CCNP Contracts in Somerset

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CCNP 8 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 4.47% 1.10% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.64% 3.17% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £616 £616 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £633 -
75th Percentile £649 £649 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +15.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 83 63 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 46.37% 34.81% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 39 45
10th Percentile £213 £198 £273
25th Percentile £315 £403 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +24.64%
75th Percentile £675 £649 £715
90th Percentile £775 £726 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 17
10th Percentile - £44.75 £42.60
25th Percentile - £48.13 £48.32
Median hourly rate £18.51 £57.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -67.81% +2.22% +4.17%
75th Percentile - £64.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £23.08 £66.25 £78.70
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £64.15
% change year-on-year -64.07% +9.13% +6.91%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in Somerset

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CCNP

CCNP
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CCNP

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 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
Bath -2 6 £633 - 1
Yeovil - 1 - - 1
CCNP
South West

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) BGP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 4 (50.00%) IPsec
2 4 (50.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (25.00%) iSCSI
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (12.50%) DHCP
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) OSPF
4 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Switch Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) NETCONF
1 4 (50.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 4 (50.00%) NsoIT
1 4 (50.00%) Service Management
1 4 (50.00%) System Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (12.50%) ArchiMate
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) JNCIP
5 2 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
6 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
6 1 (12.50%) CCIE
6 1 (12.50%) CCNA
6 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (12.50%) Google
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto