The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 140 137 148
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +11
Contract jobs citing CCNP 80 111 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.999% 1.110% 0.943%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.939% 5.082% 4.472%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 46 45
Average daily rate £288 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.53% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £416 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £350 £320
% change year-on-year
-13.42% +9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 6
Average hourly rate £30.00 £23.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -51.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.25 £22.25 £30.72
% change year-on-year
+49.43% -27.57%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2031 2184 2236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 25.36% 21.85% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 957 940
Average daily rate £365 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 121 212
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.43% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £12.49 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.20 £41.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
CCNP
England

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East CCNP Daily Rate Trend

CCNP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCNP across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East CCNP Daily Rate Histogram

CCNP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCNP across the South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +10 35 £300 -8.39% 12
Hampshire -9 20 £288 +4.54% 6
Buckinghamshire 0 7 £275 -8.33% 1
Oxfordshire +5 5 £300 -
Kent - 5 £270 - 6
West Sussex +8 3 £320 -1.53% 2
Surrey +5 2 - - 4
M4 Corridor - 1 - -
Home Counties - - - -
Middlesex - - - - 1
East Sussex - - - -
CCNP
England

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 169 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 125 (73.96%) Cisco
3 80 (47.34%) CCNA
4 69 (40.83%) MPLS
5 55 (32.54%) LAN
6 53 (31.36%) WAN
7 52 (30.77%) BGP
7 52 (30.77%) Firewall
8 47 (27.81%) Telecoms
9 41 (24.26%) TCP/IP
10 39 (23.08%) CCIE
11 38 (22.49%) OSPF
12 32 (18.93%) Juniper
13 31 (18.34%) VPN
14 30 (17.75%) EIGRP
15 27 (15.98%) Migration
15 27 (15.98%) DNS
15 27 (15.98%) VoIP
16 24 (14.20%) Wireless
16 24 (14.20%) Internet
17 23 (13.61%) Network Security
18 22 (13.02%) CheckPoint
19 20 (11.83%) Ethernet
19 20 (11.83%) F5
20 19 (11.24%) Cisco IOS
20 19 (11.24%) Windows
21 17 (10.06%) HP
21 17 (10.06%) IPv6
21 17 (10.06%) Degree
22 16 (9.467%) Cisco ASA

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 4 (2.367%) XML
2 2 (1.183%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.183%) HTML
3 1 (0.592%) MAPI
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.183%) IIS
2 1 (0.592%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.550%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.367%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.367%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 69 (40.83%) MPLS
2 55 (32.54%) LAN
3 53 (31.36%) WAN
4 52 (30.77%) BGP
4 52 (30.77%) Firewall
5 41 (24.26%) TCP/IP
6 38 (22.49%) OSPF
7 31 (18.34%) VPN
8 30 (17.75%) EIGRP
9 27 (15.98%) DNS
9 27 (15.98%) VoIP
10 24 (14.20%) Wireless
10 24 (14.20%) Internet
11 23 (13.61%) Network Security
12 20 (11.83%) Ethernet
13 19 (11.24%) Cisco IOS
14 17 (10.06%) IPv6
15 16 (9.467%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (9.467%) DHCP
16 13 (7.692%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.183%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.183%) MS Access
General
1 47 (27.81%) Telecoms
2 12 (7.101%) Legal
3 11 (6.509%) Finance
4 4 (2.367%) Banking
5 2 (1.183%) Billing
6 1 (0.592%) French Language
Job Titles
1 88 (52.07%) Network Engineer
2 30 (17.75%) Cisco Engineer
3 26 (15.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 22 (13.02%) Analyst
5 20 (11.83%) Network Analyst
6 16 (9.467%) Network Support
7 13 (7.692%) Security Engineer
8 12 (7.101%) Consultant
9 10 (5.917%) Trainer
9 10 (5.917%) Network Security Engineer
9 10 (5.917%) Support Engineer
10 9 (5.325%) Support Analyst
10 9 (5.325%) IP Engineer
11 8 (4.734%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 8 (4.734%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.734%) Network Support Analyst
12 7 (4.142%) Security Consultant
12 7 (4.142%) Network Support Engineer
13 6 (3.550%) Senior Network Engineer
13 6 (3.550%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.775%) Digital Media
2 2 (1.183%) Clustering
2 2 (1.183%) IVR
2 2 (1.183%) Computer Science
2 2 (1.183%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.592%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (0.592%) FMCG
3 1 (0.592%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.24%) Windows
2 10 (5.917%) Linux
3 8 (4.734%) UNIX
4 4 (2.367%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.775%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.183%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.183%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.183%) Debian
6 2 (1.183%) NetWare
7 1 (0.592%) HPUX
7 1 (0.592%) Solaris
7 1 (0.592%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (15.98%) Migration
2 15 (8.876%) Load Balancing
3 14 (8.284%) Project Management
3 14 (8.284%) Change Management
4 13 (7.692%) ITIL
5 8 (4.734%) Network Architecture
5 8 (4.734%) Network Design
5 8 (4.734%) PRINCE2
6 7 (4.142%) Network Management
7 3 (1.775%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (1.775%) Service Management
7 3 (1.775%) Incident Management
8 2 (1.183%) ITSM
8 2 (1.183%) Validation
8 2 (1.183%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (0.592%) E-Commerce
9 1 (0.592%) PRINCE
9 1 (0.592%) Risk Management
9 1 (0.592%) Service Delivery
9 1 (0.592%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.367%) Perl
1 4 (2.367%) SQL
2 1 (0.592%) C
Qualifications
1 169 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (47.34%) CCNA
3 39 (23.08%) CCIE
4 17 (10.06%) Degree
5 15 (8.876%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (8.876%) MCSE
6 14 (8.284%) Security Cleared
7 13 (7.692%) JNCIP
8 11 (6.509%) SC Cleared
9 10 (5.917%) RHCE
10 8 (4.734%) CCSP
10 8 (4.734%) CCIP
11 7 (4.142%) CCDP
11 7 (4.142%) CCVP
12 4 (2.367%) HNC
12 4 (2.367%) HND
12 4 (2.367%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (1.775%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.775%) JNCIS
13 3 (1.775%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.550%) SLA
2 1 (0.592%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (2.367%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.775%) XenApp
2 3 (1.775%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.592%) NFS
3 1 (0.592%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.775%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (1.183%) Backup Exec
2 2 (1.183%) WSUS
2 2 (1.183%) SCCM
3 1 (0.592%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (0.592%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.592%) HP SIM
3 1 (0.592%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 125 (73.96%) Cisco
2 32 (18.93%) Juniper
3 22 (13.02%) CheckPoint
4 20 (11.83%) F5
5 17 (10.06%) HP
6 14 (8.284%) VMware
7 10 (5.917%) Aruba
8 8 (4.734%) Microsoft
9 7 (4.142%) Avaya
10 5 (2.959%) BT
10 5 (2.959%) Blue Coat
11 4 (2.367%) ProCurve
12 3 (1.775%) Citrix
12 3 (1.775%) NetApp
12 3 (1.775%) Nokia
13 2 (1.183%) Twitter
13 2 (1.183%) Huawei
13 2 (1.183%) Riverbed
13 2 (1.183%) SolarWinds
13 2 (1.183%) TippingPoint
Hampshire
The successful Senior IP Network Architect/Design Engineer would have previously worked in a similar capacity for a global client providing design and architectural work on a complex...
TEKsystems
Rate: £250 - £310 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire
The successful Senior IP Network Architect/Design Engineer would have previously worked in a similar capacity for a global client providing design and architectural work on a complex...
TEKsystems
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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