The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing CCNP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £23.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+66.30% -36.98%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 57 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 12.83% 20.58% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 34 18
Average daily rate £400 £338 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% +43.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.70% +63.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNP
East of England

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCNP across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedfordshire CCNP Jobs Demand Trend

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCNP across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire CCNP Daily Rate Trend

CCNP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCNP across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing CCNP 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited CCNP.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (75.00%) CCNA
4 4 (50.00%) Firewall
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) MCSE
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco UCCE
5 3 (37.50%) Forefront TMG
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (25.00%) Network Security
6 2 (25.00%) VPN
6 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (12.50%) Juniper
7 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
7 1 (12.50%) LAN
7 1 (12.50%) ITIL
7 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 1 (12.50%) Twitter
7 1 (12.50%) VLAN
7 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing CCNP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CCNP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (25.00%) Network Security
4 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) VLAN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Support
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (75.00%) CCNA
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (37.50%) MCSE
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) Twitter