The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 23 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 50 35 54
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +19
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 8 22 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.538% 4.348% 2.657%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.469% 10.68% 11.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 19
Average salary £38,000 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.55% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £41,300
10% offered a salary of more than £43,900 £61,500 £46,400
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Qualifications
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
179 206 170
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 34.42% 40.71% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 138 174 138
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCNP
South East

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 28 (100.00%) Cisco
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (78.57%) CheckPoint
3 21 (75.00%) Firewall
4 19 (67.86%) Cisco ASA
5 18 (64.29%) CCNA
6 16 (57.14%) Wireless
7 13 (46.43%) VMware
7 13 (46.43%) Cisco Nexus
8 12 (42.86%) WAN
9 11 (39.29%) VPN
9 11 (39.29%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (35.71%) Juniper
11 9 (32.14%) Network Design
12 8 (28.57%) FWSM
13 7 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
13 7 (25.00%) F5
13 7 (25.00%) CCSA
13 7 (25.00%) MPLS
13 7 (25.00%) BGP
14 6 (21.43%) ITIL
14 6 (21.43%) Problem Management
14 6 (21.43%) Network Security
15 5 (17.86%) Digital Media
15 5 (17.86%) Nokia
15 5 (17.86%) Service Management
15 5 (17.86%) LAN
15 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
15 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (14.29%) HP

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Communications & Networking
1 21 (75.00%) Firewall
2 19 (67.86%) Cisco ASA
3 16 (57.14%) Wireless
4 13 (46.43%) Cisco Nexus
5 12 (42.86%) WAN
6 11 (39.29%) VPN
7 8 (28.57%) FWSM
8 7 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
8 7 (25.00%) MPLS
8 7 (25.00%) BGP
9 6 (21.43%) Network Security
10 5 (17.86%) LAN
11 4 (14.29%) X.25
11 4 (14.29%) SAN
11 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
11 4 (14.29%) IPsec
12 2 (7.143%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (3.571%) OSPF
13 1 (3.571%) H.323
13 1 (3.571%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (7.143%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.571%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Network Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
2 7 (25.00%) Network Administrator
2 7 (25.00%) Cisco Consultant
2 7 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 7 (25.00%) Consultant
2 7 (25.00%) Administrator
3 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Cisco Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Voice Network Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Voice Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Broadcast Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Data Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Data Network Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Data Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
1 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (14.29%) Windows 8
1 4 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Network Design
2 6 (21.43%) ITIL
2 6 (21.43%) Problem Management
3 5 (17.86%) Service Management
4 2 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (64.29%) CCNA
3 7 (25.00%) CCSA
4 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (14.29%) CCSE
5 4 (14.29%) MCITP
5 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 3 (10.71%) CCSP
7 1 (3.571%) CCVP
7 1 (3.571%) CCIP
7 1 (3.571%) CCDP
7 1 (3.571%) CCIE
7 1 (3.571%) MCSE
7 1 (3.571%) MCSA
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Nagios
2 2 (7.143%) CiscoWorks
2 2 (7.143%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (3.571%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (3.571%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (78.57%) CheckPoint
3 13 (46.43%) VMware
4 10 (35.71%) Juniper
5 7 (25.00%) F5
6 5 (17.86%) Nokia
6 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.29%) HP
7 4 (14.29%) Symantec
7 4 (14.29%) PlateSpin
8 2 (7.143%) SolarWinds
9 1 (3.571%) Avaya