CCNP Contracts in the Midlands

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 93 101 130
Rank change year-on-year +8 +29 +57
Contract jobs citing CCNP 18 32 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.94% 1.16% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.19% 3.56% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 19
10th Percentile £375 £285 £313
25th Percentile £425 £313 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.50% +28.21%
75th Percentile £603 £475 £569
90th Percentile £623 - £620
England median daily rate £549 £505 £519
% change year-on-year +8.76% -2.60% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.26
England median hourly rate £73.75 £24.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +201.02% -60.48% +41.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 564 899 970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.47% 32.61% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 556 615
10th Percentile £150 £230 £253
25th Percentile £272 £325 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £519
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -13.21% +15.22%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £689
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 71 76
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £17.00 £14.30
Median hourly rate £24.50 £24.65 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +32.35% -6.88%
75th Percentile £31.38 £43.13 £26.64
90th Percentile £59.00 £56.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for CCNP in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Midlands 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
East Midlands +19 12 £555 +70.77% 5
West Midlands -9 6 £450 - 12
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Firewall
2 9 (50.00%) DNS
3 8 (44.44%) OSPF
4 5 (27.78%) BGP
4 5 (27.78%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (27.78%) DHCP
4 5 (27.78%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (27.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
5 4 (22.22%) IPsec
5 4 (22.22%) VLAN
6 3 (16.67%) EIGRP
6 3 (16.67%) HSRP
6 3 (16.67%) Network Security
6 3 (16.67%) WAN
6 3 (16.67%) Wireless
7 2 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (11.11%) LAN
7 2 (11.11%) MPLS
7 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
General
1 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Network Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Network Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) IP Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) SCADA
2 1 (5.56%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Configuration Management
2 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) Change Management
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.56%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) High Availability
4 1 (5.56%) ITIL
4 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Design
4 1 (5.56%) Network Management
4 1 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (5.56%) Network Planning
4 1 (5.56%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (33.33%) CCNA
2 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) CCIE
5 2 (11.11%) CCIE Wireless
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.56%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
2 5 (27.78%) CheckPoint
2 5 (27.78%) F5
2 5 (27.78%) Juniper
2 5 (27.78%) SolarWinds
3 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.56%) Arista
4 1 (5.56%) BMC
4 1 (5.56%) Huawei
4 1 (5.56%) Infoblox
4 1 (5.56%) Meraki
4 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.56%) Remedy
4 1 (5.56%) Zscaler