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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 41 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 15 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 2.830% 0.491% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.71% 2.069% -
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 0
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Qualifications
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
140 145 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 26.42% 23.73% 23.66%
Number of salaries quoted 120 140 109
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,100 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCNP
South Yorkshire

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCNP across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Sheffield CCNP Salary Histogram

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 18 (100.00%) Cisco
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (50.00%) VMware
2 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (44.44%) Juniper
4 7 (38.89%) Firewall
4 7 (38.89%) CCNA
4 7 (38.89%) Network Security
5 6 (33.33%) VCAP
5 6 (33.33%) CCEE
5 6 (33.33%) CCIA
5 6 (33.33%) DataCore
5 6 (33.33%) FalconStor
5 6 (33.33%) CCDA
5 6 (33.33%) HP
5 6 (33.33%) Dell
5 6 (33.33%) EMC
5 6 (33.33%) Citrix
5 6 (33.33%) CCA
5 6 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
5 6 (33.33%) CCEA
5 6 (33.33%) NetApp
5 6 (33.33%) CheckPoint
5 6 (33.33%) VMware ESX
5 6 (33.33%) Blue Coat
5 6 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (33.33%) PlateSpin
5 6 (33.33%) XenApp
5 6 (33.33%) XenServer
5 6 (33.33%) XenDesktop

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 7 (38.89%) Firewall
1 7 (38.89%) Network Security
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (11.11%) MPLS
3 2 (11.11%) OSPF
3 2 (11.11%) BGP
4 1 (5.556%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.556%) L2TP
4 1 (5.556%) VRRP
4 1 (5.556%) VoIP
4 1 (5.556%) SNMP
4 1 (5.556%) VPN
4 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Network Analyst
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (27.78%) Network Security Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Security Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) IT Security Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Virtualisation Architect
5 3 (16.67%) Network Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Technical Architect
6 2 (11.11%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 2 (11.11%) Cisco Network Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Cisco Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) VMware Architect
7 1 (5.556%) Voice Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
7 1 (5.556%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Information Security
2 1 (5.556%) Load Balancing
2 1 (5.556%) Network Design
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (38.89%) CCNA
3 6 (33.33%) VCAP
3 6 (33.33%) CCEE
3 6 (33.33%) CCIA
3 6 (33.33%) CCDA
3 6 (33.33%) CCA
3 6 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (33.33%) CCEA
3 6 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 6 (33.33%) VCDX
4 5 (27.78%) CCSE
4 5 (27.78%) CCSP
5 2 (11.11%) CCDP
6 1 (5.556%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (33.33%) VMware ESX
2 6 (33.33%) XenApp
2 6 (33.33%) XenServer
2 6 (33.33%) XenDesktop
2 6 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (50.00%) VMware
3 8 (44.44%) Juniper
4 6 (33.33%) DataCore
4 6 (33.33%) FalconStor
4 6 (33.33%) HP
4 6 (33.33%) Dell
4 6 (33.33%) EMC
4 6 (33.33%) Citrix
4 6 (33.33%) NetApp
4 6 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 6 (33.33%) Blue Coat
4 6 (33.33%) PlateSpin
5 1 (5.556%) WatchGuard
5 1 (5.556%) Mitel