Career of the week: Cisco Certified Network Professional
The Cisco Certified Network Professional title suggests a mastery of networks. The CCNP is certified to install, configure, and operate LANs and WANs for organizations with networks from 100 to more than 500 nodes with an emphasis on these technologies: security, converged networks, quality of service (QoS), VPNs and broadband.
| Salaries by region: | |||||
| Average | West | Midwest | South | Northeast | |
| CCNP | $72,000 | $62,438 | $65,726 | $82,212 | $66,272 |
| Salaries by experience: | |
| 3 years up to 5 | $60,118 |
| 5 years up to 10 | $84,753 |
| 10 or more years | $73,823 |
- Average amount of monetary bonus expected this year, as reported by the 64 percent of CCNP respondents who said they will probably receive a bonus: $5,483
- Salaries decreased for 6 percent of respondents by an average of $14,166.
- Salaries increased for 64 percent of respondents by a median of $6,174.
- 30 percent of respondents reported no change in salary in the last 12 months.
- The average CCNP has been certified for 3.2 years. He or she has an average of 8.4 years of experience in networking and/or internetworking.
The most common job titles held by CCNPs include these: Network (support) engineer 23.1% Senior network engineer 17.9% Network operations 11.9% Consulting systems engineer 7.5% Aside from the Cisco title, here are the typical top credentials CCNPs also hold:
Microsoft certifications: MCSE (All others) 42% MCP (All others) 36% MCP (Windows 2000) 33% MCSE (Windows 2000) 26% MCSA (Windows 2000) 10% Other certifications: CompTIA A+ 20% CompTIA Network+ 16% Novell CNA 15% Novell CNE 14% Other 12% These are the certifications that CCNPs report they expect to attain in the next 12 months:
Cisco certifications: CCNP 59% CCDA 17% CCSP 12% CCDP 7% Cisco Firewall Specialist 7% Cisco VPN Specialist 6% CCNA 6% Cisco Wireless LAN Support Specialist 5% Microsoft certifications: MCSE (Windows Server 2003) 14% MCP (Windows Server 2003) 11% MCP (Windows 2000) 9% MCSA (Windows Server 2003) 8% Other certifications: ISC(2) CISSP 9%
source: TCPmag
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Posted on May 26, 2010 at 8:29 am by salaryfor.com · Permalink
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In: Careers · Tagged with: Ccsp, Cisco Ccnp, Cisco Certifications, Cisco Firewall, Cisco Vpn, Consulting Systems, Job Titles, Lan Support, Lans And Wans, Mcp Windows 2000, Mcse Windows 2000, Microsoft Certifications, Network Engineer, Network Professional, Network Support Engineer, Novell Cna, Novell Cne, Professional Title, Systems Engineer, Wireless Lan
