CCDP Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CCDP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Contract jobs citing CCDP 10 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.43% - 0.035%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £417
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.80%
75th Percentile - - £433
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

CCDP 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 North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 804 663 831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.61% 28.30% 29.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 329 553
10th Percentile £214 £292 £270
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £626 £600 £638
90th Percentile £716 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 57 72
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £24.18 £29.58
Median hourly rate £30.64 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -24.03% -12.68% +15.39%
75th Percentile £65.19 £55.79 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.04 £57.34
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% -1.87% +18.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCDP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

CCDP job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCDP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCDP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCDP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCDP

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCDP within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Lancashire - 7 £550 - 4
Cheshire - 2 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
CCDP
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) BGP
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) WebEx
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (30.00%) LAN
3 3 (30.00%) Network Security
3 3 (30.00%) NX-OS
3 3 (30.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (30.00%) VLAN
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
3 3 (30.00%) WLAN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Legal
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) Change Control
2 7 (70.00%) ITSM
2 7 (70.00%) Knowledge Management
2 7 (70.00%) Platform Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (40.00%) Product Requirements
3 4 (40.00%) Service Management
3 4 (40.00%) User Stories
4 3 (30.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (30.00%) Digital Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) Task Automation
4 3 (30.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Perl
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) Bash
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CCNP
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) CCNA
4 3 (30.00%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
1 7 (70.00%) Citrix
1 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) F5
3 3 (30.00%) Meraki
3 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (30.00%) SolarWinds