The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 30 20 33
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +13
Contract jobs citing CCNP 1 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.476% 2.817% 1.717%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.000% 18.18% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +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
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
25 33 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 11.90% 15.49% 10.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 5
Average daily rate £331 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.39% +21.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 6
Average hourly rate £15.50 £10.13 £20.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.08% -49.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCNP
East Midlands

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester -6 1 - -
CCNP
East Midlands

CCNP
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Nortel
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) DMVPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (50.00%) LAN

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (50.00%) DMVPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Nortel
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) F5