The first table below looks at the demand for CCDE in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCDE 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE)
Rank 849 879 870
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -9
Permanent jobs citing CCDE 13 20 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.012% 0.017% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.044% 0.060% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 11
Average salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £60,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £72,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -16.00%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29882 33504 32557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.65% 27.76% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 24050 28534 27195
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

CCDE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CCDE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCDE Jobs Demand Trend

CCDE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCDE within the UK.

CCDE Salary Trend

CCDE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCDE over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

CCDE Salary Histogram

CCDE
Top 24 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCDE within the UK 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
England +16 11 £50,000 -23.07%
London +44 6 £50,000 -23.07%
South East +9 5 £47,500 -13.63%
Berkshire +4 3 - -
Croydon - 3 £50,000 -
Leatherhead - 2 £47,500 -
Esher - 2 £47,500 -
Epsom - 2 £47,500 -
Dorking - 2 £47,500 -
Staines - 2 £47,500 -
Reigate - 2 £47,500 -
Manchester - 2 £61,250 -
Cardiff - 2 £55,000 -
Woking - 2 £47,500 -
Surrey - 2 £47,500 -
Wales - 2 £55,000 -
South Wales - 2 £55,000 -
North West - 2 £61,250 -
East of England +1 1 £50,000 -
City of London -8 1 £50,000 -23.07%
Hertfordshire - 1 £50,000 -
Watford - 1 £50,000 -
Bromley - 1 £50,000 -
Dagenham - 1 £50,000 -

CCDE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing CCDE 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 CCDE.

1 57 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (89.47%) CCIE
3 47 (82.46%) Cisco
4 40 (70.18%) Network Design
4 40 (70.18%) Network Security
5 38 (66.67%) CheckPoint
6 36 (63.16%) Firewall
7 35 (61.40%) CCNP
8 30 (52.63%) Cisco Nexus
9 28 (49.12%) Cisco PIX
9 28 (49.12%) Cisco ASA
10 26 (45.61%) FWSM
11 25 (43.86%) VPN
11 25 (43.86%) WAN
12 23 (40.35%) CCSP
12 23 (40.35%) OSPF
12 23 (40.35%) F5
12 23 (40.35%) Wireless
13 22 (38.60%) MPLS
13 22 (38.60%) CCNA
14 20 (35.09%) CCDA
15 19 (33.33%) CCDP
15 19 (33.33%) BGP
16 18 (31.58%) LAN
17 17 (29.82%) Microsoft Certification
18 16 (28.07%) Juniper
18 16 (28.07%) ITIL
19 15 (26.32%) MCSE
19 15 (26.32%) CCIP
19 15 (26.32%) VMware

CCDE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing CCDE 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 CCDE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.263%) IIS
1 3 (5.263%) MSMQ
1 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 40 (70.18%) Network Security
2 36 (63.16%) Firewall
3 30 (52.63%) Cisco Nexus
4 28 (49.12%) Cisco PIX
4 28 (49.12%) Cisco ASA
5 26 (45.61%) FWSM
6 25 (43.86%) VPN
6 25 (43.86%) WAN
7 23 (40.35%) OSPF
7 23 (40.35%) Wireless
8 22 (38.60%) MPLS
9 19 (33.33%) BGP
10 18 (31.58%) LAN
11 13 (22.81%) VoIP
11 13 (22.81%) EIGRP
12 10 (17.54%) Unified Communications
12 10 (17.54%) WLAN
12 10 (17.54%) Internet
13 9 (15.79%) VLAN
14 7 (12.28%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.263%) RavenDB
General
1 7 (12.28%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.772%) Finance
3 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (36.84%) Architect
2 15 (26.32%) Network Designer
2 15 (26.32%) Network Support
2 15 (26.32%) Designer
3 14 (24.56%) Consultant
4 13 (22.81%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (21.05%) Data Architect
5 12 (21.05%) Data Centre Architect
6 9 (15.79%) Network Planner
7 8 (14.04%) Network Architect
7 8 (14.04%) Network Consultant
8 6 (10.53%) Security Architect
8 6 (10.53%) Security Designer
9 4 (7.018%) Technical Design Authority
9 4 (7.018%) IP Engineer
10 3 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
10 3 (5.263%) Network Engineer
10 3 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
10 3 (5.263%) Administrator
10 3 (5.263%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.263%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.56%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Windows 2000
3 3 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (5.263%) Linux
3 3 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (70.18%) Network Design
2 16 (28.07%) ITIL
3 12 (21.05%) Network Management
4 11 (19.30%) Load Balancing
5 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (10.53%) Configuration Management
6 4 (7.018%) PRINCE2
6 4 (7.018%) Project Management
7 3 (5.263%) Network Load Balancing
8 2 (3.509%) Logistics
8 2 (3.509%) Network Architecture
9 1 (1.754%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.263%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.509%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (89.47%) CCIE
3 35 (61.40%) CCNP
4 23 (40.35%) CCSP
5 22 (38.60%) CCNA
6 20 (35.09%) CCDA
7 19 (33.33%) CCDP
8 17 (29.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (26.32%) MCSE
9 15 (26.32%) CCIP
9 15 (26.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (24.56%) CCSA
11 12 (21.05%) CCSE
11 12 (21.05%) VCAP
12 10 (17.54%) CCVP
13 5 (8.772%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (8.772%) MCITP
14 3 (5.263%) CCA
14 3 (5.263%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.05%) ISO 9000
1 12 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (17.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (8.772%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.263%) vSphere
3 3 (5.263%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.263%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 10 (17.54%) CiscoWorks
2 3 (5.263%) Nagios
2 3 (5.263%) Puppet
Vendors
1 47 (82.46%) Cisco
2 38 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 23 (40.35%) F5
4 16 (28.07%) Juniper
5 15 (26.32%) VMware
6 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
7 9 (15.79%) BT
8 6 (10.53%) Infoblox
8 6 (10.53%) HP
9 3 (5.263%) Dell
9 3 (5.263%) CA
10 2 (3.509%) Huawei
11 1 (1.754%) Nokia
11 1 (1.754%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 1 (1.754%) Remedy
11 1 (1.754%) Redback
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Check Point Firewall (Checkpoint Firewall) CCIE (written only or upwards) Nice to haves but not essential: CCDE or CCDP or CCDA or CCSA or CCSE. Juniper. The technical...
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Posted: 24 May 2013