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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 392 472
Rank change year-on-year +3 +80 +31
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 324 537 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.63% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 2.20% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 229 440 421
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £39,942
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,500 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.92% -7.83% -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 24,603 24,405 29,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.38% 28.47% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10,100 15,750 13,469
10th Percentile £32,110 £28,500 £31,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%

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 14 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 14 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 +94 118 £80,000 +39.13% 118
Midlands +29 72 £65,000 +34.02% 44
South East +32 59 £57,500 +11.65% 88
West Midlands +15 47 £65,000 +34.02% 25
North of England -21 43 £67,500 +35.00% 46
Yorkshire +55 28 £44,500 -11.00% 20
South West +95 25 £56,097 +15.66% 36
East Midlands +41 25 £57,194 +14.39% 17
North West -49 11 £80,000 +55.75% 19
North East +45 4 £80,000 +110.53% 7
East of England +40 3 £53,500 +18.89% 21
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 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.86%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 106 (32.72%) Azure
2 61 (18.83%) AWS
3 33 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.56%) GCP
5 14 (4.32%) SaaS
6 12 (3.70%) PaaS
7 8 (2.47%) IaaS
8 4 (1.23%) AWS Direct Connect
8 4 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.62%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.62%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (0.62%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.62%) Route 53
11 1 (0.31%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.31%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.31%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 146 (45.06%) Firewall
2 124 (38.27%) Network Security
3 113 (34.88%) WAN
4 99 (30.56%) LAN
5 97 (29.94%) VPN
6 82 (25.31%) BGP
7 62 (19.14%) Wireless
8 60 (18.52%) SD-WAN
9 58 (17.90%) MPLS
10 50 (15.43%) Cisco Firepower
10 50 (15.43%) OSPF
11 48 (14.81%) Cisco Nexus
12 43 (13.27%) IPsec
13 42 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
14 41 (12.65%) WLAN
15 37 (11.42%) TCP/IP
16 36 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
17 35 (10.80%) VLAN
18 33 (10.19%) Internet
19 23 (7.10%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.93%) Big Data
2 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.32%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.31%) Git
2 1 (0.31%) GitLab
2 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (23.15%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.44%) Finance
3 34 (10.49%) Telecoms
4 29 (8.95%) Banking
5 25 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.40%) Law
8 9 (2.78%) Retail
9 8 (2.47%) Military
9 8 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.23%) Marketing
11 4 (1.23%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.93%) Advertising
12 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.93%) Local Government
12 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.62%) German Language
13 2 (0.62%) Legal
14 1 (0.31%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 108 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 63 (19.44%) Senior
3 45 (13.89%) IT Support
4 38 (11.73%) Support Engineer
5 35 (10.80%) Consultant
6 34 (10.49%) Architect
6 34 (10.49%) Network Architect
7 33 (10.19%) IT Engineer
8 30 (9.26%) IT Support Engineer
8 30 (9.26%) Network Consultant
9 24 (7.41%) Senior Network Engineer
10 23 (7.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (6.79%) Cisco Engineer
12 18 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
12 18 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (5.25%) Lead
14 16 (4.94%) Senior Network Consultant
15 15 (4.63%) Analyst
15 15 (4.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 13 (4.01%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.48%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.93%) JSON
2 3 (0.93%) SAML
3 2 (0.62%) YAML
4 1 (0.31%) cloud-init
4 1 (0.31%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.31%) Jinja
4 1 (0.31%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.31%) Node.js
4 1 (0.31%) RESTful
4 1 (0.31%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (20.06%) Data Centre
2 38 (11.73%) Driving Licence
3 9 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.85%) e-Learning
6 5 (1.54%) IoT
7 4 (1.23%) PKI
7 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.93%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.93%) PMI
8 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.93%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.62%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.31%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.31%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.31%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (26.85%) Windows
2 83 (25.62%) Linux
3 30 (9.26%) Windows Server
4 25 (7.72%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.09%) Mac OS X
6 7 (2.16%) CentOS
6 7 (2.16%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (19.14%) ITIL
3 58 (17.90%) Network Management
4 56 (17.28%) Mentoring
5 47 (14.51%) Computer Science
5 47 (14.51%) Network Design
6 38 (11.73%) Migration
6 38 (11.73%) Technical Leadership
7 31 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (8.95%) Asset Management
9 28 (8.64%) IT Asset Management
9 28 (8.64%) Presales
10 27 (8.33%) Service Delivery
11 23 (7.10%) High Availability
12 22 (6.79%) Change Management
13 21 (6.48%) Information Security
14 20 (6.17%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (6.17%) Project Management
15 17 (5.25%) Load Balancing
15 17 (5.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.35%) Python
2 13 (4.01%) SQL
3 12 (3.70%) Bash
4 10 (3.09%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.78%) R
6 7 (2.16%) C
7 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 324 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 184 (56.79%) CCNA
3 99 (30.56%) Degree
4 83 (25.62%) Security Cleared
5 60 (18.52%) CCIE
6 59 (18.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 59 (18.21%) SC Cleared
7 46 (14.20%) MCSE
8 44 (13.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (11.73%) JNCIS
10 37 (11.42%) MCP
11 28 (8.64%) LPIC
12 26 (8.02%) MCSA
13 25 (7.72%) DV Cleared
14 19 (5.86%) CCSA
15 17 (5.25%) CISSP
16 13 (4.01%) CCSE
17 11 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (3.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.64%) SLA
2 9 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.78%) QA
3 7 (2.16%) MIL-STD-1553
4 6 (1.85%) NIST
5 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.54%) GDPR
6 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.62%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) COBIT
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 34 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 25 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.85%) Firmware
3 6 (1.85%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.54%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (10.49%) Ansible
2 23 (7.10%) Terraform
3 15 (4.63%) FortiGate
4 8 (2.47%) Nagios
5 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.93%) VxRail
7 2 (0.62%) CASB
7 2 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.31%) vRealize
8 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 264 (81.48%) Cisco
2 76 (23.46%) Microsoft
3 70 (21.60%) Fortinet
4 68 (20.99%) Palo Alto
5 59 (18.21%) Meraki
6 50 (15.43%) Juniper
7 48 (14.81%) F5
8 41 (12.65%) CheckPoint
9 35 (10.80%) VMware
10 25 (7.72%) SolarWinds
11 19 (5.86%) HP
12 16 (4.94%) Arista
12 16 (4.94%) Red Hat
13 13 (4.01%) Aruba
14 10 (3.09%) Citrix
15 5 (1.54%) LogicMonitor
15 5 (1.54%) Zscaler
16 4 (1.23%) Riverbed
17 3 (0.93%) Acronis
17 3 (0.93%) Veeam