The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 20 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 South Wales 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco
Rank 13 9 59
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +50
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 123 117 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 11.79% 12.05% 2.822%
As % of the Vendors category 23.98% 24.43% 6.596%
Number of salaries quoted 117 90 22
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £20,650
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Vendors
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
513 479 379
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 49.19% 49.33% 42.78%
Number of salaries quoted 473 419 348
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cisco
Wales

Cisco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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 +12 74 £40,000 +22.13%
Caerphilly 0 16 £55,000 +64.17%
Newport +2 12 £25,000 -25.92%
Cisco
Wales

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 96 (53.93%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (44.94%) Firewall
3 54 (30.34%) Windows
4 51 (28.65%) CCNA
5 47 (26.40%) CheckPoint
6 45 (25.28%) CCNP
7 43 (24.16%) VMware
8 37 (20.79%) Microsoft
9 36 (20.22%) Degree
10 35 (19.66%) WAN
10 35 (19.66%) F5
11 32 (17.98%) Cisco Nexus
12 31 (17.42%) Linux
13 30 (16.85%) MS Excel
13 30 (16.85%) VPN
13 30 (16.85%) Juniper
14 29 (16.29%) UNIX
14 29 (16.29%) CCIE
14 29 (16.29%) Cisco ASA
15 28 (15.73%) ITIL
16 27 (15.17%) Network Design
17 26 (14.61%) SAN
18 25 (14.04%) MPLS
18 25 (14.04%) BGP
18 25 (14.04%) LAN
19 22 (12.36%) Wireless
20 21 (11.80%) Active Directory
21 20 (11.24%) MS Exchange
21 20 (11.24%) EIGRP
21 20 (11.24%) OSPF

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 6 (3.371%) CSS
2 2 (1.124%) JSP
2 2 (1.124%) XML
2 2 (1.124%) HTML
2 2 (1.124%) .NET
2 2 (1.124%) ASP
2 2 (1.124%) Middleware
3 1 (0.562%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.562%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 20 (11.24%) MS Exchange
2 11 (6.180%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.618%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (5.618%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (4.494%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (4.494%) Lync
4 8 (4.494%) IIS
5 7 (3.933%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (2.247%) Apache
7 3 (1.685%) CMS
8 2 (1.124%) Site Server
8 2 (1.124%) WebLogic
8 2 (1.124%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.562%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.562%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (16.85%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.247%) MS Office
3 3 (1.685%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.562%) INSURE/90
Communications & Networking
1 80 (44.94%) Firewall
2 35 (19.66%) WAN
3 32 (17.98%) Cisco Nexus
4 30 (16.85%) VPN
5 29 (16.29%) Cisco ASA
6 26 (14.61%) SAN
7 25 (14.04%) MPLS
7 25 (14.04%) LAN
7 25 (14.04%) BGP
8 22 (12.36%) Wireless
9 20 (11.24%) EIGRP
9 20 (11.24%) OSPF
10 18 (10.11%) Cisco PIX
11 16 (8.989%) DNS
12 15 (8.427%) Cisco IOS
13 14 (7.865%) DHCP
14 13 (7.303%) HSRP
15 12 (6.742%) Unified Communications
15 12 (6.742%) VoIP
16 11 (6.180%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.180%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.809%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.124%) MySQL
4 1 (0.562%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 15 (8.427%) Advertising
2 13 (7.303%) Finance
3 11 (6.180%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.933%) Retail
5 2 (1.124%) Legal
6 1 (0.562%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (35.39%) Network Engineer
2 34 (19.10%) Senior Network Engineer
3 24 (13.48%) Support Engineer
4 23 (12.92%) Administrator
5 22 (12.36%) Systems Administrator
6 16 (8.989%) Network Support
7 15 (8.427%) Network Administrator
8 14 (7.865%) Consultant
8 14 (7.865%) Architect
9 13 (7.303%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 12 (6.742%) Network Support Engineer
11 11 (6.180%) Service Desk Engineer
12 10 (5.618%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (5.056%) Analyst
13 9 (5.056%) Senior Network Administrator
14 8 (4.494%) Cisco Engineer
15 7 (3.933%) Senior Network Support
15 7 (3.933%) 1st Line Support
15 7 (3.933%) 1st Line Support Engineer
16 6 (3.371%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.618%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (4.494%) Blackberry
2 8 (4.494%) N-Tier
3 6 (3.371%) Blog
4 4 (2.247%) EqualLogic
5 3 (1.685%) iSeries
6 2 (1.124%) Firmware
6 2 (1.124%) SaaS
7 1 (0.562%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.562%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.562%) Clustering
7 1 (0.562%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.562%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 54 (30.34%) Windows
2 31 (17.42%) Linux
3 29 (16.29%) UNIX
4 15 (8.427%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (7.303%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (3.371%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.809%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.809%) Windows 7
8 4 (2.247%) Windows 8
9 3 (1.685%) Solaris
10 2 (1.124%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.562%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.562%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.562%) SUSE
11 1 (0.562%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.562%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.562%) Android
11 1 (0.562%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.73%) ITIL
2 27 (15.17%) Network Design
3 14 (7.865%) Load Balancing
4 11 (6.180%) Network Management
5 9 (5.056%) Service Management
6 8 (4.494%) Change Management
6 8 (4.494%) Business Development
7 5 (2.809%) Network Architecture
7 5 (2.809%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (2.809%) PRINCE2
7 5 (2.809%) Project Planning
8 4 (2.247%) Migration
8 4 (2.247%) Capacity Management
8 4 (2.247%) Communications Security
9 3 (1.685%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (1.124%) Technical Architecture
10 2 (1.124%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (1.124%) Information Management
11 1 (0.562%) Continuous Improvement
11 1 (0.562%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.247%) SQL
2 2 (1.124%) VB.NET
2 2 (1.124%) Java
2 2 (1.124%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.124%) RPG
3 1 (0.562%) C
3 1 (0.562%) PHP
3 1 (0.562%) PowerHouse
3 1 (0.562%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 96 (53.93%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (28.65%) CCNA
3 45 (25.28%) CCNP
4 36 (20.22%) Degree
5 29 (16.29%) CCIE
6 18 (10.11%) CCENT
7 12 (6.742%) CCDP
8 11 (6.180%) Security Cleared
9 10 (5.618%) SC Cleared
9 10 (5.618%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (5.618%) CCIP
10 9 (5.056%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (4.494%) CCDA
12 7 (3.933%) CCSA
12 7 (3.933%) CCSE
13 6 (3.371%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (2.809%) MCSE
15 4 (2.247%) CCSP
15 4 (2.247%) JNCIA
15 4 (2.247%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.865%) SLA
2 3 (1.685%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.562%) QA
System Software
1 21 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 20 (11.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.056%) VMware ESX
4 8 (4.494%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.809%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (2.247%) XenServer
7 1 (0.562%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 9 (5.056%) CiscoWorks
2 7 (3.933%) ServiceCenter
2 7 (3.933%) Splunk
3 5 (2.809%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.124%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.124%) SCCM
4 2 (1.124%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.562%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (0.562%) SCOM
5 1 (0.562%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.562%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.562%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 47 (26.40%) CheckPoint
2 43 (24.16%) VMware
3 37 (20.79%) Microsoft
4 35 (19.66%) F5
5 30 (16.85%) Juniper
6 19 (10.67%) HP
7 17 (9.551%) Nokia
8 9 (5.056%) Sun
9 7 (3.933%) Avaya
9 7 (3.933%) Peregrine
9 7 (3.933%) Remedy
10 6 (3.371%) Red Hat
10 6 (3.371%) Dell
11 5 (2.809%) NetApp
11 5 (2.809%) Nortel
11 5 (2.809%) Citrix
12 4 (2.247%) IBM
12 4 (2.247%) Symantec
12 4 (2.247%) Blue Coat
12 4 (2.247%) Brocade
South Wales
My client are a market leading and expanding organisation based in South Wales. Due to their continued success they are expanding their Network Team and looking to recruit...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus & Extensive Benefits Package
Posted: 13 May 2013
South Wales
Skills and experience required; *Must have operated at a management level within the IT remit *Have a previous track record of effective management of a team of technical...
Volaris Exec
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + COMPETITIVE BENEFITS
Posted: 16 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
Newport, Gwent
Service Desk Engineer- 30k, Cisco, CCNA, CCENT... They are currently recruiting for a 1st line support specialist with a good Cisco grounding. You will need to be CCNA...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
VMware applications... VMware ESX 3.x/4.x/5.x, server. SAN Storage. Additional Skills: Linux RedHat 3/4/5/7. SUSE 10/11. Solaris 8/9/10...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Health, Pension + 20% Bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013