CCNP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 200 219
Rank change year-on-year +35 +19 +89
Contract jobs citing CCNP 191 212 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.49% 1.02% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.21% 2.76% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 146 163
10th Percentile £363 £327 £325
25th Percentile £425 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £607 £608 £550
90th Percentile £630 £775 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 11
10th Percentile £39.60 £14.73 £22.26
25th Percentile £71.25 £16.69 £32.13
Median hourly rate £75.00 £23.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +226.09% -62.90% +30.80%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £82.13
90th Percentile - £92.00 £101.25
UK median hourly rate £73.75 £24.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +201.02% -55.45% +16.03%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,681 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 37.01% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 4,413 5,341
10th Percentile £212 £269 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
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 CCNP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South East +35 73 £495 -13.16% 55
South West +53 42 £575 -4.17% 25
North of England +2 27 £450 -12.41% 19
Midlands +5 18 £525 +20.00% 22
North West -8 16 £425 -17.48% 4
Wales - 16 £425 - 2
East Midlands +23 12 £555 +70.77% 9
Scotland +14 10 £399 -28.11% 8
Yorkshire +10 10 £575 +13.30% 9
East of England +24 6 £550 +46.67% 8
West Midlands -8 6 £450 - 12
North East -4 1 £325 -5.80% 6
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -
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UK

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (5.76%) Confluence
2 1 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.66%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.09%) AWS
1 25 (13.09%) Azure
2 10 (5.24%) PaaS
2 10 (5.24%) SaaS
3 7 (3.66%) GCP
4 4 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 87 (45.55%) Firewall
2 61 (31.94%) BGP
2 61 (31.94%) OSPF
3 58 (30.37%) VPN
4 57 (29.84%) WAN
5 54 (28.27%) Network Security
6 37 (19.37%) LAN
7 36 (18.85%) MPLS
8 32 (16.75%) TCP/IP
9 31 (16.23%) Wireless
10 27 (14.14%) SD-WAN
11 26 (13.61%) DNS
12 23 (12.04%) Cisco ASA
13 20 (10.47%) Ethernet
13 20 (10.47%) VoIP
14 19 (9.95%) Cisco IOS
14 19 (9.95%) SAN
15 18 (9.42%) SDH
15 18 (9.42%) Wireshark
16 17 (8.90%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 12 (6.28%) JIRA
2 11 (5.76%) Bitbucket
2 11 (5.76%) Jenkins
3 10 (5.24%) Git
4 3 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.05%) GitLab
General
1 68 (35.60%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.32%) Telecoms
3 30 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.28%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.14%) Finance
6 5 (2.62%) Military
7 4 (2.09%) Billing
8 3 (1.57%) Banking
8 3 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Advertising
9 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.52%) Aviation
10 1 (0.52%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (46.60%) Network Engineer
2 33 (17.28%) Architect
3 23 (12.04%) Network Architect
4 19 (9.95%) IP Engineer
5 14 (7.33%) Test Engineer
6 13 (6.81%) Senior
7 10 (5.24%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (4.71%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (4.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (4.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.14%) Cisco Architect
10 6 (3.14%) IP Network Engineer
10 6 (3.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 5 (2.62%) Cisco Network Architect
11 5 (2.62%) Juniper Architect
11 5 (2.62%) Telecoms Engineer
12 4 (2.09%) Analyst
12 4 (2.09%) Consultant
12 4 (2.09%) Network Analyst
12 4 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.24%) REST
1 10 (5.24%) SOAP
2 6 (3.14%) 802.1X
3 5 (2.62%) Spine.js
4 2 (1.05%) Flash
5 1 (0.52%) Jinja
5 1 (0.52%) JSON
5 1 (0.52%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.52%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (8.90%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.24%) Blackberry
3 10 (5.24%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (2.62%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.09%) SCADA
6 3 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.57%) Clustering
6 3 (1.57%) IVR
6 3 (1.57%) NHS
6 3 (1.57%) PKI
7 2 (1.05%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.05%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.05%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.52%) IoT
8 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (15.18%) Linux
2 16 (8.38%) Unix
3 13 (6.81%) Windows
4 11 (5.76%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.05%) VMS
5 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (41.36%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (18.85%) Validation
3 35 (18.32%) Network Architecture
4 27 (14.14%) Migration
5 25 (13.09%) Network Design
6 24 (12.57%) Computer Science
7 22 (11.52%) Agile
8 21 (10.99%) Configuration Management
8 21 (10.99%) Project Management
9 18 (9.42%) Service Management
10 17 (8.90%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (8.90%) System Testing
11 16 (8.38%) Fault Management
11 16 (8.38%) Regression Testing
11 16 (8.38%) Test Strategy
12 15 (7.85%) NsoIT
13 14 (7.33%) Infrastructure Automation
14 13 (6.81%) Customer Requirements
14 13 (6.81%) ITIL
14 13 (6.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.61%) Python
2 16 (8.38%) Java
3 12 (6.28%) Bash
4 11 (5.76%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 191 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (41.88%) Security Cleared
3 71 (37.17%) SC Cleared
4 66 (34.55%) CCNA
5 34 (17.80%) Degree
6 29 (15.18%) DV Cleared
7 28 (14.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 24 (12.57%) CCIE
9 20 (10.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (8.38%) ISEB
10 16 (8.38%) ISTQB
10 16 (8.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 11 (5.76%) JNCIS
12 10 (5.24%) OCA
12 10 (5.24%) Oracle Certification
12 10 (5.24%) RHCA
12 10 (5.24%) RHCE
13 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (3.66%) MCSE
15 6 (3.14%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.62%) NCSC
1 5 (2.62%) NIST
2 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.05%) QA
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (20.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.62%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (15.18%) Ansible
2 17 (8.90%) vCenter Server
3 10 (5.24%) Progress Chef
3 10 (5.24%) Puppet
4 6 (3.14%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.62%) Cacti
5 5 (2.62%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.62%) Terraform
6 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.05%) SCOM
6 2 (1.05%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 157 (82.20%) Cisco
2 52 (27.23%) Juniper
3 43 (22.51%) VMware
4 38 (19.90%) Palo Alto
5 25 (13.09%) Microsoft
6 24 (12.57%) Fortinet
7 22 (11.52%) CheckPoint
7 22 (11.52%) F5
8 15 (7.85%) SolarWinds
9 12 (6.28%) Nokia
10 10 (5.24%) Atlassian
10 10 (5.24%) Avaya
10 10 (5.24%) Ericsson
10 10 (5.24%) Oracle
10 10 (5.24%) Ribbon
11 9 (4.71%) Meraki
12 6 (3.14%) Fujitsu
13 5 (2.62%) Arista
13 5 (2.62%) Aruba
13 5 (2.62%) ServiceNow