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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 341 442
Rank change year-on-year +84 +101 -77
Contract jobs citing CCNP 324 338 367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.89% 0.70% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.88% 2.55% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 204 240
10th Percentile £329 £325 £361
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £511 £491
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +3.92% +15.59%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £552
90th Percentile £688 £688 £601
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 7
10th Percentile £14.73 £22.26 £24.05
25th Percentile £16.69 £45.75 £34.04
Median hourly rate £23.00 £62.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year -62.90% +41.75% +10.04%
75th Percentile £56.88 £85.63 £56.34
90th Percentile £92.00 £101.25 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £47.40
% change year-on-year -61.67% +26.58% +20.00%

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 11,248 13,239 15,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.86% 27.51% 21.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,953 8,888 10,129
10th Percentile £313 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 677 680
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.47 £19.05
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.93
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +28.28% +8.71%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.10 £68.35
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.31% +23.50% +17.20%

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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 17 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +89 122 £503 -8.64% 43
South East +36 80 £600 +33.33% 20
North of England +47 55 £504 +12.00% 24
North West +38 43 £515 +14.44% 10
Midlands +25 27 £450 -10.00% 13
South West -23 26 £535 -2.73% 12
West Midlands +30 24 £450 +28.57% 10
East of England -1 10 £375 +7.14% 6
Yorkshire +8 7 £508 +6.84% 12
North East +19 5 £385 +33.91% 3
East Midlands +7 3 £325 -31.58% 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 (1.23%) IBM Domino
1 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
3 2 (0.62%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.31%) IIS
4 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.78%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.12%) Azure
2 40 (12.35%) AWS
3 19 (5.86%) OCI
4 17 (5.25%) GCP
5 7 (2.16%) SaaS
6 5 (1.54%) Nutanix
7 4 (1.23%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.23%) PaaS
8 3 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.93%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.62%) Akamai
9 2 (0.62%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 166 (51.23%) Firewall
2 87 (26.85%) WAN
3 84 (25.93%) BGP
4 75 (23.15%) Network Security
5 70 (21.60%) LAN
6 69 (21.30%) OSPF
6 69 (21.30%) VPN
7 67 (20.68%) Cisco ASA
8 66 (20.37%) DNS
9 59 (18.21%) Cisco Nexus
10 54 (16.67%) MPLS
11 50 (15.43%) DHCP
11 50 (15.43%) Wireless
12 47 (14.51%) Cisco ISE
12 47 (14.51%) IPsec
13 37 (11.42%) SD-WAN
14 34 (10.49%) EIGRP
15 31 (9.57%) TCP/IP
16 30 (9.26%) Wi-Fi
17 25 (7.72%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.31%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.93%) Git
3 3 (0.93%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (24.69%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.89%) Finance
3 34 (10.49%) Telecoms
4 32 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.63%) Banking
7 12 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.54%) Legal
10 4 (1.23%) Aeronautics
10 4 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.93%) Digital Economy
11 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.93%) Law
11 3 (0.93%) Marketing
12 2 (0.62%) Electronics
12 2 (0.62%) Military
12 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 197 (60.80%) Network Engineer
2 38 (11.73%) Architect
3 36 (11.11%) Senior
4 31 (9.57%) Senior Network Engineer
5 23 (7.10%) Network Architect
6 21 (6.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 19 (5.86%) Cisco Engineer
8 18 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (4.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 12 (3.70%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 12 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
10 12 (3.70%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.09%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (2.78%) Analyst
12 9 (2.78%) Consultant
12 9 (2.78%) Design Engineer
12 9 (2.78%) Network Design Engineer
12 9 (2.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.40%) 802.1X
1 11 (3.40%) Jinja
2 5 (1.54%) JSON
3 4 (1.23%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.23%) Web Services
3 4 (1.23%) XML
3 4 (1.23%) YANG
4 3 (0.93%) EDI
4 3 (0.93%) SAML
5 2 (0.62%) .NET
6 1 (0.31%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) XMPP
6 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (20.06%) Data Centre
2 8 (2.47%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.47%) Security Posture
3 7 (2.16%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.85%) Operational Technology
4 6 (1.85%) PKI
4 6 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.54%) Clustering
5 5 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.23%) Blackberry
6 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.93%) CCTV
7 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.93%) SCADA
8 2 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.33%) Windows
2 24 (7.41%) Linux
3 17 (5.25%) Windows 10
3 17 (5.25%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (4.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (4.32%) Windows XP
6 5 (1.54%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.23%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (14.20%) ITIL
3 38 (11.73%) Change Management
4 32 (9.88%) Computer Science
5 29 (8.95%) Network Monitoring
6 28 (8.64%) Project Management
7 27 (8.33%) Network Design
8 20 (6.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 20 (6.17%) Migration
9 19 (5.86%) DevOps
9 19 (5.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (5.86%) Requirements Gathering
9 19 (5.86%) Storage Management
10 18 (5.56%) ITSM
10 18 (5.56%) Network Management
10 18 (5.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 17 (5.25%) Incident Management
11 17 (5.25%) Proactive Monitoring
11 17 (5.25%) Roadmaps
12 15 (4.63%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.12%) Python
2 21 (6.48%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.70%) Perl
4 11 (3.40%) Tcl
5 8 (2.47%) Bash
6 2 (0.62%) C#
6 2 (0.62%) Go
6 2 (0.62%) Java
6 2 (0.62%) Ruby
7 1 (0.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 324 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 162 (50.00%) CCNA
3 105 (32.41%) Security Cleared
4 77 (23.77%) SC Cleared
5 66 (20.37%) CCIE
6 58 (17.90%) Degree
7 43 (13.27%) DV Cleared
8 33 (10.19%) JNCIA
9 20 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (5.56%) JNCIS
11 17 (5.25%) CISSP
12 13 (4.01%) CISM
12 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (2.78%) CCDP
13 9 (2.78%) CCSP
14 7 (2.16%) AWS Certification
14 7 (2.16%) CCSA
14 7 (2.16%) HND
14 7 (2.16%) MCSA
14 7 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.41%) SLA
2 7 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.85%) NIST
4 5 (1.54%) QA
5 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.93%) GRC
6 3 (0.93%) NCSC
7 2 (0.62%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.17%) Hyper-V
3 18 (5.56%) Firmware
4 14 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (3.09%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.16%) KVM
7 6 (1.85%) vSphere
8 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (10.49%) Ansible
2 18 (5.56%) SCCM
3 15 (4.63%) SCOM
3 15 (4.63%) WSUS
4 14 (4.32%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (4.32%) NetBackup
4 14 (4.32%) Terraform
4 14 (4.32%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.70%) Nessus
6 10 (3.09%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.85%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.93%) Kibana
8 3 (0.93%) Netcool
9 2 (0.62%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco UCCE
10 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.31%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 260 (80.25%) Cisco
2 106 (32.72%) Palo Alto
3 86 (26.54%) Juniper
4 52 (16.05%) F5
5 47 (14.51%) CheckPoint
5 47 (14.51%) Microsoft
6 44 (13.58%) SolarWinds
7 38 (11.73%) VMware
8 36 (11.11%) Fortinet
9 22 (6.79%) Dell
9 22 (6.79%) Nokia
10 21 (6.48%) Infoblox
11 17 (5.25%) HP
11 17 (5.25%) Meraki
11 17 (5.25%) Veeam
12 16 (4.94%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (4.32%) 3PAR
13 14 (4.32%) Citrix
13 14 (4.32%) EMC
13 14 (4.32%) Symantec