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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 81 118
Rank change year-on-year -28 +37 +46
Contract jobs citing CCNP 24 37 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.10% 1.55% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.21% 5.71% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 20
10th Percentile £357 £378 £374
25th Percentile £441 £443 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £444
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +12.56% -1.39%
75th Percentile £554 £526 £450
90th Percentile £761 £563 £618
England median daily rate £500 £505 £490
% change year-on-year -0.99% +3.06% -0.51%
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 £72.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -58.62% +16.94% +30.53%

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 747 648 831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.20% 27.10% 29.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 360 531
10th Percentile £313 £294 £300
25th Percentile £410 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £601 £630
90th Percentile £731 £690 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 58 64
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.22 £23.96
Median hourly rate £27.19 £46.18 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -41.13% +0.65% +20.74%
75th Percentile £58.34 £55.65 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.52 £81.48 £57.01
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.53
% change year-on-year -53.43% -0.97% +21.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -19 16 £475 - 5
Manchester -12 6 £469 -6.20% 9
Lancashire - 2 £355 - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) AWS
3 4 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (70.83%) Network Security
2 15 (62.50%) Firewall
3 8 (33.33%) BGP
4 6 (25.00%) WAN
5 5 (20.83%) Internet
5 5 (20.83%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (20.83%) LAN
5 5 (20.83%) MPLS
5 5 (20.83%) OSPF
6 4 (16.67%) VLAN
6 4 (16.67%) VPN
7 3 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (12.50%) NX-OS
7 3 (12.50%) SD-WAN
7 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 3 (12.50%) WLAN
8 2 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Finance
2 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Security Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Designer
4 5 (20.83%) Network Designer
5 4 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
6 3 (12.50%) Lead
6 3 (12.50%) Lead Network Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Network Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
8 1 (4.17%) Design Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Firewall Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Designer
8 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Network Support Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Server Support
8 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
1 1 (4.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) CMDB
2 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Network Design
2 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Automation
2 7 (29.17%) Network Architecture
3 6 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 5 (20.83%) Incident Response
4 5 (20.83%) ITSM
4 5 (20.83%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (20.83%) SIEM
5 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (16.67%) High Availability
5 4 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 4 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (16.67%) Service Design
5 4 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 4 (16.67%) Use Case
6 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (20.83%) CCIE
3 4 (16.67%) CCNA
3 4 (16.67%) CCSA
3 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.67%) Degree
3 4 (16.67%) JNCIE
3 4 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 3 (12.50%) CCDP
4 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
1 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco
2 14 (58.33%) Palo Alto
3 9 (37.50%) Zscaler
4 7 (29.17%) F5
5 5 (20.83%) Fortinet
6 4 (16.67%) SolarWinds
7 3 (12.50%) Meraki
8 2 (8.33%) CheckPoint
9 1 (4.17%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (4.17%) Microsoft