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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 212 189
Rank change year-on-year +19 -23 +124
Contract jobs citing CCNP 186 180 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.21% 0.99% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.43% 2.76% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 111 189
10th Percentile £363 £363 £325
25th Percentile £450 £423 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +14.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £608 £550
90th Percentile £696 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £491
% change year-on-year -0.99% +2.80% +3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 11
10th Percentile - £17.63 £18.50
25th Percentile £29.00 £18.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -39.52% +181.82%
75th Percentile £31.00 £74.38 £82.13
90th Percentile £74.90 £75.00 £101.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -37.50% +82.59%

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 5,426 6,523 7,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.32% 35.92% 32.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,185 3,955 4,582
10th Percentile £214 £298 £300
25th Percentile £393 £419 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £716 £701
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 665 721 526
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.19 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -6.40% +12.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £79.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

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

CCNP
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 18 August 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

CCNP
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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +17 54 £475 -21.16% 55
North of England -39 38 £475 -5.85% 16
South West +38 33 £625 +11.11% 10
Midlands +7 29 £500 +33.33% 21
North West -25 28 £475 -7.32% 8
West Midlands +3 24 £463 +8.82% 20
East of England +13 13 £700 +31.76% 11
Scotland -11 11 £438 +12.90% 15
Yorkshire -5 9 £550 +18.92% 6
Wales +9 6 £425 -12.82% 3
East Midlands +5 5 £575 +53.33% 1
Channel Islands - 3 £725 -
North East -9 1 £325 -23.53% 2
Northern Ireland -16 1 £475 +31.03% 2
CCNP
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 10 (5.38%) Confluence
2 1 (0.54%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (10.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.15%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.75%) Azure
2 14 (7.53%) AWS
3 10 (5.38%) PaaS
3 10 (5.38%) SaaS
4 8 (4.30%) GCP
5 1 (0.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 103 (55.38%) Firewall
2 68 (36.56%) BGP
3 62 (33.33%) VPN
4 60 (32.26%) WAN
5 59 (31.72%) Network Security
6 57 (30.65%) OSPF
7 44 (23.66%) LAN
8 36 (19.35%) DNS
8 36 (19.35%) MPLS
9 34 (18.28%) Wireless
10 31 (16.67%) VLAN
11 30 (16.13%) TCP/IP
12 26 (13.98%) DHCP
13 19 (10.22%) VoIP
13 19 (10.22%) Wireshark
14 18 (9.68%) SD-WAN
15 16 (8.60%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (8.60%) Cisco IOS
16 15 (8.06%) EIGRP
16 15 (8.06%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 10 (5.38%) JIRA
2 5 (2.69%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.69%) Git
2 5 (2.69%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.61%) GitLab
3 3 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (15.59%) Telecoms
4 15 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.84%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.69%) Finance
7 3 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.08%) Banking
8 2 (1.08%) Local Government
9 1 (0.54%) Advertising
9 1 (0.54%) Aviation
9 1 (0.54%) Billing
9 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.54%) Legal
9 1 (0.54%) Military
9 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 108 (58.06%) Network Engineer
2 17 (9.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 16 (8.60%) Architect
4 14 (7.53%) IP Engineer
5 13 (6.99%) Network Architect
6 11 (5.91%) Test Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) Network Security Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) Security Engineer
8 8 (4.30%) Analyst
8 8 (4.30%) Consultant
8 8 (4.30%) Senior
9 6 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) IP Network Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) Lead
9 6 (3.23%) Network Consultant
9 6 (3.23%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (2.69%) Designer
10 5 (2.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.84%) NETCONF
1 9 (4.84%) RESTCONF
2 7 (3.76%) 802.1X
3 5 (2.69%) REST
4 4 (2.15%) SOAP
5 2 (1.08%) RFC 2544
5 2 (1.08%) Spine.js
6 1 (0.54%) Jinja
6 1 (0.54%) JSON
6 1 (0.54%) Node.js
6 1 (0.54%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.14%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.38%) Blackberry
3 10 (5.38%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (4.84%) Virtual Team
5 8 (4.30%) PKI
6 5 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.61%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.61%) SCADA
9 2 (1.08%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.08%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.54%) CMDB
10 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.54%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.54%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.83%) Linux
2 14 (7.53%) Unix
3 10 (5.38%) Windows
4 5 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.72%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (18.82%) Validation
3 28 (15.05%) Network Architecture
4 25 (13.44%) Computer Science
5 24 (12.90%) Network Design
6 23 (12.37%) Service Management
7 22 (11.83%) Migration
7 22 (11.83%) Project Management
8 18 (9.68%) High Availability
8 18 (9.68%) Network Monitoring
8 18 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
9 17 (9.14%) ITIL
10 16 (8.60%) Roadmaps
11 15 (8.06%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (7.53%) Service Design
12 14 (7.53%) System Testing
13 13 (6.99%) Configuration Management
13 13 (6.99%) Customer Requirements
13 13 (6.99%) NsoIT
13 13 (6.99%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.20%) Python
2 11 (5.91%) Java
3 6 (3.23%) Bash
3 6 (3.23%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.15%) Perl
Qualifications
1 186 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (39.25%) Security Cleared
3 60 (32.26%) CCNA
4 59 (31.72%) SC Cleared
5 41 (22.04%) Degree
6 27 (14.52%) CCIE
7 23 (12.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (12.37%) DV Cleared
8 18 (9.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (5.91%) ISEB
9 11 (5.91%) ISTQB
9 11 (5.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 9 (4.84%) CCDP
10 9 (4.84%) CCSA
11 7 (3.76%) JNCIS
12 6 (3.23%) CCSE
12 6 (3.23%) Check Point Certification
13 5 (2.69%) JNCIA
13 5 (2.69%) JNCIE
14 4 (2.15%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.15%) SLA
2 3 (1.61%) GDPR
3 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.08%) NCSC
4 1 (0.54%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (13.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (4.30%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.54%) Docker
3 1 (0.54%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 33 (17.74%) Ansible
2 10 (5.38%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.23%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.69%) Terraform
5 4 (2.15%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (2.15%) OpenView
5 4 (2.15%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.15%) Puppet
6 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.08%) Cacti
7 2 (1.08%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 161 (86.56%) Cisco
2 49 (26.34%) Palo Alto
3 46 (24.73%) Juniper
4 34 (18.28%) Fortinet
5 29 (15.59%) VMware
6 28 (15.05%) Microsoft
7 26 (13.98%) F5
8 21 (11.29%) CheckPoint
9 14 (7.53%) SolarWinds
10 11 (5.91%) Remedy
10 11 (5.91%) Zscaler
11 10 (5.38%) Atlassian
11 10 (5.38%) Avaya
11 10 (5.38%) Ericsson
11 10 (5.38%) Nokia
11 10 (5.38%) Ribbon
12 9 (4.84%) Meraki
13 7 (3.76%) Peregrine
14 5 (2.69%) Oracle
14 5 (2.69%) ServiceNow