The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 28 41 30
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -11
Contract jobs citing CCNP 2 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.020% 0.694% 0.446%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.922% 1.523% 1.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
51 197 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 26.02% 45.60% 27.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 120 30
Average daily rate £331 £416 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.34% +38.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £90 £275 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £533 £404
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 15
Average hourly rate £19.04 £22.75 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.30% -36.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.00 £21.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £29.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCNP
North West

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Preston +15 2 - -
CCNP
North West

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Content Management
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows NT
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WLAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Lync
3 1 (33.33%) FWSM

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WLAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) FWSM
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows NT
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCSA
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint