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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 75 118
Rank change year-on-year -27 +43 +47
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CCNP 29 48 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.31% 1.97% 0.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.80% 6.92% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 27 20
10th Percentile £363 £410 £356
25th Percentile £450 £469 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £431
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +18.84% -13.75%
75th Percentile £584 £545 £450
90th Percentile £738 £775 £476
England median daily rate £515 £514 £500
% change year-on-year +0.24% +2.75% +5.26%
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 £68.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year -56.36% +10.89% +66.58%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 763 694 871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.38% 28.45% 30.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 396 571
10th Percentile £313 £313 £306
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +1.12% +0.08%
75th Percentile £620 £607 £611
90th Percentile £716 £724 £690
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 90 63
10th Percentile £17.15 £10.95 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.02 £11.07 £22.43
Median hourly rate £29.27 £19.86 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.38% -53.27% +46.55%
75th Percentile £58.58 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.29 £70.69 £56.29
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.83 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.42% -13.04% +22.22%

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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 22 August 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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DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire -12 21 £476 +0.26%
Manchester -14 7 £457 -9.50% 2
Lancashire - 1 £375 - 2
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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 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
2 7 (24.14%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (62.07%) Firewall
1 18 (62.07%) Network Security
2 13 (44.83%) BGP
3 10 (34.48%) OSPF
4 9 (31.03%) WAN
5 8 (27.59%) MPLS
6 6 (20.69%) Internet
6 6 (20.69%) VPN
7 5 (17.24%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (17.24%) SD-WAN
8 4 (13.79%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (13.79%) EIGRP
8 4 (13.79%) LAN
8 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
8 4 (13.79%) VLAN
9 3 (10.34%) IPv4
9 3 (10.34%) NX-OS
9 3 (10.34%) WLAN
10 1 (3.45%) DNS
10 1 (3.45%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) GitLab
1 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Network Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Security Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Designer
4 5 (17.24%) Network Designer
5 4 (13.79%) Solutions Designer
6 3 (10.34%) IP Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Lead
6 3 (10.34%) Lead Network Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Automation Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Transmission Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Architect
8 1 (3.45%) Security Architect
8 1 (3.45%) Server Support Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) CMDB
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Network Architecture
1 7 (24.14%) Network Design
1 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Automation
2 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 5 (17.24%) Configuration Management
3 5 (17.24%) High Availability
3 5 (17.24%) Incident Response
3 5 (17.24%) ITSM
3 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
3 5 (17.24%) SIEM
3 5 (17.24%) Task Automation
4 4 (13.79%) Change Management
4 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
4 4 (13.79%) IT Strategy
4 4 (13.79%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (13.79%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (13.79%) Service Design
4 4 (13.79%) TOGAF
4 4 (13.79%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 4 (13.79%) Perl
3 2 (6.90%) Bash
4 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.69%) CCIE
2 6 (20.69%) CCNA
2 6 (20.69%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (13.79%) JNCIE
3 4 (13.79%) Master's Degree
4 3 (10.34%) CCDP
4 3 (10.34%) CCSA
4 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Ansible
2 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (75.86%) Cisco
2 12 (41.38%) Palo Alto
3 8 (27.59%) Fortinet
3 8 (27.59%) Zscaler
4 7 (24.14%) F5
5 4 (13.79%) Meraki
6 3 (10.34%) BMC
6 3 (10.34%) Huawei
6 3 (10.34%) Remedy
6 3 (10.34%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.90%) Infoblox
7 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.45%) Arista
8 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
8 1 (3.45%) McAfee
8 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
8 1 (3.45%) Splunk