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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Rank 129 145 119
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -26
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 75 40 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.492% 0.878% 1.462%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.183% 3.565% 5.071%
Number of salaries quoted 58 35 31
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1447 1122 1203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.78% 24.62% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1162 951 971
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCNP
England

CCNP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands CCNP Salary Trend

CCNP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCNP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -8 27 £51,250 +5.12%
Warwickshire +22 18 £33,000 -7.04%
Coventry -23 12 £27,000 -22.85%
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Staffordshire +4 5 £28,750 -
Shropshire +1 5 £37,500 -25.00%
Solihull - 4 £53,750 -
Worcestershire +3 1 £30,000 -13.04%
CCNP
England

CCNP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West 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.

1 156 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 139 (89.10%) Cisco
3 67 (42.95%) Firewall
4 64 (41.03%) CCNA
5 60 (38.46%) LAN
6 56 (35.90%) WAN
7 54 (34.62%) CheckPoint
8 51 (32.69%) Network Security
9 48 (30.77%) Juniper
10 45 (28.85%) Cisco ASA
11 38 (24.36%) Cisco PIX
11 38 (24.36%) CCIE
12 36 (23.08%) MPLS
13 33 (21.15%) F5
14 31 (19.87%) Finance
15 29 (18.59%) VMware
15 29 (18.59%) Network Design
16 28 (17.95%) Telecoms
16 28 (17.95%) TCP/IP
17 27 (17.31%) VPN
17 27 (17.31%) Wireless
17 27 (17.31%) CCSE
18 26 (16.67%) Windows
19 23 (14.74%) Websense
19 23 (14.74%) Blue Coat
19 23 (14.74%) JNCIS
20 22 (14.10%) OSPF
20 22 (14.10%) BGP
21 21 (13.46%) Cisco IOS
22 19 (12.18%) VMware Infrastructure

CCNP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West 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 Development
1 3 (1.923%) VXML
2 1 (0.641%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.846%) IIS
2 4 (2.564%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.282%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.282%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.282%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.641%) Lync
Applications
1 11 (7.051%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.846%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.205%) MS Project
3 5 (3.205%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.923%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 67 (42.95%) Firewall
2 60 (38.46%) LAN
3 56 (35.90%) WAN
4 51 (32.69%) Network Security
5 45 (28.85%) Cisco ASA
6 38 (24.36%) Cisco PIX
7 36 (23.08%) MPLS
8 28 (17.95%) TCP/IP
9 27 (17.31%) VPN
9 27 (17.31%) Wireless
10 22 (14.10%) OSPF
10 22 (14.10%) BGP
11 21 (13.46%) Cisco IOS
12 17 (10.90%) DNS
13 16 (10.26%) VoIP
14 14 (8.974%) VLAN
14 14 (8.974%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (8.333%) DHCP
16 12 (7.692%) SAN
16 12 (7.692%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.564%) MySQL
2 1 (0.641%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (19.87%) Finance
2 28 (17.95%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.205%) Banking
3 5 (3.205%) Marketing
4 2 (1.282%) Automotive
4 2 (1.282%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 82 (52.56%) Network Engineer
2 23 (14.74%) Network Security Engineer
2 23 (14.74%) Consultant
2 23 (14.74%) Security Engineer
2 23 (14.74%) Firewall Engineer
3 15 (9.615%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (8.974%) Administrator
5 13 (8.333%) Cisco Engineer
6 12 (7.692%) Network Administrator
7 11 (7.051%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (5.769%) Systems Administrator
8 9 (5.769%) Support Engineer
8 9 (5.769%) IT Administrator
8 9 (5.769%) Cisco Consultant
9 8 (5.128%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.487%) Network Consultant
10 7 (4.487%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.487%) Implementation Engineer
11 6 (3.846%) Pre Sales Consultant
12 5 (3.205%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.282%) Symmetrix DMX
1 2 (1.282%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (1.282%) Blackberry
2 1 (0.641%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.641%) Statistics
2 1 (0.641%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 26 (16.67%) Windows
2 15 (9.615%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (5.769%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (5.769%) Linux
4 1 (0.641%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (18.59%) Network Design
2 18 (11.54%) ITIL
3 14 (8.974%) Change Management
4 13 (8.333%) Project Management
5 12 (7.692%) Load Balancing
6 11 (7.051%) Network Management
7 9 (5.769%) Problem Management
8 8 (5.128%) PRINCE2
8 8 (5.128%) Migration
9 6 (3.846%) Validation
9 6 (3.846%) Service Delivery
10 5 (3.205%) PRINCE
10 5 (3.205%) Network Architecture
10 5 (3.205%) WAN Optimisation
10 5 (3.205%) ITIL V3
11 4 (2.564%) Time Management
11 4 (2.564%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (2.564%) Service Management
12 3 (1.923%) Quality Management
12 3 (1.923%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.128%) SQL
2 2 (1.282%) VBScript
3 1 (0.641%) C
Qualifications
1 156 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (41.03%) CCNA
3 38 (24.36%) CCIE
4 27 (17.31%) CCSE
5 23 (14.74%) JNCIS
6 18 (11.54%) CCIP
6 18 (11.54%) CCDP
7 12 (7.692%) CCSA
7 12 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (7.692%) MCSE
8 11 (7.051%) CCDA
9 8 (5.128%) JNCIP
10 7 (4.487%) PMP
10 7 (4.487%) PMI Certification
11 6 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (3.205%) MCITP
12 5 (3.205%) Degree
12 5 (3.205%) NCDA
13 4 (2.564%) Check Point Certification
14 3 (1.923%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.846%) SLA
2 4 (2.564%) QA
3 3 (1.923%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.641%) BS7799
System Software
1 19 (12.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.487%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.846%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.846%) ISA Server
4 3 (1.923%) vSphere
5 1 (0.641%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.641%) XenApp
5 1 (0.641%) XenServer
5 1 (0.641%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (5.769%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (3.846%) Cisco UCCE
3 5 (3.205%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (2.564%) Cisco UCCX
5 2 (1.282%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.282%) Netcool
6 1 (0.641%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 139 (89.10%) Cisco
2 54 (34.62%) CheckPoint
3 48 (30.77%) Juniper
4 33 (21.15%) F5
5 29 (18.59%) VMware
6 23 (14.74%) Websense
6 23 (14.74%) Blue Coat
7 19 (12.18%) Microsoft
7 19 (12.18%) HP
8 13 (8.333%) Citrix
9 10 (6.410%) Nokia
10 9 (5.769%) EMC
11 8 (5.128%) NetApp
12 7 (4.487%) Riverbed
13 6 (3.846%) IronPort
13 6 (3.846%) Dell
14 5 (3.205%) Mitel
14 5 (3.205%) SolarWinds
15 4 (2.564%) Aruba
15 4 (2.564%) ProCurve
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Cisco, CCNA, CCNP, Switching/Routing, ASA, Pix, Firewall, Checkpoint, Juniper, Wireless, Network Management, Unified Communications... The Cisco Networking Consultant will have relevant industry certifications such as CCNP and...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will primarily be responsible for the following:- -Cisco/Alcatel-Lucent routing, switching, WAN-ADSL, Nexus, NetApps, Microsoft, AV and TelePresence -Technical competence in Alcatel-Lucent and / or...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 per annum + Project Bonus + Car Allowance
Posted: 16 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
You will contribute as a technical resource to their project roadmap, both as a technical lead and with planning / network design. This role is suitable for a Network...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Telford, West Midlands
We are currently working with a client based in Telford to recruit an experienced Network Team Lead to work on a permanent basis- This role is part of...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP0 per annum + Benefits: Excellent package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
The successful candidate will have strong technical skills for the role with good knowledge of Windows Servers; VMware; Citrix; Exchange; Active Directory; Cisco; WAN/LAN; NetApp SAN and...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £43000.00 per annum + Car/Allowance & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013