CCNP Contracts in Wales

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing CCNP 16 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.46% - 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% - 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 6
10th Percentile £285 - £300
25th Percentile £308 - £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £471 - £528
90th Percentile £484 - £581
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +2.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 128 100 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.69% 25.32% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 74 163
10th Percentile £193 £253 £186
25th Percentile £285 £471 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £494 £638 £613
90th Percentile £600 £724 £660
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 17
10th Percentile - £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.51 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +25.03% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.50 £20.47
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in Wales.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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 Wales - 16 £425 - 2
CCNP
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
1 10 (62.50%) Wireless
2 9 (56.25%) Cisco Firepower
3 8 (50.00%) BGP
3 8 (50.00%) OSPF
4 7 (43.75%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (37.50%) Network Security
6 5 (31.25%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (31.25%) IPsec
6 5 (31.25%) SD-WAN
7 4 (25.00%) DHCP
7 4 (25.00%) DNS
7 4 (25.00%) VPN
8 3 (18.75%) 802.11
8 3 (18.75%) HSRP
9 2 (12.50%) IPv4
10 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
10 1 (6.25%) VLAN
10 1 (6.25%) VoIP
10 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Network Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) NHS
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Migration
2 6 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 5 (31.25%) Network Design
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) High Availability
5 2 (12.50%) Network Optimisation
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Statistics
6 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (37.50%) Degree
3 5 (31.25%) CCIE
4 1 (6.25%) CCNA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) Cacti
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) SolarWinds
2 6 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) Ekahau
3 3 (18.75%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.25%) Aerohive Networks
4 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.25%) Meraki
4 1 (6.25%) Splunk