The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 20 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 East of England 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 97 109 119
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +10
Contract jobs citing CCNP 18 27 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.834% 0.919% 0.232%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.852% 4.900% 1.474%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 1
Average daily rate £413 £250 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+65.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £338 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £24.80 £42.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.65% +142.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
371 551 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.18% 18.75% 15.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 276 139
Average daily rate £325 £320 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £130 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 59 77
Average hourly rate £26.25 £35.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.53 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £47.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCNP
England

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England CCNP Daily Rate Trend

CCNP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East of England CCNP Daily Rate Histogram

CCNP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Essex +8 9 £413 -
Hertfordshire +11 5 £339 +17.82%
Cambridgeshire +11 4 - -
CCNP
England

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 61 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (95.08%) Cisco
3 31 (50.82%) Firewall
4 24 (39.34%) Cisco ASA
5 19 (31.15%) CCNA
6 18 (29.51%) VoIP
7 17 (27.87%) MPLS
7 17 (27.87%) Wireless
8 16 (26.23%) CCIE
8 16 (26.23%) WAN
8 16 (26.23%) ITIL
9 15 (24.59%) VMware
10 13 (21.31%) LAN
11 12 (19.67%) CCIP
11 12 (19.67%) BGP
12 11 (18.03%) VPN
13 10 (16.39%) OSPF
13 10 (16.39%) SAN
13 10 (16.39%) NAS
13 10 (16.39%) Network Security
14 9 (14.75%) Juniper
14 9 (14.75%) CCDP
14 9 (14.75%) Windows
15 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
15 8 (13.11%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (13.11%) CheckPoint
15 8 (13.11%) PRINCE
15 8 (13.11%) Telecoms
15 8 (13.11%) Cisco IOS
15 8 (13.11%) VMware Infrastructure

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 3 (4.918%) CSS
2 2 (3.279%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.279%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (3.279%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.639%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 31 (50.82%) Firewall
2 24 (39.34%) Cisco ASA
3 18 (29.51%) VoIP
4 17 (27.87%) Wireless
4 17 (27.87%) MPLS
5 16 (26.23%) WAN
6 13 (21.31%) LAN
7 12 (19.67%) BGP
8 11 (18.03%) VPN
9 10 (16.39%) SAN
9 10 (16.39%) OSPF
9 10 (16.39%) NAS
9 10 (16.39%) Network Security
10 8 (13.11%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (13.11%) WAAS
10 8 (13.11%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (11.48%) Cisco PIX
11 7 (11.48%) NetScreen
12 6 (9.836%) IPsec
12 6 (9.836%) IP Telephony
Development Applications
1 3 (4.918%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (13.11%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.918%) Finance
3 2 (3.279%) Financial Institution
3 2 (3.279%) Banking
3 2 (3.279%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.639%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.639%) Electronics
4 1 (1.639%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (50.82%) Network Engineer
2 10 (16.39%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (11.48%) Network Specialist
4 5 (8.197%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (6.557%) Security Specialist
5 4 (6.557%) Network Security Specialist
5 4 (6.557%) E-Commerce Specialist
5 4 (6.557%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (6.557%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.918%) Administrator
6 3 (4.918%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (4.918%) Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (4.918%) Network Support
7 2 (3.279%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.279%) Cisco Support
7 2 (3.279%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 2 (3.279%) Cisco Support Engineer
7 2 (3.279%) Cisco Security Engineer
7 2 (3.279%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.197%) Fat Client
1 5 (8.197%) Thin Client
2 3 (4.918%) NHS
3 2 (3.279%) Device Driver
3 2 (3.279%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.279%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.639%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.75%) Windows
2 5 (8.197%) Linux
3 4 (6.557%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.279%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) ITIL
2 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
2 8 (13.11%) PRINCE
3 6 (9.836%) E-Commerce
4 4 (6.557%) Project Management
5 3 (4.918%) Network Design
5 3 (4.918%) Network Planning
6 2 (3.279%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.279%) Load Balancing
6 2 (3.279%) Network Management
7 1 (1.639%) Change Control
7 1 (1.639%) WAN Optimisation
7 1 (1.639%) Build Automation
7 1 (1.639%) Release Management
7 1 (1.639%) Security Architecture
7 1 (1.639%) Network Architecture
7 1 (1.639%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.639%) eTOM
7 1 (1.639%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.639%) Programme Office Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.557%) C
2 2 (3.279%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (31.15%) CCNA
3 16 (26.23%) CCIE
4 12 (19.67%) CCIP
5 9 (14.75%) CCDP
6 8 (13.11%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
8 6 (9.836%) SC Cleared
9 5 (8.197%) CCSE
10 4 (6.557%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (6.557%) MCSE
10 4 (6.557%) CISSP
11 3 (4.918%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (3.279%) CCA
12 2 (3.279%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (1.639%) CCSP
13 1 (1.639%) JNCIA
13 1 (1.639%) Degree
13 1 (1.639%) CCSA
13 1 (1.639%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.918%) SLA
2 2 (3.279%) QA
3 1 (1.639%) GAMP
3 1 (1.639%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (13.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (8.197%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.197%) ProxySG
3 3 (4.918%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (4.918%) UAG
3 3 (4.918%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.639%) Snort
4 1 (1.639%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) Cisco UCCX
1 7 (11.48%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (4.918%) Cisco UCCE
3 2 (3.279%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.639%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (1.639%) Tivoli NetView
4 1 (1.639%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 58 (95.08%) Cisco
2 15 (24.59%) VMware
3 9 (14.75%) Juniper
4 8 (13.11%) CheckPoint
5 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
6 6 (9.836%) Citrix
7 5 (8.197%) HP
7 5 (8.197%) Brocade
7 5 (8.197%) Blue Coat
7 5 (8.197%) Siemens
7 5 (8.197%) F5
8 4 (6.557%) Infoblox
8 4 (6.557%) Imperva
9 3 (4.918%) Twitter
9 3 (4.918%) Riverbed
9 3 (4.918%) Oracle
10 2 (3.279%) Nokia
10 2 (3.279%) BT
10 2 (3.279%) Polycom
11 1 (1.639%) Crossbeam
Essex
Network & Security Engineer - Cisco R&S / ASA Firewalls / VPN's... Core Responsibilities: *Support of Cisco / Checkpoint Products *Firewalls / ASA / PIX / *Cisco Core R&S - ISR - 6500's - MPLS /...
Stott & May
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Ideally CCNP/CCIE qualified but MUST be SC Cleared... Skills Required: CCNP - Routing & Switching Cisco Design Implementation - Network Security Voice / Wi-FI (Wireless) Excellent core R&S experience -...
Stott & May
Rate: £300 - £380 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013