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 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	142	105	86
Rank change year-on-year	-37	-19	+39
Contract jobs citing CCNP	37	27	32
As % of all contract jobs in the North West	0.92%	1.19%	1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category	2.91%	3.52%	4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	24	17	17
10^th Percentile	£417	£352	£381
25^th Percentile	£461	£433	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£539	£475	£495
Median % change year-on-year	+13.42%	-4.04%	+10.00%
75^th Percentile	£614	£621	£550
90^th Percentile	£629	£772	£560
England median daily rate	£475	£525	£505
% change year-on-year	-9.52%	+3.96%	+1.00%
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	£72.50
% change year-on-year	+129.17%	-58.62%	-

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	1,271	767	678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West	31.59%	33.91%	28.63%
Number of daily rates quoted	801	489	344
10^th Percentile	£300	£270	£294
25^th Percentile	£418	£400	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£519	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+3.80%	-	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£601	£638	£600
90^th Percentile	£670	£716	£675
England median daily rate	£536	£525	£529
% change year-on-year	+2.00%	-0.76%	-3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted	150	78	60
10^th Percentile	£17.65	£15.50	£18.03
25^th Percentile	£26.90	£20.00	£24.14
Median hourly rate	£40.53	£27.19	£42.66
Median % change year-on-year	+49.08%	-36.27%	-7.62%
75^th Percentile	£51.00	£57.57	£56.34
90^th Percentile	£73.48	£70.55	£79.31
England median hourly rate	£47.77	£25.15	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+89.94%	-52.10%	-1.87%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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
Cheshire	+2	12	£516	+8.53%
Manchester	-36	12	£488	+3.61%	10
Cumbria	-	12	£608	-
Merseyside	-16	1	£445	-	1
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CCNP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 October 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 with a requirement for CCNP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco Certification	100.0%	37
2	Firewall	86.5%	32
3	Cisco	67.6%	25
4	Network Security	56.8%	21
5	Wireless	54.1%	20
6	DNS	48.6%	18
7	CCNA	45.9%	17
8	Network Segmentation	43.2%	16
9	VLAN	40.5%	15
10	SC Cleared	37.8%	14
10	Security Cleared	37.8%	14
12	VPN	35.1%	13
13	Cisco IOS	32.4%	12
13	DHCP	32.4%	12
13	Network+ Certification	32.4%	12
16	BGP	29.7%	11
16	Fortinet	29.7%	11
16	OSPF	29.7%	11
16	WAN	29.7%	11
16	Zero Trust	29.7%	11
21	Palo Alto	27.0%	10
22	Ansible	24.3%	9
22	CCIE	24.3%	9
22	ITSM	24.3%	9
22	NAS	24.3%	9
22	NX-OS	24.3%	9
22	Python	24.3%	9
22	SAN	24.3%	9
22	Server+ Certification	24.3%	9
22	ServiceNow	24.3%	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%	37
2	CCNA	45.9%	17
3	SC Cleared	37.8%	14
3	Security Cleared	37.8%	14
5	Network+ Certification	32.4%	12
6	CCIE	24.3%	9
6	Server+ Certification	24.3%	9
8	CISSP	18.9%	7
9	CCIE Security	10.8%	4
9	Degree	10.8%	4
11	CCSP	8.1%	3
11	CompTIA Security+	8.1%	3
13	(ISC)2 CCSP	5.4%	2
13	AWS Certification	5.4%	2
13	CCSA	5.4%	2
13	CCSE	5.4%	2
13	GCIA	5.4%	2
13	GCIH	5.4%	2
13	GIAC	5.4%	2
20	CCIE Service Provider	2.7%	1