWORK Architecture ** NETWORK implementation ** CCDA ** CCIE ** TDA ** Managed Service Professional ** CISCO ** Network Architect is needed by one of the UK's fastest growing Hosted Infrastructure Managed...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Health + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013