CCNP Job Trends in the East of England

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 159 141
Rank change year-on-year +24 -18 +60
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 19 21 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.45% 0.61% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.39% 1.57% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 13
10th Percentile £42,250 £46,825 £33,800
25th Percentile £45,625 £48,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -11.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,625 £58,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £64,750 £64,625 £85,000
England median annual salary £63,750 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% +13.64% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,366 1,334 896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 32.22% 38.54% 30.71%
Number of salaries quoted 543 416 600
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,750 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.90% +0.96% +4.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £75,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,050
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.99% -4.26%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in the East of England

CCNP
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the East of England

CCNP
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Suffolk - 7 - -
Cambridgeshire +14 5 - -
Norfolk - 5 £40,000 -
Hertfordshire +10 2 £65,000 - 3
CCNP
England

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) Firewall
2 10 (52.63%) LAN
2 10 (52.63%) VPN
2 10 (52.63%) WAN
3 5 (26.32%) DHCP
3 5 (26.32%) DNS
3 5 (26.32%) EIGRP
3 5 (26.32%) IMAP
3 5 (26.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (26.32%) Network Security
3 5 (26.32%) OSPF
3 5 (26.32%) POP3
3 5 (26.32%) SMTP
3 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
3 5 (26.32%) VLAN
3 5 (26.32%) Wireless
3 5 (26.32%) Wireshark
3 5 (26.32%) WLAN
4 4 (21.05%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (5.26%) SAN
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.26%) Military
3 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Network Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) IP Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Driving Licence
1 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
1 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (52.63%) Network Monitoring
3 8 (42.11%) Presales
4 7 (36.84%) Business Enablement
4 7 (36.84%) Business Strategy
4 7 (36.84%) Incident Management
4 7 (36.84%) Security Operations
4 7 (36.84%) Technology Enablement
4 7 (36.84%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (26.32%) Network Management
6 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (26.32%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (26.32%) Time Management
7 4 (21.05%) Network Virtualisation
8 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (5.26%) Innovative Thinking
8 1 (5.26%) Model Validation
8 1 (5.26%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) CCNA
1 19 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 5 (26.32%) DBS Check
4 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (36.84%) GDPR
1 7 (36.84%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Cisco
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) CrowdStrike
2 5 (26.32%) Fortinet
2 5 (26.32%) Palo Alto
2 5 (26.32%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.26%) Aruba
3 1 (5.26%) VMware