CCNP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 104 117
Rank change year-on-year +25 +13 +28
Contract jobs citing CCNP 35 30 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.10% 1.16% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.13% 2.80% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 23 9
10th Percentile £305 £490 £375
25th Percentile - £556 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £425
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +42.35% -14.57%
75th Percentile £494 £608 £450
90th Percentile £560 £632 £575
South East median daily rate £490 £568 £450
% change year-on-year -13.66% +26.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £19.00
75th Percentile - £19.50 £22.50
90th Percentile - - £24.30
South East median hourly rate - £18.38 £60.00
% change year-on-year - -69.38% +200.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 571 1,072 1,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.25% 41.28% 35.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 567 677
10th Percentile £300 £320 £321
25th Percentile £406 £439 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £604
90th Percentile £700 £724 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 113 51
10th Percentile £17.65 £22.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £42.00 £23.75
Median hourly rate £46.30 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -24.84% -4.75% +207.98%
75th Percentile £80.00 £84.40 £74.13
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.53 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £36.75 £57.35 £61.63
% change year-on-year -35.92% -6.94% +36.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Berkshire +37 35 £450 -25.62% 19
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) AWS
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (57.14%) VPN
2 17 (48.57%) WAN
3 16 (45.71%) LAN
3 16 (45.71%) MPLS
4 14 (40.00%) Ethernet
5 13 (37.14%) SDH
5 13 (37.14%) Wireshark
6 12 (34.29%) ATM
6 12 (34.29%) Firewall
6 12 (34.29%) Frame Relay
6 12 (34.29%) GPRS
6 12 (34.29%) GSM
6 12 (34.29%) LTE
6 12 (34.29%) SAN
6 12 (34.29%) UMTS
7 10 (28.57%) BGP
7 10 (28.57%) Network Security
8 9 (25.71%) TCP/IP
9 8 (22.86%) OSPF
10 6 (17.14%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 13 (37.14%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Billing
3 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Network Engineer
1 12 (34.29%) Test Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) IP Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Architect
4 5 (14.29%) IP Network Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Network Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IP Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Network Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Voice Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Juniper Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Quality Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Quality Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) RFC 2544
2 1 (2.86%) Jinja
2 1 (2.86%) JSON
2 1 (2.86%) NETCONF
2 1 (2.86%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (34.29%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.71%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) SCADA
4 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (34.29%) Linux
1 12 (34.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (34.29%) Fault Management
2 12 (34.29%) Project Management
2 12 (34.29%) Regression Testing
2 12 (34.29%) Test Strategy
3 7 (20.00%) SIEM
4 6 (17.14%) Network Design
4 6 (17.14%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (17.14%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (17.14%) Security Operations
5 3 (8.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (8.57%) Network Architecture
5 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
5 3 (8.57%) Service Management
6 2 (5.71%) Case Management
6 2 (5.71%) Computer Science
6 2 (5.71%) Defect Management
6 2 (5.71%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (5.71%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.71%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) Java
2 8 (22.86%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (34.29%) ISEB
2 12 (34.29%) ISTQB
2 12 (34.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 8 (22.86%) CCNA
5 6 (17.14%) CCSA
5 6 (17.14%) CCSE
5 6 (17.14%) Check Point Certification
6 4 (11.43%) CCDP
7 3 (8.57%) CCIE
7 3 (8.57%) Degree
8 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
8 2 (5.71%) CCDA
8 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (5.71%) JNCIA
8 2 (5.71%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.86%) CCSP
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (77.14%) Cisco
2 15 (42.86%) Juniper
3 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
4 7 (20.00%) Palo Alto
5 6 (17.14%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.86%) Aruba
6 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.86%) Google
6 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.86%) Splunk