CCNP Job Trends in England

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 371 359
Rank change year-on-year -75 -12 +89
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 269 293 643
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.74% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.67% 1.85% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 189 207 440
10th Percentile £43,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £81,000 £76,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +13.21% -7.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,096 15,878 24,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.40% 40.16% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,805 6,736 15,719
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,306 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in England

CCNP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in England

CCNP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the England region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
London +3 140 £70,000 -6.67% 30
North of England -31 41 £58,750 +2.17% 7
South East -37 34 £75,000 +33.33% 29
North West +14 26 £57,500 -3.77% 4
Midlands -39 26 £62,500 -3.85% 8
West Midlands -14 23 £63,750 -1.92% 4
East of England -11 10 £35,250 -32.21% 8
South West -89 10 £40,000 -27.27% 6
Yorkshire -48 9 £75,000 +163.16% 3
North East -45 6 - -
East Midlands -38 3 £55,000 +15.79% 4
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.37%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (10.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 88 (32.71%) Azure
2 67 (24.91%) AWS
3 22 (8.18%) Datadog
4 18 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.95%) GCP
6 11 (4.09%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (3.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.97%) OCI
9 7 (2.60%) IaaS
9 7 (2.60%) PaaS
9 7 (2.60%) SaaS
10 6 (2.23%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.86%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.12%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.12%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.74%) AWS Direct Connect
14 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.37%) Cloudflare
14 1 (0.37%) Nutanix
14 1 (0.37%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 212 (78.81%) Firewall
2 159 (59.11%) WAN
3 152 (56.51%) VPN
4 131 (48.70%) Network Security
5 120 (44.61%) LAN
6 91 (33.83%) SD-WAN
7 89 (33.09%) Wireless
8 84 (31.23%) BGP
9 82 (30.48%) OSPF
10 66 (24.54%) VLAN
11 47 (17.47%) Cisco ASA
11 47 (17.47%) DNS
11 47 (17.47%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (14.50%) Cisco ISE
12 39 (14.50%) Cisco Wireless
13 36 (13.38%) Cisco Firepower
14 33 (12.27%) EIGRP
15 27 (10.04%) Cisco Nexus
16 26 (9.67%) DHCP
16 26 (9.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Chocolatey
1 7 (2.60%) JIRA
2 3 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) GitLab
General
1 86 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.90%) Finance
4 21 (7.81%) Banking
5 20 (7.43%) Telecoms
6 17 (6.32%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.83%) Law
8 9 (3.35%) Retail
9 8 (2.97%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.86%) Marketing
10 5 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.12%) Digital Health
12 3 (1.12%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.12%) Military
13 2 (0.74%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 172 (63.94%) Network Engineer
2 80 (29.74%) Senior
3 66 (24.54%) Senior Network Engineer
4 33 (12.27%) Consultant
5 28 (10.41%) Architect
6 27 (10.04%) Cisco Engineer
6 27 (10.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 25 (9.29%) Network Consultant
8 24 (8.92%) Azure Engineer
9 23 (8.55%) Network Architect
10 19 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.83%) LAN Engineer
11 13 (4.83%) Lead
12 12 (4.46%) Cisco Consultant
12 12 (4.46%) Cisco Network Consultant
12 12 (4.46%) Principal Architect
13 11 (4.09%) Lead Network Engineer
13 11 (4.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (4.09%) Network Security Specialist
13 11 (4.09%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.46%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.60%) REST
3 2 (0.74%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 108 (40.15%) Data Centre
2 29 (10.78%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.95%) PKI
4 10 (3.72%) Public Cloud
5 8 (2.97%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.49%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.74%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.74%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.37%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.13%) Windows
2 26 (9.67%) Linux
3 13 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (19.70%) Network Design
2 53 (19.70%) Network Monitoring
3 49 (18.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 47 (17.47%) High Availability
4 47 (17.47%) ITIL
5 46 (17.10%) Computer Science
6 36 (13.38%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (12.64%) Load Balancing
7 34 (12.64%) Presales
8 33 (12.27%) Project Delivery
9 32 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (11.15%) Business Continuity
10 30 (11.15%) Network Architecture
11 29 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (10.78%) Incident Response
12 28 (10.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 27 (10.04%) Network Segmentation
13 27 (10.04%) Roadmaps
14 26 (9.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 63 (23.42%) Python
2 13 (4.83%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.37%) Bash
3 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 269 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 108 (40.15%) CCNA
3 72 (26.77%) CCIE
4 65 (24.16%) Degree
5 41 (15.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (14.50%) Security Cleared
7 32 (11.90%) Azure Certification
8 24 (8.92%) SC Cleared
9 23 (8.55%) CCSE
10 18 (6.69%) CCSA
11 16 (5.95%) CISSP
11 16 (5.95%) DV Cleared
12 14 (5.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (4.46%) AWS Certification
13 12 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (4.09%) JNCIP
14 11 (4.09%) MCSE
15 10 (3.72%) VCAP
16 8 (2.97%) CCIE Security
16 8 (2.97%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.15%) NIST
2 25 (9.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.95%) GDPR
3 16 (5.95%) PCI DSS
4 13 (4.83%) SLA
5 12 (4.46%) PMO
6 6 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.86%) QA
8 3 (1.12%) COBIT
8 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (9.29%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.46%) ProxySG
4 8 (2.97%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (2.23%) Firmware
6 6 (2.23%) vSphere
7 5 (1.86%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.12%) Docker
8 3 (1.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.12%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 51 (18.96%) Ansible
2 33 (12.27%) Terraform
3 26 (9.67%) FortiGate
4 9 (3.35%) Check_MK
4 9 (3.35%) Cisco Prime
4 9 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.60%) SCCM
6 5 (1.86%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.49%) Nagios
8 3 (1.12%) OpenView
8 3 (1.12%) Tivoli
8 3 (1.12%) VxRail
9 2 (0.74%) vRealize
10 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 211 (78.44%) Cisco
2 77 (28.62%) Fortinet
3 69 (25.65%) Palo Alto
4 54 (20.07%) SolarWinds
5 49 (18.22%) Microsoft
6 48 (17.84%) CheckPoint
7 42 (15.61%) VMware
8 36 (13.38%) Meraki
9 33 (12.27%) F5
10 30 (11.15%) Arista
11 27 (10.04%) Infoblox
12 22 (8.18%) Splunk
13 19 (7.06%) Juniper
14 18 (6.69%) Aruba
15 15 (5.58%) ForeScout
15 15 (5.58%) SevOne
16 12 (4.46%) Blue Coat
16 12 (4.46%) Motorola
16 12 (4.46%) ServiceNow
17 11 (4.09%) Zscaler