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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cisco products and/or services in IT jobs within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4225
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads375518
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.202 %0.216 %
As % of the category below10.00 %12.79 %
Salaries quoted325437
Average minimum salary£33,332£35,073
Average salary£36,007£37,702
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Average maximum salary£38,682£40,331
UK excluding London average salary£39,058£40,714
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads37494049
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.018 %1.688 %
Salaries quoted32323490
Average minimum salary£34,119£33,876
Average salary£37,131£36,857
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Average maximum salary£40,143£39,839
UK excluding London average salary£39,939£41,945
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Cisco EnglandCisco
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Cisco across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands Cisco Demand Trend

Cisco
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Cisco Salary Trend

Cisco
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

West Midlands Cisco Salary Histogram

Cisco
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamDown-16114£36,212-1.17 %
ShropshireNo change063£40,991-4.26 %
HerefordshireDown-1953£36,069-4.65 %
StaffordshireDown-1834£30,891-21.74 %
SolihullUp+1629£34,400+8.95 %
WarwickshireDown-2523£32,500-13.62 %
CoventryDown-1117£37,527-3.69 %
DudleyDown-67£32,500-15.58 %
WalsallNo change06£37,417+15.12 %
WorcestershireDown-156£29,000-1.24 %
Sutton ColdfieldNew entry-1£30,000-
WolverhamptonDown-81--
Cisco EnglandCisco
England

Cisco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1309 (39.06 %)Windows
2282 (35.65 %)Firewall
3276 (34.89 %)Cisco Certification
4232 (29.33 %)LAN
5205 (25.92 %)WAN
6182 (23.01 %)CCNA
7177 (22.38 %)Active Directory
8163 (20.61 %)Windows Server 2003
9158 (19.97 %)TCP/IP
10157 (19.85 %)CCNP
11154 (19.47 %)Microsoft
12143 (18.08 %)Citrix
13136 (17.19 %)VPN
13136 (17.19 %)Cisco PIX
14134 (16.94 %)Linux
15112 (14.16 %)DNS
16106 (13.40 %)Microsoft Certification
17103 (13.02 %)CheckPoint
1894 (11.88 %)MCSE
1987 (11.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
2086 (10.87 %)Pensions
2086 (10.87 %)SAN
2176 (9.608 %)VMware
2275 (9.482 %)MS Exchange
2275 (9.482 %)Network Security
2374 (9.355 %)UNIX
2374 (9.355 %)HP
2472 (9.102 %)VoIP
2568 (8.597 %)ITIL
2663 (7.965 %)Windows XP

Cisco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (0.379 %).NET
22 (0.253 %)CSS
31 (0.126 %)MVC
31 (0.126 %)Ruby on Rails
31 (0.126 %)Adobe Flex
31 (0.126 %)WCF
31 (0.126 %)WPF
31 (0.126 %)Fusebox
31 (0.126 %)HTML
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
175 (9.482 %)MS Exchange
250 (6.321 %)Exchange Server 2003
348 (6.068 %)Apache
441 (5.183 %)IIS
527 (3.413 %)Lotus Notes
618 (2.276 %)Lotus Domino
713 (1.643 %)Exchange Server 2007
88 (1.011 %)WebLogic
88 (1.011 %)Exchange Server 2000
97 (0.885 %)SharePoint
97 (0.885 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
104 (0.506 %)CMS
113 (0.379 %)Exchange Server 5.5
122 (0.253 %)GroupWise
131 (0.126 %)Office Communications Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
143 (5.436 %)MS Excel
234 (4.298 %)MS Office
31 (0.126 %)Acrobat
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.253 %)Microsoft CRM
12 (0.253 %)Remedy AR System
21 (0.126 %)Dynamics CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1282 (35.65 %)Firewall
2232 (29.33 %)LAN
3205 (25.92 %)WAN
4158 (19.97 %)TCP/IP
5136 (17.19 %)VPN
5136 (17.19 %)Cisco PIX
6112 (14.16 %)DNS
786 (10.87 %)SAN
875 (9.482 %)Network Security
972 (9.102 %)VoIP
1051 (6.448 %)Cisco ASA
1147 (5.942 %)MPLS
1245 (5.689 %)DHCP
1338 (4.804 %)Wireless
1435 (4.425 %)Internet
1534 (4.298 %)Cisco IOS
1631 (3.919 %)IP Telephony
1631 (3.919 %)BGP
1730 (3.793 %)DDNS
1730 (3.793 %)IPCC
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
162 (7.838 %)SQL Server
27 (0.885 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (0.506 %)Oracle 9i
34 (0.506 %)Oracle 10g
43 (0.379 %)MySQL
43 (0.379 %)EDRMS
52 (0.253 %)GIS
52 (0.253 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.126 %)SQL Server 2008
61 (0.126 %)MS Access
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.126 %)Ant
11 (0.126 %)Eclipse
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
186 (10.87 %)Pensions
261 (7.712 %)Telecoms
261 (7.712 %)Health
333 (4.172 %)Finance
421 (2.655 %)Government
421 (2.655 %)Retail
515 (1.896 %)Insurance
69 (1.138 %)Auditing
78 (1.011 %)Online Games
78 (1.011 %)Games
78 (1.011 %)Banking
78 (1.011 %)Education
86 (0.759 %)FMCG
95 (0.632 %)Back Office
103 (0.379 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (0.379 %)Financial Institution
103 (0.379 %)Manufacturing
103 (0.379 %)Local Government
103 (0.379 %)Billing
112 (0.253 %)Construction
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1139 (17.57 %)Network Engineer
2136 (17.19 %)Support Engineer
3117 (14.79 %)Analyst
484 (10.62 %)Network Support
557 (7.206 %)Consultant
652 (6.574 %)Support Analyst
751 (6.448 %)Cisco Engineer
836 (4.551 %)Technical Specialist
935 (4.425 %)Network Support Engineer
1034 (4.298 %)Administrator
1129 (3.666 %)Junior
1129 (3.666 %)Helpdesk Support
1226 (3.287 %)2nd Line Support
1325 (3.161 %)Team Leader
1424 (3.034 %)IT Support Engineer
1523 (2.908 %)Technical Analyst
1523 (2.908 %)Architect
1622 (2.781 %)Network Specialist
1721 (2.655 %)Cisco Support
1721 (2.655 %)Technical Support
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (2.528 %)Clustering
219 (2.402 %)Blackberry
315 (1.896 %)SecurID
413 (1.643 %)IVR
59 (1.138 %)Thin Client
59 (1.138 %)Fat Client
64 (0.506 %)HACMP
64 (0.506 %)Client/Server
73 (0.379 %)Management Information System
73 (0.379 %)AS400
73 (0.379 %)Firmware
73 (0.379 %)CLARiiON
82 (0.253 %)Handset
82 (0.253 %)EPoS
91 (0.126 %)NHS
91 (0.126 %)Mainframe
91 (0.126 %)CESG
91 (0.126 %)e-Health
91 (0.126 %)PKI
91 (0.126 %)PDA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1309 (39.06 %)Windows
2163 (20.61 %)Windows Server 2003
3134 (16.94 %)Linux
487 (11.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
574 (9.355 %)UNIX
663 (7.965 %)Windows XP
744 (5.563 %)Windows 2000
834 (4.298 %)Windows NT
925 (3.161 %)Solaris
1017 (2.149 %)Red Hat Linux
1115 (1.896 %)Windows Vista
1210 (1.264 %)AIX
139 (1.138 %)Windows Server 2008
148 (1.011 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
152 (0.253 %)Debian
152 (0.253 %)Windows Mobile
152 (0.253 %)VMS
152 (0.253 %)NetWare
161 (0.126 %)FreeBSD
161 (0.126 %)SUSE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
168 (8.597 %)ITIL
261 (7.712 %)Network Design
330 (3.793 %)Incident Management
423 (2.908 %)Problem Management
522 (2.781 %)Load Balancing
621 (2.655 %)Security Cleared
720 (2.528 %)Configuration Management
819 (2.402 %)Project Management
819 (2.402 %)Migration
916 (2.023 %)Business Development
1015 (1.896 %)CRM
1114 (1.770 %)B2B
1213 (1.643 %)Disaster Recovery
1310 (1.264 %)SC Cleared
149 (1.138 %)Change Management
158 (1.011 %)PRINCE2
167 (0.885 %)Service Delivery
176 (0.759 %)Time Management
185 (0.632 %)Service Management
194 (0.506 %)Validation
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (3.034 %)SQL
212 (1.517 %)C
38 (1.011 %)VB
45 (0.632 %)C#
45 (0.632 %)VBScript
54 (0.506 %)Shell Script
63 (0.379 %)FoxPro (VFP)
72 (0.253 %)Perl
72 (0.253 %)PHP
81 (0.126 %)C++
81 (0.126 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.126 %)VB6
81 (0.126 %)Ruby
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1276 (34.89 %)Cisco Certification
2182 (23.01 %)CCNA
3157 (19.85 %)CCNP
4106 (13.40 %)Microsoft Certification
594 (11.88 %)MCSE
649 (6.195 %)CCIE
743 (5.436 %)MCP
837 (4.678 %)CCVP
934 (4.298 %)CCSP
1026 (3.287 %)CCDP
1119 (2.402 %)Degree
1217 (2.149 %)Citrix Certification
1316 (2.023 %)HND
1415 (1.896 %)CCDA
1513 (1.643 %)CCSA
1611 (1.391 %)CCA
179 (1.138 %)CCSE
179 (1.138 %)CCDE
188 (1.011 %)MCDST
188 (1.011 %)MCSA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
149 (6.195 %)SLA
23 (0.379 %)ISO27001
32 (0.253 %)ISO9001
32 (0.253 %)BS7799
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1177 (22.38 %)Active Directory
238 (4.804 %)Terminal Services
324 (3.034 %)Citrix Presentation Server
417 (2.149 %)MetaFrame
510 (1.264 %)VMware Infrastructure
69 (1.138 %)ISA Server
77 (0.885 %)Backup Exec
86 (0.759 %)NetBackup
94 (0.506 %)VMware ESX
101 (0.126 %)Samba
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
124 (3.034 %)OpenView
211 (1.391 %)CiscoWorks
310 (1.264 %)Norton AntiVirus
49 (1.138 %)BMC Performance Manager
56 (0.759 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
65 (0.632 %)Tivoli
73 (0.379 %)SCOM
73 (0.379 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
82 (0.253 %)MOM
82 (0.253 %)OVSD
91 (0.126 %)Nessus
91 (0.126 %)NNM
91 (0.126 %)MAILsweeper
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1154 (19.47 %)Microsoft
2143 (18.08 %)Citrix
3103 (13.02 %)CheckPoint
476 (9.608 %)VMware
574 (9.355 %)HP
644 (5.563 %)Nortel
741 (5.183 %)Lotus
840 (5.057 %)Avaya
936 (4.551 %)Mitel
1029 (3.666 %)Nokia
1125 (3.161 %)Dell
1224 (3.034 %)VERITAS
1322 (2.781 %)Juniper
1322 (2.781 %)BT
1421 (2.655 %)3Com
1520 (2.528 %)Genesys
1520 (2.528 %)Remedy
1617 (2.149 %)Red Hat
1714 (1.770 %)IBM
1813 (1.643 %)Symantec