Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCDP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 852 885 1126
Rank change year-on-year +33 +241 -229
Permanent jobs citing CCDP 56 50 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.054% 0.081%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.16% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 49 38 68
10th Percentile £37,500 £55,125 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £63,750 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% -10.34% +26.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,813 £91,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £65,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year -25.38% -0.76% -1.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCDP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28,642 31,471 47,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.17% 33.89% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,342 19,304
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,825
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,388 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -47 53 £48,500 -25.38% 7
England +50 51 £48,500 -25.38% 7
Work from Home +59 39 £48,500 -16.74% 4
West Midlands +8 25 £48,500 -15.65% 1
Midlands -3 25 £48,500 -15.65% 1
North of England - 12 £45,000 - 3
South West -26 7 £48,500 -
Yorkshire - 6 £60,000 - 2
North West - 6 £40,000 - 1
East of England -8 5 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Scotland - 4 £49,990 -
London +83 2 £62,250 -26.76%

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 3 (5.36%) Azure
2 2 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (1.79%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (1.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (75.00%) WAN
2 39 (69.64%) MPLS
3 38 (67.86%) LAN
4 36 (64.29%) BGP
4 36 (64.29%) OSPF
5 34 (60.71%) SD-WAN
6 29 (51.79%) WLAN
7 11 (19.64%) VoIP
8 8 (14.29%) EIGRP
8 8 (14.29%) Firewall
8 8 (14.29%) VLAN
8 8 (14.29%) Wireless
9 7 (12.50%) HSRP
9 7 (12.50%) Spanning Tree
9 7 (12.50%) VRRP
9 7 (12.50%) Wireshark
10 6 (10.71%) Ethernet
10 6 (10.71%) NGN
10 6 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (7.14%) Network Security
General
1 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 7 (12.50%) Retail
4 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.36%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.79%) Electronics
7 1 (1.79%) Law
7 1 (1.79%) Local Government
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (51.79%) Analyst
1 29 (51.79%) Network Analyst
2 28 (50.00%) Network Operations Analyst
2 28 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
3 15 (26.79%) Network Engineer
4 7 (12.50%) Senior
5 6 (10.71%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Senior Network Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) Network Operations Specialist
6 5 (8.93%) Network Specialist
7 4 (7.14%) Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) Network Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Security Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Solutions Consultant
8 2 (3.57%) Lead
9 1 (1.79%) Core Network Engineer
9 1 (1.79%) Network Architect
9 1 (1.79%) Senior Core Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.79%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) FMCG
2 6 (10.71%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Linux
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.86%) Network Architecture
2 8 (14.29%) Change Management
2 8 (14.29%) Cryptography
2 8 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 7 (12.50%) Demand Management
3 7 (12.50%) High Availability
3 7 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 7 (12.50%) Release Management
4 6 (10.71%) Customer Service
5 5 (8.93%) ITIL
5 5 (8.93%) Software Engineering
6 4 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.14%) Service Delivery Management
6 4 (7.14%) Service Design
7 3 (5.36%) Information Security
8 2 (3.57%) Information Management
8 2 (3.57%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (3.57%) Load Balancing
8 2 (3.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 56 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (85.71%) CCNP
3 35 (62.50%) CCIE
4 26 (46.43%) CCNA
5 8 (14.29%) CCDA
6 7 (12.50%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 7 (12.50%) JNCIP
7 5 (8.93%) CCSP
8 4 (7.14%) Degree
8 4 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.79%) CCIP
10 1 (1.79%) CCNP Voice
10 1 (1.79%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.79%) MCSE
10 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.79%) Postgraduate
10 1 (1.79%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (51.79%) Cisco
2 7 (12.50%) Ekahau
2 7 (12.50%) Juniper
2 7 (12.50%) Nokia
3 6 (10.71%) Fortinet
4 4 (7.14%) Meraki
5 2 (3.57%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.57%) SonicWALL
6 1 (1.79%) F5
6 1 (1.79%) Palo Alto