The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 20 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 Slough 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 27 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing CCNP 12 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 4.938% 1.942% -
As % of the Qualifications category 24.49% 6.452% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £315 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £338 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
49 62 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 20.16% 30.10% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 31 18
Average daily rate £333 £374 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.03% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £277 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -19.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCNP
Berkshire

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough CCNP Hourly Rate Trend

CCNP
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (88.89%) Cisco
3 11 (61.11%) CCIE
3 11 (61.11%) Cisco IOS
4 10 (55.56%) Network Security
5 4 (22.22%) LLU
5 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
6 3 (16.67%) MPLS
7 2 (11.11%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (5.556%) Juniper
8 1 (5.556%) IGMP
8 1 (5.556%) IPTV
8 1 (5.556%) Unified Communications
8 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (5.556%) OSPF
8 1 (5.556%) BGP
8 1 (5.556%) DSLAM
8 1 (5.556%) IGRP
8 1 (5.556%) CCSP
8 1 (5.556%) CCIP
8 1 (5.556%) CCNA
8 1 (5.556%) C
8 1 (5.556%) ISDN
8 1 (5.556%) PPP
8 1 (5.556%) RIP

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (55.56%) Network Security
3 4 (22.22%) LLU
4 3 (16.67%) MPLS
5 1 (5.556%) OSPF
5 1 (5.556%) BGP
5 1 (5.556%) DSLAM
5 1 (5.556%) IGRP
5 1 (5.556%) IGMP
5 1 (5.556%) Unified Communications
5 1 (5.556%) ISDN
5 1 (5.556%) PPP
5 1 (5.556%) RIP
General
1 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Trainer
2 7 (38.89%) Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Configuration Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Network Support
5 1 (5.556%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) IPTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (61.11%) CCIE
3 1 (5.556%) CCSP
3 1 (5.556%) CCIP
3 1 (5.556%) CCNA
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
2 2 (11.11%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (5.556%) Juniper