CCNP Contract Job Trends 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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 119 114
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 +73
Contract jobs citing CCNP 25 57 101
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.68% 1.34% 1.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.70% 3.29% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 35 58
10th Percentile £290 £250 £388
25th Percentile £450 £438 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £644 £631 £633
90th Percentile £695 £638 £673
England median daily rate £539 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +6.68% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £19.70
25th Percentile - £17.63 £21.50
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -29.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £17.88 £25.25
90th Percentile - - £25.40
England median hourly rate £30.00 £73.75 £72.50
% change year-on-year -59.32% +1.72% +106.49%

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 1,469 1,734 2,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.05% 40.85% 40.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 1,118 1,368
10th Percentile £219 £300 £246
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 103 139
10th Percentile - £23.20 £24.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £49.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%
75th Percentile £37.69 £71.57 £72.11
90th Percentile £81.00 £91.90 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £53.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -2.45% +18.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCNP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CCNP job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNP

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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 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNP

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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 24 October 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 -5 15 £450 -21.74% 17
Thames Valley -8 15 £450 -16.67% 21
Hampshire +6 10 £650 +4.00% 3
CCNP
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) AWS
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (68.00%) Firewall
2 11 (44.00%) VPN
3 9 (36.00%) BGP
3 9 (36.00%) OSPF
3 9 (36.00%) VLAN
4 5 (20.00%) LAN
4 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (20.00%) WAN
5 4 (16.00%) MPLS
5 4 (16.00%) Network Security
6 3 (12.00%) Internet
6 3 (12.00%) Wireless
6 3 (12.00%) Wireshark
7 2 (8.00%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (8.00%) Ethernet
7 2 (8.00%) Multicast
7 2 (8.00%) SDH
7 2 (8.00%) WebEx
8 1 (4.00%) LTE
8 1 (4.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) GitLab
1 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Test Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Juniper Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Quality Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Tester
5 2 (8.00%) Tester
5 2 (8.00%) Validation Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IP Architect
6 1 (4.00%) IP Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IP Network Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Lead
6 1 (4.00%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Quality Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Test Validation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (12.00%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) SCADA
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Unix
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (16.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (16.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (16.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (12.00%) Case Management
4 3 (12.00%) High Availability
4 3 (12.00%) Network Design
4 3 (12.00%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (12.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (12.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (12.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (12.00%) SIEM
4 3 (12.00%) Test Planning
4 3 (12.00%) Validation
5 2 (8.00%) Defect Management
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (8.00%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) Bash
3 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
3 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
4 10 (40.00%) CCNA
5 5 (20.00%) CCIE
6 3 (12.00%) CCDA
6 3 (12.00%) CCDP
6 3 (12.00%) CCSA
6 3 (12.00%) CCSE
6 3 (12.00%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (12.00%) JNCIA
7 2 (8.00%) Degree
8 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (4.00%) CISSP
8 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.00%) ISEB
8 1 (4.00%) ISTQB
8 1 (4.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (4.00%) JNCIP
8 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
1 1 (4.00%) QA
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (8.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (8.00%) Iperf
2 2 (8.00%) Nmap
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Cisco
2 9 (36.00%) Juniper
2 9 (36.00%) Palo Alto
3 6 (24.00%) Fortinet
4 5 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.00%) Avaya
6 1 (4.00%) Genesys