North West CCDP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CCDP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
Location Berkshire Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Edinburgh England Glasgow Hampshire Horsham Kent London Maidstone Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North West Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Shropshire South Coast South East South West Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	136
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	2	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.649 %	1.496 %
Daily rates quoted	1	5
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£440
Average daily rate	£335	£440
% change on same period last year	-23.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£440
UK excluding London average daily rate	£424	£373
% change on same period last year	+13.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£48.33	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	308	468
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.495 %	0.503 %
Daily rates quoted	70	112
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£326
Average daily rate	£334	£336
% change on same period last year	-0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£354	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	63
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.84	£25.85
Average hourly rate	£25.24	£27.81
% change on same period last year	-9.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.63	£29.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+1.72 %
CCDP England

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.

CCDP
Demand Trend

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

CCDP
Daily Rate Trend

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

CCDP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CCDP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCDP within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	-4	1	£335	-33.00 %
Manchester	-	1	-	-

CCDP England

CCDP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CCDP 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 CCDP.

1 3 (100.00 %) CCNP 1 3 (100.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (66.67 %) Network Design 3 1 (33.33 %) Service Delivery 3 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms 3 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management 3 1 (33.33 %) Java 3 1 (33.33 %) .NET 3 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 3 1 (33.33 %) UNIX 3 1 (33.33 %) Windows 3 1 (33.33 %) MCSE 3 1 (33.33 %) LDAP 3 1 (33.33 %) LAN 3 1 (33.33 %) WAN

3 1 (33.33 %) DHCP 3 1 (33.33 %) SNMP 3 1 (33.33 %) DNS 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) CCIE 3 1 (33.33 %) MCDST 3 1 (33.33 %) Time Management 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (33.33 %) Active Directory

CCDP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CCDP 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 CCDP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) .NET	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) LDAP 1 1 (33.33 %) LAN 1 1 (33.33 %) WAN 1 1 (33.33 %) DHCP 1 1 (33.33 %) SNMP 1 1 (33.33 %) DNS
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Network Engineer 2 1 (33.33 %) Systems Engineer 2 1 (33.33 %) Design Engineer 2 1 (33.33 %) Service Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Infrastructure Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Network Design Engineer
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) UNIX 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Network Design 2 1 (33.33 %) Time Management 2 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 2 1 (33.33 %) Service Delivery 2 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) Java	Qualifications 1 3 (100.00 %) CCNP 1 3 (100.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) MCDST 2 1 (33.33 %) MCSE 2 1 (33.33 %) CCIE
System Software 1 1 (33.33 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft