CCNP Job Trends in Manchester

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 134 135
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +100
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 4 22 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.14% 0.82% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 2.36% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 16
10th Percentile £60,250 £40,500 £34,375
25th Percentile £60,625 £41,500 £38,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,250 £61,188
90th Percentile £66,750 £82,500 £63,750
North West median annual salary £62,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 980 931 588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.60% 34.91% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 341 388 408
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,000 £37,431
25th Percentile £29,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £68,666 £68,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,375 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,979 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.15% -4.66% -4.55%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Manchester

CCNP
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCNP

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Telepresence
1 2 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
1 2 (50.00%) WebEx
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Voice Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Voice Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) GCIA
3 1 (25.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper