CCNP Jobs 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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 363 425
Rank change year-on-year -55 +62 +108
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 296 617 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.71% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 2.60% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 192 404 435
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -4.09% -7.94%
75th Percentile £75,313 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 22,429 23,691 24,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 42.72% 27.27% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9,410 14,136 12,613
10th Percentile £31,363 £29,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,600 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% +9.09%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in England

CCNP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNP in England.

Salary trend for CCNP in England

CCNP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

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 18 July 2025. 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 +64 115 £73,000 +26.96% 92
South East -30 54 £58,000 +11.00% 48
South West +106 48 £56,597 +14.92% 13
North of England -50 41 £57,500 +4.55% 37
Midlands -39 32 £60,000 +21.21% 20
Yorkshire +7 25 £28,500 -48.18% 8
East Midlands +22 19 £41,000 -18.00% 5
West Midlands -34 13 £65,000 +32.65% 15
North West -50 11 £60,625 +18.03% 26
North East +39 5 £50,000 +31.58% 3
East of England +8 1 £52,000 -11.49% 14
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.01%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (6.42%) MS Visio
2 18 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 5 (1.69%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 90 (30.41%) Azure
2 57 (19.26%) AWS
3 30 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.76%) GCP
5 11 (3.72%) PaaS
5 11 (3.72%) SaaS
6 9 (3.04%) IaaS
7 5 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (1.35%) AWS Direct Connect
8 4 (1.35%) Rubrik
9 3 (1.01%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.34%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 146 (49.32%) Firewall
2 122 (41.22%) WAN
3 109 (36.82%) VPN
4 103 (34.80%) LAN
5 95 (32.09%) Network Security
6 75 (25.34%) BGP
7 60 (20.27%) MPLS
8 55 (18.58%) SD-WAN
9 54 (18.24%) OSPF
10 51 (17.23%) Wi-Fi
11 45 (15.20%) Wireless
12 41 (13.85%) TCP/IP
13 39 (13.18%) VLAN
14 37 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
15 35 (11.82%) IPsec
16 32 (10.81%) DNS
17 30 (10.14%) Cisco IOS
18 28 (9.46%) Cisco Nexus
19 26 (8.78%) Junos
20 21 (7.09%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (4.39%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.35%) Git
2 4 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.01%) GitLab
General
1 87 (29.39%) Finance
2 64 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 40 (13.51%) Telecoms
4 33 (11.15%) Banking
5 30 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (7.43%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.38%) Law
8 9 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.70%) Military
10 7 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.69%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.35%) Advertising
14 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.01%) Local Government
14 3 (1.01%) Marketing
14 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.68%) Aviation
15 2 (0.68%) German Language
15 2 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (41.89%) Network Engineer
2 49 (16.55%) Senior
3 37 (12.50%) Architect
4 31 (10.47%) Network Architect
5 28 (9.46%) Senior Network Engineer
6 27 (9.12%) Administrator
7 24 (8.11%) Systems Administrator
8 19 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.41%) IT Support
10 14 (4.73%) Analyst
10 14 (4.73%) Cisco Engineer
10 14 (4.73%) Lead
11 13 (4.39%) Consultant
11 13 (4.39%) Network Consultant
12 12 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (4.05%) Security Engineer
13 11 (3.72%) Network Security Consultant
13 11 (3.72%) Security Technical Consultant
13 11 (3.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.72%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.09%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.69%) SAML
3 4 (1.35%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (1.35%) Node.js
4 2 (0.68%) Jinja
5 1 (0.34%) JSON
5 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.34%) XMPP
5 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (20.61%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.11%) e-Learning
3 12 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.72%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.36%) PKI
6 6 (2.03%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.01%) PMI
8 3 (1.01%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.01%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.68%) IoT
10 1 (0.34%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (22.97%) Linux
2 56 (18.92%) Windows
3 35 (11.82%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.42%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.38%) Mac OS X
6 6 (2.03%) Unix
7 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (17.57%) High Availability
3 38 (12.84%) ITIL
4 34 (11.49%) Network Design
5 33 (11.15%) Mentoring
5 33 (11.15%) Technical Leadership
6 31 (10.47%) Innovative Thinking
7 29 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (9.80%) Project Delivery
8 26 (8.78%) Migration
9 23 (7.77%) Presales
10 22 (7.43%) Load Balancing
10 22 (7.43%) Requirements Gathering
11 21 (7.09%) Computer Science
11 21 (7.09%) Network Management
12 20 (6.76%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (6.42%) Project Management
14 18 (6.08%) Change Management
14 18 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (5.74%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.88%) Python
2 17 (5.74%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.39%) Bash
4 11 (3.72%) R
5 10 (3.38%) SQL
6 7 (2.36%) C
7 2 (0.68%) Go
8 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 296 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 166 (56.08%) CCNA
3 90 (30.41%) Security Cleared
4 86 (29.05%) Degree
5 71 (23.99%) SC Cleared
6 43 (14.53%) CCIE
7 40 (13.51%) DV Cleared
8 27 (9.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (8.11%) JNCIA
10 21 (7.09%) MCSA
11 20 (6.76%) JNCIS
12 19 (6.42%) CCSA
13 18 (6.08%) RHCSA
14 17 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (4.39%) Azure Certification
15 13 (4.39%) CISSP
16 12 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (3.72%) MCSE
18 10 (3.38%) PMI Certification
19 9 (3.04%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.09%) SLA
2 11 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.70%) NIST
4 7 (2.36%) MIL-STD-1553
5 6 (2.03%) GDPR
6 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.01%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.68%) PMO
7 2 (0.68%) QA
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.36%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.03%) Firmware
5 5 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 4 (1.35%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.68%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.34%) NFS
9 1 (0.34%) pfSense
9 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (10.47%) Ansible
2 22 (7.43%) Terraform
3 12 (4.05%) Nagios
4 11 (3.72%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.03%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (1.69%) CASB
6 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (1.69%) VxRail
7 3 (1.01%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.34%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.34%) Grafana
8 1 (0.34%) Kibana
8 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 231 (78.04%) Cisco
2 62 (20.95%) Fortinet
3 54 (18.24%) Juniper
4 52 (17.57%) Meraki
5 46 (15.54%) CheckPoint
6 43 (14.53%) Microsoft
7 42 (14.19%) Palo Alto
8 38 (12.84%) SolarWinds
9 33 (11.15%) VMware
10 32 (10.81%) F5
11 21 (7.09%) Red Hat
12 16 (5.41%) HP
13 15 (5.07%) Arista
14 12 (4.05%) Aruba
15 10 (3.38%) Citrix
16 9 (3.04%) Zscaler
17 8 (2.70%) Ekahau
18 6 (2.03%) Extreme Networks
18 6 (2.03%) ServiceNow
19 5 (1.69%) Aerohive Networks