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 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 136 128 186
Rank change year-on-year -8 +58 +21
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 5 20 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.18% 0.78% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.89% 2.89% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 13
10th Percentile £58,750 £41,550 £48,250
25th Percentile £64,375 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% +2.33%
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,500 £62,880
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +2.22%

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 564 693 633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.41% 27.04% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 227 242 376
10th Percentile £26,650 £31,525 £27,125
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,875 £67,500 £64,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,775 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

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 14 January 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 14 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
Glasgow +10 3 £55,000 -15.38%
Edinburgh -13 1 £75,000 +7.14% 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £77,500 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) MPLS
3 2 (40.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) VLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Network Design
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCIE
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Aruba
3 1 (20.00%) Datto
3 1 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Veeam
3 1 (20.00%) VMware