CCNP Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 16 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing CCNP 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 2.82% 1.00% 2.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.33% 4.35% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £418
25th Percentile - £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +61.54%
75th Percentile - £438 £556
90th Percentile - - £568
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £525 £419
% change year-on-year -14.29% +25.37% -31.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15 23 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 21.13% 23.00% 47.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 46
10th Percentile £178 £335 £363
25th Percentile £198 £374 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -15.00% +40.35%
75th Percentile £375 £476 £575
90th Percentile £456 £618 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -1.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £30.55 - -
25th Percentile £32.88 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +84.78% -5.15%
75th Percentile £40.25 £43.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £30.75 £34.75
% change year-on-year -30.21% -11.51% +73.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCNP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

CCNP job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

CCNP
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing CCNP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing CCNP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing CCNP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing CCNP

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Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Cannock - 1 £450 -
Stafford - 1 - -
CCNP
West Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) PuTTY
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Peregrine
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds