CCNP Job Trends in Scotland

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 143 247
Rank change year-on-year +16 +104 -59
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 7 7 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.22% 0.32% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 1.45% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 18
10th Percentile £36,875 £43,250 £47,788
25th Percentile £39,688 £44,375 £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -25.20% +27.00%
75th Percentile £58,688 £50,921 £75,625
90th Percentile £68,475 £52,224 £79,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +13.21% -7.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 635 482 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 19.86% 21.83% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 167 173 554
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,313 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +4.17% -5.02%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £79,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Scotland

CCNP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in Scotland

CCNP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Edinburgh +15 3 £58,750 +23.68% 1
Glasgow - 3 £50,500 - 5
Highlands - 1 £36,000 -
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) LAN
2 5 (71.43%) Wireless
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (57.14%) MPLS
3 4 (57.14%) Network Security
3 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 4 (57.14%) WAN
4 3 (42.86%) BGP
4 3 (42.86%) EIGRP
4 3 (42.86%) OSPF
4 3 (42.86%) SD-WAN
5 2 (28.57%) WLAN
6 1 (14.29%) BIG-IP
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (14.29%) NGN
6 1 (14.29%) VLAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Operations Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) High Availability
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCIE
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (14.29%) JNCIP
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) Fortinet
2 5 (71.43%) Palo Alto
3 3 (42.86%) Aruba
3 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 3 (42.86%) F5
4 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds
5 1 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (14.29%) HP
5 1 (14.29%) VMware