The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Derby region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 17 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 Derby 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 14 30 26
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -4
Contract jobs citing CCNP 1 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derby 1.754% 1.258% 2.186%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.091% 4.444% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £313 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
Derby
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11 45 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derby 19.30% 28.30% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 16
Average daily rate £306 £350 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -6.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £114 £315 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £463 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 4
Average hourly rate £20.50 £60.00 £47.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.83% +26.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £32.50 £45.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £56.25 £66.00 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCNP
Derbyshire

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derby 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 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CheckPoint
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
3 4 (66.67%) Clearswift
3 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco
3 4 (66.67%) CCNA
3 4 (66.67%) Blue Coat
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
4 3 (50.00%) Network Security
4 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) CCSP
4 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (50.00%) CCSA
4 3 (50.00%) McAfee
4 3 (50.00%) F5
5 2 (33.33%) ProxySG
5 2 (33.33%) CCSE
5 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
5 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
5 2 (33.33%) Crossbeam
6 1 (16.67%) HP
6 1 (16.67%) OSPF
6 1 (16.67%) BGP
6 1 (16.67%) EIGRP

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derby 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 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
3 3 (50.00%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) BGP
4 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Support
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Network Support
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CCNA
3 3 (50.00%) CCSP
3 3 (50.00%) CCSA
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) CCSE
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) CheckPoint
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Clearswift
2 4 (66.67%) Blue Coat
2 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 3 (50.00%) F5
3 3 (50.00%) McAfee
4 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (33.33%) Crossbeam
5 1 (16.67%) HP