The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 149 126 147
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +21
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 43 47 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.050% 1.297% 0.582%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.064% 5.421% 2.259%
Number of salaries quoted 30 42 14
Average salary £45,000 £40,250 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.80% +4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,250 £22,250
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,900 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1058 867 1018
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.84% 23.92% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 901 721 904
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCNP
North West

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCNP across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester CCNP Salary Histogram

CCNP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Manchester 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Wigan - 3 £41,250 -
Stockport - 2 £47,500 -
Bolton -8 1 £45,000 +12.50%
CCNP
North West

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 100 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 92 (92.00%) Cisco
3 72 (72.00%) Firewall
4 49 (49.00%) Network Security
5 43 (43.00%) Cisco ASA
6 38 (38.00%) CheckPoint
7 36 (36.00%) LAN
7 36 (36.00%) Telecoms
8 34 (34.00%) CCNA
9 30 (30.00%) Juniper
9 30 (30.00%) Cisco PIX
10 28 (28.00%) WAN
11 26 (26.00%) VPN
11 26 (26.00%) Wireless
11 26 (26.00%) CCSE
12 25 (25.00%) Finance
13 24 (24.00%) CCIE
13 24 (24.00%) MPLS
13 24 (24.00%) F5
14 23 (23.00%) Blue Coat
15 20 (20.00%) CCDP
15 20 (20.00%) WLAN
16 19 (19.00%) Websense
16 19 (19.00%) JNCIS
17 18 (18.00%) HP
17 18 (18.00%) BGP
18 15 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
19 14 (14.00%) ITIL
20 12 (12.00%) VoIP
20 12 (12.00%) Network Design

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (2.000%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2000
1 4 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (4.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (6.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 72 (72.00%) Firewall
2 49 (49.00%) Network Security
3 43 (43.00%) Cisco ASA
4 36 (36.00%) LAN
5 30 (30.00%) Cisco PIX
6 28 (28.00%) WAN
7 26 (26.00%) VPN
7 26 (26.00%) Wireless
8 24 (24.00%) MPLS
9 20 (20.00%) WLAN
10 18 (18.00%) BGP
11 15 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (12.00%) VoIP
13 11 (11.00%) TCP/IP
14 10 (10.00%) SSL
14 10 (10.00%) OSPF
14 10 (10.00%) Internet
15 9 (9.000%) IPsec
15 9 (9.000%) IPv6
15 9 (9.000%) RIP
Development Applications
1 3 (3.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 36 (36.00%) Telecoms
2 25 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (4.000%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.000%) Retail
5 1 (1.000%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 48 (48.00%) Network Engineer
2 25 (25.00%) Consultant
3 20 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 20 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 19 (19.00%) Firewall Engineer
5 15 (15.00%) Network Consultant
6 12 (12.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (11.00%) Cisco Consultant
7 11 (11.00%) Cisco Engineer
8 10 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (8.000%) Analyst
9 8 (8.000%) Pre Sales Consultant
9 8 (8.000%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 7 (7.000%) Network Analyst
11 6 (6.000%) Sales Consultant
11 6 (6.000%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (5.000%) Senior Network Analyst
12 5 (5.000%) Architect
13 4 (4.000%) Network Design Specialist
13 4 (4.000%) Network Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.000%) SWIFT
1 4 (4.000%) Replication
2 1 (1.000%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.000%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.000%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.000%) Windows
2 5 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (4.000%) Windows 2000 Server
3 4 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (4.000%) AIX
3 4 (4.000%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.000%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.00%) ITIL
2 12 (12.00%) Network Design
3 9 (9.000%) Change Management
4 8 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (7.000%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (7.000%) Project Management
6 5 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (5.000%) PRINCE2
6 5 (5.000%) Network Architecture
6 5 (5.000%) Load Balancing
7 4 (4.000%) PRINCE
7 4 (4.000%) Information Security
8 3 (3.000%) Migration
9 2 (2.000%) Network Management
9 2 (2.000%) E-Commerce
10 1 (1.000%) Business Continuity
10 1 (1.000%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 1 (1.000%) Service Management
10 1 (1.000%) Service Delivery
10 1 (1.000%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.000%) C
Qualifications
1 100 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (34.00%) CCNA
3 26 (26.00%) CCSE
4 24 (24.00%) CCIE
5 20 (20.00%) CCDP
6 19 (19.00%) JNCIS
7 10 (10.00%) CCSP
7 10 (10.00%) CCIP
8 7 (7.000%) Check Point Certification
9 5 (5.000%) Degree
10 4 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (4.000%) MCSE
11 3 (3.000%) CCVP
12 2 (2.000%) HP ASE
12 2 (2.000%) VCAP
12 2 (2.000%) CCDE
12 2 (2.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (2.000%) CCSA
13 1 (1.000%) MCP
13 1 (1.000%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.000%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 10 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.000%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.000%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (4.000%) vSphere
3 4 (4.000%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (4.000%) WSUS
1 4 (4.000%) Cisco UCCX
1 4 (4.000%) Tivoli
1 4 (4.000%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (3.000%) CiscoWorks
3 2 (2.000%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.000%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.000%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 92 (92.00%) Cisco
2 38 (38.00%) CheckPoint
3 30 (30.00%) Juniper
4 24 (24.00%) F5
5 23 (23.00%) Blue Coat
6 19 (19.00%) Websense
7 18 (18.00%) HP
8 12 (12.00%) Fortinet
9 10 (10.00%) VMware
10 9 (9.000%) Microsoft
11 8 (8.000%) ProCurve
12 7 (7.000%) Sourcefire
13 4 (4.000%) WatchGuard
13 4 (4.000%) Brocade
13 4 (4.000%) Veeam
13 4 (4.000%) Symantec
13 4 (4.000%) Citrix
13 4 (4.000%) Avaya
13 4 (4.000%) NetApp
13 4 (4.000%) IBM
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Salary: Unspecified Excellent plus benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
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