CCNP Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 231 312
Rank change year-on-year +33 +81 -86
Contract jobs citing CCNP 213 241 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.01% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.80% 3.04% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 156 126
10th Percentile £328 £316 £316
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £608 £550 £538
90th Percentile £775 £625 £575
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £495
% change year-on-year +1.00% +1.01% +17.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 12
10th Percentile £14.73 £21.88 £20.10
25th Percentile £16.69 £38.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £62.00 £47.40
Median % change year-on-year -62.90% +30.80% +104.22%
75th Percentile £80.00 £91.69 £52.50
90th Percentile £92.00 £101.38 £60.30
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £45.57
% change year-on-year -60.00% +31.67% +45.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CCNP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,617 7,915 8,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.05% 33.14% 26.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,398 5,311 5,289
10th Percentile £269 £286 £255
25th Percentile £425 £424 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 933 660 529
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -17.66% +44.65% -0.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.12 £67.05
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.88%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 +49 84 £585 +30.00% 28
North of England +39 50 £513 +2.50% 28
North West +40 40 £515 +3.00% 14
Midlands +26 32 £438 -7.89% 14
South West +8 32 £600 +9.09% 15
West Midlands +33 29 £450 +28.57% 12
East of England +8 11 £375 +9.09% 6
Scotland +17 9 £555 +11.56% 13
Yorkshire +13 7 £508 -3.33% 12
North East +16 3 £345 -37.27% 3
East Midlands +10 3 £325 -29.35% 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 4 (1.88%) IIS
2 2 (0.94%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.94%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.08%) Azure
2 18 (8.45%) AWS
3 14 (6.57%) OCI
4 8 (3.76%) GCP
5 3 (1.41%) PaaS
5 3 (1.41%) SaaS
6 2 (0.94%) Akamai
6 2 (0.94%) Catchpoint
6 2 (0.94%) Cloudflare
6 2 (0.94%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 111 (52.11%) Firewall
2 55 (25.82%) WAN
3 51 (23.94%) Network Security
4 47 (22.07%) Cisco ASA
4 47 (22.07%) VPN
5 43 (20.19%) DNS
6 41 (19.25%) BGP
7 40 (18.78%) LAN
8 38 (17.84%) Cisco ISE
9 30 (14.08%) OSPF
10 29 (13.62%) Cisco Nexus
10 29 (13.62%) DHCP
11 26 (12.21%) IPsec
12 25 (11.74%) MPLS
13 24 (11.27%) Wi-Fi
14 22 (10.33%) Cisco Firepower
15 20 (9.39%) EIGRP
16 19 (8.92%) Wireless
17 18 (8.45%) SAN
18 16 (7.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.29%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.94%) JIRA
4 1 (0.47%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) Hudson
General
1 50 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.68%) Public Sector
3 25 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.80%) Telecoms
5 15 (7.04%) Finance
6 9 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.82%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.88%) Aeronautics
9 4 (1.88%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.41%) Digital Economy
10 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Electronics
10 3 (1.41%) Law
10 3 (1.41%) Legal
11 2 (0.94%) Aviation
11 2 (0.94%) Marketing
11 2 (0.94%) Military
11 2 (0.94%) Retail
12 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 113 (53.05%) Network Engineer
2 37 (17.37%) Architect
3 24 (11.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (10.80%) Senior
5 20 (9.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 19 (8.92%) Network Architect
6 19 (8.92%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (4.69%) Storage Engineer
8 9 (4.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 9 (4.23%) Firewall Engineer
8 9 (4.23%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (3.76%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 8 (3.76%) Analyst
9 8 (3.76%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (3.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (3.76%) Network Analyst
10 7 (3.29%) Network Security Analyst
10 7 (3.29%) Security Analyst
10 7 (3.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.16%) Jinja
2 4 (1.88%) Web Services
3 3 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.41%) EDI
4 1 (0.47%) JSON
4 1 (0.47%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.47%) XML
4 1 (0.47%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.25%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.29%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.29%) Security Posture
3 5 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (1.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.88%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.88%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.41%) Blackberry
5 3 (1.41%) CCTV
5 3 (1.41%) PKI
5 3 (1.41%) SCADA
5 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (0.94%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.47%) IoT
7 1 (0.47%) Life Science
7 1 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.80%) Windows
2 20 (9.39%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.51%) Linux
4 15 (7.04%) Windows 10
4 15 (7.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (6.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (6.57%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (6.57%) Windows XP
6 4 (1.88%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.41%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.64%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (22.54%) ITIL
3 26 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 24 (11.27%) Change Management
4 24 (11.27%) Project Management
5 22 (10.33%) Computer Science
6 18 (8.45%) Network Monitoring
6 18 (8.45%) Storage Management
7 17 (7.98%) Network Design
8 15 (7.04%) DevOps
8 15 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (7.04%) Mentoring
8 15 (7.04%) Server Management
9 14 (6.57%) Break/Fix
9 14 (6.57%) Converged Infrastructure
9 14 (6.57%) Decision-Making
9 14 (6.57%) Performance Monitoring
9 14 (6.57%) Performance Tuning
9 14 (6.57%) Proactive Monitoring
9 14 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.74%) Python
2 18 (8.45%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.16%) Perl
3 11 (5.16%) Tcl
4 5 (2.35%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) C
5 1 (0.47%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 130 (61.03%) CCNA
3 102 (47.89%) Security Cleared
4 75 (35.21%) SC Cleared
5 43 (20.19%) Degree
6 40 (18.78%) DV Cleared
7 33 (15.49%) CCIE
8 24 (11.27%) JNCIA
9 14 (6.57%) JNCIS
10 13 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (4.23%) CISM
11 9 (4.23%) CISSP
12 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (3.29%) HND
13 7 (3.29%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (2.82%) CCSA
15 5 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (2.35%) CCIE Security
15 5 (2.35%) MCSE
16 4 (1.88%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.51%) SLA
2 4 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.88%) NIST
2 4 (1.88%) QA
3 3 (1.41%) NCSC
4 2 (0.94%) GDPR
4 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.47%) GRC
5 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (11.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (8.92%) Active Directory
3 18 (8.45%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (7.51%) Hyper-V
5 12 (5.63%) Firmware
6 6 (2.82%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.94%) KVM
7 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.94%) vSphere
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (9.86%) Ansible
2 20 (9.39%) SCCM
3 15 (7.04%) SCOM
3 15 (7.04%) WSUS
4 14 (6.57%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (6.57%) NetBackup
4 14 (6.57%) vCenter Server
5 11 (5.16%) Nessus
6 5 (2.35%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.88%) Terraform
8 3 (1.41%) Netcool
9 2 (0.94%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 171 (80.28%) Cisco
2 74 (34.74%) Juniper
3 66 (30.99%) Palo Alto
4 35 (16.43%) VMware
5 31 (14.55%) Microsoft
6 26 (12.21%) SolarWinds
7 20 (9.39%) F5
8 19 (8.92%) CheckPoint
8 19 (8.92%) Fortinet
9 17 (7.98%) Dell
10 15 (7.04%) Extreme Networks
10 15 (7.04%) HP
10 15 (7.04%) Oracle
10 15 (7.04%) Veeam
11 14 (6.57%) 3PAR
11 14 (6.57%) EMC
11 14 (6.57%) Symantec
12 13 (6.10%) Citrix
13 12 (5.63%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (5.16%) Nokia