The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 39 40 51
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +11
Contract jobs citing CCNP 5 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.174% 2.456% 1.515%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.274% 5.833% 3.367%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 2
Average daily rate £550 £298 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+84.87% -17.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £313
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.25 £25.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+53.00% -31.50%
All Qualifications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
117 240 297
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 27.46% 42.11% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 109 113
Average daily rate £370 £320 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £155 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £11.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.50 £42.50
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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales -1 5 £550 +84.10%
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Juniper
2 3 (50.00%) CCIE
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) Junos
4 1 (16.67%) HSRP
4 1 (16.67%) CCDP
4 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) CCIP
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 1 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (16.67%) BGP
4 1 (16.67%) NetScreen
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) VMware

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (33.33%) Junos
2 1 (16.67%) HSRP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) NetScreen
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CCIE
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) CCDP
4 1 (16.67%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (16.67%) VMware