CCNP Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 90 122
Rank change year-on-year -15 +32 +48
Contract jobs citing CCNP 23 46 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.11% 1.65% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.32% 5.95% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 18
10th Percentile - £344 £344
25th Percentile £363 £463 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £444
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +16.06% -11.25%
75th Percentile £521 £550 £450
90th Percentile £614 £775 £503
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +1.01%

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 692 773 905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.35% 27.80% 29.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 423 597
10th Percentile £301 £288 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £600
90th Percentile £713 £699 £690
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 132 63
10th Percentile £17.33 £10.95 £19.27
25th Percentile £21.30 £11.94 £27.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £16.06 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +93.03% -60.43% +11.98%
75th Percentile £59.98 £44.28 £49.89
90th Percentile £75.93 £62.50 £64.45
England median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -22.73% +32.76%

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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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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the North West.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in the North West

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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 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in the North West

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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 3 July 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 -4 15 £476 +0.26% 6
Manchester +4 5 £375 -31.03% 12
Merseyside +3 2 £375 +27.12% 1
Lancashire - 1 £375 - 7
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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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) AWS
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 15 (65.22%) Network Security
2 14 (60.87%) Firewall
3 13 (56.52%) BGP
3 13 (56.52%) OSPF
4 10 (43.48%) MPLS
5 8 (34.78%) VPN
6 7 (30.43%) WAN
7 6 (26.09%) SD-WAN
8 5 (21.74%) EIGRP
9 4 (17.39%) Internet
9 4 (17.39%) VLAN
10 3 (13.04%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (13.04%) IPv4
11 2 (8.70%) IOS XR
11 2 (8.70%) IPsec
11 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
11 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (4.35%) DNS
12 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) GitLab
1 2 (8.70%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Network Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Network Security Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Security Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Designer
3 4 (17.39%) Network Designer
3 4 (17.39%) Solutions Designer
4 3 (13.04%) IP Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Automation Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Lead
5 2 (8.70%) Lead Network Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Transmission Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) IP Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) CMDB
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) Network Design
3 6 (26.09%) High Availability
4 5 (21.74%) Configuration Management
4 5 (21.74%) ITSM
4 5 (21.74%) Network Architecture
4 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
5 4 (17.39%) Change Management
5 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
5 4 (17.39%) IT Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (17.39%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) Service Design
5 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (17.39%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
5 4 (17.39%) Use Case
6 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (13.04%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Bash
3 1 (4.35%) Perl
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (39.13%) CCNA
3 7 (30.43%) CCIE
3 7 (30.43%) Degree
4 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (17.39%) JNCIE
4 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
5 2 (8.70%) CCSA
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Ansible
2 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Cisco
2 7 (30.43%) Fortinet
3 6 (26.09%) Palo Alto
4 5 (21.74%) Zscaler
5 4 (17.39%) F5
5 4 (17.39%) Meraki
6 3 (13.04%) BMC
6 3 (13.04%) Huawei
6 3 (13.04%) Remedy
7 2 (8.70%) Infoblox
7 2 (8.70%) Nokia
7 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds
8 1 (4.35%) Arista
8 1 (4.35%) McAfee
8 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
8 1 (4.35%) Splunk