Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 468 530
Rank change year-on-year +49 +62 -150
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 602 611 1,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.63% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.17% 1.88% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 489 486 739
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCNP 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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +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% -

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNP.

Salary trend for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +56 540 £52,500 -4.55% 127
UK excluding London +44 432 £50,000 - 87
Work from Home +65 236 £55,000 -6.38% 78
London +96 137 £57,500 -11.54% 54
South East -25 137 £51,000 -7.27% 24
North of England +109 121 £50,000 -4.76% 18
Midlands +26 101 £48,500 +4.04% 9
West Midlands +37 84 £48,500 +2.68% 7
North West +48 68 £48,000 -6.34% 7
Yorkshire +101 50 £52,500 -0.94% 10
South West -17 34 £48,500 +18.29% 15
Scotland -39 21 £63,500 +27.00% 14
East Midlands -13 17 £50,000 +17.65% 2
East of England -29 10 £57,500 +15.00% 6
Wales - 6 £52,500 - 1
North East -7 3 £38,000 -22.65% 2
Northern Ireland +17 2 £32,500 -40.91% 2
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

CCNP
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.17%) Confluence
3 1 (0.17%) IIS
3 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 147 (24.42%) Azure
2 56 (9.30%) AWS
3 45 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (2.66%) GCP
5 15 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (1.99%) Entra ID
6 12 (1.99%) OCI
7 7 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
8 6 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.66%) SaaS
11 3 (0.50%) PaaS
12 2 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.33%) IaaS
13 1 (0.17%) Amazon Kinesis
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.17%) Serverless
13 1 (0.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 227 (37.71%) WAN
2 223 (37.04%) Firewall
3 165 (27.41%) SD-WAN
4 160 (26.58%) LAN
5 144 (23.92%) BGP
6 143 (23.75%) Network Security
7 120 (19.93%) VPN
8 113 (18.77%) Wireless
9 101 (16.78%) OSPF
10 100 (16.61%) Cisco Firepower
11 88 (14.62%) MPLS
12 66 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
13 64 (10.63%) DNS
14 63 (10.47%) VLAN
15 58 (9.63%) Cisco Nexus
16 55 (9.14%) WLAN
17 52 (8.64%) DHCP
18 51 (8.47%) TCP/IP
19 49 (8.14%) Cisco ISE
20 40 (6.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (0.83%) JIRA
2 4 (0.66%) Git
3 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 147 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 66 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (8.47%) Finance
4 46 (7.64%) Retail
5 30 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.49%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.99%) Games
9 12 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.66%) Law
11 9 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.33%) Banking
12 8 (1.33%) Legal
13 7 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.83%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.66%) Automotive
15 4 (0.66%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.66%) Local Government
15 4 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 290 (48.17%) Network Engineer
2 148 (24.58%) Senior
3 75 (12.46%) Architect
4 64 (10.63%) Senior Network Engineer
5 56 (9.30%) Analyst
6 54 (8.97%) Network Analyst
7 47 (7.81%) Senior Architect
8 44 (7.31%) Cisco Architect
9 42 (6.98%) Senior Cisco Architect
10 38 (6.31%) Lead
11 33 (5.48%) Network Operations Analyst
11 33 (5.48%) Operations Analyst
12 30 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (4.98%) Security Architect
13 27 (4.49%) Cisco Security Architect
13 27 (4.49%) Senior Security Architect
14 26 (4.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 25 (4.15%) 3rd Line Support
15 25 (4.15%) IT Engineer
16 24 (3.99%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.32%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.83%) ADO
2 5 (0.83%) XMPP
3 2 (0.33%) Web Services
4 1 (0.17%) EDI
4 1 (0.17%) OAuth
4 1 (0.17%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 153 (25.42%) Data Centre
2 19 (3.16%) Driving Licence
3 16 (2.66%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (1.83%) CCTV
4 11 (1.83%) Public Cloud
5 10 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (1.66%) Social Media
6 7 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.16%) FMCG
6 7 (1.16%) Security Posture
7 5 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (0.83%) EPoS
7 5 (0.83%) IoT
7 5 (0.83%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.66%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.50%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (0.50%) Replication
9 3 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 81 (13.46%) Windows
2 58 (9.63%) Linux
3 37 (6.15%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.15%) Windows 10
5 24 (3.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (1.99%) Windows XP
9 6 (1.00%) Android
10 5 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.50%) CatOS
12 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.33%) CentOS
12 2 (0.33%) Debian
12 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (18.94%) ITIL
2 111 (18.44%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (14.95%) Project Delivery
4 87 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 65 (10.80%) Network Monitoring
6 64 (10.63%) Presales
7 61 (10.13%) Computer Science
8 54 (8.97%) Project Management
9 50 (8.31%) Time Management
10 45 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
11 44 (7.31%) Customer Engagement
12 42 (6.98%) Network Architecture
12 42 (6.98%) Software Licensing
13 39 (6.48%) Customer Service
13 39 (6.48%) Network Design
14 38 (6.31%) Service Delivery
15 37 (6.15%) Mentoring
15 37 (6.15%) Migration
16 30 (4.98%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 41 (6.81%) Python
2 28 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.66%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.83%) Bash
5 4 (0.66%) C#
5 4 (0.66%) Java
5 4 (0.66%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 602 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 313 (51.99%) CCNA
3 144 (23.92%) Degree
4 135 (22.43%) Security Cleared
5 110 (18.27%) CCIE
6 69 (11.46%) SC Cleared
7 54 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (8.31%) CCDP
9 46 (7.64%) DV Cleared
10 36 (5.98%) CISSP
11 33 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 28 (4.65%) MCSE
13 27 (4.49%) Azure Certification
14 25 (4.15%) Network+ Certification
15 24 (3.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 19 (3.16%) JNCIA
17 16 (2.66%) JNCIP
18 14 (2.33%) JNCIS
19 13 (2.16%) CCSP
20 12 (1.99%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (5.81%) SLA
3 17 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (1.83%) NIST
5 8 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (1.33%) QA
5 8 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.33%) GDPR
7 2 (0.33%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (0.33%) GxP
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 50 (8.31%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.16%) Hyper-V
4 18 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.83%) Firmware
6 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (4.49%) Stealthwatch
2 24 (3.99%) FortiGate
3 23 (3.82%) Ansible
3 23 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (2.99%) vCenter Server
5 16 (2.66%) CASB
6 13 (2.16%) SCCM
7 12 (1.99%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (1.99%) NetBackup
7 12 (1.99%) SCOM
7 12 (1.99%) WSUS
8 9 (1.50%) Cisco Prime
9 6 (1.00%) Terraform
10 5 (0.83%) Opsview
11 3 (0.50%) SolarWinds Orion
12 2 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.33%) Icinga
12 2 (0.33%) Nagios
12 2 (0.33%) Puppet
13 1 (0.17%) Nmap
Vendors
1 471 (78.24%) Cisco
2 169 (28.07%) Microsoft
3 124 (20.60%) Juniper
4 112 (18.60%) Meraki
5 110 (18.27%) Palo Alto
6 84 (13.95%) VMware
7 73 (12.13%) Fortinet
8 64 (10.63%) CheckPoint
9 46 (7.64%) F5
10 44 (7.31%) Apple
11 42 (6.98%) Adobe
12 31 (5.15%) SolarWinds
13 29 (4.82%) Veeam
14 24 (3.99%) Aruba
15 20 (3.32%) HP
16 19 (3.16%) Citrix
17 18 (2.99%) Symantec
18 17 (2.82%) Dell
19 14 (2.33%) Extreme Networks
20 13 (2.16%) Zscaler