The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 24 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 Bracknell 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 34 25 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Contract jobs citing CCNP 5 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 2.058% 0.645% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.968% 1.724% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £160 - -
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 £25.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+53.00% -31.50%
All Qualifications
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
126 58 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 51.85% 37.42% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 5
Average daily rate £300 £280 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £162 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
Average hourly rate £14.50 - £9.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNP
Berkshire

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 12 (100.00%) CCNA
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (83.33%) Migration
2 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 10 (83.33%) BGP
3 9 (75.00%) OSPF
4 7 (58.33%) MPLS
4 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
4 7 (58.33%) VPN
4 7 (58.33%) ADSL
4 7 (58.33%) ATM
4 7 (58.33%) LAN
4 7 (58.33%) WAN
4 7 (58.33%) Ethernet
4 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
4 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
5 6 (50.00%) RIP
5 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (50.00%) SDH
5 6 (50.00%) Frame Relay
5 6 (50.00%) Internet
5 6 (50.00%) EIGRP
6 3 (25.00%) DSL
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) CCIE
6 3 (25.00%) Firewall
6 3 (25.00%) MS Office
6 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
6 3 (25.00%) xDSL

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Office
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) BGP
2 9 (75.00%) OSPF
3 7 (58.33%) MPLS
3 7 (58.33%) VPN
3 7 (58.33%) ADSL
3 7 (58.33%) ATM
3 7 (58.33%) LAN
3 7 (58.33%) WAN
3 7 (58.33%) Ethernet
4 6 (50.00%) RIP
4 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (50.00%) SDH
4 6 (50.00%) Frame Relay
4 6 (50.00%) Internet
4 6 (50.00%) EIGRP
5 3 (25.00%) DSL
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) xDSL
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
3 1 (8.333%) Network Manager
3 1 (8.333%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Network Team Leader
3 1 (8.333%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) IP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
2 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) CCNA
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) CCIE
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (8.333%) PMP
5 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft