CCNP Jobs in the North West

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 226 281
Rank change year-on-year -41 +55 +9
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 12 66 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.15% 0.67% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 2.77% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12 50 12
10th Percentile £41,825 £35,750 £45,125
25th Percentile £53,750 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £51,364 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% +0.22% -2.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £57,500 £56,125
90th Percentile - £62,809 £59,800
England median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -5.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,290 2,384 2,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 66.87% 24.25% 34.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,677 1,621 910
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,600 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,995 £59,600
% change year-on-year +0.01% -7.73% +8.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the North West.

Salary trend for CCNP in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the North West over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester +16 8 £60,000 +16.81% 10
Merseyside +41 3 £80,000 +72.04%
Lancashire - 1 £65,000 - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 8 (66.67%) WAN
2 7 (58.33%) Firewall
3 6 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (41.67%) Network Security
4 5 (41.67%) Wireless
5 4 (33.33%) VPN
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (16.67%) IPsec
6 2 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (16.67%) TACACS
6 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (8.33%) BGP
7 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
7 1 (8.33%) MPLS
7 1 (8.33%) OSPF
7 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) Network Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Network Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Network Security Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Security Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Security Technical Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Security Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Network Design
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) B2B
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 2 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) High Availability
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) ITSM
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Bash
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (58.33%) CCIE
3 3 (25.00%) CCNA
4 2 (16.67%) CCSA
4 2 (16.67%) CISSP
5 1 (8.33%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (25.00%) Meraki
3 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper