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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 127 125
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +80
Contract jobs citing CCNP 43 57 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 1.24% 1.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.18% 2.89% 4.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 36 47
10th Percentile £318 £338 £403
25th Percentile - £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £490
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +23.47% -6.67%
75th Percentile £606 £628 £672
90th Percentile £658 £638 £675
England median daily rate £500 £505 £490
% change year-on-year -0.99% +3.06% -1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £17.71 £21.50
25th Percentile - £17.84 £33.38
Median hourly rate - £18.38 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year - -69.88% +190.48%
75th Percentile - £19.09 £63.00
90th Percentile - £19.34 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £72.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -58.62% +16.94% +30.53%

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 1,351 1,971 2,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 38.80% 42.93% 38.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 1,241 1,331
10th Percentile £222 £330 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £715 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 154 136
10th Percentile - £22.30 £25.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £43.69 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +33.33%
75th Percentile £66.38 £72.33 £73.72
90th Percentile £81.00 £87.46 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.44
% change year-on-year -53.43% -0.81% +20.98%

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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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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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +15 26 £450 -25.62% 6
Thames Valley +2 26 £450 -25.62% 7
Hampshire +13 16 £575 -6.12% 6
Kent -5 1 £450 -
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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 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) AWS
1 4 (9.30%) Azure
2 1 (2.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (62.79%) VPN
2 21 (48.84%) Firewall
3 18 (41.86%) WAN
4 15 (34.88%) BGP
4 15 (34.88%) LAN
4 15 (34.88%) OSPF
5 14 (32.56%) MPLS
6 12 (27.91%) VLAN
6 12 (27.91%) Wireshark
7 11 (25.58%) Ethernet
7 11 (25.58%) SDH
8 10 (23.26%) ATM
8 10 (23.26%) Frame Relay
8 10 (23.26%) GPRS
8 10 (23.26%) GSM
8 10 (23.26%) LTE
8 10 (23.26%) Network Security
8 10 (23.26%) SAN
8 10 (23.26%) UMTS
9 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) GitLab
1 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.88%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Aviation
5 1 (2.33%) Billing
5 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (55.81%) Network Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) Test Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) IP Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) IP Network Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Tester
7 2 (4.65%) Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) IP Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) IP Network Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) Juniper Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Network Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.65%) Validation Tester
8 1 (2.33%) Cisco Architect
8 1 (2.33%) Cisco Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (13.95%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.98%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.23%) Linux
2 10 (23.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (25.58%) Test Strategy
3 10 (23.26%) Fault Management
3 10 (23.26%) Project Management
3 10 (23.26%) Regression Testing
4 6 (13.95%) Network Architecture
4 6 (13.95%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (13.95%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (13.95%) Security Operations
4 6 (13.95%) SIEM
5 5 (11.63%) Test Scripting
6 4 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (9.30%) Network Design
6 4 (9.30%) Test Automation
6 4 (9.30%) Validation
7 3 (6.98%) Case Management
7 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
7 3 (6.98%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (6.98%) Service Management
7 3 (6.98%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.26%) Java
2 9 (20.93%) Python
3 3 (6.98%) Bash
4 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (53.49%) Security Cleared
3 15 (34.88%) SC Cleared
4 13 (30.23%) CCNA
5 10 (23.26%) ISEB
5 10 (23.26%) ISTQB
5 10 (23.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 6 (13.95%) CCSA
6 6 (13.95%) CCSE
6 6 (13.95%) Check Point Certification
7 5 (11.63%) CCDP
8 4 (9.30%) CCIE
8 4 (9.30%) Degree
8 4 (9.30%) DV Cleared
9 3 (6.98%) CCDA
9 3 (6.98%) JNCIA
10 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
11 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.33%) NIST
1 1 (2.33%) QA
1 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (27.91%) Ansible
2 4 (9.30%) Terraform
3 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.65%) Iperf
3 2 (4.65%) Nmap
4 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (83.72%) Cisco
2 19 (44.19%) Juniper
3 13 (30.23%) Palo Alto
4 11 (25.58%) Microsoft
5 9 (20.93%) CheckPoint
6 7 (16.28%) Fortinet
7 3 (6.98%) Mellanox
7 3 (6.98%) NVIDIA
8 2 (4.65%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.33%) Aruba