CCNP Contract Job Trends in Preston

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCNP 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 1.35% - 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.56% - 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - £375
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £355 - £338
% change year-on-year - - -20.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 39 17 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 52.70% 38.64% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 13
10th Percentile £407 £200 £375
25th Percentile £425 £313 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £481
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +9.15% +78.15%
75th Percentile £656 £607 £500
90th Percentile £678 £633 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £539 £484 £550
% change year-on-year +11.36% -12.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 18
10th Percentile - £38.36 £37.80
25th Percentile £47.12 £40.41 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.16 £44.13 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +59.00% -4.45% -1.80%
75th Percentile - £48.16 £48.69
90th Percentile £73.54 £50.39 £52.43
Lancashire median hourly rate £70.16 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +51.93% - -1.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in Preston

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Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CCNP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CCNP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CCNP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CCNP

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds