North West CCNP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) 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 CCNP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Croydon Cumbria Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	106	115
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	21	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.034 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	6.818 %	5.983 %
Daily rates quoted	5	5
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£320
Average daily rate	£362	£320
% change on same period last year	+12.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£323
% change on same period last year	+11.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.67	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£28.33	£28.50
% change on same period last year	-0.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.00	£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.34	£32.20
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
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 %
CCNP 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.

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Demand Trend

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

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNP across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNP across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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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 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	+2	9	£349	-
Merseyside	-1	4	-	-
Manchester	-3	3	£318	+27.00 %
Lancashire	+9	1	-	-
Cumbria	-1	1	-	-

CCNP England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 52 (100.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 41 (78.85 %) Cisco 3 32 (61.54 %) WAN 4 31 (59.62 %) LAN 5 23 (44.23 %) Firewall 5 23 (44.23 %) CCNA 6 17 (32.69 %) Cisco PIX 7 10 (19.23 %) VLAN 7 10 (19.23 %) Cisco ASA 8 8 (15.38 %) VoIP 8 8 (15.38 %) VPN 8 8 (15.38 %) Windows 9 6 (11.54 %) Migration 9 6 (11.54 %) EIGRP 9 6 (11.54 %) CheckPoint

10 5 (9.615 %) Avaya 10 5 (9.615 %) ITIL 10 5 (9.615 %) IP Telephony 11 4 (7.692 %) MCSE 11 4 (7.692 %) Microsoft Certification 11 4 (7.692 %) Active Directory 11 4 (7.692 %) VMware 12 3 (5.769 %) TCP/IP 12 3 (5.769 %) HP 12 3 (5.769 %) CiscoWorks 12 3 (5.769 %) CCDP 12 3 (5.769 %) Microsoft 12 3 (5.769 %) CCIE 12 3 (5.769 %) SAN 12 3 (5.769 %) MPLS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (1.923 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.923 %) MS Exchange
Business Applications 1 1 (1.923 %) assyst	Communications & Networking 1 32 (61.54 %) WAN 2 31 (59.62 %) LAN 3 23 (44.23 %) Firewall 4 17 (32.69 %) Cisco PIX 5 10 (19.23 %) VLAN 5 10 (19.23 %) Cisco ASA 6 8 (15.38 %) VPN 6 8 (15.38 %) VoIP 7 6 (11.54 %) EIGRP 8 5 (9.615 %) IP Telephony 9 3 (5.769 %) TCP/IP 9 3 (5.769 %) BGP 9 3 (5.769 %) Network Security 9 3 (5.769 %) SAN 9 3 (5.769 %) MPLS 10 2 (3.846 %) Wireless 11 1 (1.923 %) SMDS 11 1 (1.923 %) Frame Relay 11 1 (1.923 %) IPCC 11 1 (1.923 %) OSPF
General 1 2 (3.846 %) Telecoms 2 1 (1.923 %) Manufacturing	Job Titles 1 27 (51.92 %) Network Engineer 2 18 (34.62 %) Cisco Engineer 3 14 (26.92 %) Cisco Network Engineer 4 7 (13.46 %) Network Support 5 3 (5.769 %) Cisco Specialist 5 3 (5.769 %) Network Specialist 5 3 (5.769 %) Support Engineer 6 2 (3.846 %) Senior Network Engineer 6 2 (3.846 %) Consultant 6 2 (3.846 %) Security Specialist 6 2 (3.846 %) 3rd Line Support 6 2 (3.846 %) Administrator 6 2 (3.846 %) Cisco Consultant 7 1 (1.923 %) Firewall Specialist 7 1 (1.923 %) Cisco Security Specialist 7 1 (1.923 %) VoIP Specialist 7 1 (1.923 %) 3rd Line Support Analyst 7 1 (1.923 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 7 1 (1.923 %) Cisco Administrator 7 1 (1.923 %) Cisco Support
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.923 %) NHS 1 1 (1.923 %) e-Health	Operating Systems 1 8 (15.38 %) Windows 2 2 (3.846 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 1 (1.923 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (11.54 %) Migration 2 5 (9.615 %) ITIL 3 3 (5.769 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (3.846 %) Network Design 4 2 (3.846 %) Communications Security 5 1 (1.923 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (1.923 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (1.923 %) Network Planning 5 1 (1.923 %) Time Management 5 1 (1.923 %) Asset Management 5 1 (1.923 %) Configuration Management 5 1 (1.923 %) Project Management 5 1 (1.923 %) Service Delivery	Programming Languages 1 1 (1.923 %) Java
Qualifications 1 52 (100.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 23 (44.23 %) CCNA 3 4 (7.692 %) MCSE 3 4 (7.692 %) Microsoft Certification 4 3 (5.769 %) CCIE 4 3 (5.769 %) CCDP 5 1 (1.923 %) CCVP 5 1 (1.923 %) CCSE 5 1 (1.923 %) MCDST	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.923 %) SLA
System Software 1 4 (7.692 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 3 (5.769 %) CiscoWorks 2 2 (3.846 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 41 (78.85 %) Cisco 2 6 (11.54 %) CheckPoint 3 5 (9.615 %) Avaya 4 4 (7.692 %) VMware 5 3 (5.769 %) Microsoft 5 3 (5.769 %) HP 6 2 (3.846 %) Nortel 7 1 (1.923 %) Websense