The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 21 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 South Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 33 28 30
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Contract jobs citing CCNP 2 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.746% 1.527% 1.779%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.846% 8.163% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £366 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.90% +22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.23% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
52 49 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 19.40% 18.70% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 30 14
Average daily rate £335 £310 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.06% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £185 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £408 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 8
Average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.34% -36.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £21.00 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.10 £27.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCNP
Yorkshire

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Doncaster - 2 £366 -
CCNP
Yorkshire

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
3 5 (71.43%) Firewall
4 4 (57.14%) VPN
4 4 (57.14%) CCNA
5 3 (42.86%) CCIE
5 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
5 3 (42.86%) OSPF
5 3 (42.86%) BGP
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (28.57%) FWSM
6 2 (28.57%) Network Security
6 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
6 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
6 2 (28.57%) Wireless
6 2 (28.57%) IPsec
6 2 (28.57%) CCSP
6 2 (28.57%) DNS
6 2 (28.57%) VoIP
6 2 (28.57%) ERP
6 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
7 1 (14.29%) CSS
7 1 (14.29%) LAN
7 1 (14.29%) WAN
7 1 (14.29%) VMS
7 1 (14.29%) DHCP
7 1 (14.29%) HTTP
7 1 (14.29%) SNMP
7 1 (14.29%) SSL

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (14.29%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 3 (42.86%) OSPF
3 3 (42.86%) BGP
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (28.57%) FWSM
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 2 (28.57%) IPsec
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) VoIP
4 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (14.29%) DHCP
5 1 (14.29%) HTTP
5 1 (14.29%) SNMP
5 1 (14.29%) SSL
5 1 (14.29%) TACACS
5 1 (14.29%) VRRP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Voice Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Voice Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Voice Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
1 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Network Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (57.14%) CCNA
3 3 (42.86%) CCIE
4 2 (28.57%) CCSP
5 1 (14.29%) CCDA
5 1 (14.29%) JNCIP
5 1 (14.29%) JNCIE
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
4 1 (14.29%) Intel
4 1 (14.29%) Nortel
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) Nokia
4 1 (14.29%) NetScout
4 1 (14.29%) TippingPoint
4 1 (14.29%) F5