The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 24 45 37
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 197 115 174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 8.028% 4.593% 5.297%
As % of the Vendors category 16.11% 9.252% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 181 94 136
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £68,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1223 1243 1688
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 49.84% 49.64% 51.39%
Number of salaries quoted 959 984 1317
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cisco
East of England

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Cisco Salary Histogram

Cisco
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead +20 32 £40,000 +8.10%
Rickmansworth +9 26 £50,625 -15.62%
St Albans +10 19 £28,500 -
Watford +7 14 £50,000 +66.66%
Hertford - 11 £28,000 -
Welwyn Garden City -11 9 £37,500 -28.57%
Borehamwood -7 6 £31,000 -31.11%
Hitchin +1 5 £50,000 -
Letchworth - 3 £45,000 -
Harpenden - 3 £22,500 -
Stevenage +4 2 £47,500 +20.25%
Potters Bar +5 1 £20,500 -59.00%
Cisco
East of England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 124 (33.70%) Cisco Certification
2 118 (32.07%) VMware
3 102 (27.72%) Microsoft
4 100 (27.17%) Windows
5 96 (26.09%) Firewall
6 79 (21.47%) Finance
6 79 (21.47%) CCNA
7 77 (20.92%) VMware Infrastructure
8 75 (20.38%) Solaris
9 73 (19.84%) Oracle
10 70 (19.02%) TCP/IP
10 70 (19.02%) Active Directory
11 68 (18.48%) HP
12 64 (17.39%) Linux
13 63 (17.12%) CCNP
14 62 (16.85%) MS Excel
15 61 (16.58%) VPN
16 50 (13.59%) Citrix
16 50 (13.59%) Windows Server 2008
17 49 (13.32%) EMC
18 47 (12.77%) Windows Server 2003
19 46 (12.50%) UNIX
20 45 (12.23%) MS Exchange
20 45 (12.23%) PRINCE2
20 45 (12.23%) WebLogic
21 40 (10.87%) DNS
22 37 (10.05%) SQL
22 37 (10.05%) Red Hat
22 37 (10.05%) CCIE
23 36 (9.783%) Wireless

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 10 (2.717%) LAMP
2 9 (2.446%) Middleware
2 9 (2.446%) Web Services
3 6 (1.630%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.087%) XML
5 3 (0.815%) HTML
5 3 (0.815%) .NET
5 3 (0.815%) ASP
6 2 (0.543%) COM
6 2 (0.543%) Application Packaging
6 2 (0.543%) XMPP
7 1 (0.272%) Django
7 1 (0.272%) CSS
7 1 (0.272%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 45 (12.23%) WebLogic
1 45 (12.23%) MS Exchange
2 25 (6.793%) Exchange Server 2010
3 22 (5.978%) IIS
4 18 (4.891%) Apache
5 17 (4.620%) SharePoint
5 17 (4.620%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (3.261%) Lync
7 9 (2.446%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (2.174%) Amazon AWS
9 7 (1.902%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (1.630%) MQSeries
10 6 (1.630%) Exchange Server 2013
11 4 (1.087%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.815%) Windows Azure
13 2 (0.543%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.272%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.272%) Google App Engine
14 1 (0.272%) Jetty
14 1 (0.272%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 62 (16.85%) MS Excel
2 22 (5.978%) MS Office
3 3 (0.815%) Office 365
4 1 (0.272%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.272%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 96 (26.09%) Firewall
2 70 (19.02%) TCP/IP
3 61 (16.58%) VPN
4 40 (10.87%) DNS
5 36 (9.783%) LAN
5 36 (9.783%) VoIP
5 36 (9.783%) Wireless
6 30 (8.152%) Internet
7 29 (7.880%) SAN
8 25 (6.793%) HTTP
8 25 (6.793%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (6.522%) WAN
10 23 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
11 21 (5.707%) iSCSI
12 19 (5.163%) NAS
12 19 (5.163%) VLAN
13 18 (4.891%) SSH
13 18 (4.891%) IPsec
14 17 (4.620%) Unified Communications
14 17 (4.620%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.804%) MySQL
3 6 (1.630%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (1.087%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.087%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (0.815%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.543%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.272%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.272%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.272%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.902%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (1.902%) JMeter
1 7 (1.902%) Selenium
2 2 (0.543%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 79 (21.47%) Finance
2 33 (8.967%) Telecoms
3 21 (5.707%) Legal
4 7 (1.902%) Banking
5 3 (0.815%) Back Office
6 1 (0.272%) Advertising
6 1 (0.272%) Billing
6 1 (0.272%) Local Government
6 1 (0.272%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 64 (17.39%) Network Engineer
2 50 (13.59%) Support Engineer
3 44 (11.96%) Architect
4 37 (10.05%) Project Manager
5 31 (8.424%) Analyst
6 30 (8.152%) Infrastructure Manager
7 27 (7.337%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 27 (7.337%) Consultant
8 24 (6.522%) Technical Architect
8 24 (6.522%) Support Analyst
9 22 (5.978%) UNIX Engineer
9 22 (5.978%) Voice Engineer
9 22 (5.978%) IT Support
10 20 (5.435%) IT Support Engineer
11 19 (5.163%) Administrator
11 19 (5.163%) 3rd Line Support
11 19 (5.163%) Network Support
12 18 (4.891%) Network Architect
12 18 (4.891%) 2nd Line Support
12 18 (4.891%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (1.359%) NHS
1 5 (1.359%) PKI
2 4 (1.087%) Open Source
2 4 (1.087%) Replication
3 2 (0.543%) Biometrics
3 2 (0.543%) Blackberry
3 2 (0.543%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (0.543%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (0.543%) CCTV
3 2 (0.543%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.272%) Celerra
4 1 (0.272%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.272%) FMCG
4 1 (0.272%) iPhone
4 1 (0.272%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.272%) Firmware
4 1 (0.272%) CLARiiON
4 1 (0.272%) EMC Centera
4 1 (0.272%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 100 (27.17%) Windows
2 75 (20.38%) Solaris
3 64 (17.39%) Linux
4 50 (13.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 47 (12.77%) Windows Server 2003
6 46 (12.50%) UNIX
7 22 (5.978%) Windows XP
8 18 (4.891%) Windows 7
9 15 (4.076%) Windows Vista
10 14 (3.804%) AIX
10 14 (3.804%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (2.174%) Windows 8
12 5 (1.359%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.543%) Windows 2000 Server
13 2 (0.543%) CentOS
13 2 (0.543%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.272%) Windows Phone
14 1 (0.272%) Android
14 1 (0.272%) Debian
14 1 (0.272%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (12.23%) PRINCE2
2 36 (9.783%) ITIL
3 26 (7.065%) Network Design
4 25 (6.793%) Network Management
5 24 (6.522%) Project Management
6 23 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
7 19 (5.163%) Load Balancing
8 17 (4.620%) Service Management
8 17 (4.620%) Risk Management
9 13 (3.533%) Change Control
10 12 (3.261%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (2.717%) Service Delivery
11 10 (2.717%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (2.174%) Product Management
12 8 (2.174%) Migration
13 7 (1.902%) Regression Testing
13 7 (1.902%) Automated Testing
13 7 (1.902%) Software Testing
13 7 (1.902%) Incident Management
13 7 (1.902%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.05%) SQL
2 16 (4.348%) Perl
2 16 (4.348%) Python
3 10 (2.717%) Shell Script
3 10 (2.717%) Bourne shell
3 10 (2.717%) C-shell
4 6 (1.630%) PHP
4 6 (1.630%) C
4 6 (1.630%) Java
5 4 (1.087%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.087%) Bash shell
6 2 (0.543%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.272%) Scala
7 1 (0.272%) Ruby
7 1 (0.272%) C#
7 1 (0.272%) C++
7 1 (0.272%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 124 (33.70%) Cisco Certification
2 79 (21.47%) CCNA
3 63 (17.12%) CCNP
4 37 (10.05%) CCIE
5 30 (8.152%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (5.978%) MCSE
7 20 (5.435%) Degree
8 18 (4.891%) CCDA
9 17 (4.620%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 17 (4.620%) MCITP
10 9 (2.446%) CCVP
10 9 (2.446%) MCSA
11 8 (2.174%) MCP
11 8 (2.174%) ISEB
11 8 (2.174%) Security Cleared
12 7 (1.902%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (1.902%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.359%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (1.359%) SC Cleared
13 5 (1.359%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.446%) QA
2 8 (2.174%) SLA
3 2 (0.543%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.543%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (20.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (19.02%) Active Directory
3 31 (8.424%) VMware ESX
4 25 (6.793%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (6.250%) vSphere
5 23 (6.250%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.717%) Xen
7 8 (2.174%) VMware Server
8 7 (1.902%) XenApp
9 5 (1.359%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.543%) NFS
10 2 (0.543%) Squid
10 2 (0.543%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.543%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.543%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.543%) XenServer
11 1 (0.272%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.272%) Varnish
11 1 (0.272%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.272%) Samba
Systems Management
1 31 (8.424%) Tivoli
2 26 (7.065%) Cisco UCCX
3 15 (4.076%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (3.533%) BMC PATROL
5 11 (2.989%) McAfee ePO
6 9 (2.446%) Backup Exec
7 8 (2.174%) Cisco UCCE
8 5 (1.359%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (1.087%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.087%) Nagios
10 3 (0.815%) SCCM
11 2 (0.543%) Puppet
11 2 (0.543%) WSUS
12 1 (0.272%) OpenView
12 1 (0.272%) Norton AntiVirus
12 1 (0.272%) Cisco IPCC
12 1 (0.272%) Sysprep
12 1 (0.272%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.272%) Cacti
12 1 (0.272%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 118 (32.07%) VMware
2 102 (27.72%) Microsoft
3 73 (19.84%) Oracle
4 68 (18.48%) HP
5 50 (13.59%) Citrix
6 49 (13.32%) EMC
7 37 (10.05%) Red Hat
8 30 (8.152%) Sun
9 28 (7.609%) Juniper
10 24 (6.522%) Avaya
11 23 (6.250%) Brocade
12 20 (5.435%) Nortel
13 16 (4.348%) Symantec
14 13 (3.533%) Apple
14 13 (3.533%) IBM
14 13 (3.533%) BMC
15 12 (3.261%) Hitachi
16 11 (2.989%) McAfee
17 10 (2.717%) F5
18 8 (2.174%) SolarWinds
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