The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 24 36 66
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +30
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 80 53 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 7.583% 5.436% 1.796%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.30% 16.06% 6.504%
Number of salaries quoted 76 33 13
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.21% +2.50%
All Qualifications
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
273 330 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 25.88% 33.85% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 250 291 225
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £54,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Cisco Certification
Wales

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Cisco Certification Salary Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff +20 50 £32,500 -20.73%
Caerphilly -3 11 £55,000 +64.17%
Newport +1 8 £25,000 -28.57%
Cisco Certification
Wales

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 96 (93.20%) Cisco
2 66 (64.08%) Firewall
3 55 (53.40%) CCNA
4 47 (45.63%) CCNP
5 31 (30.10%) CheckPoint
6 30 (29.13%) CCIE
7 27 (26.21%) WAN
8 25 (24.27%) Juniper
8 25 (24.27%) Network Design
8 25 (24.27%) Cisco Nexus
9 24 (23.30%) VPN
10 23 (22.33%) BGP
11 22 (21.36%) Windows
11 22 (21.36%) Cisco ASA
12 21 (20.39%) F5
13 20 (19.42%) EIGRP
13 20 (19.42%) MPLS
13 20 (19.42%) Degree
14 18 (17.48%) CCENT
14 18 (17.48%) OSPF
14 18 (17.48%) ITIL
15 17 (16.50%) Linux
15 17 (16.50%) VMware
16 15 (14.56%) Microsoft
16 15 (14.56%) UNIX
16 15 (14.56%) MS Excel
16 15 (14.56%) Cisco PIX
17 14 (13.59%) Load Balancing
17 14 (13.59%) LAN
17 14 (13.59%) Wireless

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 (1.942%) CSS
2 1 (0.971%) ASP
2 1 (0.971%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 9 (8.738%) IIS
2 8 (7.767%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.825%) Lync
4 2 (1.942%) CMS
4 2 (1.942%) Apache
5 1 (0.971%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.971%) Site Server
Applications
1 15 (14.56%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.942%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 66 (64.08%) Firewall
2 27 (26.21%) WAN
3 25 (24.27%) Cisco Nexus
4 24 (23.30%) VPN
5 23 (22.33%) BGP
6 22 (21.36%) Cisco ASA
7 20 (19.42%) EIGRP
7 20 (19.42%) MPLS
8 18 (17.48%) OSPF
9 15 (14.56%) Cisco PIX
10 14 (13.59%) LAN
10 14 (13.59%) Wireless
11 12 (11.65%) DNS
11 12 (11.65%) Cisco IOS
11 12 (11.65%) HSRP
12 10 (9.709%) VRRP
12 10 (9.709%) DHCP
12 10 (9.709%) Network Security
13 9 (8.738%) VoIP
14 8 (7.767%) Frame Relay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.854%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.883%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.971%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.971%) MySQL
General
1 7 (6.796%) Advertising
2 2 (1.942%) Finance
3 1 (0.971%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (42.72%) Network Engineer
2 21 (20.39%) Support Engineer
3 17 (16.50%) Administrator
4 16 (15.53%) Systems Administrator
4 16 (15.53%) Senior Network Engineer
4 16 (15.53%) Network Support
5 14 (13.59%) Network Administrator
6 12 (11.65%) Network Support Engineer
7 11 (10.68%) Service Desk Engineer
7 11 (10.68%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 9 (8.738%) Senior Network Administrator
9 7 (6.796%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 7 (6.796%) 1st Line Support
9 7 (6.796%) Senior Network Support
10 6 (5.825%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 6 (5.825%) Analyst
10 6 (5.825%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (4.854%) Senior Network Support Engineer
11 5 (4.854%) Design Engineer
11 5 (4.854%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.738%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (5.825%) Blog
3 2 (1.942%) Firmware
3 2 (1.942%) SaaS
4 1 (0.971%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 22 (21.36%) Windows
2 17 (16.50%) Linux
3 15 (14.56%) UNIX
4 5 (4.854%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (2.913%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.942%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.971%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.971%) Solaris
7 1 (0.971%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.27%) Network Design
2 18 (17.48%) ITIL
3 14 (13.59%) Load Balancing
4 10 (9.709%) Network Management
5 7 (6.796%) Change Management
6 5 (4.854%) Project Planning
6 5 (4.854%) PRINCE2
7 4 (3.883%) Network Architecture
7 4 (3.883%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (2.913%) Capacity Management
9 2 (1.942%) Project Management
10 1 (0.971%) Incident Management
10 1 (0.971%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (0.971%) Service Management
10 1 (0.971%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.883%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (53.40%) CCNA
2 47 (45.63%) CCNP
3 30 (29.13%) CCIE
4 20 (19.42%) Degree
5 18 (17.48%) CCENT
6 12 (11.65%) CCDP
7 11 (10.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (9.709%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (9.709%) CCIP
9 8 (7.767%) CCSA
9 8 (7.767%) CCDA
10 7 (6.796%) CCSE
11 6 (5.825%) CCSP
12 4 (3.883%) JNCIA
12 4 (3.883%) JNCIS
12 4 (3.883%) MCITP
12 4 (3.883%) Security Cleared
13 2 (1.942%) CCVP
13 2 (1.942%) CISSP
13 2 (1.942%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.796%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.796%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.883%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.883%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.971%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (8.738%) CiscoWorks
2 7 (6.796%) Splunk
2 7 (6.796%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 96 (93.20%) Cisco
2 31 (30.10%) CheckPoint
3 25 (24.27%) Juniper
4 21 (20.39%) F5
5 17 (16.50%) VMware
6 15 (14.56%) Microsoft
7 7 (6.796%) Remedy
7 7 (6.796%) Peregrine
8 4 (3.883%) Nokia
9 3 (2.913%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.913%) Blue Coat
10 2 (1.942%) NetApp
10 2 (1.942%) Progress
10 2 (1.942%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.971%) Twitter
11 1 (0.971%) Sun
11 1 (0.971%) Oracle
11 1 (0.971%) HP
11 1 (0.971%) McAfee
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Network, Security, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, Firewall, Routers, Switches, VMware, ITIL, TCP/IP, UDP, VPN... VMware and Cisco virtualisation; Good communication skills; Strong organisational and planning skills;...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Location: Caerphilly, South Wales. Rate: To £60K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits. Key Skills: Networks, Support, Analyst, Cisco, CCNP, Routers, Switches, VPN. Our client, an IT managed...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £60K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 16 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
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 ** 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