The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 257 219 289
Rank change year-on-year
-38 +70
Contract jobs citing CCNP 296 447 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.713% 0.837% 0.555%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.985% 4.811% 3.511%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 234 142
Average daily rate £315 £350 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +0.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £238 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 20 29
Average hourly rate £30.00 £23.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -36.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £19.01 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £37.50 £48.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £23.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+66.30% -36.98%
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7428 9291 9029
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.89% 17.40% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3948 4922 4412
Average daily rate £378 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.58% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 516 619
Average hourly rate £23.35 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.13% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 England region.

England CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England CCNP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London -46 93 £350 -6.66%
South East +2 90 £288 -11.53%
South West +18 23 £280 -30.00%
Yorkshire -1 21 £325 +2.60%
East of England +11 18 £413 +26.92%
North West +9 18 £240 -28.88%
West Midlands -1 11 £338 +92.85%
East Midlands -2 9 £316 -9.64%
North East 0 2 £300 -17.24%
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 587 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 500 (85.18%) Cisco
3 279 (47.53%) CCNA
4 247 (42.08%) Firewall
5 197 (33.56%) LAN
6 185 (31.52%) WAN
7 154 (26.24%) MPLS
8 150 (25.55%) CCIE
9 137 (23.34%) Cisco ASA
10 134 (22.83%) BGP
11 123 (20.95%) CheckPoint
12 112 (19.08%) Wireless
13 111 (18.91%) OSPF
14 107 (18.23%) Juniper
15 105 (17.89%) VPN
16 96 (16.35%) Network Security
17 90 (15.33%) Cisco Nexus
18 87 (14.82%) VMware
19 83 (14.14%) Windows
20 82 (13.97%) VoIP
20 82 (13.97%) Telecoms
21 80 (13.63%) ITIL
22 77 (13.12%) TCP/IP
23 69 (11.75%) F5
24 65 (11.07%) Cisco IOS
25 64 (10.90%) DNS
26 62 (10.56%) Finance
26 62 (10.56%) EIGRP
27 58 (9.881%) Internet
28 57 (9.710%) Cisco PIX

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 10 (1.704%) CSS
2 6 (1.022%) Web Services
2 6 (1.022%) WebSphere
3 4 (0.681%) XML
3 4 (0.681%) XMPP
4 3 (0.511%) Middleware
5 2 (0.341%) HTML
5 2 (0.341%) COM
6 1 (0.170%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 21 (3.578%) MS Exchange
2 16 (2.726%) Exchange Server 2007
3 15 (2.555%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.022%) Amazon AWS
5 5 (0.852%) Windows Azure
6 4 (0.681%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (0.681%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (0.511%) Lync
7 3 (0.511%) IIS
8 2 (0.341%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.170%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (2.555%) MS Excel
2 13 (2.215%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.874%) MS Office
4 2 (0.341%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.170%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 247 (42.08%) Firewall
2 197 (33.56%) LAN
3 185 (31.52%) WAN
4 154 (26.24%) MPLS
5 137 (23.34%) Cisco ASA
6 134 (22.83%) BGP
7 112 (19.08%) Wireless
8 111 (18.91%) OSPF
9 105 (17.89%) VPN
10 96 (16.35%) Network Security
11 90 (15.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 82 (13.97%) VoIP
13 77 (13.12%) TCP/IP
14 65 (11.07%) Cisco IOS
15 64 (10.90%) DNS
16 62 (10.56%) EIGRP
17 58 (9.881%) Internet
18 57 (9.710%) Cisco PIX
19 55 (9.370%) DHCP
20 49 (8.348%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.852%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.341%) MS Access
3 1 (0.170%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.170%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 10 (1.704%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 82 (13.97%) Telecoms
2 62 (10.56%) Finance
3 25 (4.259%) Banking
4 12 (2.044%) Legal
5 11 (1.874%) Investment Banking
6 7 (1.193%) Retail
6 7 (1.193%) French Language
7 4 (0.681%) Military
7 4 (0.681%) Law
8 2 (0.341%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.341%) Games
8 2 (0.341%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.341%) Retail Banking
8 2 (0.341%) Billing
9 1 (0.170%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.170%) Marketing
9 1 (0.170%) Danish Language
9 1 (0.170%) German Language
9 1 (0.170%) Swedish Language
9 1 (0.170%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 270 (46.00%) Network Engineer
2 94 (16.01%) Cisco Engineer
3 50 (8.518%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 45 (7.666%) Analyst
5 44 (7.496%) Support Engineer
6 36 (6.133%) Network Analyst
7 27 (4.600%) Architect
7 27 (4.600%) Consultant
7 27 (4.600%) Security Engineer
8 25 (4.259%) Network Support
9 23 (3.918%) Senior Network Engineer
10 21 (3.578%) 3rd Line Support
11 19 (3.237%) Network Security Engineer
12 18 (3.066%) Network Specialist
12 18 (3.066%) Designer
13 17 (2.896%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 17 (2.896%) Network Architect
14 15 (2.555%) Voice Engineer
15 14 (2.385%) Network Support Engineer
16 13 (2.215%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (1.363%) Blackberry
1 8 (1.363%) Clustering
2 7 (1.193%) SecurID
2 7 (1.193%) Fat Client
2 7 (1.193%) Open Source
2 7 (1.193%) Thin Client
3 6 (1.022%) IVR
3 6 (1.022%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (0.852%) Statistics
4 5 (0.852%) SaaS
4 5 (0.852%) Management Information System
5 4 (0.681%) NHS
5 4 (0.681%) Computer Science
6 3 (0.511%) EqualLogic
6 3 (0.511%) Device Driver
7 2 (0.341%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.341%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.341%) Online Games
7 2 (0.341%) e-Health
8 1 (0.170%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 83 (14.14%) Windows
2 43 (7.325%) Linux
3 36 (6.133%) Windows Server 2008
4 35 (5.963%) Windows Server 2003
5 19 (3.237%) UNIX
6 11 (1.874%) Mac OS X
7 7 (1.193%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.681%) Windows XP
8 4 (0.681%) VMS
8 4 (0.681%) Windows 2000
8 4 (0.681%) Debian
8 4 (0.681%) Windows 2000 Server
8 4 (0.681%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.681%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.341%) NetWare
9 2 (0.341%) Windows NT
9 2 (0.341%) Solaris
9 2 (0.341%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.341%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.170%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (13.63%) ITIL
2 50 (8.518%) Migration
3 49 (8.348%) Network Design
4 48 (8.177%) Project Management
5 38 (6.474%) Network Management
6 35 (5.963%) Load Balancing
7 31 (5.281%) Change Management
8 29 (4.940%) Network Architecture
9 25 (4.259%) PRINCE2
10 20 (3.407%) E-Commerce
11 16 (2.726%) PRINCE
11 16 (2.726%) Incident Management
12 14 (2.385%) Capacity Planning
13 11 (1.874%) Service Management
14 10 (1.704%) Service Delivery
15 7 (1.193%) Change Control
16 5 (0.852%) Root Cause Analysis
16 5 (0.852%) High Availability
16 5 (0.852%) Disaster Recovery
16 5 (0.852%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.407%) SQL
2 8 (1.363%) C
3 4 (0.681%) Perl
4 1 (0.170%) Bash shell
4 1 (0.170%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 587 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 279 (47.53%) CCNA
3 150 (25.55%) CCIE
4 56 (9.540%) Security Cleared
5 50 (8.518%) Microsoft Certification
6 48 (8.177%) CCDP
7 46 (7.836%) MCSE
8 39 (6.644%) SC Cleared
9 38 (6.474%) CCSE
10 33 (5.622%) CCSP
11 30 (5.111%) CCIP
12 27 (4.600%) Degree
13 23 (3.918%) CCVP
14 22 (3.748%) CCSA
15 21 (3.578%) MCITP
16 18 (3.066%) CCA
16 18 (3.066%) Citrix Certification
16 18 (3.066%) JNCIP
17 16 (2.726%) CCEA
18 14 (2.385%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.407%) SLA
2 11 (1.874%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.511%) QA
4 2 (0.341%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.170%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.170%) GAMP
5 1 (0.170%) GxP
System Software
1 45 (7.666%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (5.963%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.385%) XenApp
4 13 (2.215%) ProxySG
5 11 (1.874%) XenDesktop
6 7 (1.193%) XenServer
7 6 (1.022%) vSphere
7 6 (1.022%) UAG
8 4 (0.681%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.511%) Forefront TMG
10 2 (0.341%) ISA Server
10 2 (0.341%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.170%) Snort
11 1 (0.170%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.170%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 1 (0.170%) NFS
Systems Management
1 32 (5.451%) Cisco UCCX
2 30 (5.111%) Cisco CUCM
3 16 (2.726%) Cisco UCCE
4 7 (1.193%) SolarWinds Orion
4 7 (1.193%) Backup Exec
5 6 (1.022%) WhatsUp Gold
5 6 (1.022%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.022%) SCCM
5 6 (1.022%) WSUS
6 5 (0.852%) SCOM
7 4 (0.681%) HP SIM
8 3 (0.511%) CiscoWorks
9 2 (0.341%) OpenView
9 2 (0.341%) Cisco IPCC
10 1 (0.170%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.170%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.170%) Nagios
Vendors
1 500 (85.18%) Cisco
2 123 (20.95%) CheckPoint
3 107 (18.23%) Juniper
4 87 (14.82%) VMware
5 69 (11.75%) F5
6 55 (9.370%) Microsoft
7 49 (8.348%) HP
8 43 (7.325%) Citrix
9 33 (5.622%) Blue Coat
10 19 (3.237%) NetApp
10 19 (3.237%) Nokia
11 17 (2.896%) SolarWinds
11 17 (2.896%) Aruba
12 13 (2.215%) Infoblox
12 13 (2.215%) BT
13 11 (1.874%) Fortinet
13 11 (1.874%) Avaya
14 10 (1.704%) Oracle
14 10 (1.704%) Brocade
15 9 (1.533%) ProCurve
South West
The network engineer needs to be CCNA or ideally CCNP qualified and the key skills for the network engineer are Cisco Firewalls experience ASA / PIX Routers and Switches...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Sussex
They are seeking an experienced Cisco Routing Engineer to work as part of a team responsible for the Design and implementation of WAN technical solutions, including the support...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
You will meet the following requirements: Mandatory qualifications:- CCNP, CCDP. Desirable Qualifications:- CCSP, CCIE... Cisco Wireless Cisco VPN/FW Cisco VSL/VRF configurations F5 load balancers This is...
Orgtel
Rate: £225 - £240 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
You will be a minimum of CCNP qualified having a strong understanding of support in both a LAN and WAN environments. You will be security focused also have...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
Cisco - CCNP - Checkpoint - R&S - Load Balancing - Juniper - F5 - BAU - Project - Troubleshooting - PCI Compliance... This is a really exciting and URGENT opportunity for a Cisco Network and Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: NEG
Posted: 22 May 2013
Docklands, London
Arista 7124s/7148sBlade Network Technology 10GE switchesNiksun, Corvil, Observium or comparable network tool suites.Conducts latency optimisation testing identifying breakages and recommends solutions.The successful candidate must have...
Rate: £500 - £540 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Ideal candidates will have a background in Network engineering ideally with experience in a Cisco environment with the following technical skills: * Cisco LAN technology (6500, 3750, layer 2...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
2 Years' experience in customer facing role managing network related service issues, incidents and problems 5 years practical experience working as a Network specialist with 4 years experience...
Templeton and Partners
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 9 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Austin Fraser are currently looking for a Network Security Engineerbased in Leeds for an initial 6 month contract with view to extensions. The role of the Network Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cumbria
Network Engineer - CCNP / CCDP, Switches / Routers, LAN / WAN, Windows 2008, Exchange, Hyper-V, Juniper - Cumbria... Previous experience with Cisco, Switches / Routers, LAN / WAN will be needed along with...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £20 - £28 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Apply network security principles to solutions and check designs for compliance... Qualification and experience*Qualifications:- CCNP, CCDP.ITIL foundation v3. * A number of Years' experience in customer facing...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £35.00 - £40 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013
West London
ITIL Service Management Experience and SLA Reporting experience... Citrix Netscalers. Juniper Netscreen, Cisco ASA Firewalls and PIX. Network Security products (firewall, IPS, DLP) Arista Switches. Fortinet Firewalls... Minimum...
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Technically you will have strong working experience and knowledge of Cisco, routing and switching, LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, Cisco FWSM, ASA, Fortinet, Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
It is essential that you display a clear record of implementing Cisco based networks in secure and challenging environments, as well as a good understanding of network technologies.....
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £500 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
West London
ITIL Service Management... Scrum and KanBan Methodology experience... MPLS, IPSEC VPN, Firewalls and TACACS authentication. Wireless, VOIP and Security technologies... Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)... Citrix Netscalers. Juniper...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
A good understanding of WAN technologies including Ethernet. * Previous experience in IP networking and routing including OSPF, ISIS and BGP. * Previous experience of VPNs using MPLS and IPSec. *...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Roc Search / Network Engineer / - OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS Core Networking, CCNP, CCDP, BCNE / Contract / London... Essential Skills: 3+ years in a technical operations or engineering role within...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013