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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 111 95
Rank change year-on-year +1 -16 +38
Contract jobs citing CCNP 55 16 43
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.68% 0.81% 1.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.03% 2.27% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 13 21
10th Percentile £417 - £325
25th Percentile £455 £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £425 £515
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% -17.48% +14.44%
75th Percentile £579 £500 £540
90th Percentile £618 £584 £775
England median daily rate £475 £525 £505
% change year-on-year -9.52% +3.96% -1.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £73.63 £73.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year -0.16% +220.65% -62.90%

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 912 704 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.88% 35.81% 29.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 408 455
10th Percentile £331 £230 £300
25th Percentile £400 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £499 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% -2.73% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £650
90th Percentile £688 £667 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 41 127
10th Percentile £22.68 £17.44 £10.95
25th Percentile £29.99 £25.15 £11.77
Median hourly rate £52.78 £32.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +62.38% +102.37% -60.42%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £38.43
90th Percentile £111.15 £77.50 £70.83
England median hourly rate £50.50 £39.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +27.33% -0.85% -23.81%

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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 18 May 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 18 May 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 - 29 £500 - 5
Cheshire 0 18 £461 -11.98%
Manchester -34 5 £544 +45.00% 2
Lancashire - 3 £450 -
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:

Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.36%) Azure
2 7 (12.73%) AWS
3 2 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.64%) GCP
3 2 (3.64%) GitHub
3 2 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.82%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 44 (80.00%) Firewall
2 31 (56.36%) VLAN
3 28 (50.91%) Network Security
4 22 (40.00%) Wireless
5 17 (30.91%) DNS
6 12 (21.82%) Structured Cabling
7 11 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (20.00%) DHCP
7 11 (20.00%) NAS
7 11 (20.00%) NX-OS
7 11 (20.00%) SAN
8 8 (14.55%) LAN
8 8 (14.55%) WAN
9 7 (12.73%) BGP
9 7 (12.73%) VPN
10 6 (10.91%) OSPF
10 6 (10.91%) TCP/IP
11 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (3.64%) Internet
13 1 (1.82%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Git
General
1 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.55%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.82%) Banking
3 1 (1.82%) Legal
3 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (70.91%) Network Engineer
2 16 (29.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 14 (25.45%) Architect
4 6 (10.91%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (10.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (10.91%) Network Architect
5 4 (7.27%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Technical Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Senior
6 3 (5.45%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) GCP Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Lead
7 2 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Technical Leader
8 1 (1.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Data Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Data Network Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Network Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (1.82%) Platform Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.36%) 802.1X
2 3 (5.45%) JSON
2 3 (5.45%) REST
2 3 (5.45%) SOAP
2 3 (5.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (50.91%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.27%) PKI
3 3 (5.45%) IVR
3 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.64%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Linux
1 1 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
1 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.27%) ITSM
2 14 (25.45%) Network Segmentation
3 12 (21.82%) Network Monitoring
3 12 (21.82%) Project Delivery
4 10 (18.18%) High Availability
4 10 (18.18%) Validation
5 8 (14.55%) Change Management
6 7 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.09%) Analytics
7 5 (9.09%) ITIL
8 4 (7.27%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (7.27%) Operational Stability
8 4 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.27%) Resilience Testing
8 4 (7.27%) Service Management
9 3 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (5.45%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (5.45%) Threat Detection
9 3 (5.45%) Workforce Optimisation
9 3 (5.45%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) Python
2 1 (1.82%) Bash
2 1 (1.82%) Perl
2 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (72.73%) CCNA
3 33 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 30 (54.55%) SC Cleared
5 14 (25.45%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (20.00%) Server+ Certification
7 7 (12.73%) Degree
8 4 (7.27%) CCIE
8 4 (7.27%) DV Cleared
9 3 (5.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.82%) CCDP
10 1 (1.82%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.82%) JNCIS
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.82%) Firmware
1 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) Ansible
2 3 (5.45%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (5.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (65.45%) Cisco
2 17 (30.91%) Palo Alto
3 14 (25.45%) ServiceNow
4 6 (10.91%) Aruba
4 6 (10.91%) ForeScout
5 5 (9.09%) CheckPoint
5 5 (9.09%) Splunk
6 4 (7.27%) Broadcom
6 4 (7.27%) Ekahau
7 3 (5.45%) CyberArk
7 3 (5.45%) Meraki
8 2 (3.64%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.64%) Google
8 2 (3.64%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.82%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.82%) F5
9 1 (1.82%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.82%) Netskope
9 1 (1.82%) Symantec
9 1 (1.82%) VMware