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 with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 102 121
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +20
Contract jobs citing CCNP 43 21 16
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.72% 0.98% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.88% 3.02% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 16 13
10th Percentile £413 £378 £398
25th Percentile £464 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £495 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -13.91% +16.16%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £618
90th Percentile £594 £563 £683
England median daily rate £513 £503 £510
% change year-on-year +1.99% -1.47% +2.00%
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 £75.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year -11.33% +5.26% +115.91%

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 882 696 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.25% 32.37% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 365 550
10th Percentile £220 £213 £255
25th Percentile £381 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +8.86%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £645
90th Percentile £688 £669 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 53 72
10th Percentile £18.97 £18.56 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.63 £22.72 £29.58
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +84.72%
75th Percentile £65.25 £52.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.85 £79.42 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.89
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.00% +15.31%

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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 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 CCNP.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the North West over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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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 CCNP within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Cheshire -17 11 £575 +21.05% 5
Lancashire - 9 £550 - 2
Merseyside +2 8 - - 1
Cumbria - 8 £476 - 4
Manchester -15 7 £472 -4.65% 9
CCNP
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 12 (27.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
2 3 (6.98%) AWS
2 3 (6.98%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 24 (55.81%) Firewall
2 15 (34.88%) BGP
2 15 (34.88%) Network Security
3 11 (25.58%) NX-OS
4 9 (20.93%) Cisco ISE
4 9 (20.93%) Cisco Wireless
4 9 (20.93%) VLAN
4 9 (20.93%) Wireless
5 8 (18.60%) VXLAN
5 8 (18.60%) WAN
6 7 (16.28%) DHCP
6 7 (16.28%) DNS
6 7 (16.28%) LAN
7 4 (9.30%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (9.30%) SD-WAN
7 4 (9.30%) WebEx
8 3 (6.98%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (6.98%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (6.98%) MPLS
8 3 (6.98%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Banking
2 7 (16.28%) Investment Banking
3 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) Finance
5 2 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (65.12%) Network Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Cisco Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Platform Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) RF Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Wireless Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Architect
5 5 (11.63%) Senior
6 4 (9.30%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Network Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Network Security Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Security Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Security Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) XMPP
2 2 (4.65%) 802.1X
2 2 (4.65%) JSON
2 2 (4.65%) REST
2 2 (4.65%) SOAP
2 2 (4.65%) XML
3 1 (2.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (44.19%) Data Centre
2 8 (18.60%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.65%) IVR
4 1 (2.33%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Linux
1 7 (16.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (16.28%) Windows
1 7 (16.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (18.60%) ITSM
3 7 (16.28%) Change Control
3 7 (16.28%) Knowledge Management
3 7 (16.28%) Platform Engineering
3 7 (16.28%) Project Delivery
3 7 (16.28%) User Experience
4 6 (13.95%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (11.63%) High Availability
5 5 (11.63%) Zero Trust
6 4 (9.30%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (9.30%) Computer Science
6 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.30%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure Automation
6 4 (9.30%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (9.30%) Network Architecture
6 4 (9.30%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (9.30%) Product Requirements
6 4 (9.30%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) Python
2 10 (23.26%) Perl
3 8 (18.60%) Lisp
4 7 (16.28%) Bash
4 7 (16.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (46.51%) Security Cleared
3 19 (44.19%) SC Cleared
4 17 (39.53%) CCNA
5 10 (23.26%) CCDP
6 4 (9.30%) Degree
7 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.65%) CCIE
8 2 (4.65%) CCSA
9 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) FortiGate
2 4 (9.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (4.65%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (76.74%) Cisco
2 17 (39.53%) Palo Alto
3 8 (18.60%) Ekahau
3 8 (18.60%) Remedy
3 8 (18.60%) ServiceNow
4 7 (16.28%) Citrix
4 7 (16.28%) Red Hat
4 7 (16.28%) VMware
5 6 (13.95%) Meraki
5 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
6 4 (9.30%) SolarWinds
6 4 (9.30%) Zscaler
7 3 (6.98%) CheckPoint
7 3 (6.98%) F5
8 1 (2.33%) Aruba
8 1 (2.33%) Broadcom
8 1 (2.33%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.33%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (2.33%) McAfee
8 1 (2.33%) Symantec