Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank169173
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads16832469
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.139 %1.122 %
As % of the category below5.521 %5.592 %
Salaries quoted14942079
Average minimum salary£41,299£41,782
Average salary£44,387£44,560
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Average maximum salary£47,474£47,338
UK excluding London average salary£40,952£41,004
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3048344153
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.64 %20.07 %
Salaries quoted2625435986
Average minimum salary£37,333£37,948
Average salary£40,794£41,349
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Average maximum salary£44,254£44,751
UK excluding London average salary£37,931£37,901
% change on same period last year+0.07 %

CCNP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CCNP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCNP Demand Trend

CCNP
Salary Trend

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

CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCNP over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 within the UK.

CCNP Salary Histogram

CCNP
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+31618£44,520-0.62 %
LondonUp+10732£49,119+0.36 %
South EastUp+3435£41,003-3.41 %
City of LondonDown-13161£50,242-5.32 %
BerkshireUp+4137£44,638+14.27 %
West MidlandsUp+13109£43,788+13.25 %
East of EnglandUp+2397£38,923-8.08 %
South WestUp+4192£43,384+30.51 %
HampshireUp+2692£33,735-19.75 %
East MidlandsUp+1657£35,292-8.55 %
ReadingUp+957£46,596+17.69 %
North WestUp+1554£38,590-0.09 %
KentUp+6050£39,219-19.54 %
HertfordshireUp+1750£40,289-11.74 %
OxfordshireUp+3648£41,917-8.60 %
SurreyDown-4147£42,083+0.62 %
YorkshireDown-245£41,684+1.63 %
South WalesDown-941£39,890+6.45 %
WalesDown-2041£39,890+6.45 %
ManchesterUp+2937£38,532+12.33 %
BristolUp+1934£39,484+17.55 %
EssexUp+2430£45,000+12.38 %
SloughUp+1129£48,600+25.25 %
OxfordUp+2029£46,017+0.32 %
GloucestershireUp+1527£52,138+25.13 %
NewportDown-2125£44,348+18.14 %
BirminghamDown-724£41,795+24.96 %
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-23£38,913-
CirencesterDown-122£54,545+32.23 %
NottinghamshireUp+1722£37,886+3.09 %

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13681 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
23249 (88.26 %)Cisco
31729 (46.97 %)CCNA
41380 (37.49 %)Firewall
51287 (34.96 %)WAN
61229 (33.39 %)LAN
71014 (27.55 %)MPLS
8988 (26.84 %)VPN
9887 (24.10 %)CCIE
10810 (22.00 %)BGP
11770 (20.92 %)Cisco PIX
12763 (20.73 %)OSPF
13657 (17.85 %)VoIP
14653 (17.74 %)CheckPoint
15628 (17.06 %)Windows
16617 (16.76 %)Finance
17594 (16.14 %)Microsoft Certification
18582 (15.81 %)CCDP
19572 (15.54 %)TCP/IP
20571 (15.51 %)MCSE
21557 (15.13 %)CCIP
22514 (13.96 %)Microsoft
23441 (11.98 %)Network Design
24434 (11.79 %)Juniper
25430 (11.68 %)Cisco ASA
26384 (10.43 %)Network Security
27373 (10.13 %)Telecoms
28362 (9.834 %)CCVP
29352 (9.563 %)Windows Server 2003
30349 (9.481 %)DNS

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139 (1.059 %)CSS
220 (0.543 %)WebServices
311 (0.299 %)ASP
49 (0.244 %).NET
56 (0.163 %)Windows SharePoint Services
65 (0.136 %)WMI
73 (0.081 %)Middleware
81 (0.027 %)ColdSpring
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1173 (4.700 %)MS Exchange
287 (2.363 %)Exchange Server 2003
350 (1.358 %)Exchange Server 2007
441 (1.114 %)IIS
539 (1.059 %)SharePoint
629 (0.788 %)Exchange Server 2000
718 (0.489 %)Apache
810 (0.272 %)Lotus Notes
97 (0.190 %)SharePoint Server 2007
105 (0.136 %)Tomcat
114 (0.109 %)Lotus Domino
114 (0.109 %)Office Communications Server
121 (0.027 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.027 %)ColdFusion
121 (0.027 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1238 (6.466 %)MS Excel
256 (1.521 %)MS Office
314 (0.380 %)MS Visio
45 (0.136 %)AutoCAD
51 (0.027 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.027 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.136 %)Oracle ERP
23 (0.081 %)RMDS
31 (0.027 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11380 (37.49 %)Firewall
21287 (34.96 %)WAN
31229 (33.39 %)LAN
41014 (27.55 %)MPLS
5988 (26.84 %)VPN
6810 (22.00 %)BGP
7770 (20.92 %)Cisco PIX
8763 (20.73 %)OSPF
9657 (17.85 %)VoIP
10572 (15.54 %)TCP/IP
11430 (11.68 %)Cisco ASA
12384 (10.43 %)Network Security
13349 (9.481 %)DNS
14334 (9.074 %)Wireless
15321 (8.720 %)Internet
16320 (8.693 %)EIGRP
17227 (6.167 %)ATM
18221 (6.004 %)DHCP
19216 (5.868 %)Ethernet
19216 (5.868 %)IP Telephony
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (1.494 %)SQL Server
218 (0.489 %)MySQL
34 (0.109 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (0.081 %)Oracle 10g
52 (0.054 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (0.054 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (0.027 %)Oracle 11g
61 (0.027 %)NonStop SQL
61 (0.027 %)Informix
61 (0.027 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.027 %)Data Mining
61 (0.027 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1617 (16.76 %)Finance
2373 (10.13 %)Telecoms
3206 (5.596 %)Pensions
4196 (5.325 %)Health
5139 (3.776 %)Banking
687 (2.363 %)Education
761 (1.657 %)Financial Institution
856 (1.521 %)Government
955 (1.494 %)Retail
1046 (1.250 %)Insurance
1126 (0.706 %)Investment Banking
1223 (0.625 %)Law
1223 (0.625 %)Back Office
1322 (0.598 %)Games
1419 (0.516 %)Military
1514 (0.380 %)Legal
1613 (0.353 %)Multimedia
1710 (0.272 %)Manufacturing
1710 (0.272 %)Automotive
189 (0.244 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11219 (33.12 %)Network Engineer
2458 (12.44 %)Cisco Engineer
3375 (10.19 %)Consultant
4361 (9.807 %)Support Engineer
5318 (8.639 %)Senior Network Engineer
6275 (7.471 %)Network Support
7263 (7.145 %)Analyst
8209 (5.678 %)Design Engineer
9204 (5.542 %)Architect
10199 (5.406 %)Network Analyst
11186 (5.053 %)Cisco Network Engineer
12140 (3.803 %)Network Support Engineer
13133 (3.613 %)Cisco Support
14125 (3.396 %)Network Architect
15124 (3.369 %)Technical Consultant
16119 (3.233 %)Network Specialist
17113 (3.070 %)Security Engineer
18106 (2.880 %)Infrastructure Engineer
19103 (2.798 %)Network Consultant
2099 (2.689 %)Administrator
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
185 (2.309 %)Video Conferencing
274 (2.010 %)IPTV
334 (0.924 %)Client/Server
426 (0.706 %)Clustering
525 (0.679 %)Firmware
622 (0.598 %)Computer Science
720 (0.543 %)PKI
819 (0.516 %)Derivative
916 (0.435 %)Fat Client
916 (0.435 %)Thin Client
1014 (0.380 %)Mainframe
1112 (0.326 %)Replication
1112 (0.326 %)e-Health
129 (0.244 %)Blackberry
138 (0.217 %)Statistics
147 (0.190 %)German Language
156 (0.163 %)Mathematics
156 (0.163 %)Physics
165 (0.136 %)French Language
165 (0.136 %)Handset
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1628 (17.06 %)Windows
2352 (9.563 %)Windows Server 2003
3240 (6.520 %)Linux
4177 (4.808 %)UNIX
5120 (3.260 %)Windows 2000
683 (2.255 %)Windows XP
773 (1.983 %)Windows 2000 Server
860 (1.630 %)Solaris
948 (1.304 %)Windows Server 2008
1031 (0.842 %)Windows Vista
1126 (0.706 %)Red Hat Linux
1220 (0.543 %)Windows NT
139 (0.244 %)NetWare
148 (0.217 %)Debian
156 (0.163 %)Mac OS
165 (0.136 %)SUSE
174 (0.109 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
174 (0.109 %)AIX
183 (0.081 %)FreeBSD
192 (0.054 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1441 (11.98 %)Network Design
2190 (5.162 %)Security Cleared
3164 (4.455 %)Load Balancing
4150 (4.075 %)Project Management
5143 (3.885 %)ITIL
669 (1.874 %)Time Management
767 (1.820 %)PRINCE2
862 (1.684 %)SC Cleared
961 (1.657 %)Migration
1053 (1.440 %)Disaster Recovery
1148 (1.304 %)Business Development
1246 (1.250 %)Service Delivery
1344 (1.195 %)Data Security
1438 (1.032 %)Incident Management
1530 (0.815 %)Change Management
1629 (0.788 %)Information Security
1726 (0.706 %)Problem Management
1825 (0.679 %)E-Commerce
1924 (0.652 %)Business Continuity
2020 (0.543 %)Penetration Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
162 (1.684 %)C
257 (1.548 %)SQL
311 (0.299 %)Perl
311 (0.299 %)Shell Script
47 (0.190 %)VB
52 (0.054 %)Tcl
52 (0.054 %)VBScript
52 (0.054 %)PHP
52 (0.054 %)PL/SQL
52 (0.054 %)Java
61 (0.027 %)JCL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13681 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
21729 (46.97 %)CCNA
3887 (24.10 %)CCIE
4594 (16.14 %)Microsoft Certification
5582 (15.81 %)CCDP
6571 (15.51 %)MCSE
7557 (15.13 %)CCIP
8362 (9.834 %)CCVP
9332 (9.019 %)CCSP
10188 (5.107 %)Degree
11160 (4.347 %)CCDA
12147 (3.993 %)CCSE
13124 (3.369 %)CCSA
14105 (2.852 %)CISSP
14105 (2.852 %)MCSA
15100 (2.717 %)MCP
1682 (2.228 %)JNCIA
1753 (1.440 %)Citrix Certification
1850 (1.358 %)MCTS
1949 (1.331 %)RHCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
199 (2.689 %)SLA
229 (0.788 %)ISO27001
320 (0.543 %)PCI DSS
414 (0.380 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
511 (0.299 %)ISO9001
68 (0.217 %)QA
74 (0.109 %)BS7799
81 (0.027 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1258 (7.009 %)Active Directory
257 (1.548 %)ISA Server
352 (1.413 %)VMware Infrastructure
439 (1.059 %)VMware ESX
517 (0.462 %)Citrix Presentation Server
67 (0.190 %)VMware Server
67 (0.190 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.054 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.027 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1129 (3.504 %)CiscoWorks
289 (2.418 %)OpenView
323 (0.625 %)Netcool
421 (0.570 %)NNM
511 (0.299 %)Tivoli NetView
511 (0.299 %)MOM
610 (0.272 %)Tivoli
77 (0.190 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
85 (0.136 %)Nagios
94 (0.109 %)MIMEsweeper
103 (0.081 %)DameWare
103 (0.081 %)SCCM
103 (0.081 %)SCOM
112 (0.054 %)MAILsweeper
121 (0.027 %)ARCserve
121 (0.027 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13249 (88.26 %)Cisco
2653 (17.74 %)CheckPoint
3514 (13.96 %)Microsoft
4434 (11.79 %)Juniper
5264 (7.172 %)Nokia
6200 (5.433 %)Nortel
7168 (4.564 %)VMware
8154 (4.184 %)HP
9122 (3.314 %)Avaya
1096 (2.608 %)Blue Coat
1190 (2.445 %)Citrix
1259 (1.603 %)WatchGuard
1351 (1.385 %)3Com
1448 (1.304 %)SonicWALL
1541 (1.114 %)Polycom
1640 (1.087 %)Remedy
1736 (0.978 %)Fortinet
1834 (0.924 %)Alcatel
1932 (0.869 %)Intel
2031 (0.842 %)Tandberg