CCNP Contracts in Cheshire

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 49 58
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -5
Contract jobs citing CCNP 9 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.00% 1.79% 0.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.98% 7.32% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £438 - -
25th Percentile £463 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% +26.67% -9.64%
75th Percentile £584 £488 £388
90th Percentile £592 - -
North West median daily rate £425 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +3.00% +2.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 123 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 28.73% 24.40% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 83 96
10th Percentile £230 £132 £283
25th Percentile £325 £344 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% -10.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £522 £538 £575
90th Percentile £582 £672 £665
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £28.43 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £36.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -65.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £85.63 £26.66 £65.75
90th Percentile £86.00 - £66.50
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for CCNP in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warrington - 3 - - 2
Knutsford - 2 £450 - 1
Chester -7 1 £600 +26.32% 2
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) BGP
1 6 (66.67%) MPLS
1 6 (66.67%) OSPF
2 5 (55.56%) Firewall
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 3 (33.33%) EIGRP
4 3 (33.33%) IPv4
4 3 (33.33%) Network Security
4 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
5 2 (22.22%) VLAN
5 2 (22.22%) Wireless
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (11.11%) DMZ
6 1 (11.11%) DNS
6 1 (11.11%) DWDM
6 1 (11.11%) Internet
6 1 (11.11%) IPsec
6 1 (11.11%) L2TP
6 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) GitLab
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) IP Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Automation Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Transmission Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Configuration Management
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Network Planning
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
4 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Data Collection
4 2 (22.22%) Data Ingestion
4 2 (22.22%) Service Design
4 2 (22.22%) Sprint Backlog
4 2 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Sprint Review
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) Bash
3 1 (11.11%) Perl
3 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CCIE
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) JNCIE
3 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) Fortinet
3 3 (33.33%) BMC
3 3 (33.33%) F5
3 3 (33.33%) Huawei
3 3 (33.33%) Remedy
4 2 (22.22%) Arista
4 2 (22.22%) Infoblox
4 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
5 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat
5 1 (11.11%) Juniper
5 1 (11.11%) McAfee
5 1 (11.11%) Splunk
5 1 (11.11%) Symantec
5 1 (11.11%) Zscaler