CCNP Contracts in the South East

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 139 150
Rank change year-on-year +38 +11 +69
Contract jobs citing CCNP 62 65 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.89% 1.14% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.70% 2.57% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 49 25
10th Percentile £378 £329 £388
25th Percentile £450 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +22.22% -7.69%
75th Percentile £569 £608 £575
90th Percentile £613 £638 £675
England median daily rate £508 £514 £500
% change year-on-year -1.22% +2.75% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £17.71 £18.50
25th Percentile - £17.84 £21.50
Median hourly rate - £18.38 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -69.38% +200.00%
75th Percentile - £19.09 £63.00
90th Percentile - £19.34 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £23.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +27.66% -62.10% +2.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,318 2,531 2,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.09% 44.56% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1,475 1,352
10th Percentile £263 £350 £300
25th Percentile £409 £450 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £648 £623
90th Percentile £663 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 225 131
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.80 £19.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £26.73 £42.50
Median hourly rate £46.90 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.22% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.69 £71.26
90th Percentile £80.50 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Berkshire +34 35 £450 -25.62% 27
Thames Valley +29 35 £450 -25.62% 38
Hampshire +35 25 £508 -9.38% 26
Kent -5 2 £438 +31.58% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) AWS
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 3 (4.84%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (58.06%) VPN
2 29 (46.77%) WAN
3 26 (41.94%) Firewall
4 24 (38.71%) LAN
5 20 (32.26%) Network Security
6 17 (27.42%) MPLS
7 15 (24.19%) Ethernet
7 15 (24.19%) Wireshark
8 14 (22.58%) ATM
8 14 (22.58%) BGP
8 14 (22.58%) Frame Relay
8 14 (22.58%) GPRS
8 14 (22.58%) GSM
8 14 (22.58%) LTE
8 14 (22.58%) SAN
8 14 (22.58%) SDH
8 14 (22.58%) UMTS
9 12 (19.35%) OSPF
10 9 (14.52%) TCP/IP
11 6 (9.68%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (62.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Telecoms
3 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Aviation
5 1 (1.61%) Billing
5 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (43.55%) Network Engineer
2 16 (25.81%) Architect
3 14 (22.58%) Test Engineer
4 13 (20.97%) IP Engineer
4 13 (20.97%) Network Architect
5 5 (8.06%) Cisco Architect
5 5 (8.06%) Cisco Network Architect
5 5 (8.06%) IP Network Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Juniper Architect
6 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Consultant
7 2 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) IP Consultant
7 2 (3.23%) IP Network Consultant
7 2 (3.23%) Network Consultant
7 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Systems Integrator
7 2 (3.23%) Voice Architect
8 1 (1.61%) Analyst
8 1 (1.61%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.61%) Jinja
2 1 (1.61%) JSON
2 1 (1.61%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.61%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.58%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.90%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.42%) Linux
2 14 (22.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (48.39%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (32.26%) Network Architecture
3 14 (22.58%) Fault Management
3 14 (22.58%) Project Management
3 14 (22.58%) Regression Testing
3 14 (22.58%) Test Strategy
4 13 (20.97%) Network Design
5 10 (16.13%) Computer Science
6 7 (11.29%) Migration
6 7 (11.29%) SIEM
6 7 (11.29%) Validation
7 6 (9.68%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (9.68%) Security Monitoring
7 6 (9.68%) Security Operations
8 4 (6.45%) Incident Management
8 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Automation
8 4 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (4.84%) Risk Management
9 3 (4.84%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.58%) Java
2 8 (12.90%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (43.55%) CCNA
2 27 (43.55%) Security Cleared
3 23 (37.10%) SC Cleared
4 14 (22.58%) ISEB
4 14 (22.58%) ISTQB
4 14 (22.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 10 (16.13%) Degree
5 10 (16.13%) DV Cleared
6 9 (14.52%) JNCIS
7 8 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (9.68%) CCSA
8 6 (9.68%) CCSE
8 6 (9.68%) Check Point Certification
9 5 (8.06%) CCIE
10 4 (6.45%) CCDP
11 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
11 2 (3.23%) JNCIP
12 1 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (1.61%) JNCIA
Systems Management
1 11 (17.74%) Ansible
2 3 (4.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (77.42%) Cisco
2 29 (46.77%) Juniper
3 17 (27.42%) Microsoft
4 10 (16.13%) Fortinet
4 10 (16.13%) Palo Alto
5 8 (12.90%) CheckPoint
6 6 (9.68%) Fujitsu
7 3 (4.84%) Aruba
7 3 (4.84%) Mellanox
7 3 (4.84%) NVIDIA
8 1 (1.61%) Google
8 1 (1.61%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.61%) Splunk