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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 85 120
Rank change year-on-year -14 +35 +40
Contract jobs citing CCNP 35 30 27
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.50% 1.28% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.35% 4.52% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 23
10th Percentile £378 £381 £380
25th Percentile £459 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +10.00% +2.86%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £531
90th Percentile £746 £560 £670
England median daily rate £539 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +6.68% +1.00% -
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 £30.00 £73.75 £72.50
% change year-on-year -59.32% +1.72% +106.49%

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 805 664 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.56% 28.33% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 330 562
10th Percentile £214 £294 £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 £627 £600 £638
90th Percentile £716 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 59 72
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.03 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £24.09 £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 £75.63 £57.34
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £53.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -2.45% +18.89%

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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 24 October 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 24 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
Cheshire -18 15 £475 - 5
Lancashire - 9 £550 - 5
Manchester -12 6 £471 -5.43% 4
Merseyside +7 5 - - 1
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 10 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) AWS
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.71%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (48.57%) Firewall
2 15 (42.86%) Network Security
3 14 (40.00%) BGP
4 9 (25.71%) NX-OS
5 6 (17.14%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (17.14%) Cisco Wireless
5 6 (17.14%) VXLAN
5 6 (17.14%) WAN
5 6 (17.14%) Wireless
6 5 (14.29%) DHCP
6 5 (14.29%) DNS
6 5 (14.29%) Internet
6 5 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (14.29%) LAN
6 5 (14.29%) VLAN
7 4 (11.43%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (11.43%) MPLS
7 4 (11.43%) WebEx
8 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
8 3 (8.57%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Banking
3 5 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 4 (11.43%) Legal
4 4 (11.43%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Finance
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) RF Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Designer
6 3 (8.57%) Lead
6 3 (8.57%) Lead Network Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Network Designer
6 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Senior
6 3 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Network Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) XMPP
2 2 (5.71%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.86%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 7 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) CMDB
4 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Linux
1 7 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (20.00%) Windows
1 7 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) ITSM
2 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.00%) Change Control
3 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 7 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
3 7 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
4 6 (17.14%) Network Architecture
4 6 (17.14%) Network Design
4 6 (17.14%) Zero Trust
5 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 5 (14.29%) High Availability
5 5 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 5 (14.29%) SIEM
5 5 (14.29%) User Experience
6 4 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (11.43%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (11.43%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (11.43%) Product Requirements
6 4 (11.43%) Service Management
6 4 (11.43%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) Python
2 10 (28.57%) Perl
3 7 (20.00%) Bash
3 7 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 6 (17.14%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (28.57%) CCDP
2 10 (28.57%) CCNA
2 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 5 (14.29%) Degree
4 4 (11.43%) CCSA
5 3 (8.57%) CCIE
6 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.71%) JNCIE
6 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 4 (11.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.71%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (74.29%) Cisco
2 14 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 9 (25.71%) Zscaler
4 7 (20.00%) Citrix
4 7 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 7 (20.00%) VMware
5 6 (17.14%) Ekahau
6 5 (14.29%) F5
6 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 5 (14.29%) Remedy
6 5 (14.29%) ServiceNow
7 4 (11.43%) Meraki
7 4 (11.43%) SolarWinds
8 3 (8.57%) Fortinet
9 2 (5.71%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.86%) LogicMonitor