CCNP Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 29 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing CCNP 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.81% 0.94% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.77% 3.51% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £380 -
25th Percentile £330 £388 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £425 £290
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% +46.55% -38.95%
75th Percentile £340 £463 £295
90th Percentile - £470 -
South Wales median daily rate £335 £450 £290
% change year-on-year -25.56% +55.17% -38.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 53 57 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 21.54% 26.76% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 58
10th Percentile £217 £162 £149
25th Percentile £285 £210 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £547 £594 £585
90th Percentile £746 £600 £679
South Wales median daily rate £463 £409 £544
% change year-on-year +13.08% -24.82% +1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £23.39 -
25th Percentile - £28.03 £37.50
Median hourly rate £13.08 £37.05 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.69% -7.39% +70.21%
75th Percentile - £46.03 £42.50
90th Percentile - £50.66 -
South Wales median hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +47.73% -38.03% +63.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Cardiff

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CCNP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco