Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Oxford region.

 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank2122-
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1New entry-
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford2.381 %0.690 %-
As % of the Qualifications category12.00 %6.250 %-
Daily rates quoted010
Average daily rate-£550-
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£330£325
% change year-on-year
+6.060 %+1.530 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average hourly rate£19.25--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£35.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
-28.57 %+9.370 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
251629
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford19.84 %11.03 %11.37 %
Daily rates quoted487
Average daily rate£198£180£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.720 %-44.61 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted16113
Average hourly rate£19.00£14.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.71 %-33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.75£14.00£17.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£14.00£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
CCNP OxfordshireCCNP
Oxfordshire

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.

CCNP
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (66.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (66.67 %)ProCurve
22 (66.67 %)Cisco ASA
22 (66.67 %)IP Telephony
22 (66.67 %)VLAN
22 (66.67 %)Cisco IPT
22 (66.67 %)Internet
22 (66.67 %)VMware
22 (66.67 %)CCVP
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)CCIE
22 (66.67 %)Active Directory
22 (66.67 %)Citrix
22 (66.67 %)MS Visio
22 (66.67 %)LAN
22 (66.67 %)DHCP
22 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
22 (66.67 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)DNS
31 (33.33 %)SAN
31 (33.33 %)CheckPoint
31 (33.33 %)Wireless
31 (33.33 %)Foundry
31 (33.33 %)C

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Visio
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (66.67 %)Cisco ASA
22 (66.67 %)IP Telephony
22 (66.67 %)VLAN
22 (66.67 %)Cisco IPT
22 (66.67 %)Internet
22 (66.67 %)LAN
22 (66.67 %)DHCP
22 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
22 (66.67 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)DNS
31 (33.33 %)SAN
31 (33.33 %)Wireless
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Network Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Senior Network Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Cisco Engineer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
22 (66.67 %)CCVP
22 (66.67 %)CCIE
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (66.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
12 (66.67 %)Active Directory
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)ProCurve
22 (66.67 %)VMware
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)Citrix
31 (33.33 %)CheckPoint
31 (33.33 %)Foundry