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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 120 162
Rank change year-on-year +33 +42 +42
Contract jobs citing CCNP 73 86 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.43% 1.55% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.97% 3.46% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 68 30
10th Percentile £418 £329 £406
25th Percentile £450 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +25.56% -
75th Percentile £613 £623 £525
90th Percentile £650 £825 £585
England median daily rate £549 £505 £519
% change year-on-year +8.76% -2.60% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £23.65 £25.63
25th Percentile £18.50 £31.38 £39.56
Median hourly rate £19.00 £44.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.30% -27.05% -
75th Percentile £19.50 £57.38 £63.00
90th Percentile - £64.95 -
England median hourly rate £73.75 £24.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +201.02% -60.48% +41.75%

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 1,222 2,486 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.60% 44.73% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,412 1,432
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £735 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 213 145
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.52 £21.40
25th Percentile £26.13 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%
75th Percentile £70.63 £67.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £85.41 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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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 1 May 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 1 May 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
Thames Valley +40 45 £450 -25.62% 33
Berkshire +42 39 £450 -25.62% 20
Hampshire +27 24 £515 -4.19% 22
Buckinghamshire +3 6 £743 -7.12% 8
Kent +2 2 £438 +31.58% 8
East Sussex -2 1 £625 +25.00% 3
Sussex - 1 - -
CCNP
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 (2.74%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) AWS
1 12 (16.44%) Azure
2 3 (4.11%) GCP
3 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (49.32%) VPN
2 32 (43.84%) WAN
3 26 (35.62%) LAN
4 23 (31.51%) Firewall
4 23 (31.51%) MPLS
5 21 (28.77%) Network Security
6 20 (27.40%) Ethernet
7 18 (24.66%) SDH
8 17 (23.29%) Wireshark
9 16 (21.92%) ATM
9 16 (21.92%) BGP
9 16 (21.92%) Frame Relay
9 16 (21.92%) GPRS
9 16 (21.92%) GSM
9 16 (21.92%) LTE
9 16 (21.92%) SAN
9 16 (21.92%) UMTS
10 14 (19.18%) OSPF
11 10 (13.70%) TCP/IP
12 5 (6.85%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (61.64%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.66%) Telecoms
3 16 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.37%) Aviation
6 1 (1.37%) Billing
6 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) Network Engineer
2 24 (32.88%) Architect
3 15 (20.55%) IP Engineer
3 15 (20.55%) Network Architect
4 14 (19.18%) Test Engineer
5 6 (8.22%) Cisco Architect
6 5 (6.85%) Cisco Network Architect
6 5 (6.85%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Juniper Architect
7 4 (5.48%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Principal Architect
8 3 (4.11%) NOC Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Analyst
9 2 (2.74%) Consultant
9 2 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Network Analyst
9 2 (2.74%) Network Consultant
9 2 (2.74%) Systems Integrator
9 2 (2.74%) Technical Architect
9 2 (2.74%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Jinja
1 1 (1.37%) JSON
1 1 (1.37%) NETCONF
1 1 (1.37%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (9.59%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.85%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.74%) SCADA
5 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.37%) IoT
5 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.03%) Linux
2 16 (21.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.95%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (27.40%) Network Architecture
3 16 (21.92%) Fault Management
3 16 (21.92%) Project Management
3 16 (21.92%) Regression Testing
3 16 (21.92%) Test Strategy
4 12 (16.44%) Network Design
5 10 (13.70%) Computer Science
6 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (12.33%) Migration
7 7 (9.59%) CI/CD
7 7 (9.59%) ITIL
7 7 (9.59%) Validation
8 6 (8.22%) TOGAF
9 5 (6.85%) Agile
9 5 (6.85%) DevOps
9 5 (6.85%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (6.85%) SIEM
9 5 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (5.48%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.92%) Java
2 7 (9.59%) Python
3 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 73 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (46.58%) Security Cleared
3 30 (41.10%) CCNA
4 28 (38.36%) SC Cleared
5 16 (21.92%) ISEB
5 16 (21.92%) ISTQB
5 16 (21.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (17.81%) DV Cleared
7 12 (16.44%) Degree
8 9 (12.33%) JNCIS
9 8 (10.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (8.22%) CCIE
11 5 (6.85%) CCDP
11 5 (6.85%) MCSE
11 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (5.48%) CCSA
12 4 (5.48%) CCSE
12 4 (5.48%) Check Point Certification
13 3 (4.11%) Azure Certification
13 3 (4.11%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) NCSC
1 5 (6.85%) NIST
2 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) Ansible
2 3 (4.11%) Terraform
3 1 (1.37%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 49 (67.12%) Cisco
2 31 (42.47%) Juniper
3 19 (26.03%) Microsoft
4 10 (13.70%) Fortinet
4 10 (13.70%) Palo Alto
5 7 (9.59%) CheckPoint
6 6 (8.22%) Fujitsu
6 6 (8.22%) VMware
7 3 (4.11%) Aruba
7 3 (4.11%) Mellanox
7 3 (4.11%) NVIDIA
8 2 (2.74%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.37%) ADVA
9 1 (1.37%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (1.37%) Google
9 1 (1.37%) Meraki
9 1 (1.37%) Splunk