CCNP Job Trends in Cheshire

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 74 44 59
Rank change year-on-year -30 +15 +46
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 1 19 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.079% 3.18% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 9.69% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 0 19 3
10th Percentile - - £40,500
25th Percentile - £46,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £61,250
90th Percentile - £53,750 £62,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +36.84% -13.64% +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 631 196 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 50.16% 32.83% 17.87%
Number of salaries quoted 90 89 70
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £44,516
Median % change year-on-year - +12.32% +5.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £61,123
90th Percentile £63,750 £69,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £47,683 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.74% -4.66% -3.94%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Cheshire

CCNP
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing CCNP

CCNP
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington -11 1 - -
CCNP
North West

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Junos
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Fujitsu
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper