2004 Salary Survey
CCNP Numbers
TCPmag.com's 2004 Cisco Professional Salary Survey
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.
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| 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% |
Where Is Your Region?
West includes: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
Midwest includes: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota and Wisconsin
South includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and
West Virginia
Northeast includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and
Vermont |
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