Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 342 443
Rank change year-on-year +66 +101 -96
Contract jobs citing CCNP 373 436 488
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.73% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.81% 2.67% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 277 317
10th Percentile £313 £358 £325
25th Percentile £375 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +2.56% +16.07%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £563
90th Percentile £688 £688 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +3.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 15
10th Percentile £15.60 £27.80 £21.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £47.50 £26.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £47.40
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +26.58% +51.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £49.58
90th Percentile £86.00 £101.25 £58.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £62.00 £47.40
% change year-on-year -62.90% +30.80% +104.22%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNP in the UK

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Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +101 336 £505 -0.74% 129
UK excluding London +40 216 £515 +3.00% 93
London +103 122 £496 -7.67% 50
Work from Home +62 120 £500 - 68
South East +51 87 £565 +25.56% 26
North of England +40 49 £515 +3.00% 22
North West +26 39 £515 +3.00% 11
Midlands +16 32 £438 -12.50% 14
South West +8 32 £600 +9.09% 13
West Midlands +36 29 £450 -10.00% 11
East of England +11 11 £375 +7.14% 5
Scotland +3 10 £555 +11.56% 13
Yorkshire +15 7 £508 -3.33% 9
North East +19 3 £345 -37.27% 3
East Midlands +9 3 £325 -25.03% 3

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 4 (1.07%) IBM Domino
1 4 (1.07%) IIS
1 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.54%) Confluence
3 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.54%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.41%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 53 (14.21%) Azure
2 44 (11.80%) AWS
3 20 (5.36%) GCP
4 18 (4.83%) OCI
5 6 (1.61%) SaaS
6 5 (1.34%) Nutanix
7 4 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.07%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.80%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.80%) PaaS
9 2 (0.54%) Akamai
9 2 (0.54%) Catchpoint
9 2 (0.54%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 182 (48.79%) Firewall
2 101 (27.08%) BGP
3 100 (26.81%) WAN
4 88 (23.59%) Network Security
5 79 (21.18%) OSPF
6 77 (20.64%) VPN
7 76 (20.38%) LAN
8 74 (19.84%) Cisco ASA
9 72 (19.30%) DNS
10 69 (18.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 67 (17.96%) MPLS
12 52 (13.94%) IPsec
12 52 (13.94%) Wireless
13 49 (13.14%) Cisco ISE
14 47 (12.60%) DHCP
15 40 (10.72%) SD-WAN
16 32 (8.58%) EIGRP
16 32 (8.58%) TCP/IP
17 29 (7.77%) VLAN
17 29 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (1.88%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.61%) Git
4 3 (0.80%) JIRA
5 1 (0.27%) Hudson
5 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
General
1 89 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.33%) Finance
3 40 (10.72%) Telecoms
4 39 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.22%) Banking
7 11 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.61%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.34%) Legal
11 4 (1.07%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.80%) Digital Economy
12 3 (0.80%) Electronics
12 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.80%) Law
12 3 (0.80%) Marketing
13 2 (0.54%) Military
13 2 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 217 (58.18%) Network Engineer
2 51 (13.67%) Senior
3 48 (12.87%) Architect
4 38 (10.19%) Senior Network Engineer
5 29 (7.77%) Network Architect
6 25 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (6.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 18 (4.83%) Cisco Engineer
9 17 (4.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 16 (4.29%) Consultant
11 15 (4.02%) Network Consultant
12 13 (3.49%) Security Engineer
13 12 (3.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.22%) Design Engineer
13 12 (3.22%) Lead
13 12 (3.22%) Network Design Engineer
13 12 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.95%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 11 (2.95%) WAN Engineer
15 10 (2.68%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.95%) 802.1X
1 11 (2.95%) Jinja
2 8 (2.14%) JSON
3 7 (1.88%) NETCONF
3 7 (1.88%) XML
3 7 (1.88%) YANG
4 4 (1.07%) Web Services
5 3 (0.80%) EDI
5 3 (0.80%) SAML
6 2 (0.54%) .NET
7 1 (0.27%) RESTful
7 1 (0.27%) XMPP
7 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.18%) Data Centre
2 11 (2.95%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.14%) PKI
4 8 (2.14%) Security Posture
5 7 (1.88%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.61%) Operational Technology
6 6 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.34%) Clustering
7 5 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.07%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.07%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.80%) Blackberry
9 3 (0.80%) CCTV
9 3 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.80%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.31%) Windows
2 25 (6.70%) Linux
3 21 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.29%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (3.49%) Windows XP
7 6 (1.61%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.34%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.54%) Unix
10 1 (0.27%) Debian
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (13.94%) ITIL
3 43 (11.53%) Network Design
4 38 (10.19%) Change Management
5 36 (9.65%) Computer Science
6 30 (8.04%) Project Management
7 28 (7.51%) Network Monitoring
8 27 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 24 (6.43%) DevOps
9 24 (6.43%) Roadmaps
10 23 (6.17%) Migration
10 23 (6.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 22 (5.90%) Requirements Gathering
12 21 (5.63%) Load Balancing
13 20 (5.36%) Network Architecture
14 19 (5.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 18 (4.83%) ITSM
15 18 (4.83%) Network Management
15 18 (4.83%) Storage Management
16 17 (4.56%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 58 (15.55%) Python
2 24 (6.43%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.75%) Perl
4 11 (2.95%) Bash
4 11 (2.95%) Tcl
5 3 (0.80%) Java
6 2 (0.54%) C#
6 2 (0.54%) Go
6 2 (0.54%) Ruby
7 1 (0.27%) C
7 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 373 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 172 (46.11%) CCNA
3 116 (31.10%) Security Cleared
4 87 (23.32%) CCIE
5 83 (22.25%) SC Cleared
6 62 (16.62%) Degree
7 42 (11.26%) DV Cleared
8 33 (8.85%) JNCIA
9 21 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (5.36%) JNCIS
11 19 (5.09%) CISSP
12 13 (3.49%) CCDP
12 13 (3.49%) CISM
13 12 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (2.41%) CCSP
15 8 (2.14%) JNCIP
16 7 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (1.88%) CCSA
16 7 (1.88%) HND
16 7 (1.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.17%) SLA
2 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.61%) NIST
3 6 (1.61%) QA
4 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (0.80%) GDPR
5 3 (0.80%) GRC
5 3 (0.80%) NCSC
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (9.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (5.63%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.36%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.83%) Firmware
4 18 (4.83%) VMware NSX
5 17 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.88%) KVM
7 6 (1.61%) vSphere
8 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (9.65%) Ansible
2 21 (5.63%) SCCM
3 14 (3.75%) SCOM
3 14 (3.75%) Terraform
3 14 (3.75%) WSUS
4 13 (3.49%) EMC NetWorker
4 13 (3.49%) NetBackup
4 13 (3.49%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.22%) FortiGate
5 12 (3.22%) Nessus
6 5 (1.34%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (0.80%) Kibana
7 3 (0.80%) Netcool
8 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.54%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco UCCE
9 1 (0.27%) Icinga
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 289 (77.48%) Cisco
2 111 (29.76%) Palo Alto
3 90 (24.13%) Juniper
4 52 (13.94%) F5
5 51 (13.67%) VMware
6 50 (13.40%) Microsoft
7 44 (11.80%) CheckPoint
8 42 (11.26%) SolarWinds
9 41 (10.99%) Fortinet
10 24 (6.43%) Nokia
11 22 (5.90%) Infoblox
12 19 (5.09%) Dell
12 19 (5.09%) Meraki
13 16 (4.29%) HP
14 14 (3.75%) Citrix
14 14 (3.75%) Extreme Networks
14 14 (3.75%) Oracle
14 14 (3.75%) Veeam
15 13 (3.49%) 3PAR
15 13 (3.49%) EMC