The first table below looks at the demand for CCIP in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCIP over the 3 months to 17 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 currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP)
Rank 512 532 573
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +41
Contract jobs citing CCIP 18 46 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.079% 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.215% 0.455% 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 8
Average daily rate £300 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8360 10099 9690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.02% 17.33% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4481 5262 4618
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 547 662
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%

CCIP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCIP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCIP Jobs Demand Trend

CCIP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCIP within the UK.

CCIP Daily Rate Trend

CCIP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCIP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

CCIP Daily Rate Histogram

CCIP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCIP within the UK.

CCIP Hourly Rate Trend

CCIP
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +19 16 £300 -25.78%
London +4 6 £190 -53.85%
South East +10 5 £300 -7.69%
South West +24 2 - -
East of England +15 2 - -
Reading +6 2 £345 -
Berkshire +2 2 £345 -
Cardiff - 2 - -
Essex - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
South Wales - 2 - -
City of London -5 1 £190 -54.21%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £300 -
Kent - 1 £300 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £250 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £250 -
Gloucester - 1 - -
Bradford - 1 - -

CCIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCIP 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 CCIP.

1 40 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (92.50%) Cisco
3 31 (77.50%) CCNP
4 23 (57.50%) MPLS
5 15 (37.50%) CCDP
6 14 (35.00%) WAN
6 14 (35.00%) Firewall
7 13 (32.50%) BGP
7 13 (32.50%) LAN
7 13 (32.50%) CCIE
8 12 (30.00%) CCNA
9 11 (27.50%) Juniper
9 11 (27.50%) Unified Communications
10 10 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (25.00%) CCSP
10 10 (25.00%) OSPF
11 9 (22.50%) VoIP
11 9 (22.50%) Network Design
12 8 (20.00%) JNCIA
12 8 (20.00%) Telecoms
13 7 (17.50%) Wireless
13 7 (17.50%) Network Security
14 6 (15.00%) ITIL
14 6 (15.00%) FWSM
14 6 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
15 5 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
15 5 (12.50%) PRINCE2
15 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
15 5 (12.50%) SAN
15 5 (12.50%) ITIL Certification

CCIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCIP 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 CCIP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.500%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.000%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 23 (57.50%) MPLS
2 14 (35.00%) WAN
2 14 (35.00%) Firewall
3 13 (32.50%) BGP
3 13 (32.50%) LAN
4 11 (27.50%) Unified Communications
5 10 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (25.00%) OSPF
6 9 (22.50%) VoIP
7 7 (17.50%) Wireless
7 7 (17.50%) Network Security
8 6 (15.00%) FWSM
9 5 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (12.50%) NAS
9 5 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
9 5 (12.50%) SAN
9 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
10 4 (10.00%) NetScreen
10 4 (10.00%) EIGRP
10 4 (10.00%) WAAS
General
1 8 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.500%) Finance
2 3 (7.500%) Banking
3 1 (2.500%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.500%) Arabic Language
3 1 (2.500%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 18 (45.00%) Network Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Core Network Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (7.500%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (7.500%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.000%) Network Support
6 2 (5.000%) Architect
6 2 (5.000%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Network Specialist
6 2 (5.000%) Cisco Support
7 1 (2.500%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Information Security Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Designer
7 1 (2.500%) Configuration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.500%) NHS
1 1 (2.500%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.500%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Network Design
2 6 (15.00%) ITIL
2 6 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 4 (10.00%) Network Management
4 4 (10.00%) PRINCE
5 2 (5.000%) Network Architecture
6 1 (2.500%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.500%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.500%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.500%) Migration
6 1 (2.500%) Information Security
6 1 (2.500%) Network Planning
6 1 (2.500%) eTOM
6 1 (2.500%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.500%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (77.50%) CCNP
3 15 (37.50%) CCDP
4 13 (32.50%) CCIE
5 12 (30.00%) CCNA
6 10 (25.00%) CCSP
7 8 (20.00%) JNCIA
8 5 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (7.500%) Degree
10 2 (5.000%) CCVP
10 2 (5.000%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.500%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (2.500%) CCDA
11 1 (2.500%) CCDE
11 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
11 1 (2.500%) Security Cleared
11 1 (2.500%) JNCIS
11 1 (2.500%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) OpenView
1 1 (2.500%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (2.500%) HP NNM
1 1 (2.500%) Cacti
1 1 (2.500%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 37 (92.50%) Cisco
2 11 (27.50%) Juniper
3 5 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.500%) BT
4 3 (7.500%) Siemens
4 3 (7.500%) Brocade
5 2 (5.000%) Huawei
5 2 (5.000%) VMware
5 2 (5.000%) Twitter
6 1 (2.500%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.500%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.500%) HP
6 1 (2.500%) Avaya
6 1 (2.500%) Ericsson
6 1 (2.500%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.500%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.500%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 1 (2.500%) F5
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
BGP, MPLS, HSRP, CCIP, Juniper, Network design, Network Implementation 3 Network Engineers (design and implementation) are required by my client on a contract basis. The role is based...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
CCIP or CCIE certification it essential... Routing and Switching - Candidates should have an in depth, detailed knowledge of BGP, MPLS and HSRP... Cisco ASA, Juniper Netscreen and Checkpoint...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013