The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 78 74 100
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +26
Contract jobs citing CCNP 25 20 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.638% 1.257% 0.270%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.112% 3.929% 0.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 3
Average daily rate £288 £350 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.85% +70.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £431 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £30.00 £31.25 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -34.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £25.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+53.00% -31.50%
All Qualifications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
489 509 520
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 32.04% 31.99% 28.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 245 216
Average daily rate £365 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.68% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £495 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 47 69
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -4.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £12.80 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNP
South East

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basingstoke - 8 £288 -
Southampton -1 2 £400 -
CCNP
South East

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 43 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (81.40%) CCNA
3 28 (65.12%) Cisco
3 28 (65.12%) MPLS
4 23 (53.49%) TCP/IP
5 21 (48.84%) LAN
6 20 (46.51%) WAN
7 18 (41.86%) BGP
7 18 (41.86%) Telecoms
8 17 (39.53%) EIGRP
9 9 (20.93%) IP Telephony
9 9 (20.93%) WLAN
9 9 (20.93%) Firewall
10 8 (18.60%) Wireless
10 8 (18.60%) Migration
10 8 (18.60%) Ethernet
10 8 (18.60%) VLAN
11 7 (16.28%) Project Management
11 7 (16.28%) OSPF
12 6 (13.95%) VMware
12 6 (13.95%) VoIP
12 6 (13.95%) VPN
12 6 (13.95%) IPv6
12 6 (13.95%) CCIE
13 5 (11.63%) Internet
13 5 (11.63%) VPLS
13 5 (11.63%) HSRP
14 4 (9.302%) Network Architecture
14 4 (9.302%) Network Security
14 4 (9.302%) Windows

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 1 (2.326%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 28 (65.12%) MPLS
2 23 (53.49%) TCP/IP
3 21 (48.84%) LAN
4 20 (46.51%) WAN
5 18 (41.86%) BGP
6 17 (39.53%) EIGRP
7 9 (20.93%) IP Telephony
7 9 (20.93%) WLAN
7 9 (20.93%) Firewall
8 8 (18.60%) Wireless
8 8 (18.60%) Ethernet
8 8 (18.60%) VLAN
9 7 (16.28%) OSPF
10 6 (13.95%) VoIP
10 6 (13.95%) VPN
10 6 (13.95%) IPv6
11 5 (11.63%) Internet
11 5 (11.63%) VPLS
11 5 (11.63%) HSRP
12 4 (9.302%) Network Security
General
1 18 (41.86%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.977%) Finance
3 1 (2.326%) Military
3 1 (2.326%) Banking
3 1 (2.326%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 24 (55.81%) Network Engineer
2 15 (34.88%) Network Support
3 10 (23.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 10 (23.26%) Cisco Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Support Analyst
4 8 (18.60%) Network Support Analyst
4 8 (18.60%) Analyst
4 8 (18.60%) Network Analyst
5 7 (16.28%) Network Support Engineer
5 7 (16.28%) Support Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) IP Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) Project Manager
8 3 (6.977%) Architect
9 2 (4.651%) NOC Engineer
9 2 (4.651%) Infrastructure Architect
9 2 (4.651%) Coordinator
9 2 (4.651%) Consultant
9 2 (4.651%) Project Coordinator
10 1 (2.326%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.651%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.326%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.302%) Windows
2 3 (6.977%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.326%) HPUX
3 1 (2.326%) Solaris
3 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.60%) Migration
2 7 (16.28%) Project Management
3 4 (9.302%) Network Architecture
4 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.651%) Network Design
5 2 (4.651%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.326%) Information Security
6 1 (2.326%) Network Security Management
6 1 (2.326%) Security Management
6 1 (2.326%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.326%) Requirements Management
6 1 (2.326%) Supplier Management
6 1 (2.326%) Capacity Management
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (81.40%) CCNA
3 6 (13.95%) CCIE
4 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (6.977%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.651%) CCSP
5 2 (4.651%) MCSE
6 1 (2.326%) CCSA
6 1 (2.326%) CCDP
6 1 (2.326%) CCIP
System Software
1 3 (6.977%) XenApp
2 2 (4.651%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.326%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (4.651%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (4.651%) SCCM
2 1 (2.326%) SCOM
2 1 (2.326%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 28 (65.12%) Cisco
2 6 (13.95%) VMware
3 2 (4.651%) Intel
4 1 (2.326%) 3Com
4 1 (2.326%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.326%) Citrix
4 1 (2.326%) HP
4 1 (2.326%) Avaya
4 1 (2.326%) Juniper
4 1 (2.326%) Apple
4 1 (2.326%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.326%) Mitel
4 1 (2.326%) IronPort
4 1 (2.326%) Polycom
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...
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Posted: 21 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...
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Posted: 22 May 2013