Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCDA in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCDA over the 3 months to 3 September 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 currently tracked.

LinkCisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
Location
3 months to
3 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank691604779
Rank change year-on-year
Down-87Up+175
Matching permanent IT job ads11258148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.104 %0.084 %0.083 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.398 %0.325 %0.372 %
Salaries quoted9441126
Average salary£45,000£40,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-15.78 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,250£30,000£29,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£35,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
+28.57 %-26.31 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
281411783539797
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.07 %25.98 %22.21 %
Salaries quoted231651476933405
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-2.770 %

CCDA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CCDA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCDA Demand Trend

CCDA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCDA within the UK.

CCDA Salary Trend

CCDA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCDA over the 3 months to 3 September 2010 within the UK.

CCDA Salary Histogram

CCDA
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCDA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 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
EnglandDown-104102£45,000+12.50 %
South EastDown-3847£40,000+17.64 %
LondonDown-12821£50,000-
KentDown-219£34,000-
West MidlandsNew entry-18£45,000-
West MallingDown-114£34,000-
BirminghamNew entry-11£45,000-
YorkshireDown-589£36,875-10.60 %
BerkshireNew entry-9£45,000-
West SussexDown-57£65,000+116.66 %
City of LondonDown-736£60,000+26.31 %
SolihullNew entry-6£55,000-
East MidlandsDown-425£37,500-6.25 %
South YorkshireDown-114£31,250+4.16 %
North WestDown-454£51,250+13.88 %
SurreyDown-504£50,000-14.89 %
BarnsleyNew entry-4£31,250-
North YorkshireNew entry-4£43,500-
HampshireDown-33£52,500-
WokinghamNew entry-3£50,000-
AndoverNew entry-3£52,500-
LivingstonNew entry-3£52,500-
LiverpoolNew entry-3£52,500-
West LothianNew entry-3£52,500-
MerseysideNew entry-3£52,500-
ScotlandNew entry-3£52,500-
WalesDown-122£44,000+30.37 %
CrawleyDown-132£46,250+54.16 %
MiddlesexDown-182£35,000-17.64 %
LeicestershireNew entry-2£37,500-

CCDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing CCDA 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 CCDA.

1210 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2201 (95.71 %)Cisco
3181 (86.19 %)CCNA
4113 (53.81 %)CCNP
5111 (52.86 %)Firewall
695 (45.24 %)LAN
794 (44.76 %)CheckPoint
872 (34.29 %)WAN
872 (34.29 %)CCDP
970 (33.33 %)MPLS
1060 (28.57 %)Cisco ASA
1156 (26.67 %)CCVP
1252 (24.76 %)VPN
1350 (23.81 %)VoIP
1447 (22.38 %)Wireless
1447 (22.38 %)BGP
1545 (21.43 %)CCIE
1644 (20.95 %)Network Design
1743 (20.48 %)Network Security
1841 (19.52 %)Cisco PIX
1939 (18.57 %)IPsec
2038 (18.10 %)OSPF
2136 (17.14 %)Security Cleared
2231 (14.76 %)Juniper
2330 (14.29 %)ITIL
2429 (13.81 %)VLAN
2528 (13.33 %)Microsoft
2528 (13.33 %)TCP/IP
2627 (12.86 %)SC Cleared
2726 (12.38 %)Project Management

CCDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing CCDA 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 CCDA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (9.048 %)CSS
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (4.286 %)SharePoint
24 (1.905 %)Office Communications Server
31 (0.476 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (6.667 %)MS Visio
210 (4.762 %)MS Excel
39 (4.286 %)MS Office
44 (1.905 %)MS Project
53 (1.429 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1111 (52.86 %)Firewall
295 (45.24 %)LAN
372 (34.29 %)WAN
470 (33.33 %)MPLS
560 (28.57 %)Cisco ASA
652 (24.76 %)VPN
750 (23.81 %)VoIP
847 (22.38 %)Wireless
847 (22.38 %)BGP
943 (20.48 %)Network Security
1041 (19.52 %)Cisco PIX
1139 (18.57 %)IPsec
1238 (18.10 %)OSPF
1329 (13.81 %)VLAN
1428 (13.33 %)TCP/IP
1518 (8.571 %)Frame Relay
1617 (8.095 %)IP Telephony
1617 (8.095 %)WLAN
1715 (7.143 %)H.323
1715 (7.143 %)DSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (5.238 %)SQL Server
23 (1.429 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (1.905 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
122 (10.48 %)Finance
215 (7.143 %)Telecoms
314 (6.667 %)Pensions
49 (4.286 %)Education
49 (4.286 %)Government
56 (2.857 %)Health
63 (1.429 %)Insurance
72 (0.952 %)Electric
72 (0.952 %)Auditing
72 (0.952 %)Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
174 (35.24 %)Network Engineer
250 (23.81 %)Consultant
334 (16.19 %)Pre Sales Consultant
432 (15.24 %)Sales Consultant
525 (11.90 %)Architect
525 (11.90 %)Senior Network Engineer
618 (8.571 %)Network Architect
716 (7.619 %)Network Consultant
813 (6.190 %)Cisco Engineer
911 (5.238 %)Analyst
1010 (4.762 %)Systems Architect
1010 (4.762 %)Cisco Consultant
119 (4.286 %)Network Manager
119 (4.286 %)Network Analyst
119 (4.286 %)Technical Design Authority
119 (4.286 %)Support Engineer
128 (3.810 %)Systems Engineer
128 (3.810 %)Data Network Analyst
128 (3.810 %)Data Analyst
128 (3.810 %)Network Support
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (4.286 %)Cloud Computing
28 (3.810 %)N-Tier
34 (1.905 %)Video Conferencing
43 (1.429 %)CESG
43 (1.429 %)Management Information System
52 (0.952 %)Replication
52 (0.952 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
122 (10.48 %)Windows
213 (6.190 %)Linux
38 (3.810 %)AIX
38 (3.810 %)Solaris
38 (3.810 %)Red Hat Linux
38 (3.810 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
42 (0.952 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.952 %)UNIX
42 (0.952 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
144 (20.95 %)Network Design
230 (14.29 %)ITIL
326 (12.38 %)Project Management
423 (10.95 %)Load Balancing
519 (9.048 %)Service Delivery
611 (5.238 %)Change Management
79 (4.286 %)Network Architecture
87 (3.333 %)PRINCE2
93 (1.429 %)Business Continuity
93 (1.429 %)Disaster Recovery
93 (1.429 %)Service Management
102 (0.952 %)Information Security
111 (0.476 %)IT Governance
111 (0.476 %)Technical Architecture
111 (0.476 %)Business Development
111 (0.476 %)Capacity Planning
111 (0.476 %)Risk Analysis
111 (0.476 %)Network Load Balancing
111 (0.476 %)Time Management
111 (0.476 %)E-Commerce
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (7.619 %)C
22 (0.952 %)SQL
31 (0.476 %)Python
31 (0.476 %)C++
31 (0.476 %)Java
31 (0.476 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1210 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
2181 (86.19 %)CCNA
3113 (53.81 %)CCNP
472 (34.29 %)CCDP
556 (26.67 %)CCVP
645 (21.43 %)CCIE
736 (17.14 %)Security Cleared
827 (12.86 %)SC Cleared
922 (10.48 %)Degree
922 (10.48 %)CCSA
1018 (8.571 %)CCSP
1115 (7.143 %)CISSP
1212 (5.714 %)CCSE
139 (4.286 %)CCIP
139 (4.286 %)PMP
139 (4.286 %)PMI Certification
147 (3.333 %)Microsoft Certification
147 (3.333 %)MCSE
156 (2.857 %)CCENT
156 (2.857 %)JNCIA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (5.238 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
29 (4.286 %)SLA
35 (2.381 %)ISO 9000
42 (0.952 %)QA
51 (0.476 %)ISO/IEC 27001
51 (0.476 %)COBIT
51 (0.476 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (6.190 %)VMware ESX
212 (5.714 %)Active Directory
35 (2.381 %)vSphere
43 (1.429 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (0.952 %)ISA Server
52 (0.952 %)VMFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (4.286 %)CiscoWorks
23 (1.429 %)Cisco IPCC
23 (1.429 %)Cisco UCCE
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1201 (95.71 %)Cisco
294 (44.76 %)CheckPoint
331 (14.76 %)Juniper
428 (13.33 %)Microsoft
521 (10.00 %)Nokia
620 (9.524 %)HP
620 (9.524 %)VMware
717 (8.095 %)Blue Coat
813 (6.190 %)ProCurve
813 (6.190 %)Siemens
912 (5.714 %)Citrix
109 (4.286 %)Symantec
118 (3.810 %)Red Hat
118 (3.810 %)3Com
118 (3.810 %)SAP
118 (3.810 %)Oracle
118 (3.810 %)Sun
118 (3.810 %)IBM
127 (3.333 %)Nortel
136 (2.857 %)NetApp