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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 99 105
Rank change year-on-year -34 +6 +63
Contract jobs citing CCNP 59 55 110
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.25% 1.75% 2.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.75% 4.71% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 27 80
10th Percentile £416 £280 £329
25th Percentile £432 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +0.92% +3.32%
75th Percentile £584 £628 £636
90th Percentile £639 £743 £825
England median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -2.91%
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% +97.92%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £58.75
90th Percentile - - £65.50
England median hourly rate £70.38 £75.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year -6.16% +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 2,147 1,167 2,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.32% 37.06% 44.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 737 1,377
10th Percentile £292 £263 £215
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £541
% change year-on-year -0.95% -3.00% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 67 170
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.62 £18.32
25th Percentile £19.10 £31.25 £40.17
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% -2.67% +29.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.73 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.04 £82.26
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -47.05% +3.53% +1.96%

CCNP
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 13 February 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 13 February 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
Kent +11 20 £443 - 3
Hampshire -11 20 £500 -13.04% 6
Thames Valley -36 18 £525 +3.96% 11
Berkshire -36 12 £520 +65.08% 5
Buckinghamshire -9 4 £595 -19.93% 6
Oxfordshire - 2 £438 -
M4 Corridor - 1 £375 -
CCNP
England

CCNP
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 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.03%) AWS
2 12 (20.34%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.39%) GCP
3 2 (3.39%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.69%) IaaS
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.69%) PaaS
4 1 (1.69%) SaaS
4 1 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (74.58%) Firewall
2 38 (64.41%) BGP
3 36 (61.02%) LAN
4 35 (59.32%) OSPF
4 35 (59.32%) WAN
5 26 (44.07%) VPN
6 25 (42.37%) IPsec
7 18 (30.51%) Structured Cabling
8 17 (28.81%) Network Security
9 12 (20.34%) MPLS
9 12 (20.34%) VLAN
10 11 (18.64%) TCP/IP
11 6 (10.17%) Ethernet VPN
11 6 (10.17%) Multicast
12 5 (8.47%) IPv6
12 5 (8.47%) Wireshark
13 4 (6.78%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (6.78%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (6.78%) Junos
13 4 (6.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 23 (38.98%) Documentation Skills
2 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.34%) Manufacturing
4 7 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.17%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.39%) Aviation
7 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (64.41%) Network Engineer
2 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (15.25%) Cisco Engineer
3 9 (15.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Architect
4 8 (13.56%) Senior
5 5 (8.47%) Design Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Network Architect
6 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Network Design Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Designer
7 3 (5.08%) Network Designer
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Designer
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Network Designer
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Tester
7 3 (5.08%) Technical Architect
7 3 (5.08%) Tester
7 3 (5.08%) Validation Tester
8 2 (3.39%) Consultant
8 2 (3.39%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.69%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 29 (49.15%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.08%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Private Cloud
3 2 (3.39%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.69%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.69%) Life Science
4 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Linux
2 2 (3.39%) Windows
3 1 (1.69%) VMS
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.64%) Customer Requirements
1 11 (18.64%) Network Design
2 8 (13.56%) Test Automation
3 7 (11.86%) Project Delivery
4 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (8.47%) Network Architecture
5 5 (8.47%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (8.47%) Performance Testing
5 5 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.47%) Validation
6 4 (6.78%) Agile
6 4 (6.78%) Computer Science
6 4 (6.78%) DevOps
6 4 (6.78%) Incident Response
7 3 (5.08%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (5.08%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.08%) Test Scripting
7 3 (5.08%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) Python
2 5 (8.47%) Bash
3 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (88.14%) Security Cleared
3 42 (71.19%) SC Cleared
4 24 (40.68%) CCNA
5 14 (23.73%) Degree
6 9 (15.25%) DV Cleared
7 8 (13.56%) CCIE
7 8 (13.56%) JNCIS
8 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (8.47%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (5.08%) MCSE
10 2 (3.39%) BC Cleared
10 2 (3.39%) CCDP
10 2 (3.39%) CCIP
10 2 (3.39%) CCSE
10 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.39%) ISTQB
11 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.69%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) NCSC
2 4 (6.78%) NIST
3 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.39%) QA
4 1 (1.69%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.39%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.69%) KVM
3 1 (1.69%) RHEV
3 1 (1.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) Ansible
2 7 (11.86%) Nagios
3 6 (10.17%) Terraform
4 4 (6.78%) Iperf
4 4 (6.78%) Nmap
5 3 (5.08%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (3.39%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.69%) CASB
7 1 (1.69%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.69%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 50 (84.75%) Cisco
2 28 (47.46%) Palo Alto
3 27 (45.76%) CheckPoint
4 22 (37.29%) Aruba
5 18 (30.51%) Juniper
6 14 (23.73%) SolarWinds
7 11 (18.64%) Fortinet
8 7 (11.86%) VMware
9 4 (6.78%) F5
9 4 (6.78%) Mellanox
9 4 (6.78%) NVIDIA
10 3 (5.08%) Microsoft
11 2 (3.39%) Meraki
11 2 (3.39%) Pegasus
11 2 (3.39%) Tufin
12 1 (1.69%) Avaya
12 1 (1.69%) Citrix
12 1 (1.69%) Genesys
12 1 (1.69%) HP
12 1 (1.69%) Polycom