CCNP Job Trends in Birmingham

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 101 83
Rank change year-on-year +9 -18 +56
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 9 26 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.52% 1.38% 1.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.10% 4.51% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 15
10th Percentile £56,700 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,150 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,600 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% +37.45% -4.63%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £59,375
90th Percentile - £82,875 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £48,500
% change year-on-year -7.12% +33.20% -1.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

CCNP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 429 576 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.93% 30.56% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 221 189 282
10th Percentile - £32,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +2.04%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

CCNP
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in Birmingham

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) WAN
3 5 (55.56%) SD-WAN
3 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (44.44%) BGP
4 4 (44.44%) DHCP
4 4 (44.44%) DNS
4 4 (44.44%) LAN
4 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) OSPF
4 4 (44.44%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (33.33%) IPsec
5 3 (33.33%) VLAN
5 3 (33.33%) Wireshark
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (11.11%) PSTN
7 1 (11.11%) RTP
7 1 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Network Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Network Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior VoIP Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) VoIP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 3 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Change Control
2 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 3 (33.33%) DevOps
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (33.33%) SIEM
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Value Proposition
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Network Design
4 1 (11.11%) Presales
4 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) Azure Certification
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) CCIE
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Firmware
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Terraform
2 3 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (22.22%) FortiGate
4 1 (11.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Meraki
3 4 (44.44%) Fortinet
3 4 (44.44%) Palo Alto
3 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds
3 4 (44.44%) Zscaler
4 3 (33.33%) Dell
4 3 (33.33%) VMware
5 1 (11.11%) Aruba
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft