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 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 102 106
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +24
Contract jobs citing CCNP 59 19 31
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.90% 0.97% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.48% 2.68% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 16 21
10th Percentile £417 - £325
25th Percentile £464 £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.62% +3.00%
75th Percentile £569 £539 £588
90th Percentile £592 £584 £775
England median daily rate £495 £550 £504
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.13% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £74.26 £73.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +195.00% -25.37%

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 910 709 854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 29.25% 36.38% 30.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 403 497
10th Percentile £292 £221 £261
25th Percentile £380 £389 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £581 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £650 £725
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 45 129
10th Percentile £22.68 £22.59 £10.95
25th Percentile £30.00 £25.26 £11.77
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -57.17%
75th Percentile £71.50 £60.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £74.57 £82.28 £50.30
England median hourly rate £37.00 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -26.00% +33.33% -25.00%

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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 1 April 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 1 April 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 - 23 £481 - 3
Cheshire -15 16 £479 -16.37%
Lancashire - 10 £550 - 4
Merseyside -17 6 - - 1
Manchester -26 4 £568 +51.33% 9
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 9 (15.25%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.25%) Azure
2 7 (11.86%) AWS
3 4 (6.78%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.39%) GCP
4 2 (3.39%) GitHub
4 2 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.69%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 43 (72.88%) Firewall
2 27 (45.76%) VLAN
3 25 (42.37%) Network Security
4 20 (33.90%) Wireless
5 14 (23.73%) BGP
5 14 (23.73%) DNS
6 11 (18.64%) DHCP
6 11 (18.64%) NX-OS
7 8 (13.56%) LAN
7 8 (13.56%) WAN
8 7 (11.86%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (11.86%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (11.86%) VPN
9 6 (10.17%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (10.17%) Cisco Wireless
9 6 (10.17%) NAS
9 6 (10.17%) SAN
9 6 (10.17%) TCP/IP
10 5 (8.47%) OSPF
10 5 (8.47%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Git
General
1 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Banking
4 5 (8.47%) Investment Banking
4 5 (8.47%) Legal
5 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 38 (64.41%) Network Engineer
2 14 (23.73%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 10 (16.95%) Architect
3 10 (16.95%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (16.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) RF Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Wireless Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Network Architect
6 4 (6.78%) Senior
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) GCP Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Lead
8 2 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.39%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.39%) Technical Leader
9 1 (1.69%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) 802.1X
2 4 (6.78%) XMPP
3 3 (5.08%) JSON
3 3 (5.08%) REST
3 3 (5.08%) SOAP
3 3 (5.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (50.85%) Data Centre
2 10 (16.95%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.08%) IVR
4 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.69%) PKI
5 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.56%) Linux
1 8 (13.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (13.56%) Windows
1 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) ITSM
2 11 (18.64%) High Availability
2 11 (18.64%) Network Monitoring
2 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
3 10 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (15.25%) Change Management
4 9 (15.25%) Network Segmentation
4 9 (15.25%) Validation
5 8 (13.56%) Change Control
5 8 (13.56%) Platform Engineering
5 8 (13.56%) Service Management
6 7 (11.86%) Knowledge Management
7 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
7 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.47%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (8.47%) Analytics
8 5 (8.47%) ITIL
8 5 (8.47%) User Experience
8 5 (8.47%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) Python
2 8 (13.56%) Bash
2 8 (13.56%) Perl
2 8 (13.56%) PowerShell
3 5 (8.47%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (66.10%) CCNA
3 35 (59.32%) Security Cleared
4 32 (54.24%) SC Cleared
5 10 (16.95%) Degree
6 8 (13.56%) CCDP
7 6 (10.17%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (10.17%) Server+ Certification
8 5 (8.47%) CCIE
9 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared
10 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.69%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.69%) JNCIS
System Software
1 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Ansible
1 6 (10.17%) FortiGate
2 4 (6.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (5.08%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (5.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (67.80%) Cisco
2 17 (28.81%) Palo Alto
3 15 (25.42%) ServiceNow
4 9 (15.25%) Ekahau
5 8 (13.56%) Citrix
5 8 (13.56%) Red Hat
5 8 (13.56%) VMware
6 6 (10.17%) Aruba
6 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
6 6 (10.17%) Remedy
7 5 (8.47%) CheckPoint
7 5 (8.47%) Splunk
8 4 (6.78%) Broadcom
8 4 (6.78%) Meraki
9 3 (5.08%) CyberArk
9 3 (5.08%) ForeScout
10 2 (3.39%) Fortinet
10 2 (3.39%) Google
10 2 (3.39%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.69%) Infoblox