The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 108 92 85
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -7
Contract jobs citing CCNP 12 16 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.492% 0.606% 1.102%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.978% 4.819% 8.807%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 15
Average daily rate £330 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £23.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+66.30% -36.98%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
403 332 352
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.51% 12.58% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 159 138
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £430 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 28 20
Average hourly rate £14.75 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.04 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £37.50 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Aberdeen - 10 £330 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £380 -
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 23 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (91.30%) Cisco
3 15 (65.22%) Telecoms
4 12 (52.17%) WAN
4 12 (52.17%) LAN
4 12 (52.17%) Riverbed
5 11 (47.83%) Wireless
6 10 (43.48%) Degree
6 10 (43.48%) CCIE
6 10 (43.48%) CCNA
7 9 (39.13%) VoIP
7 9 (39.13%) Juniper
8 8 (34.78%) VPN
8 8 (34.78%) Time Management
8 8 (34.78%) IP Telephony
9 7 (30.43%) BGP
9 7 (30.43%) EIGRP
9 7 (30.43%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (26.09%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (26.09%) MGCP
10 6 (26.09%) H.323
10 6 (26.09%) ITIL
11 5 (21.74%) SAP
11 5 (21.74%) Nortel
11 5 (21.74%) Citrix
11 5 (21.74%) CheckPoint
11 5 (21.74%) Remedy
11 5 (21.74%) Data Management
11 5 (21.74%) SAP CCM
11 5 (21.74%) SAP Oil and Gas

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) SAP CCM
1 5 (21.74%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 5 (21.74%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) WAN
1 12 (52.17%) LAN
2 11 (47.83%) Wireless
3 9 (39.13%) VoIP
4 8 (34.78%) VPN
4 8 (34.78%) IP Telephony
5 7 (30.43%) BGP
5 7 (30.43%) EIGRP
5 7 (30.43%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (26.09%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (26.09%) MGCP
6 6 (26.09%) H.323
7 1 (4.348%) DNS
7 1 (4.348%) SSL
7 1 (4.348%) DHCP
7 1 (4.348%) HTTP
7 1 (4.348%) Network Security
7 1 (4.348%) Firewall
General
1 15 (65.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.348%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Network Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Network Support
4 2 (8.696%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Cisco Security Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Cisco Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Verification Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) UNIX
1 1 (4.348%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Time Management
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL
3 5 (21.74%) Data Management
4 3 (13.04%) Service Management
5 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.348%) Problem Management
5 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.348%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (43.48%) Degree
2 10 (43.48%) CCIE
2 10 (43.48%) CCNA
3 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) CCVP
3 1 (4.348%) JNCIA
3 1 (4.348%) JNCIS
3 1 (4.348%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Cisco
2 12 (52.17%) Riverbed
3 9 (39.13%) Juniper
4 5 (21.74%) SAP
4 5 (21.74%) Nortel
4 5 (21.74%) Citrix
4 5 (21.74%) CheckPoint
4 5 (21.74%) Remedy
4 5 (21.74%) Aruba
5 4 (17.39%) Mitel
5 4 (17.39%) Blue Coat
5 4 (17.39%) Avaya
6 1 (4.348%) Websense
6 1 (4.348%) BMC
6 1 (4.348%) VMware