CCNP Contracts in Scotland

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 118 123
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 +26
Contract jobs citing CCNP 10 10 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.62% 0.45% 1.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 1.64% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 29
10th Percentile £337 £393 £440
25th Percentile £363 £494 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £555 £498
Median % change year-on-year -28.11% +11.56% +13.52%
75th Percentile £456 £805 £500
90th Percentile £488 £830 £526
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +2.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 319 609 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.76% 27.43% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 326 408
10th Percentile £201 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for CCNP in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in Scotland

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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 CCNP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Glasgow +2 4 £387 -29.68% 4
Aberdeen - 3 £475 -
Edinburgh +2 1 - - 2
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) Network Security
3 7 (70.00%) BGP
3 7 (70.00%) OSPF
3 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 7 (70.00%) WAN
3 7 (70.00%) Wireless
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (40.00%) EIGRP
5 4 (40.00%) LAN
5 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
6 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (20.00%) IPsec
8 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Network Design
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCNA
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (30.00%) Juniper
3 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (20.00%) F5
5 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (10.00%) VMware