The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the West 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 West 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 77 82 70
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -12
Contract jobs citing CCNP 15 13 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.168% 0.810% 0.183%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.500% 5.727% 1.342%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 2
Average daily rate £300 £338 £248
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.23% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
200 227 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 15.58% 14.15% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 129 61
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £213 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 13
Average hourly rate £12.75 £20.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.80% -6.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £50.00 £25.65
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 West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West 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 West Yorkshire region.

West 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 West Yorkshire region.

West 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 West 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
Leeds -4 12 £300 -11.11%
Halifax - 3 - -
CCNP
Yorkshire

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (90.48%) Cisco
3 13 (61.90%) WAN
4 12 (57.14%) LAN
5 11 (52.38%) Firewall
6 8 (38.10%) ITIL
6 8 (38.10%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (33.33%) CCNA
7 7 (33.33%) CheckPoint
7 7 (33.33%) CCSA
8 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
9 5 (23.81%) PCI DSS
9 5 (23.81%) Network Architecture
10 4 (19.05%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
10 4 (19.05%) VLAN
10 4 (19.05%) BGP
10 4 (19.05%) CCIE
11 3 (14.29%) VoIP
11 3 (14.29%) Internet
11 3 (14.29%) MPLS
11 3 (14.29%) OSPF
11 3 (14.29%) HP
11 3 (14.29%) SAN
11 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
11 3 (14.29%) VMware
11 3 (14.29%) Banking
11 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
11 3 (14.29%) FWSM
11 3 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 2 (9.524%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (61.90%) WAN
2 12 (57.14%) LAN
3 11 (52.38%) Firewall
4 8 (38.10%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (19.05%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (19.05%) VLAN
5 4 (19.05%) BGP
6 3 (14.29%) VoIP
6 3 (14.29%) Internet
6 3 (14.29%) MPLS
6 3 (14.29%) OSPF
6 3 (14.29%) SAN
6 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
6 3 (14.29%) FWSM
7 2 (9.524%) HSRP
7 2 (9.524%) Network Security
7 2 (9.524%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (9.524%) Wireless
7 2 (9.524%) IPsec
7 2 (9.524%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 3 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (9.524%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Network Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Network Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
5 2 (9.524%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Support Specialist
6 1 (4.762%) Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Security Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Network Specialist
6 1 (4.762%) Cisco Network Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Cisco Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Device Driver
1 2 (9.524%) IVR
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (9.524%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) ITIL
2 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 5 (23.81%) Network Architecture
4 2 (9.524%) Network Management
4 2 (9.524%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.762%) Change Management
5 1 (4.762%) WAN Optimisation
5 1 (4.762%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (33.33%) CCNA
2 7 (33.33%) CCSA
3 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) CCIE
4 2 (9.524%) CCVP
4 2 (9.524%) CCSE
4 2 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.762%) CCSP
5 1 (4.762%) CCDP
5 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (9.524%) Cisco UCCE
2 2 (9.524%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (4.762%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Cisco
2 7 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 3 (14.29%) HP
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (14.29%) F5
4 2 (9.524%) Veeam
4 2 (9.524%) Nokia
4 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.762%) Juniper
5 1 (4.762%) Dell
5 1 (4.762%) BMC
5 1 (4.762%) Motorola
5 1 (4.762%) OPNET
5 1 (4.762%) SonicWALL
5 1 (4.762%) Riverbed
5 1 (4.762%) TippingPoint
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