The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 22 37 40
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +3
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 4 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.923% 1.911% 0.319%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.143% 4.478% 1.099%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 1
Average salary £41,000 £57,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.69% +43.75%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Qualifications
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
56 134 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 26.92% 42.68% 29.07%
Number of salaries quoted 45 119 68
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,700 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,750 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCNP
England

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) CCSA
2 7 (77.78%) LAN
2 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 7 (77.78%) CheckPoint
2 7 (77.78%) MPLS
2 7 (77.78%) OSPF
2 7 (77.78%) BGP
2 7 (77.78%) EIGRP
2 7 (77.78%) Load Balancing
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco PIX
2 7 (77.78%) Network Security
2 7 (77.78%) TippingPoint
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (77.78%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) HP AIS
3 1 (11.11%) HP ASE
3 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (11.11%) NCIE
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Business One
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (11.11%) MCTS
3 1 (11.11%) MCITP
3 1 (11.11%) OpenVMS
3 1 (11.11%) EMC Certification
3 1 (11.11%) NetApp
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
1 7 (77.78%) LAN
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
1 7 (77.78%) MPLS
1 7 (77.78%) OSPF
1 7 (77.78%) BGP
1 7 (77.78%) EIGRP
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco PIX
1 7 (77.78%) Network Security
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco ASA
1 7 (77.78%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Consultant
1 8 (88.89%) Network Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Security Consultant
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Network Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Security Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Security Consultant
2 7 (77.78%) Network Consultant
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Consultant
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Network Consultant
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Network Security Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Network Security Consultant
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Network Security Consultant
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) OpenVMS
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
1 1 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (77.78%) Load Balancing
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (77.78%) CCSA
3 1 (11.11%) HP AIS
3 1 (11.11%) HP ASE
3 1 (11.11%) NCIE
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (11.11%) MCTS
3 1 (11.11%) MCITP
3 1 (11.11%) EMC Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (77.78%) CheckPoint
2 7 (77.78%) TippingPoint
3 1 (11.11%) NetApp
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) EMC
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) VMware