Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCDP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 918 1119
Rank change year-on-year +91 +201 -277
Permanent jobs citing CCDP 69 52 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.050% 0.073%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 62 40 66
10th Percentile - £48,625 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £63,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% -0.76% +19.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £60,725 £72,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -25.38% - +1.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCDP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

CCDP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCDP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCDP in the UK

CCDP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCDP.

Salary trend for CCDP in the UK

CCDP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCDP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CCDP in the UK

CCDP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCDP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +36 67 £48,500 -25.38% 3
England +126 63 £48,500 -25.38% 3
Work from Home +133 52 £48,500 -25.38% 2
West Midlands - 33 £48,500 -
Midlands - 33 £48,500 -
East of England +20 14 £60,000 +20.00%
North of England - 8 £40,000 -
South West +2 7 £48,500 -
North West - 6 £40,000 -
Scotland - 5 £49,990 -
Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 -
London +128 1 £59,500 -40.50%

CCDP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (2.90%) Azure
2 1 (1.45%) AWS
2 1 (1.45%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 47 (68.12%) LAN
1 47 (68.12%) WAN
2 45 (65.22%) BGP
2 45 (65.22%) OSPF
3 44 (63.77%) MPLS
4 39 (56.52%) SD-WAN
5 38 (55.07%) WLAN
6 8 (11.59%) EIGRP
6 8 (11.59%) VLAN
6 8 (11.59%) Wireless
7 7 (10.14%) HSRP
7 7 (10.14%) Spanning Tree
7 7 (10.14%) VoIP
7 7 (10.14%) VRRP
7 7 (10.14%) Wireshark
8 6 (8.70%) Ethernet
8 6 (8.70%) NGN
8 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (4.35%) Firewall
9 3 (4.35%) Network Security
General
1 17 (24.64%) Aerospace
1 17 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Retail
3 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.90%) Law
5 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.45%) Local Government
6 1 (1.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (55.07%) Analyst
1 38 (55.07%) Network Analyst
2 37 (53.62%) Network Operations Analyst
2 37 (53.62%) Operations Analyst
3 14 (20.29%) Network Engineer
4 13 (18.84%) Network Operations Specialist
4 13 (18.84%) Network Specialist
5 7 (10.14%) Senior
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Network Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Senior Operations Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Lead
8 2 (2.90%) Network Architect
9 1 (1.45%) Core Network Engineer
9 1 (1.45%) Senior Core Network Engineer
9 1 (1.45%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.45%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) FMCG
2 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Linux
1 4 (5.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Network Architecture
2 17 (24.64%) Cryptography
3 10 (14.49%) Information Management
4 8 (11.59%) Change Management
5 7 (10.14%) Business Analysis
5 7 (10.14%) Demand Management
5 7 (10.14%) High Availability
5 7 (10.14%) Network Virtualisation
5 7 (10.14%) Project Delivery
5 7 (10.14%) Release Management
6 6 (8.70%) Customer Service
7 5 (7.25%) Software Engineering
8 4 (5.80%) ITIL
8 4 (5.80%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.80%) Service Delivery Management
8 4 (5.80%) Service Design
9 3 (4.35%) Information Security
10 2 (2.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (2.90%) Project Management
10 2 (2.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 69 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (75.36%) CCNP
3 39 (56.52%) CCIE
4 34 (49.28%) CCNA
5 17 (24.64%) CCDA
6 7 (10.14%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 7 (10.14%) JNCIP
7 5 (7.25%) CCSP
8 4 (5.80%) Degree
8 4 (5.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.45%) CCIP
10 1 (1.45%) CCNP Voice
10 1 (1.45%) JNCIE
System Software
1 7 (10.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (49.28%) Cisco
2 7 (10.14%) Ekahau
2 7 (10.14%) Juniper
2 7 (10.14%) Nokia
3 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.90%) SonicWALL
4 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto