CCNP Contracts in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing CCNP 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.41% 2.00% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.01% 4.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £356 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £363 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% - -
75th Percentile £488 £369 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £490
% change year-on-year -0.99% +3.06% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -37.50% +82.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 99 70 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 41.08% 46.67% 21.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 36 17
10th Percentile £200 £184 £208
25th Percentile £306 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +7.50% +5.32%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £575
90th Percentile £672 £663 £660
UK median daily rate £525 £527 £550
% change year-on-year -0.43% -4.14% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 3
10th Percentile £14.31 £21.19 -
25th Percentile £15.05 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +73.83% -26.79%
75th Percentile - £31.88 -
90th Percentile - £38.58 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim -12 1 £475 +31.03% 2
CCNP
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft