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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 400 456
Rank change year-on-year +22 +56 +74
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 334 546 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.61% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 2.20% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 223 437 427
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £47,657 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -7.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £68,000 £81,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% -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 24,705 24,823 28,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.10% 27.64% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,849 15,767 12,989
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +83 117 £77,500 +34.78% 95
Midlands +37 72 £65,000 +34.02% 28
South East -4 55 £55,000 +7.84% 38
North of England -38 47 £62,500 +25.00% 29
West Midlands +17 44 £70,000 +44.33% 21
South West +114 37 £55,000 +13.40% 31
Yorkshire +34 29 £29,000 -44.76% 13
East Midlands +54 28 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North West -55 12 £72,500 +51.04% 9
North East +53 6 £70,000 +84.21% 8
East of England +42 2 £52,000 -9.57% 10
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 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.79%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 99 (29.64%) Azure
2 53 (15.87%) AWS
3 37 (11.08%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.69%) GCP
5 14 (4.19%) SaaS
6 13 (3.89%) PaaS
7 11 (3.29%) IaaS
8 5 (1.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.20%) Rubrik
10 3 (0.90%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.60%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.60%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.60%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 145 (43.41%) Firewall
2 125 (37.43%) WAN
3 124 (37.13%) Network Security
4 110 (32.93%) LAN
5 102 (30.54%) VPN
6 82 (24.55%) BGP
7 67 (20.06%) MPLS
8 63 (18.86%) Wireless
9 58 (17.37%) SD-WAN
10 52 (15.57%) OSPF
11 49 (14.67%) Wi-Fi
12 45 (13.47%) Cisco Nexus
13 44 (13.17%) WLAN
14 43 (12.87%) IPsec
15 41 (12.28%) Cisco Firepower
16 38 (11.38%) Cisco IOS
17 37 (11.08%) TCP/IP
18 35 (10.48%) VLAN
19 32 (9.58%) Internet
20 27 (8.08%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (4.49%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.20%) Git
2 4 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 79 (23.65%) Finance
2 64 (19.16%) Social Skills
3 32 (9.58%) Telecoms
4 30 (8.98%) Banking
5 27 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.69%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.99%) Law
8 8 (2.40%) Military
9 7 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.20%) Advertising
12 3 (0.90%) Local Government
13 2 (0.60%) German Language
13 2 (0.60%) Legal
13 2 (0.60%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.30%) Aviation
14 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 117 (35.03%) Network Engineer
2 61 (18.26%) Senior
3 45 (13.47%) IT Support
4 39 (11.68%) Support Engineer
5 38 (11.38%) Architect
6 36 (10.78%) Network Architect
7 33 (9.88%) IT Engineer
8 30 (8.98%) IT Support Engineer
9 29 (8.68%) Consultant
10 28 (8.38%) Network Consultant
11 24 (7.19%) Senior Network Engineer
12 22 (6.59%) Cisco Engineer
13 21 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.09%) Administrator
14 17 (5.09%) Senior Consultant
15 16 (4.79%) Analyst
15 16 (4.79%) Senior Network Consultant
16 15 (4.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 15 (4.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (4.49%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.99%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.50%) SAML
3 2 (0.60%) Jinja
3 2 (0.60%) JSON
3 2 (0.60%) YAML
4 1 (0.30%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.30%) Node.js
4 1 (0.30%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 61 (18.26%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.68%) Driving Licence
3 15 (4.49%) e-Learning
4 9 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.80%) PKI
7 5 (1.50%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.20%) IoT
8 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.90%) PMI
9 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.60%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.60%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.30%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.30%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 91 (27.25%) Windows
2 89 (26.65%) Linux
3 35 (10.48%) Windows Server
4 25 (7.49%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.99%) Mac OS X
6 6 (1.80%) CentOS
6 6 (1.80%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (17.96%) Mentoring
3 57 (17.07%) ITIL
4 56 (16.77%) Network Management
5 46 (13.77%) Network Design
6 43 (12.87%) Computer Science
7 39 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
8 37 (11.08%) Migration
9 34 (10.18%) High Availability
10 31 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (8.68%) Asset Management
12 28 (8.38%) IT Asset Management
12 28 (8.38%) Presales
13 23 (6.89%) Service Delivery
14 22 (6.59%) Innovative Thinking
15 21 (6.29%) Requirements Gathering
16 19 (5.69%) Change Management
17 18 (5.39%) Information Security
17 18 (5.39%) Project Delivery
17 18 (5.39%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 45 (13.47%) Python
2 14 (4.19%) Bash
3 13 (3.89%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.59%) SQL
5 9 (2.69%) R
6 7 (2.10%) C
7 3 (0.90%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.60%) Go
8 2 (0.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 334 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 198 (59.28%) CCNA
3 100 (29.94%) Degree
4 85 (25.45%) Security Cleared
5 61 (18.26%) CCIE
6 60 (17.96%) SC Cleared
7 58 (17.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 45 (13.47%) MCSE
9 40 (11.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (10.78%) MCP
11 35 (10.48%) DV Cleared
12 28 (8.38%) JNCIS
12 28 (8.38%) LPIC
13 25 (7.49%) MCSA
14 18 (5.39%) CCSA
15 16 (4.79%) JNCIA
16 15 (4.49%) RHCSA
17 12 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
18 11 (3.29%) Azure Certification
18 11 (3.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.88%) SLA
2 8 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.10%) MIL-STD-1553
3 7 (2.10%) NIST
4 6 (1.80%) GDPR
5 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.90%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.90%) QA
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.30%) COBIT
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 25 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.10%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.50%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.90%) Firmware
7 1 (0.30%) NFS
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (8.08%) Ansible
2 21 (6.29%) Terraform
3 12 (3.59%) FortiGate
4 11 (3.29%) Nagios
5 5 (1.50%) CASB
5 5 (1.50%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (1.50%) VxRail
6 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 277 (82.93%) Cisco
2 77 (23.05%) Microsoft
3 69 (20.66%) Fortinet
4 62 (18.56%) Meraki
4 62 (18.56%) Palo Alto
5 51 (15.27%) Juniper
6 40 (11.98%) CheckPoint
7 36 (10.78%) VMware
8 34 (10.18%) F5
9 30 (8.98%) SolarWinds
10 23 (6.89%) Red Hat
11 19 (5.69%) HP
12 15 (4.49%) Aruba
13 14 (4.19%) Arista
14 11 (3.29%) Citrix
15 8 (2.40%) Zscaler
16 6 (1.80%) Ekahau
16 6 (1.80%) Extreme Networks
17 5 (1.50%) Aerohive Networks
17 5 (1.50%) Veeam