CCNP Contract Job Trends in Kent

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing CCNP 20 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 11.70% 0.83% 3.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.78% 3.85% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 0 8
10th Percentile £419 - -
25th Percentile £431 - £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 - £333
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.36%
75th Percentile £451 - £336
90th Percentile £466 - £370
South East median daily rate £475 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -15.56% +2.27% +3.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 41 26 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 23.98% 21.67% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 28
10th Percentile £309 £194 £225
25th Percentile £431 £263 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £505 £388
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% +30.32% +29.17%
75th Percentile £500 £675 £528
90th Percentile £569 £688 £614
South East median daily rate £502 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.48% -2.78% +1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile £20.66 - £16.74
25th Percentile £24.20 £37.40 £23.33
Median hourly rate £25.77 £38.85 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.67% -3.47% -15.27%
75th Percentile £39.00 £60.20 £55.06
90th Percentile - £72.14 £55.18
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £57.87 £58.30
% change year-on-year -52.48% -0.73% +29.56%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Kent

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing CCNP

CCNP
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Kent over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in Kent

CCNP
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing CCNP

CCNP
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Kent region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
Maidstone - 11 £443 -
Sevenoaks - 3 £438 -
CCNP
South East

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) LAN
1 20 (100.00%) WAN
2 19 (95.00%) Firewall
3 17 (85.00%) BGP
3 17 (85.00%) IPsec
3 17 (85.00%) OSPF
3 17 (85.00%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (10.00%) VXLAN
General
1 17 (85.00%) Documentation Skills
2 11 (55.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (90.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (10.00%) Bill of Materials
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 20 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (55.00%) Degree
3 8 (40.00%) CCNA
4 2 (10.00%) CCSE
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (95.00%) Aruba
2 19 (95.00%) CheckPoint
2 19 (95.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (10.00%) Juniper
3 2 (10.00%) Pegasus