The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 21 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 Kent 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 26 32 34
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +2
Contract jobs citing CCNP 12 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 3.987% 1.124% 3.195%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.18% 7.692% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 10
Average daily rate £240 £320 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -12.32%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.23% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
66 39 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.93% 14.61% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 20 37
Average daily rate £275 £303 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -17.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £135 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £463 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £7.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% +282.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (81.25%) Juniper
2 13 (81.25%) OSPF
2 13 (81.25%) BGP
3 12 (75.00%) Internet
3 12 (75.00%) MPLS
3 12 (75.00%) IPv6
3 12 (75.00%) Legal
3 12 (75.00%) JNCIP
4 11 (68.75%) Change Management
4 11 (68.75%) Wireless
4 11 (68.75%) DNS
4 11 (68.75%) HP
5 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (62.50%) RHCE
5 10 (62.50%) MCSE
5 10 (62.50%) VoIP
5 10 (62.50%) DHCP
5 10 (62.50%) Cisco
5 10 (62.50%) Degree
5 10 (62.50%) Aruba
6 4 (25.00%) Junos
6 4 (25.00%) F5
6 4 (25.00%) Linux
6 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
7 3 (18.75%) Project Management
7 3 (18.75%) Firewall
8 2 (12.50%) Finance
8 2 (12.50%) IP Telephony
8 2 (12.50%) Network Management

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 (6.250%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (81.25%) OSPF
1 13 (81.25%) BGP
2 12 (75.00%) Internet
2 12 (75.00%) MPLS
2 12 (75.00%) IPv6
3 11 (68.75%) Wireless
3 11 (68.75%) DNS
4 10 (62.50%) VoIP
4 10 (62.50%) DHCP
5 4 (25.00%) Junos
6 3 (18.75%) Firewall
7 2 (12.50%) IP Telephony
7 2 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (6.250%) VPN
8 1 (6.250%) NetScreen
8 1 (6.250%) EIGRP
8 1 (6.250%) Network Security
8 1 (6.250%) FWSM
General
1 12 (75.00%) Legal
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.250%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Analyst
1 12 (75.00%) Network Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Firewall Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Support Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Change Management
2 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Network Management
3 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (6.250%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (75.00%) JNCIP
3 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (62.50%) RHCE
3 10 (62.50%) MCSE
3 10 (62.50%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) CCSP
5 1 (6.250%) CCIP
5 1 (6.250%) CCNA
5 1 (6.250%) CCDP
5 1 (6.250%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Juniper
2 11 (68.75%) HP
3 10 (62.50%) Cisco
3 10 (62.50%) Aruba
4 4 (25.00%) F5
4 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
6 1 (6.250%) Nokia
6 1 (6.250%) TippingPoint
6 1 (6.250%) Blue Coat