CCNP Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCNP 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 14.63% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 46.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £470 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Aberdeen

CCNP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 31.71% 16.13% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £250 - -
25th Percentile £361 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% - -
75th Percentile £454 £588 -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £440 £500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile £26.55 - -
90th Percentile £27.39 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £21.19 £57.72
% change year-on-year -5.60% -63.29% +132.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCNP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

CCNP job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing CCNP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing CCNP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing CCNP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing CCNP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) BGP
1 6 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 6 (100.00%) OSPF
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (66.67%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (50.00%) VLAN
4 2 (33.33%) LAN
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (16.67%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) TACACS
5 1 (16.67%) VPN
5 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Network Design
2 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Minimum Viable Product
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Meraki
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) Riverbed
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds