The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 - 45 -
Contract jobs citing CCNP 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 0.708% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 3.750% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 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 1 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £25.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+53.00% -31.50%
All Qualifications
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
69 80 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 20.97% 18.87% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 43 13
Average daily rate £300 £288 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £160 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 9
Average hourly rate £37.00 £14.80 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% +23.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.80 £11.90 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 £48.25 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNP
Cambridgeshire

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) MPLS
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (40.00%) Riverbed
3 2 (40.00%) Polycom
3 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
4 1 (20.00%) NetScreen
4 1 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) LDAP
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) GAMP
4 1 (20.00%) GxP
4 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (60.00%) MPLS
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (20.00%) NetScreen
3 1 (20.00%) LDAP
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Administrator
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GAMP
1 1 (20.00%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Riverbed
2 2 (40.00%) Polycom
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper