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 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 108 97
Rank change year-on-year -23 -11 +75
Contract jobs citing CCNP 46 59 109
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.04% 1.65% 2.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.38% 4.29% 4.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 33 77
10th Percentile £413 £250 £369
25th Percentile £434 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.68% +4.14%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £673
90th Percentile £650 £731 £825
England median daily rate £500 £503 £520
% change year-on-year -0.50% -3.37% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £29.50
25th Percentile - £18.50 £36.25
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - -60.00% +102.13%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £58.75
90th Percentile - - £65.50
England median hourly rate £66.50 £75.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year -11.33% +5.26% +115.91%

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 1,936 1,374 2,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.93% 38.39% 44.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,292 906 1,308
10th Percentile £270 £262 £213
25th Percentile £413 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 78 138
10th Percentile £15.67 £20.07 £27.50
25th Percentile £19.24 £31.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.13 £64.73 £70.05
90th Percentile £90.09 £75.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.35
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.79% +16.34%

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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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -10 18 £575 -4.17% 7
Thames Valley -36 15 £505 - 3
Berkshire -23 13 £550 +66.67% 1
Kent +6 12 £439 - 5
Oxfordshire -10 2 £438 -30.00% 2
M4 Corridor - 1 £375 -
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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 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) AWS
2 6 (13.04%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) Google Ads
4 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (69.57%) Firewall
2 27 (58.70%) BGP
3 24 (52.17%) LAN
4 23 (50.00%) OSPF
5 21 (45.65%) WAN
6 20 (43.48%) VPN
7 15 (32.61%) IPsec
8 12 (26.09%) Network Security
8 12 (26.09%) VLAN
9 10 (21.74%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (19.57%) MPLS
11 8 (17.39%) TCP/IP
12 4 (8.70%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (8.70%) Junos
13 3 (6.52%) DHCP
13 3 (6.52%) DNS
13 3 (6.52%) IPv4
13 3 (6.52%) IPv6
13 3 (6.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) GitLab
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 14 (30.43%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Manufacturing
4 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (73.91%) Network Engineer
2 12 (26.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Design Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Senior
5 4 (8.70%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Network Design Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Consultant
7 2 (4.35%) Designer
7 2 (4.35%) Juniper Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Network Designer
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Designer
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Network Designer
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.35%) Tester
7 2 (4.35%) Validation Tester
8 1 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.78%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) Life Science
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) SCADA
3 1 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) Network Design
2 6 (13.04%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (13.04%) Project Delivery
3 5 (10.87%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (8.70%) High Availability
4 4 (8.70%) Test Automation
5 3 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (6.52%) Computer Science
5 3 (6.52%) Incident Response
5 3 (6.52%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (6.52%) Performance Testing
5 3 (6.52%) Test Planning
5 3 (6.52%) Test Scripting
5 3 (6.52%) Validation
6 2 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (4.35%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (4.35%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) Python
2 3 (6.52%) Bash
3 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (89.13%) Security Cleared
3 31 (67.39%) SC Cleared
4 20 (43.48%) CCNA
5 10 (21.74%) Degree
6 7 (15.22%) JNCIS
7 6 (13.04%) CCIE
7 6 (13.04%) DV Cleared
8 5 (10.87%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (6.52%) CCDP
9 3 (6.52%) JNCIA
10 2 (4.35%) CCDA
10 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (2.17%) CCIE Collaboration
11 1 (2.17%) CCSE
11 1 (2.17%) CCSM
11 1 (2.17%) CISSP
11 1 (2.17%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.17%) NIST
1 1 (2.17%) QA
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) KVM
2 1 (2.17%) RHEV
2 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Nagios
2 5 (10.87%) Ansible
3 3 (6.52%) FortiGate
3 3 (6.52%) Terraform
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (4.35%) Iperf
4 2 (4.35%) Nmap
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.17%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 38 (82.61%) Cisco
2 20 (43.48%) Palo Alto
3 17 (36.96%) Juniper
4 15 (32.61%) CheckPoint
5 11 (23.91%) Aruba
6 9 (19.57%) Fortinet
6 9 (19.57%) SolarWinds
7 3 (6.52%) F5
8 2 (4.35%) Mellanox
8 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
8 2 (4.35%) NVIDIA
8 2 (4.35%) Pegasus
8 2 (4.35%) VMware
9 1 (2.17%) Avaya
9 1 (2.17%) Citrix
9 1 (2.17%) Genesys
9 1 (2.17%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (2.17%) Meraki
9 1 (2.17%) Polycom