The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 40 27 37
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 5 12 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 1.946% 5.150% 2.165%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.024% 15.38% 4.854%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 2
Average salary - £30,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.14%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Qualifications
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
83 78 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 32.30% 33.48% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 38 41 45
Average salary £47,500 £32,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.15% -5.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £15,390 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,500 £43,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Cisco Certification Salary Trend

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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim -10 5 - -
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) CCNA
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) CCSA
3 4 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 4 (50.00%) CISSP
3 4 (50.00%) Juniper
3 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (50.00%) UNIX
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) CCSP
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) CCVP
4 3 (37.50%) NetScreen
4 3 (37.50%) VoIP
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco PIX
4 3 (37.50%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (37.50%) Network Management
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (25.00%) JNCIA
5 2 (25.00%) CCSE
6 1 (12.50%) Network Design
6 1 (12.50%) VLAN
6 1 (12.50%) Information Security
6 1 (12.50%) Wireless
6 1 (12.50%) IPsec

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 3 (37.50%) Office Communications Server
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (37.50%) NetScreen
3 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco PIX
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) Wireless
4 1 (12.50%) IPsec
4 1 (12.50%) BGP
4 1 (12.50%) IPv6
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) DNS
4 1 (12.50%) Wireless Security
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) AIX
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
1 3 (37.50%) Network Management
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
2 4 (50.00%) CCSA
2 4 (50.00%) CISSP
3 3 (37.50%) CCSP
3 3 (37.50%) CCVP
4 2 (25.00%) JNCIA
4 2 (25.00%) CCSE
5 1 (12.50%) CCNP
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 4 (50.00%) Juniper
2 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) F5