The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 90 96 88
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -8
Contract jobs citing CCNP 21 20 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.101% 0.876% 0.504%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.931% 5.865% 3.586%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 4
Average daily rate £316 £317 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.39% +40.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £243 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £364 £312
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.23% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% -37.83%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
303 341 251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 15.89% 14.93% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 191 96
Average daily rate £308 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £185 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £467 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 25
Average hourly rate £12.75 £21.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.28% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCNP
England

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 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
West Yorkshire +5 15 £300 -11.11%
North Yorkshire +2 4 £413 +33.71%
South Yorkshire -5 2 £366 +32.90%
CCNP
England

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 36 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (91.67%) Cisco
3 21 (58.33%) Firewall
4 18 (50.00%) CCNA
5 17 (47.22%) WAN
6 16 (44.44%) LAN
7 14 (38.89%) CheckPoint
7 14 (38.89%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (22.22%) ITIL
8 8 (22.22%) CCIE
9 7 (19.44%) VoIP
9 7 (19.44%) OSPF
9 7 (19.44%) BGP
9 7 (19.44%) CCSA
9 7 (19.44%) Network Security
10 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
10 6 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
10 6 (16.67%) VPN
10 6 (16.67%) F5
10 6 (16.67%) Cisco UCCX
11 5 (13.89%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (13.89%) FWSM
11 5 (13.89%) Network Architecture
11 5 (13.89%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (13.89%) VLAN
11 5 (13.89%) PCI DSS
12 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
12 4 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (11.11%) VMware
12 4 (11.11%) Wireless

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 3 (8.333%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (58.33%) Firewall
2 17 (47.22%) WAN
3 16 (44.44%) LAN
4 14 (38.89%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (19.44%) VoIP
5 7 (19.44%) OSPF
5 7 (19.44%) BGP
5 7 (19.44%) Network Security
6 6 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
6 6 (16.67%) VPN
7 5 (13.89%) FWSM
7 5 (13.89%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (13.89%) VLAN
8 4 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (11.11%) Wireless
8 4 (11.11%) IPsec
8 4 (11.11%) MPLS
9 3 (8.333%) Internet
9 3 (8.333%) VRRP
9 3 (8.333%) NetScreen
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.333%) Banking
3 2 (5.556%) Finance
3 2 (5.556%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Network Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (8.333%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (8.333%) Network Specialist
6 3 (8.333%) Cisco Voice Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 2 (5.556%) Voice Network Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) Security Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) Support Specialist
7 2 (5.556%) Network Architect
7 2 (5.556%) Architect
7 2 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Consultant
7 2 (5.556%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (2.778%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.778%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) IVR
1 2 (5.556%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.556%) Device Driver
2 1 (2.778%) NHS
2 1 (2.778%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.778%) SecurID
2 1 (2.778%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.778%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.778%) VMS
2 1 (2.778%) Linux
2 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) ITIL
2 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 5 (13.89%) Network Architecture
4 4 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 3 (8.333%) Network Management
6 2 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (5.556%) Load Balancing
6 2 (5.556%) ERP
6 2 (5.556%) Project Management
7 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.778%) Performance Management
7 1 (2.778%) Network Load Balancing
7 1 (2.778%) Change Management
7 1 (2.778%) Network Design
7 1 (2.778%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (2.778%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.778%) Lisp
1 1 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 36 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (50.00%) CCNA
3 8 (22.22%) CCIE
4 7 (19.44%) CCSA
5 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 3 (8.333%) CCSP
6 3 (8.333%) CCVP
6 3 (8.333%) CCSE
7 2 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.778%) CCDA
8 1 (2.778%) CCDP
8 1 (2.778%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.778%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.778%) JNCIE
8 1 (2.778%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) ProxySG
1 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Cisco UCCX
2 5 (13.89%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (8.333%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (2.778%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (2.778%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (91.67%) Cisco
2 14 (38.89%) CheckPoint
3 6 (16.67%) F5
4 4 (11.11%) VMware
4 4 (11.11%) HP
5 3 (8.333%) Juniper
5 3 (8.333%) Nokia
5 3 (8.333%) Blue Coat
6 2 (5.556%) TippingPoint
6 2 (5.556%) Veeam
6 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.778%) BMC
7 1 (2.778%) Motorola
7 1 (2.778%) Dell
7 1 (2.778%) Intel
7 1 (2.778%) Nortel
7 1 (2.778%) Citrix
7 1 (2.778%) Riverbed
7 1 (2.778%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.778%) Infoblox
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Austin Fraser are currently looking for a Network Security Engineerbased in Leeds for an initial 6 month contract with view to extensions. The role of the Network Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013