CCDP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CCDP 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 301 337 465
Rank change year-on-year +36 +128 +143
Contract jobs citing CCDP 3 8 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.052% 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.19% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 9
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile £408 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £300 £550
Median % change year-on-year +38.33% -45.45% +15.79%
75th Percentile £423 £350 -
90th Percentile - - £618
UK median daily rate £513 £350 £530
% change year-on-year +46.43% -33.96% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £19.45 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.88 £18.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £23.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +23.68% -30.91%
75th Percentile £19.50 £24.25 £19.50
90th Percentile - £24.55 -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £23.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -19.15% +23.68% -23.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CCDP 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CCDP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CCDP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CCDP.

CCDP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CCDP.

CCDP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Akamai
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) IPsec
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
2 2 (66.67%) SNMP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) DSL
3 1 (33.33%) DWDM
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
3 1 (33.33%) IGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) TACACS
3 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 1 (33.33%) xDSL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) The Twelve-Factor App
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (33.33%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) CCDA
3 1 (33.33%) CCIP
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) ADVA
2 1 (33.33%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (33.33%) Arista
2 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Riverbed
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler