CCDP Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCDP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 361 396
Rank change year-on-year -20 +35 +73
Contract jobs citing CCDP 15 9 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.091% 0.054% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.16% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 15
10th Percentile - £250 £398
25th Percentile - £290 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile - £656 £506
90th Percentile - £695 £550
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £469
% change year-on-year +4.76% +12.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.70
25th Percentile £65.75 - £21.50
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £67.25 - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £25.40
UK median hourly rate £66.50 - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CCDP 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,923 5,686 7,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.05% 33.90% 35.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,601 3,343 4,588
10th Percentile £213 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -3.74% +2.00%
75th Percentile £595 £624 £642
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 792 415 625
10th Percentile £16.39 £18.66 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.18 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.80% -7.15% +15.31%
75th Percentile £35.69 £67.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.14 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £53.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.87% +17.78%

CCDP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCDP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CCDP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CCDP
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDP

CCDP
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDP

CCDP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCDP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
North of England - 11 £550 - 4
North West - 10 £550 - 3
South East 0 3 £550 +66.67% 1
North East - 3 £550 -
Scotland - 1 - -
CCDP
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CCDP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) BGP
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 5 (33.33%) WebEx
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (20.00%) Internet
3 3 (20.00%) LAN
3 3 (20.00%) Network Security
3 3 (20.00%) NX-OS
3 3 (20.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (20.00%) VLAN
3 3 (20.00%) WAN
3 3 (20.00%) WLAN
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 9 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Legal
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Platform Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Product Ownership
2 5 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Linux
1 8 (53.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Change Control
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) ITSM
2 8 (53.33%) Knowledge Management
2 8 (53.33%) Platform Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 5 (33.33%) Service Management
3 5 (33.33%) User Stories
4 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (20.00%) High Availability
4 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) Perl
1 11 (73.33%) Python
2 8 (53.33%) Bash
2 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) CCNP
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (86.67%) SC Cleared
2 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
3 11 (73.33%) CCNA
4 3 (20.00%) CCDA
4 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) JNCIA
5 1 (6.67%) CCIE
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) Citrix
2 8 (53.33%) Red Hat
2 8 (53.33%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (20.00%) F5
4 3 (20.00%) Juniper
4 3 (20.00%) Meraki
4 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (20.00%) SolarWinds