Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the North West region.

 Cisco Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank97115100
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-15
Matching permanent IT job ads9889236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West1.810 %1.559 %1.875 %
As % of the Qualifications category10.78 %7.523 %8.994 %
Salaries quoted8486225
Average salary£32,500£33,000£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.510 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,650£28,000£23,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£40,000£59,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-10.25 %
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
90911832624
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West16.79 %20.72 %20.85 %
Salaries quoted81510522358
Average salary£32,500£33,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.980 %-4.280 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£23,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Cisco Certification EnglandCisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West Cisco Certification Demand Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend

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

North West Cisco Certification Salary Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+354£33,500-4.28 %
CheshireUp+1127£32,500+6.55 %
MerseysideUp+158£22,500-35.71 %
LancashireUp+44£44,500+27.14 %
Cisco Certification EnglandCisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1136 (85.00 %)Cisco
2117 (73.13 %)CCNA
371 (44.38 %)WAN
469 (43.13 %)LAN
567 (41.88 %)CCNP
660 (37.50 %)Firewall
755 (34.38 %)Windows
845 (28.13 %)Microsoft Certification
941 (25.63 %)MCSE
1037 (23.13 %)VoIP
1133 (20.63 %)VPN
1133 (20.63 %)Microsoft
1133 (20.63 %)Active Directory
1228 (17.50 %)Avaya
1228 (17.50 %)Telecoms
1326 (16.25 %)Windows Server 2003
1424 (15.00 %)MPLS
1424 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
1523 (14.38 %)MS Exchange
1621 (13.13 %)VMware
1621 (13.13 %)Windows Server 2008
1720 (12.50 %)Finance
1720 (12.50 %)MCP
1819 (11.88 %)CCIE
1918 (11.25 %)ITIL
1918 (11.25 %)CheckPoint
1918 (11.25 %)Juniper
2016 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
2016 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
2016 (10.00 %)OSPF

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (0.625 %).NET
North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (14.38 %)MS Exchange
216 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
216 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
312 (7.500 %)IIS
44 (2.500 %)Apache
52 (1.250 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.625 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (0.625 %)SharePoint
61 (0.625 %)Office Communications Server
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (10.00 %)MS Excel
24 (2.500 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
171 (44.38 %)WAN
269 (43.13 %)LAN
360 (37.50 %)Firewall
437 (23.13 %)VoIP
533 (20.63 %)VPN
624 (15.00 %)MPLS
624 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
716 (10.00 %)OSPF
815 (9.375 %)BGP
914 (8.750 %)Cisco PIX
914 (8.750 %)Network Security
914 (8.750 %)Cisco ASA
1013 (8.125 %)Internet
1013 (8.125 %)DNS
1013 (8.125 %)DHCP
1112 (7.500 %)Broadband
1211 (6.875 %)Wireless
1211 (6.875 %)EIGRP
1211 (6.875 %)LLU
1310 (6.250 %)Cisco IPT
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (5.000 %)SQL Server
24 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (1.875 %)Data Mining
North West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (2.500 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.625 %)Eclipse
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
128 (17.50 %)Telecoms
220 (12.50 %)Finance
35 (3.125 %)Education
44 (2.500 %)Back Office
52 (1.250 %)Games
52 (1.250 %)Banking
61 (0.625 %)Pensions
61 (0.625 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.625 %)Government
61 (0.625 %)Health
61 (0.625 %)Manufacturing
61 (0.625 %)Home Office
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
128 (17.50 %)Network Engineer
218 (11.25 %)Support Engineer
317 (10.63 %)Analyst
317 (10.63 %)Cisco Engineer
416 (10.00 %)Consultant
416 (10.00 %)IT Support
511 (6.875 %)Administrator
610 (6.250 %)Operations Manager
610 (6.250 %)Sales Consultant
610 (6.250 %)Team Leader
610 (6.250 %)Network Manager
610 (6.250 %)Pre Sales Consultant
610 (6.250 %)Network Operations Manager
79 (5.625 %)Network Team Leader
79 (5.625 %)IT Support Engineer
79 (5.625 %)Senior Analyst
79 (5.625 %)Field Engineer
79 (5.625 %)Support Analyst
88 (5.000 %)Technical Support
88 (5.000 %)2nd Line Support
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (3.750 %)Thin Client
16 (3.750 %)Fat Client
24 (2.500 %)EqualLogic
24 (2.500 %)Blackberry
24 (2.500 %)Replication
32 (1.250 %)Video Conferencing
41 (0.625 %)FMCG
41 (0.625 %)Clustering
41 (0.625 %)IVR
41 (0.625 %)Mainframe
North West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
155 (34.38 %)Windows
226 (16.25 %)Windows Server 2003
321 (13.13 %)Windows Server 2008
413 (8.125 %)Windows 2000
510 (6.250 %)Windows XP
69 (5.625 %)Linux
77 (4.375 %)Windows NT
85 (3.125 %)UNIX
94 (2.500 %)Windows Vista
103 (1.875 %)Windows 2000 Server
103 (1.875 %)AIX
103 (1.875 %)Solaris
103 (1.875 %)zOS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (11.25 %)ITIL
28 (5.000 %)Service Delivery
37 (4.375 %)Migration
46 (3.750 %)Network Design
46 (3.750 %)Incident Management
55 (3.125 %)Data Migration
55 (3.125 %)Disaster Recovery
55 (3.125 %)Project Management
55 (3.125 %)Service Management
64 (2.500 %)Change Management
64 (2.500 %)Penetration Testing
72 (1.250 %)Data Security
72 (1.250 %)Information Security
72 (1.250 %)PRINCE2
72 (1.250 %)Problem Management
72 (1.250 %)Capacity Planning
72 (1.250 %)IT Governance
81 (0.625 %)Business Development
81 (0.625 %)Load Balancing
81 (0.625 %)SAP Security
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (8.125 %)C
113 (8.125 %)SQL
24 (2.500 %)VBScript
24 (2.500 %)VB
31 (0.625 %)Shell Script
31 (0.625 %)PowerShell
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1117 (73.13 %)CCNA
267 (41.88 %)CCNP
345 (28.13 %)Microsoft Certification
441 (25.63 %)MCSE
520 (12.50 %)MCP
619 (11.88 %)CCIE
715 (9.375 %)CCDP
813 (8.125 %)MCSA
912 (7.500 %)CCVP
1010 (6.250 %)CCDA
119 (5.625 %)Degree
127 (4.375 %)CCSA
127 (4.375 %)CCSP
136 (3.750 %)MCITP
145 (3.125 %)CISSP
154 (2.500 %)CCSE
154 (2.500 %)JNCIA
154 (2.500 %)JNCIS
154 (2.500 %)Check Point Certification
163 (1.875 %)MCDST
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (5.625 %)SLA
22 (1.250 %)ISO27001
31 (0.625 %)COBIT
North West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
133 (20.63 %)Active Directory
215 (9.375 %)ISA Server
313 (8.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (2.500 %)Terminal Services
52 (1.250 %)Hyper-V
61 (0.625 %)XenServer
61 (0.625 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.625 %)MetaFrame
North West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (1.875 %)OpenView
22 (1.250 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.625 %)Legato
31 (0.625 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.625 %)Cisco IPCC
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1136 (85.00 %)Cisco
233 (20.63 %)Microsoft
328 (17.50 %)Avaya
421 (13.13 %)VMware
518 (11.25 %)CheckPoint
518 (11.25 %)Juniper
611 (6.875 %)Nokia
79 (5.625 %)Citrix
88 (5.000 %)HP
96 (3.750 %)Mitel
105 (3.125 %)Oracle
105 (3.125 %)Nortel
114 (2.500 %)EMC
114 (2.500 %)Sun
122 (1.250 %)Siebel
122 (1.250 %)Redback
131 (0.625 %)Brocade
131 (0.625 %)Polycom
131 (0.625 %)Barracuda Networks
131 (0.625 %)Riverbed