2004 Salary Survey
CCDP Numbers
TCPmag.com's 2004 Cisco Professional Salary Survey
The Cisco Certified Design Professional has proven mastery in network design.
A CCDP can design routed and switched networks involving LAN, WAN, and dial access
services.
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| Salaries by region: |
| |
Average |
West |
Midwest |
South |
Northeast |
| CCDP |
$88,000 |
$65,783 |
$84,375 |
$93,981 |
$79,227 |
| Salaries by experience: |
| 3 years
up to 5 |
$65,750 |
| 5 years
up to 10 |
$108,490 |
| 10
or more years |
$80,291 |
Average amount of monetary bonus expected this year, as reported by the 63 percent
of CCDP respondents who said they will probably receive a bonus: $12,125
Salaries increased for 70 percent of respondents by an average of $5,024.
28 percent of respondents reported no change in salary in the last 12 months.
The average CCDP has been certified for 3.6 years. He or she has an average of
8.6 years of experience in networking and/or internetworking.
| The most common job title held by CCDPs include
these: |
| Senior network engineer |
21.7% |
| Network (support) engineer |
17.4% |
| Network architect/design consultant |
10.9% |
| Network operations |
8.7% |
| Systems engineer |
8.7% |
Aside from the Cisco title, here are the typical top credentials CCDPs also hold:
| Microsoft certifications: |
| MCSE (All others) |
46% |
| MCP (All others) |
33% |
| MCP (Windows 2000) |
26% |
| MCSE (Windows 2000) |
26% |
These are the certifications that CCDPs report they expect to attain in the next
12 months:
| Cisco certifications: |
| CCSP |
39% |
| CCIE, Routing and Switching |
39% |
| Cisco Firewall Specialist |
26% |
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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