CCNP Job Trends in Kent

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 73 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 -14 +36
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 3 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.29% 0.14% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.41% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £46,750 - -
25th Percentile £53,125 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.53%
75th Percentile £75,625 - £53,750
90th Percentile £81,250 - -
South East median annual salary £63,750 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +15.91% +12.24% -10.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 394 242 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 38.63% 33.11% 28.50%
Number of salaries quoted 114 64 136
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £44,438 £23,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £55,715 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.10% +59.19% -30.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £73,755 £75,000 £57,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.18% +1.06%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Kent

CCNP
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Kent over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in Kent

CCNP
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Kent region over the 6 months to 3 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
Sittingbourne - 1 £45,000 -
West Malling - 1 £85,000 -
CCNP
South East

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) HSRP
2 1 (33.33%) Miracast
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) VRRP
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Voice Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CCTV
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Facial Recognition
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCDA
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE Security
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) NetApp
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk