CCNP Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 57 41
Rank change year-on-year +10 -16 -
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 10 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.75% 2.07% 2.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.65% 9.60% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 6
10th Percentile - £63,000 £40,563
25th Percentile £31,750 - £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% -1.89% -
75th Percentile £54,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £84,000 -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £33,500 £65,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year -48.46% +34.72% +50.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 177 125 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 31.00% 21.55% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 97 75 70
10th Percentile - £30,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,875 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -49.17% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £84,250 £65,375
90th Percentile £82,750 £95,000 £81,138
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing CCNP

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Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNP in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (60.00%) PSTN
2 6 (60.00%) VoIP
3 4 (40.00%) LAN
4 3 (30.00%) WAN
5 2 (20.00%) WLAN
6 1 (10.00%) BGP
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (10.00%) IPsec
6 1 (10.00%) Network Security
6 1 (10.00%) OSPF
6 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (10.00%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (10.00%) VPN
6 1 (10.00%) VXLAN
6 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Support Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Network Design Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (60.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) High Availability
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Bash
1 6 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (10.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Aruba
2 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (10.00%) VMware