The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certification
Rank 51 61 56
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 19 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.188% 1.365% 0.703%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.24% 5.161% 4.598%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 4
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £31,100 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £37,900 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.84% +1.87%
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
169 155 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.36% 26.45% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 139 149 78
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Cisco Certification
West Midlands

Cisco Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Cisco Certification Salary Trend

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco Certification across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cannock - 5 £28,750 -
Tamworth - 3 £35,000 -
Stafford - 2 £26,500 -
Stoke-on-Trent +7 1 £65,000 +98.47%
Cisco Certification
West Midlands

Cisco Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 26 (92.86%) Cisco
2 13 (46.43%) LAN
2 13 (46.43%) CCNA
3 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (42.86%) Firewall
4 11 (39.29%) WAN
5 10 (35.71%) CCIE
6 9 (32.14%) CCSP
6 9 (32.14%) CheckPoint
6 9 (32.14%) TCP/IP
6 9 (32.14%) MCSE
6 9 (32.14%) Network Security
7 7 (25.00%) ITIL
7 7 (25.00%) Windows
7 7 (25.00%) CCNP
7 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 7 (25.00%) Security Management
8 5 (17.86%) Wireless
8 5 (17.86%) VMware
8 5 (17.86%) SAN
8 5 (17.86%) MCITP
9 3 (10.71%) Migration
9 3 (10.71%) Project Management
9 3 (10.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (10.71%) NetApp
9 3 (10.71%) MPLS
9 3 (10.71%) CCIP
9 3 (10.71%) WLAN
9 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
9 3 (10.71%) SQL

Cisco Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 2 (7.143%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (46.43%) LAN
2 12 (42.86%) Firewall
3 11 (39.29%) WAN
4 9 (32.14%) TCP/IP
4 9 (32.14%) Network Security
5 5 (17.86%) Wireless
5 5 (17.86%) SAN
6 3 (10.71%) MPLS
6 3 (10.71%) WLAN
7 2 (7.143%) DNS
8 1 (3.571%) OSPF
8 1 (3.571%) BGP
8 1 (3.571%) VPN
8 1 (3.571%) VLAN
8 1 (3.571%) Unified Communications
8 1 (3.571%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (7.143%) Retail
1 2 (7.143%) Back Office
1 2 (7.143%) Telecoms
1 2 (7.143%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Network Security Manager
1 7 (25.00%) Security Manager
1 7 (25.00%) Network Manager
1 7 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Network Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 2 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (7.143%) Windows XP
2 2 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) ITIL
1 7 (25.00%) Security Management
2 3 (10.71%) Migration
2 3 (10.71%) Project Management
2 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
2 3 (10.71%) Load Balancing
2 3 (10.71%) Service Management
2 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (7.143%) Security Architecture
3 2 (7.143%) Network Architecture
3 2 (7.143%) TOGAF
3 2 (7.143%) Network Design
3 2 (7.143%) Incident Management
3 2 (7.143%) ERP
3 2 (7.143%) PRINCE2
3 2 (7.143%) Six Sigma
3 2 (7.143%) Programme Management
4 1 (3.571%) Network Security Management
4 1 (3.571%) Communications Security
4 1 (3.571%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) CCNA
2 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (35.71%) CCIE
4 9 (32.14%) CCSP
4 9 (32.14%) MCSE
5 7 (25.00%) CCNP
6 5 (17.86%) MCITP
7 3 (10.71%) CCIP
7 3 (10.71%) MCSA
7 3 (10.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (3.571%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (3.571%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (3.571%) Degree
8 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.571%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (7.143%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.143%) vSphere
Vendors
1 26 (92.86%) Cisco
2 9 (32.14%) CheckPoint
3 5 (17.86%) VMware
4 3 (10.71%) NetApp
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
5 2 (7.143%) Google
6 1 (3.571%) Juniper
6 1 (3.571%) Citrix