The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 22 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 85 83 79
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 27 17 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.598% 1.138% 0.840%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.085% 4.304% 2.412%
Number of salaries quoted 14 16 9
Average salary £51,250 £48,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.12% +21.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £40,000 £37,100
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £58,750 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
531 395 456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.42% 26.44% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 423 340 378
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCNP
West Midlands

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham CCNP Jobs Demand Trend

CCNP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCNP across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCNP across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Birmingham CCNP Salary Histogram

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCNP.

1 76 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (90.79%) Cisco
3 39 (51.32%) Juniper
4 38 (50.00%) CheckPoint
4 38 (50.00%) Network Security
5 33 (43.42%) Firewall
6 32 (42.11%) F5
7 27 (35.53%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (35.53%) CCSE
7 27 (35.53%) CCNA
8 26 (34.21%) Cisco PIX
9 25 (32.89%) Telecoms
9 25 (32.89%) Finance
10 23 (30.26%) Blue Coat
10 23 (30.26%) JNCIS
10 23 (30.26%) Websense
11 19 (25.00%) CCIE
12 17 (22.37%) WAN
13 15 (19.74%) LAN
14 14 (18.42%) Network Design
14 14 (18.42%) VMware
15 13 (17.11%) Windows
15 13 (17.11%) CCDP
16 12 (15.79%) HP
17 11 (14.47%) TCP/IP
17 11 (14.47%) VPN
18 10 (13.16%) MS Excel
18 10 (13.16%) Project Management
19 9 (11.84%) Wireless
19 9 (11.84%) ITIL

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCNP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.947%) VXML
2 1 (1.316%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.316%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.316%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (1.316%) Lync
2 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (13.16%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.579%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (6.579%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.947%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 38 (50.00%) Network Security
2 33 (43.42%) Firewall
3 27 (35.53%) Cisco ASA
4 26 (34.21%) Cisco PIX
5 17 (22.37%) WAN
6 15 (19.74%) LAN
7 11 (14.47%) TCP/IP
7 11 (14.47%) VPN
8 9 (11.84%) Wireless
8 9 (11.84%) MPLS
8 9 (11.84%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (10.53%) OSPF
10 7 (9.211%) BGP
10 7 (9.211%) WLAN
10 7 (9.211%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (9.211%) Unified Communications
11 6 (7.895%) Junos
11 6 (7.895%) DNS
11 6 (7.895%) DHCP
11 6 (7.895%) ADSL
General
1 25 (32.89%) Telecoms
1 25 (32.89%) Finance
2 6 (7.895%) Marketing
3 5 (6.579%) Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (51.32%) Network Engineer
2 23 (30.26%) Network Security Engineer
2 23 (30.26%) Security Engineer
2 23 (30.26%) Firewall Engineer
3 10 (13.16%) Consultant
4 8 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (9.211%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Cisco Consultant
6 5 (6.579%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 5 (6.579%) Technical Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Technical Project Manager
7 4 (5.263%) Cisco Specialist
8 3 (3.947%) Team Leader
8 3 (3.947%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) Sales Consultant
8 3 (3.947%) Principle Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) Architect
8 3 (3.947%) Mitel Engineer
9 2 (2.632%) Deployment Specialist
9 2 (2.632%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.632%) Symmetrix DMX
1 2 (2.632%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (2.632%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.316%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.11%) Windows
2 7 (9.211%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.42%) Network Design
2 10 (13.16%) Project Management
3 9 (11.84%) ITIL
4 7 (9.211%) Change Management
4 7 (9.211%) Migration
5 6 (7.895%) PRINCE
5 6 (7.895%) Validation
6 5 (6.579%) Load Balancing
6 5 (6.579%) Network Management
7 4 (5.263%) ITIL V3
7 4 (5.263%) Time Management
7 4 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.947%) Quality Management
8 3 (3.947%) PRINCE2
8 3 (3.947%) CRM
9 2 (2.632%) Change Control
9 2 (2.632%) Problem Management
9 2 (2.632%) Incident Management
9 2 (2.632%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.632%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.632%) SQL
2 1 (1.316%) C
Qualifications
1 76 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (35.53%) CCSE
2 27 (35.53%) CCNA
3 23 (30.26%) JNCIS
4 19 (25.00%) CCIE
5 13 (17.11%) CCDP
6 8 (10.53%) PMP
6 8 (10.53%) PMI Certification
7 7 (9.211%) CCDA
8 6 (7.895%) JNCIP
9 5 (6.579%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (5.263%) MCSE
10 4 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (5.263%) Check Point Certification
10 4 (5.263%) CCSA
11 3 (3.947%) CCIP
11 3 (3.947%) MCITP
11 3 (3.947%) Degree
11 3 (3.947%) HP ASE
12 2 (2.632%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (11.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.579%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.632%) vSphere
3 2 (2.632%) XenApp
4 1 (1.316%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.316%) XenServer
4 1 (1.316%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.316%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (6.579%) Cisco UCCE
1 5 (6.579%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (5.263%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.316%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 69 (90.79%) Cisco
2 39 (51.32%) Juniper
3 38 (50.00%) CheckPoint
4 32 (42.11%) F5
5 23 (30.26%) Blue Coat
5 23 (30.26%) Websense
6 14 (18.42%) VMware
7 12 (15.79%) HP
8 9 (11.84%) Microsoft
9 5 (6.579%) Mitel
10 4 (5.263%) Aruba
10 4 (5.263%) Huawei
10 4 (5.263%) EMC
10 4 (5.263%) Nokia
11 3 (3.947%) NetApp
11 3 (3.947%) SAP
11 3 (3.947%) Verint
12 2 (2.632%) Trapeze
12 2 (2.632%) Brocade
12 2 (2.632%) ProCurve
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will primarily be responsible for the following:- -Cisco/Alcatel-Lucent routing, switching, WAN-ADSL, Nexus, NetApps, Microsoft, AV and TelePresence -Technical competence in Alcatel-Lucent and / or...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 per annum + Project Bonus + Car Allowance
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client. Operate in 51 countries in five regions - Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. Their growth has been driven by their clients' need...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + £5,000 Car + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013