Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the West Midlands region.

 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank645689
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+33
Matching contract IT job ads133630
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.904 %2.001 %0.928 %
As % of the Qualifications category6.468 %13.04 %6.536 %
Daily rates quoted7610
Average daily rate£340£305£301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.47 %+1.490 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£290£225£265
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£355£345£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£340£325
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %+4.530 %
Hourly rates quoted1107
Average hourly rate£16.50£38.75£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-57.41 %+29.16 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£37.50£31.25
% change year-on-year
-26.66 %+20.00 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
201276459
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands13.98 %15.34 %14.19 %
Daily rates quoted8290148
Average daily rate£300£313£301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.000 %+3.990 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£217£160
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£525£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted224152
Average hourly rate£15.50£32.50£22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.30 %+42.85 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£13.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£42.50£37.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£29.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03 %+16.00 %
CCNP EnglandCCNP
England

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.

CCNP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CCNP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands CCNP Demand Trend

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCNP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands CCNP Daily Rate Trend

CCNP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCNP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CoventryUp+55--
WarwickshireDown-105£345+1.47 %
WorcestershireDown-61--
SolihullNew entry-1£340-
CCNP EnglandCCNP
England

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

119 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
218 (94.74 %)Cisco
311 (57.89 %)TCP/IP
311 (57.89 %)LAN
311 (57.89 %)Firewall
410 (52.63 %)Wireless
410 (52.63 %)CCSP
59 (47.37 %)VPN
68 (42.11 %)WAN
77 (36.84 %)CCNA
77 (36.84 %)CheckPoint
77 (36.84 %)Cisco ASA
86 (31.58 %)CCVP
86 (31.58 %)BGP
95 (26.32 %)Juniper
95 (26.32 %)Nokia
95 (26.32 %)CiscoWorks
95 (26.32 %)VoIP
95 (26.32 %)Cisco PIX
104 (21.05 %)Load Balancing
104 (21.05 %)VMware Infrastructure
104 (21.05 %)OSPF
104 (21.05 %)VMware
104 (21.05 %)WLAN
113 (15.79 %)CSS
113 (15.79 %)CCIP
122 (10.53 %)CCSA
122 (10.53 %)Degree
122 (10.53 %)SNMP
122 (10.53 %)EIGRP

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (15.79 %)CSS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (5.263 %)MS Visio
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (57.89 %)TCP/IP
111 (57.89 %)LAN
111 (57.89 %)Firewall
210 (52.63 %)Wireless
39 (47.37 %)VPN
48 (42.11 %)WAN
57 (36.84 %)Cisco ASA
66 (31.58 %)BGP
75 (26.32 %)VoIP
75 (26.32 %)Cisco PIX
84 (21.05 %)OSPF
84 (21.05 %)WLAN
92 (10.53 %)SNMP
92 (10.53 %)EIGRP
92 (10.53 %)Internet
92 (10.53 %)Extranet
101 (5.263 %)SSL
101 (5.263 %)Ethernet
101 (5.263 %)FTP
101 (5.263 %)HTTP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Telecoms
11 (5.263 %)Finance
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (36.84 %)Analyst
26 (31.58 %)Network Engineer
26 (31.58 %)Senior Analyst
26 (31.58 %)Network Analyst
35 (26.32 %)Senior Network Analyst
44 (21.05 %)Cisco Engineer
53 (15.79 %)Firewall Engineer
53 (15.79 %)Cisco Network Engineer
62 (10.53 %)Security Engineer
62 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
71 (5.263 %)3rd Line Support
71 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Analyst
71 (5.263 %)Network Security Engineer
71 (5.263 %)Design Engineer
71 (5.263 %)Technical Analyst
71 (5.263 %)Network Support Engineer
71 (5.263 %)Senior Network Engineer
71 (5.263 %)Technical Specialist
71 (5.263 %)Installations Engineer
71 (5.263 %)Cisco Specialist
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)NHS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (10.53 %)UNIX
12 (10.53 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (21.05 %)Load Balancing
21 (5.263 %)ITIL
21 (5.263 %)Network Design
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
210 (52.63 %)CCSP
37 (36.84 %)CCNA
46 (31.58 %)CCVP
53 (15.79 %)CCIP
62 (10.53 %)CCSA
62 (10.53 %)Degree
71 (5.263 %)CCIE
71 (5.263 %)CCDP
71 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
71 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (21.05 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (26.32 %)CiscoWorks
21 (5.263 %)OpenView
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (94.74 %)Cisco
27 (36.84 %)CheckPoint
35 (26.32 %)Juniper
35 (26.32 %)Nokia
44 (21.05 %)VMware
52 (10.53 %)Microsoft
61 (5.263 %)HP