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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 896 1120
Rank change year-on-year +47 +224 -248
Permanent jobs citing CCDP 58 51 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.054% 0.084%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.16% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 51 39 70
10th Percentile £37,500 £51,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £60,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% -8.77% +23.91%
75th Percentile £58,000 £66,875 £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% +0.77%

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 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 1 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 1 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 -24 55 £48,500 -25.38% 3
England +38 52 £48,500 -25.38% 3
Work from Home +72 40 £48,500 -16.74% 2
Midlands +10 27 £48,500 -15.65%
West Midlands +9 27 £48,500 -15.65%
North of England - 10 £40,000 - 1
South West -23 7 £48,500 -
East of England -2 6 £65,000 +30.00%
North West - 6 £40,000 -
Scotland - 5 £49,990 -
Yorkshire - 4 £55,000 - 1
London +113 2 £62,250 -37.75%

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 (5.17%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (1.72%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (1.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 43 (74.14%) WAN
2 41 (70.69%) LAN
3 40 (68.97%) MPLS
4 39 (67.24%) BGP
4 39 (67.24%) OSPF
5 35 (60.34%) SD-WAN
6 32 (55.17%) WLAN
7 9 (15.52%) VoIP
8 8 (13.79%) EIGRP
8 8 (13.79%) VLAN
8 8 (13.79%) Wireless
9 7 (12.07%) HSRP
9 7 (12.07%) Spanning Tree
9 7 (12.07%) VRRP
9 7 (12.07%) Wireshark
10 6 (10.34%) Ethernet
10 6 (10.34%) Firewall
10 6 (10.34%) NGN
10 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (6.90%) Network Security
General
1 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Aerospace
3 7 (12.07%) Retail
4 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.45%) Law
6 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.72%) Electronics
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (55.17%) Analyst
1 32 (55.17%) Network Analyst
2 31 (53.45%) Network Operations Analyst
2 31 (53.45%) Operations Analyst
3 15 (25.86%) Network Engineer
4 7 (12.07%) Senior
5 6 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Senior Network Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Network Operations Specialist
6 5 (8.62%) Network Specialist
7 4 (6.90%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Architect
8 2 (3.45%) Consultant
8 2 (3.45%) Lead
8 2 (3.45%) Network Architect
8 2 (3.45%) Network Consultant
8 2 (3.45%) Solutions Consultant
9 1 (1.72%) Senior Core Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.72%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) FMCG
2 4 (6.90%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Linux
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) Network Architecture
2 9 (15.52%) Cryptography
3 8 (13.79%) Change Management
3 8 (13.79%) Network Virtualisation
4 7 (12.07%) Business Analysis
4 7 (12.07%) Demand Management
4 7 (12.07%) High Availability
4 7 (12.07%) Project Delivery
4 7 (12.07%) Release Management
5 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
6 5 (8.62%) ITIL
6 5 (8.62%) Software Engineering
7 4 (6.90%) Service Delivery
7 4 (6.90%) Service Delivery Management
7 4 (6.90%) Service Design
8 3 (5.17%) Information Security
9 2 (3.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.45%) Information Management
9 2 (3.45%) Project Management
9 2 (3.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 58 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (84.48%) CCNP
3 36 (62.07%) CCIE
4 29 (50.00%) CCNA
5 9 (15.52%) CCDA
6 7 (12.07%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 7 (12.07%) JNCIP
7 5 (8.62%) CCSP
8 4 (6.90%) Degree
8 4 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (3.45%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.72%) CCIP
10 1 (1.72%) CCNP Voice
10 1 (1.72%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.72%) MCSE
10 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.72%) Postgraduate
10 1 (1.72%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (48.28%) Cisco
2 7 (12.07%) Ekahau
2 7 (12.07%) Juniper
2 7 (12.07%) Nokia
3 4 (6.90%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.45%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.45%) Meraki
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.45%) SonicWALL
5 1 (1.72%) F5
5 1 (1.72%) Palo Alto