CCNP Contract Job Trends 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 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 42 48
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing CCNP 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.41% 1.13% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 2.89% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £380 -
25th Percentile £330 £388 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £400 £290
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +37.93% -51.67%
75th Percentile £340 £506 £295
90th Percentile - £555 -
UK median daily rate £476 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.69% +1.00% -

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 148 173 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 30.64% 39.05% 37.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 84 134
10th Percentile £165 £161 £179
25th Percentile £247 £240 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -10.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £700 £634 £684
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 35 13
10th Percentile £14.40 £17.17 £13.64
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -34.33% +67.50%
75th Percentile £30.00 £42.39 £52.50
90th Percentile £66.12 £50.00 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.38 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.23% -22.65% +18.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCNP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

CCNP job vacancy trend in Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CCNP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CCNP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CCNP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CCNP

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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 3 December 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 +3 2 £335 -16.25% 3
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco