The first table below looks at the demand for CCNP in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCNP over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 54 80 75
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -5
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 45 18 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 3.591% 1.528% 1.085%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.51% 4.724% 3.780%
Number of salaries quoted 44 18 9
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £33,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,750 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Qualifications
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
333 381 291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.58% 32.34% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 296 329 263
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,450
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCNP across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales CCNP Salary Histogram

CCNP
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales +25 41 £50,000 +42.85%
West Wales +13 3 £32,500 -31.57%
Mid Wales - 1 £37,500 -
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 59 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (96.61%) Cisco
3 34 (57.63%) Firewall
4 27 (45.76%) Juniper
5 25 (42.37%) CCIE
5 25 (42.37%) Network Design
6 24 (40.68%) WAN
7 23 (38.98%) F5
8 21 (35.59%) BGP
9 20 (33.90%) MPLS
9 20 (33.90%) VPN
10 18 (30.51%) EIGRP
10 18 (30.51%) Cisco Nexus
11 17 (28.81%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (27.12%) OSPF
13 14 (23.73%) LAN
14 12 (20.34%) Load Balancing
14 12 (20.34%) HSRP
15 11 (18.64%) Cisco IOS
16 10 (16.95%) Cisco PIX
16 10 (16.95%) Network Security
16 10 (16.95%) Security Cleared
16 10 (16.95%) ITIL
16 10 (16.95%) DHCP
16 10 (16.95%) VRRP
17 9 (15.25%) CheckPoint
17 9 (15.25%) DNS
17 9 (15.25%) VoIP
17 9 (15.25%) CCIP
17 9 (15.25%) Cloud Computing

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 Development
1 7 (11.86%) CGI
2 2 (3.390%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.17%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (13.56%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.390%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 34 (57.63%) Firewall
2 24 (40.68%) WAN
3 21 (35.59%) BGP
4 20 (33.90%) MPLS
4 20 (33.90%) VPN
5 18 (30.51%) EIGRP
5 18 (30.51%) Cisco Nexus
6 17 (28.81%) Cisco ASA
7 16 (27.12%) OSPF
8 14 (23.73%) LAN
9 12 (20.34%) HSRP
10 11 (18.64%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (16.95%) Cisco PIX
11 10 (16.95%) Network Security
11 10 (16.95%) DHCP
11 10 (16.95%) VRRP
12 9 (15.25%) DNS
12 9 (15.25%) VoIP
13 8 (13.56%) xDSL
13 8 (13.56%) Junos
General
1 7 (11.86%) Advertising
2 1 (1.695%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.695%) Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (52.54%) Network Engineer
2 14 (23.73%) Senior Network Engineer
3 11 (18.64%) Network Support
4 9 (15.25%) Support Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) Senior Network Support
5 7 (11.86%) Network Support Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (10.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Network Analyst
7 5 (8.475%) Design Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Analyst
7 5 (8.475%) Senior Support Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Network Design Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Senior Network Support Engineer
8 3 (5.085%) Architect
8 3 (5.085%) IP Engineer
8 3 (5.085%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (5.085%) Cisco Network Analyst
8 3 (5.085%) Cisco Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (10.17%) Blog
3 2 (3.390%) SaaS
4 1 (1.695%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.390%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Network Design
2 12 (20.34%) Load Balancing
3 10 (16.95%) ITIL
4 8 (13.56%) Network Management
5 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
6 5 (8.475%) PRINCE2
6 5 (8.475%) Project Planning
7 4 (6.780%) Network Architecture
8 3 (5.085%) Capacity Management
9 1 (1.695%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (1.695%) Incident Management
9 1 (1.695%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (42.37%) CCIE
3 10 (16.95%) Security Cleared
4 9 (15.25%) CCIP
5 8 (13.56%) CCDP
6 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
7 6 (10.17%) CCSP
8 5 (8.475%) CCNA
8 5 (8.475%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (6.780%) JNCIA
9 4 (6.780%) JNCIS
9 4 (6.780%) CCDA
10 3 (5.085%) CCSA
10 3 (5.085%) CCSE
11 2 (3.390%) JNCIP
11 2 (3.390%) JNCIE
11 2 (3.390%) CCVP
11 2 (3.390%) CISSP
12 1 (1.695%) SAP Certification
12 1 (1.695%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.085%) SLA
2 1 (1.695%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.695%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.695%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.390%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 57 (96.61%) Cisco
2 27 (45.76%) Juniper
3 23 (38.98%) F5
4 9 (15.25%) CheckPoint
5 7 (11.86%) VMware
5 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.390%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.390%) Nokia
7 1 (1.695%) NetApp
7 1 (1.695%) SAP
7 1 (1.695%) McAfee
7 1 (1.695%) TippingPoint
7 1 (1.695%) Twitter
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Network, Security, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, Firewall, Routers, Switches, VMware, ITIL, TCP/IP, UDP, VPN... VMware and Cisco virtualisation; Good communication skills; Strong organisational and planning skills;...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Location: Caerphilly, South Wales. Rate: To £60K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits. Key Skills: Networks, Support, Analyst, Cisco, CCNP, Routers, Switches, VPN. Our client, an IT managed...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £60K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Main responsibilities will be: Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum + Health + Pension + 20%Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions basic BGP; HSRP and...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Health, Pension, 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NETWORK Design ** NETWORK Architecture ** NETWORK implementation ** CCDA ** CCIE ** TDA ** Managed Service Professional ** CISCO ** Network Architect is needed by one of the UK's fastest growing Hosted Infrastructure Managed...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Health + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013