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 4 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 88 116
Rank change year-on-year -53 +28 +67
Contract jobs citing CCNP 63 67 93
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.13% 2.25% 1.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.45% 5.60% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 42 72
10th Percentile £425 £413 £329
25th Percentile £434 £452 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% -3.18% +12.82%
75th Percentile £569 £613 £610
90th Percentile £636 £649 £825
England median daily rate £498 £550 £502
% change year-on-year -9.55% +9.56% +0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -72.86% +166.67%
England median hourly rate £74.26 £73.75 £31.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +137.90% -7.46%

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 2,575 1,197 2,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 46.30% 40.11% 44.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 776 1,429
10th Percentile £306 £304 £279
25th Percentile £429 £437 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -1.14% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £688 £719
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 83 206
10th Percentile £15.70 £18.80 £17.80
25th Percentile £20.79 £27.55 £27.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.10% +9.24%
75th Percentile £84.00 £70.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £88.84 £76.85 £84.42
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.03% -26.05%

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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 4 April 2026.

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 4 April 2026. 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
Hampshire -32 21 £500 -6.10% 6
Thames Valley -60 21 £520 -5.45% 6
Kent +8 20 £443 +1.14%
Berkshire -48 10 £458 +3.21% 3
Buckinghamshire -21 9 £615 -17.24% 2
Oxfordshire - 2 £438 - 1
M4 Corridor - 1 £375 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (30.16%) AWS
2 18 (28.57%) Azure
3 3 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.17%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.17%) GCP
4 2 (3.17%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.59%) IaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) PaaS
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (71.43%) Firewall
2 42 (66.67%) LAN
3 41 (65.08%) WAN
4 37 (58.73%) BGP
5 34 (53.97%) OSPF
6 25 (39.68%) IPsec
6 25 (39.68%) VPN
7 18 (28.57%) Network Security
7 18 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
8 11 (17.46%) TCP/IP
8 11 (17.46%) VLAN
9 10 (15.87%) MPLS
10 7 (11.11%) Wireless
11 6 (9.52%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (7.94%) DHCP
12 5 (7.94%) DNS
12 5 (7.94%) IPv6
12 5 (7.94%) WLAN
13 4 (6.35%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (6.35%) IPv4
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 23 (36.51%) Documentation Skills
2 17 (26.98%) Social Skills
3 14 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.17%) Aviation
7 2 (3.17%) Finance
7 2 (3.17%) Retail
8 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 40 (63.49%) Network Engineer
2 13 (20.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (17.46%) Architect
4 9 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Network Architect
5 6 (9.52%) Senior
5 6 (9.52%) Technical Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Design Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Network Design Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Designer
8 3 (4.76%) Network Designer
8 3 (4.76%) Senior Designer
8 3 (4.76%) Senior Network Designer
9 2 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (3.17%) IP Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Network Manager
9 2 (3.17%) NOC Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 31 (49.21%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.94%) Public Cloud
3 4 (6.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.76%) BYOD
4 3 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (4.76%) Private Cloud
5 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.59%) Life Science
6 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (4.76%) Windows
3 1 (1.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.63%) Network Design
2 11 (17.46%) Customer Requirements
3 8 (12.70%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 6 (9.52%) Agile
5 6 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (9.52%) ITIL
5 6 (9.52%) Mentoring
5 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (9.52%) Test Automation
5 6 (9.52%) TOGAF
6 5 (7.94%) DevOps
6 5 (7.94%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (7.94%) Integration Testing
6 5 (7.94%) Microservices
6 5 (7.94%) Network Architecture
6 5 (7.94%) Performance Testing
6 5 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) Python
2 2 (3.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 63 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (80.95%) Security Cleared
3 42 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 25 (39.68%) CCNA
5 15 (23.81%) Degree
6 12 (19.05%) DV Cleared
7 9 (14.29%) JNCIS
8 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (9.52%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (7.94%) CCIE
10 5 (7.94%) MCSE
11 4 (6.35%) CCSE
12 3 (4.76%) CCSM
13 2 (3.17%) BC Cleared
13 2 (3.17%) CCDP
13 2 (3.17%) CCIP
13 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (3.17%) ISTQB
14 1 (1.59%) CCDA
14 1 (1.59%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) NCSC
2 5 (7.94%) NIST
3 2 (3.17%) SLA
4 1 (1.59%) GRC
4 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (7.94%) VMware NSX
2 4 (6.35%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.17%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.59%) KVM
4 1 (1.59%) RHEV
4 1 (1.59%) vSphere
4 1 (1.59%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Nagios
2 7 (11.11%) Ansible
3 5 (7.94%) Terraform
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (3.17%) Iperf
4 2 (3.17%) Nmap
5 1 (1.59%) CASB
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.59%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 52 (82.54%) Cisco
2 30 (47.62%) Palo Alto
3 27 (42.86%) CheckPoint
4 25 (39.68%) Aruba
5 20 (31.75%) Juniper
6 14 (22.22%) SolarWinds
7 13 (20.63%) VMware
8 10 (15.87%) Fortinet
9 4 (6.35%) F5
9 4 (6.35%) Mellanox
9 4 (6.35%) NVIDIA
10 3 (4.76%) Microsoft
11 2 (3.17%) Meraki
11 2 (3.17%) Pegasus
11 2 (3.17%) Tufin
12 1 (1.59%) Arista
12 1 (1.59%) BT
12 1 (1.59%) HP
12 1 (1.59%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (1.59%) Zscaler