CCDP Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CCDP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 118 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing CCDP 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.059% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 0.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £350
% change year-on-year -4.55% +57.14% -30.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

CCDP 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 498 408 489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 21.99% 24.26% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 251 304
10th Percentile £305 £181 £179
25th Percentile £362 £311 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -3.74%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £588
90th Percentile £747 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 37 35
10th Percentile £16.09 £16.84 £12.30
25th Percentile £25.63 £18.51 £13.38
Median hourly rate £51.25 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.25% +14.29% -58.82%
75th Percentile £62.38 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £68.93 £28.12 -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -25.00%

CCDP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCDP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

CCDP job vacancy trend in Scotland

CCDP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCDP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCDP

CCDP
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCDP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCDP

CCDP
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCDP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Glasgow - 2 £300 - 2
Edinburgh -9 1 - -
CCDP
UK

CCDP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) SDH
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) 4G
2 1 (33.33%) BIG-IP
2 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) NGFW
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Commissioning Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCDA
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler