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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 107 121
Rank change year-on-year +1 +14 +17
Contract jobs citing CCNP 49 18 15
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.76% 0.87% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.45% 2.60% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 15 9
10th Percentile £421 - £285
25th Percentile £464 £363 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £615
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -22.76% +23.00%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £683
90th Percentile £588 £565 -
England median daily rate £500 £539 £500
% change year-on-year -7.19% +7.75% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £74.26 £75.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -0.99% +100.00% +13.64%

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 899 693 828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.21% 33.64% 30.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 391 489
10th Percentile £235 £213 £248
25th Percentile £381 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £649
90th Percentile £680 £656 £704
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 42 107
10th Percentile £19.29 £22.84 £14.00
25th Percentile £28.50 £25.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +21.91% -25.94%
75th Percentile £67.84 £59.57 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.00 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% +17.65% -8.60%

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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 26 February 2026.

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 26 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria - 19 £481 - 3
Lancashire - 11 £550 - 2
Merseyside -9 8 - -
Cheshire -19 8 £538 +13.16% 6
Manchester -23 3 £544 +11.54% 8
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 (24.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (16.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.04%) AWS
2 1 (2.04%) Azure
2 1 (2.04%) GCP
2 1 (2.04%) Google Ads
2 1 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (67.35%) Firewall
2 21 (42.86%) VLAN
3 18 (36.73%) Network Security
4 15 (30.61%) Wireless
5 14 (28.57%) BGP
6 13 (26.53%) DNS
7 12 (24.49%) NX-OS
8 11 (22.45%) DHCP
9 9 (18.37%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (18.37%) Cisco Wireless
10 8 (16.33%) VXLAN
11 6 (12.24%) WAN
12 5 (10.20%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (10.20%) LAN
12 5 (10.20%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (8.16%) NAS
13 4 (8.16%) SAN
13 4 (8.16%) WebEx
13 4 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (6.12%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.29%) Banking
3 7 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 5 (10.20%) Legal
5 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Finance
6 1 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (69.39%) Network Engineer
2 13 (26.53%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (22.45%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (22.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) Architect
4 8 (16.33%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
5 7 (14.29%) RF Engineer
5 7 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
5 7 (14.29%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Network Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Senior
7 4 (8.16%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.04%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.04%) Network Security Engineer
9 1 (2.04%) Security Architect
9 1 (2.04%) Security Engineer
9 1 (2.04%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.20%) 802.1X
2 4 (8.16%) XMPP
3 3 (6.12%) JSON
3 3 (6.12%) REST
3 3 (6.12%) SOAP
3 3 (6.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (59.18%) Data Centre
2 10 (20.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.12%) IVR
3 3 (6.12%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.33%) Linux
1 8 (16.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (16.33%) Windows
1 8 (16.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.53%) ITSM
2 12 (24.49%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.41%) Project Delivery
5 8 (16.33%) Platform Engineering
6 7 (14.29%) Change Control
6 7 (14.29%) High Availability
6 7 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
6 7 (14.29%) User Experience
7 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
7 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (10.20%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (10.20%) Service Management
8 5 (10.20%) User Stories
9 4 (8.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 4 (8.16%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (8.16%) Product Requirements
9 4 (8.16%) Validation
9 4 (8.16%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) Python
2 8 (16.33%) Bash
2 8 (16.33%) Lisp
2 8 (16.33%) Perl
2 8 (16.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 49 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (63.27%) Security Cleared
3 29 (59.18%) SC Cleared
4 28 (57.14%) CCNA
5 8 (16.33%) CCDP
6 6 (12.24%) Degree
7 4 (8.16%) CCIE
7 4 (8.16%) DV Cleared
7 4 (8.16%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (8.16%) Server+ Certification
8 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.04%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (20.41%) FortiGate
2 4 (8.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.04%) Ansible
Vendors
1 38 (77.55%) Cisco
2 18 (36.73%) Palo Alto
3 12 (24.49%) ServiceNow
4 10 (20.41%) Ekahau
5 8 (16.33%) Citrix
5 8 (16.33%) Red Hat
5 8 (16.33%) Remedy
5 8 (16.33%) VMware
6 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
7 4 (8.16%) CheckPoint
7 4 (8.16%) Meraki
8 3 (6.12%) Aruba
9 1 (2.04%) Blue Coat
9 1 (2.04%) Broadcom
9 1 (2.04%) F5
9 1 (2.04%) Google
9 1 (2.04%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (2.04%) McAfee
9 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.04%) Symantec