CCNP Contract Job Trends 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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 105 99
Rank change year-on-year -22 -6 +70
Contract jobs citing CCNP 35 21 36
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.11% 0.91% 1.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.19% 3.26% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 17
10th Percentile £370 £165 £291
25th Percentile £438 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £350
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +50.00% -32.50%
75th Percentile £528 £550 £438
90th Percentile £568 £572 £515
England median daily rate £506 £505 £501
% change year-on-year +0.25% +0.75% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £48.25 £75.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year -35.67% +5.26% +101.50%

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 1,098 645 789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.72% 28.07% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 406 494
10th Percentile £263 £219 £261
25th Percentile £405 £384 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £600
90th Percentile £650 £709 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 33 45
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.13 £17.75
Median hourly rate £23.58 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.13% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £31.79 £52.00 £68.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CCNP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CCNP

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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 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CCNP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CCNP

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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 20 December 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
West Midlands -11 34 £450 -14.29% 11
East Midlands -23 1 - -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) AWS
2 7 (20.00%) Azure
3 6 (17.14%) GCP
4 3 (8.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (8.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (5.71%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 19 (54.29%) Firewall
2 18 (51.43%) Wireless
3 16 (45.71%) DNS
4 15 (42.86%) BGP
5 14 (40.00%) DHCP
6 13 (37.14%) LAN
7 11 (31.43%) VXLAN
8 10 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (28.57%) VPN
8 10 (28.57%) WAN
9 9 (25.71%) Network Security
9 9 (25.71%) SD-WAN
9 9 (25.71%) WLAN
10 8 (22.86%) NX-OS
10 8 (22.86%) OSPF
10 8 (22.86%) VLAN
11 7 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (17.14%) MPLS
13 4 (11.43%) IPv4
13 4 (11.43%) IPv6
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Banking
2 7 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Architect
2 8 (22.86%) Network Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) RF Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Wireless Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Lead
5 5 (14.29%) Administrator
6 4 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Network Administrator
7 2 (5.71%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.86%) Cisco Administrator
8 1 (2.86%) Network Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.43%) SCADA
3 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.71%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.86%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.86%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) ITIL
2 9 (25.71%) Network Architecture
2 9 (25.71%) Network Design
3 7 (20.00%) User Experience
3 7 (20.00%) Zero Trust
4 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (17.14%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 5 (14.29%) Network Management
6 4 (11.43%) Incident Response
6 4 (11.43%) Load Balancing
6 4 (11.43%) Mentoring
6 4 (11.43%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (11.43%) Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.43%) Security Architecture
6 4 (11.43%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (11.43%) TOGAF
7 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Lisp
2 4 (11.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (31.43%) CCIE
2 11 (31.43%) Degree
3 10 (28.57%) CCNA
4 6 (17.14%) CISSP
4 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
5 4 (11.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (11.43%) AWS Certification
5 4 (11.43%) CCSP
6 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
6 3 (8.57%) CCIE Security
7 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (5.71%) JNCIE
7 2 (5.71%) JNCIP
7 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.86%) CWSP
8 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) GDPR
2 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.43%) NIST
3 4 (11.43%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.57%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.86%) Firmware
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (28.57%) FortiGate
2 7 (20.00%) Ansible
3 6 (17.14%) Terraform
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 28 (80.00%) Cisco
2 11 (31.43%) Palo Alto
3 10 (28.57%) Fortinet
4 9 (25.71%) Remedy
5 8 (22.86%) F5
6 7 (20.00%) Ekahau
6 7 (20.00%) ServiceNow
7 6 (17.14%) Juniper
7 6 (17.14%) SolarWinds
8 5 (14.29%) Meraki
9 4 (11.43%) CheckPoint
9 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
9 4 (11.43%) VMware
10 2 (5.71%) Aruba
10 2 (5.71%) Forcepoint
10 2 (5.71%) Peregrine
10 2 (5.71%) Verint
10 2 (5.71%) Zscaler
11 1 (2.86%) NetScout
11 1 (2.86%) Oracle