CCNP Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West citing CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	144	106	89
Rank change year-on-year	-38	-17	+27
Contract jobs citing CCNP	33	37	28
As % of all contract jobs in the North West	0.83%	1.55%	1.20%
As % of the Qualifications category	2.59%	4.37%	4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted	20	25	17
10^th Percentile	£454	£383	£381
25^th Percentile	£491	£463	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£585	£550	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+6.36%	+10.00%	+11.11%
75^th Percentile	£621	-	£550
90^th Percentile	£630	£745	£560
England median daily rate	£500	£550	£503
% change year-on-year	-9.09%	+9.45%	+2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	1	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£29.00	£65.75	-
Median hourly rate	£30.00	£66.50	-
Median % change year-on-year	-54.89%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£31.00	£67.25	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£68.75	£30.00	£73.75
% change year-on-year	+129.17%	-59.32%	+34.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North West.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	1,272	847	648
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West	31.82%	35.44%	27.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	808	548	321
10^th Percentile	£306	£205	£263
25^th Percentile	£421	£400	£395
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£608	£625	£600
90^th Percentile	£670	£716	£675
England median daily rate	£538	£525	£530
% change year-on-year	+2.38%	-0.94%	-3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted	162	99	52
10^th Percentile	£17.29	£15.50	£18.04
25^th Percentile	£26.90	£21.24	£23.56
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£35.00	£37.00
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-5.41%	-19.88%
75^th Percentile	£51.00	£67.25	£53.19
90^th Percentile	£72.75	£74.26	£69.59
England median hourly rate	£48.77	£25.15	£52.35
% change year-on-year	+93.90%	-51.95%	-0.30%

CCNP Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

CCNP Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

CCNP Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the North West over the 6 months to 3 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the North West

CCNP Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

CCNP 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 CCNP within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-37	12	£488	+3.61%
Cumbria	-	11	£610	-
Cheshire	-2	9	£575	+20.73%
Merseyside	-12	1	£445	-
CCNP England

CCNP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CCNP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region citing CCNP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco Certification	100.0%	33
2	Firewall	93.9%	31
3	Cisco	72.7%	24
4	Network Security	51.5%	17
4	Wireless	51.5%	17
6	Network Segmentation	48.5%	16
7	DNS	45.5%	15
8	VLAN	42.4%	14
9	CCNA	39.4%	13
9	SC Cleared	39.4%	13
9	Security Cleared	39.4%	13
9	VPN	39.4%	13
13	Cisco IOS	36.4%	12
13	DHCP	36.4%	12
15	BGP	33.3%	11
15	Fortinet	33.3%	11
15	OSPF	33.3%	11
15	WAN	33.3%	11
19	Ansible	27.3%	9
19	CCIE	27.3%	9
19	ITSM	27.3%	9
19	NAS	27.3%	9
19	Network+ Certification	27.3%	9
19	NX-OS	27.3%	9
19	Palo Alto	27.3%	9
19	Python	27.3%	9
19	SAN	27.3%	9
19	Server+ Certification	27.3%	9
19	ServiceNow	27.3%	9
19	Structured Cabling	27.3%	9

CCNP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco Certification	100.0%	33
2	CCNA	39.4%	13
2	SC Cleared	39.4%	13
2	Security Cleared	39.4%	13
5	CCIE	27.3%	9
5	Network+ Certification	27.3%	9
5	Server+ Certification	27.3%	9
8	CISSP	21.2%	7
9	CCIE Security	12.1%	4
9	Degree	12.1%	4
11	CCSP	9.1%	3
12	(ISC)2 CCSP	6.1%	2
12	AWS Certification	6.1%	2
12	CCSA	6.1%	2
12	CCSE	6.1%	2
12	GCIA	6.1%	2
12	GCIH	6.1%	2
12	GIAC	6.1%	2
19	CCIE Service Provider	3.0%	1