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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 123 117
Rank change year-on-year -30 -6 +74
Contract jobs citing CCNP 24 56 102
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.62% 1.35% 1.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% 3.38% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 33 60
10th Percentile £261 £250 £387
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -2.84%
75th Percentile £647 £638 £628
90th Percentile £698 - £673
England median daily rate £545 £505 £490
% change year-on-year +7.92% +3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £20.30
25th Percentile - £17.63 £23.00
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -29.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile - £17.88 £36.63
90th Percentile - - £56.65
England median hourly rate £30.00 £73.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -59.32% +5.36% +88.07%

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 1,571 1,659 2,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.46% 40.06% 41.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,028 1,071 1,348
10th Percentile £219 £278 £216
25th Percentile £406 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% - +0.95%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 102 139
10th Percentile - £22.67 £26.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.25 £49.84
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.89% -2.77% +33.33%
75th Percentile £39.00 £67.76 £71.90
90th Percentile £81.00 £87.36 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £51.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.93% -2.38% +16.67%

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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 8 November 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 8 November 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 -20 14 £525 +3.96% 38
Berkshire -6 13 £538 - 28
Hampshire -4 9 £650 +4.00% 11
Oxfordshire -13 1 £425 -32.00% 6
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 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.17%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (58.33%) Firewall
2 8 (33.33%) BGP
2 8 (33.33%) OSPF
2 8 (33.33%) VPN
3 7 (29.17%) VLAN
4 4 (16.67%) MPLS
4 4 (16.67%) WAN
5 3 (12.50%) Internet
5 3 (12.50%) LAN
5 3 (12.50%) Network Security
5 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 3 (12.50%) WebEx
6 2 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (8.33%) Multicast
6 2 (8.33%) Wireless
6 2 (8.33%) Wireshark
7 1 (4.17%) CTI
7 1 (4.17%) H.323
7 1 (4.17%) SDH
7 1 (4.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GitLab
1 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Juniper Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Quality Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Validation Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) IP Architect
5 1 (4.17%) IP Design Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead
5 1 (4.17%) Network Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Network Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 3 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) SCADA
3 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Test Scripting
2 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 3 (12.50%) Case Management
3 3 (12.50%) High Availability
3 3 (12.50%) Network Design
3 3 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (12.50%) Test Planning
3 3 (12.50%) Validation
4 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.33%) Defect Management
4 2 (8.33%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (8.33%) Service Management
4 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Debt
5 1 (4.17%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) Bash
3 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 16 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 12 (50.00%) CCNA
5 5 (20.83%) CCIE
6 4 (16.67%) CCDP
7 3 (12.50%) CCDA
7 3 (12.50%) Degree
7 3 (12.50%) JNCIA
8 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (4.17%) CCIE Collaboration
8 1 (4.17%) CCSA
8 1 (4.17%) CCSE
8 1 (4.17%) Check Point Certification
8 1 (4.17%) CISSP
8 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.17%) JNCIP
8 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
1 1 (4.17%) QA
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Ansible
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (8.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (8.33%) Iperf
2 2 (8.33%) Nmap
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco
2 7 (29.17%) Fortinet
2 7 (29.17%) Juniper
2 7 (29.17%) Palo Alto
3 4 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 3 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.17%) Avaya
6 1 (4.17%) Genesys
6 1 (4.17%) Polycom