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This section looks at the demand for Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) in IT contracts within the Middlesex region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4339
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.015 %
As % of the category below3.636 %17.65 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£321
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£21.70
Average hourly rate£21.50£22.05
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00£22.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.68£30.91
% change on same period last year-10.47 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads5585
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.073 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted1016
Average minimum daily rate£315£301
Average daily rate£327£315
% change on same period last year+3.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted1612
Average minimum hourly rate£22.11£22.52
Average hourly rate£23.58£22.83
% change on same period last year+3.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.05£23.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.31£25.67
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
CCNP South EastCCNP
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CCNP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CCNP across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Middlesex CCNP Demand Trend

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCNP across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex CCNP Daily Rate Trend

CCNP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCNP across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

16 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
24 (66.67 %)Cisco
24 (66.67 %)CCNA
33 (50.00 %)Firewall
33 (50.00 %)VPN
33 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
33 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA
42 (33.33 %)VLAN
42 (33.33 %)LAN
42 (33.33 %)VoIP
42 (33.33 %)WAN
42 (33.33 %)OSPF
42 (33.33 %)BGP
42 (33.33 %)EIGRP
51 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (16.67 %)Frame Relay
51 (16.67 %)Business Continuity
51 (16.67 %)CCDP
51 (16.67 %)ATM
51 (16.67 %)Network Design
51 (16.67 %)H.323
51 (16.67 %)Mainframe
51 (16.67 %)Juniper
51 (16.67 %)Internet
51 (16.67 %)MPLS
51 (16.67 %)Ethernet
51 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
51 (16.67 %)DNS
51 (16.67 %)CCIP
51 (16.67 %)Cisco IPT

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)Firewall
13 (50.00 %)VPN
13 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
13 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA
22 (33.33 %)VLAN
22 (33.33 %)LAN
22 (33.33 %)VoIP
22 (33.33 %)WAN
22 (33.33 %)OSPF
22 (33.33 %)BGP
22 (33.33 %)EIGRP
31 (16.67 %)Frame Relay
31 (16.67 %)ATM
31 (16.67 %)H.323
31 (16.67 %)Internet
31 (16.67 %)MPLS
31 (16.67 %)Ethernet
31 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
31 (16.67 %)DNS
31 (16.67 %)Cisco IPT
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Network Engineer
23 (50.00 %)Network Support
32 (33.33 %)Cisco Support
32 (33.33 %)VoIP Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Cisco Network Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Network Support Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Cisco Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
41 (16.67 %)Support Specialist
41 (16.67 %)Senior Manager
41 (16.67 %)Senior Network Engineer
41 (16.67 %)Network Manager
41 (16.67 %)Network Specialist
41 (16.67 %)Senior Network Manager
41 (16.67 %)Network Support Specialist
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Mainframe
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (16.67 %)Business Continuity
11 (16.67 %)Network Design
11 (16.67 %)Load Balancing
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
24 (66.67 %)CCNA
31 (16.67 %)CCDP
31 (16.67 %)CCIP
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Cisco
21 (16.67 %)Juniper