CCNP Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 252 353 431
Rank change year-on-year +101 +78 -79
Contract jobs citing CCNP 336 346 377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.91% 0.68% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.90% 2.47% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 214 248
10th Percentile £313 £363 £325
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £509 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +4.36% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £696 £612
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +1.00% +2.56% +16.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 9
10th Percentile £14.88 £24.11 £23.99
25th Percentile £20.75 £32.75 £26.75
Median hourly rate £24.50 £62.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year -60.48% +41.75% +10.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.70 £54.75
90th Percentile £90.00 £101.25 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £47.40
% change year-on-year -59.17% +26.58% +51.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,579 14,027 15,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.75% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,398 10,082
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £637
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 756 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62.48 £68.33 £55.72
90th Percentile £77.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CCNP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for CCNP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the England region 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
London +103 122 £496 -7.67% 50
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
Yorkshire +15 7 £508 -3.33% 9
North East +19 3 £345 -37.27% 3
East Midlands +9 3 £325 -25.03% 3
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UK

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.19%) IBM Domino
1 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
3 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.68%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.88%) Azure
2 41 (12.20%) AWS
3 19 (5.65%) GCP
4 18 (5.36%) OCI
5 6 (1.79%) SaaS
6 5 (1.49%) Nutanix
7 4 (1.19%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.89%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.89%) PaaS
8 3 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.60%) Akamai
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.60%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 168 (50.00%) Firewall
2 92 (27.38%) BGP
3 88 (26.19%) WAN
4 82 (24.40%) Network Security
5 72 (21.43%) OSPF
5 72 (21.43%) VPN
6 70 (20.83%) LAN
7 69 (20.54%) DNS
8 67 (19.94%) Cisco ASA
9 60 (17.86%) Cisco Nexus
10 58 (17.26%) MPLS
11 51 (15.18%) IPsec
11 51 (15.18%) Wireless
12 47 (13.99%) Cisco ISE
12 47 (13.99%) DHCP
13 35 (10.42%) SD-WAN
14 32 (9.52%) TCP/IP
15 31 (9.23%) EIGRP
16 27 (8.04%) Cisco Firepower
16 27 (8.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.79%) Git
4 3 (0.89%) JIRA
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.50%) Finance
3 37 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 27 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.57%) Banking
7 11 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.79%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.49%) Legal
11 4 (1.19%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.89%) Digital Economy
12 3 (0.89%) Electronics
12 3 (0.89%) Law
12 3 (0.89%) Marketing
13 2 (0.60%) Aviation
13 2 (0.60%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 206 (61.31%) Network Engineer
2 40 (11.90%) Architect
3 39 (11.61%) Senior
4 34 (10.12%) Senior Network Engineer
5 25 (7.44%) Network Architect
6 24 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (6.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 17 (5.06%) Cisco Engineer
8 17 (5.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 12 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 12 (3.57%) Design Engineer
9 12 (3.57%) Network Design Engineer
9 12 (3.57%) Security Engineer
10 11 (3.27%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 11 (3.27%) WAN Engineer
11 10 (2.98%) Operations Engineer
11 10 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.68%) Storage Engineer
13 8 (2.38%) Firewall Engineer
13 8 (2.38%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.27%) 802.1X
1 11 (3.27%) Jinja
2 8 (2.38%) JSON
3 7 (2.08%) NETCONF
3 7 (2.08%) XML
3 7 (2.08%) YANG
4 4 (1.19%) Web Services
5 3 (0.89%) EDI
5 3 (0.89%) SAML
6 2 (0.60%) .NET
7 1 (0.30%) RESTful
7 1 (0.30%) XMPP
7 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (21.13%) Data Centre
2 9 (2.68%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.38%) PKI
3 8 (2.38%) Security Posture
3 8 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.08%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.79%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.49%) Clustering
6 5 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (1.49%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.19%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.89%) Blackberry
8 3 (0.89%) CCTV
8 3 (0.89%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.89%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.44%) Windows
2 24 (7.14%) Linux
3 16 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 16 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (3.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (3.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (3.87%) Windows XP
6 5 (1.49%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.19%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.60%) Unix
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (15.48%) ITIL
3 38 (11.31%) Change Management
4 32 (9.52%) Computer Science
4 32 (9.52%) Network Design
5 28 (8.33%) Project Management
6 26 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 23 (6.85%) Network Monitoring
8 22 (6.55%) DevOps
8 22 (6.55%) Requirements Gathering
9 21 (6.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 20 (5.95%) Migration
10 20 (5.95%) Roadmaps
11 19 (5.65%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (5.36%) ITSM
12 18 (5.36%) Storage Management
13 17 (5.06%) Incident Management
13 17 (5.06%) Load Balancing
13 17 (5.06%) Network Architecture
13 17 (5.06%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (16.07%) Python
2 20 (5.95%) PowerShell
3 14 (4.17%) Perl
4 11 (3.27%) Tcl
5 8 (2.38%) Bash
6 3 (0.89%) Java
7 2 (0.60%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) Go
7 2 (0.60%) Ruby
8 1 (0.30%) C
8 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 336 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 160 (47.62%) CCNA
3 116 (34.52%) Security Cleared
4 83 (24.70%) SC Cleared
5 69 (20.54%) CCIE
6 56 (16.67%) Degree
7 42 (12.50%) DV Cleared
8 33 (9.82%) JNCIA
9 19 (5.65%) JNCIS
10 18 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (5.06%) CISSP
12 13 (3.87%) CCDP
12 13 (3.87%) CISM
13 11 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (2.68%) CCSP
15 7 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (2.08%) CCSA
15 7 (2.08%) HND
15 7 (2.08%) JNCIP
15 7 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.85%) SLA
2 7 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.79%) NIST
3 6 (1.79%) QA
4 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (0.89%) GRC
5 3 (0.89%) NCSC
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
7 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (8.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (5.65%) Hyper-V
3 18 (5.36%) Firmware
4 17 (5.06%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.87%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.27%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.08%) KVM
8 6 (1.79%) vSphere
9 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (10.71%) Ansible
2 17 (5.06%) SCCM
3 14 (4.17%) SCOM
3 14 (4.17%) Terraform
3 14 (4.17%) WSUS
4 13 (3.87%) EMC NetWorker
4 13 (3.87%) NetBackup
4 13 (3.87%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.57%) Nessus
6 10 (2.98%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.49%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.89%) Kibana
8 3 (0.89%) Netcool
9 2 (0.60%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.60%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.30%) CASB
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco UCCE
10 1 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.30%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 267 (79.46%) Cisco
2 100 (29.76%) Palo Alto
3 88 (26.19%) Juniper
4 47 (13.99%) F5
5 44 (13.10%) Microsoft
6 42 (12.50%) CheckPoint
7 41 (12.20%) SolarWinds
8 39 (11.61%) Fortinet
9 36 (10.71%) VMware
10 24 (7.14%) Nokia
11 21 (6.25%) Infoblox
12 19 (5.65%) Dell
13 17 (5.06%) Meraki
14 16 (4.76%) HP
15 14 (4.17%) Citrix
15 14 (4.17%) Extreme Networks
15 14 (4.17%) Oracle
15 14 (4.17%) Veeam
16 13 (3.87%) 3PAR
16 13 (3.87%) EMC