CCNP Job Trends in the South East

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 232 254
Rank change year-on-year -35 +22 -28
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 34 54 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.69% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 1.48% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 32 50 122
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +9.76% -3.76%
75th Percentile £81,375 £66,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +14.29% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,156 3,653 5,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.42% 46.78% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,813 1,512 3,646
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,481 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,020
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.90% -1.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,125 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hampshire -54 16 £75,000 +33.33% 2
Thames Valley -7 9 £57,500 +4.55% 9
Surrey -18 8 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Oxfordshire -5 5 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Berkshire +3 3 £70,000 +21.74% 4
Buckinghamshire -10 1 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Kent - 1 £35,000 - 2
CCNP
England

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (17.65%) AWS
1 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (85.29%) Firewall
2 24 (70.59%) VPN
2 24 (70.59%) WAN
3 23 (67.65%) LAN
4 18 (52.94%) BGP
5 17 (50.00%) OSPF
6 14 (41.18%) Network Security
7 11 (32.35%) SD-WAN
8 9 (26.47%) MPLS
8 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
8 9 (26.47%) VoIP
9 7 (20.59%) NGFW
9 7 (20.59%) VLAN
9 7 (20.59%) Wireless
10 6 (17.65%) DHCP
10 6 (17.65%) DNS
10 6 (17.65%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (14.71%) IPsec
11 5 (14.71%) VXLAN
11 5 (14.71%) WLAN
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Retail
2 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Digital Health
4 1 (2.94%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.94%) Military
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Network Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Senior
3 5 (14.71%) Cisco Consultant
3 5 (14.71%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 5 (14.71%) Consultant
3 5 (14.71%) Network Consultant
3 5 (14.71%) WAN Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Security Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Network Manager
7 1 (2.94%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Lead Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.94%) NOC Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Sales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) REST
2 4 (11.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) PKI
4 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) Linux
2 3 (8.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (20.59%) Network Segmentation
1 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (17.65%) Change Control
2 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
2 6 (17.65%) Network Design
2 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.65%) White-Box Testing
3 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (14.71%) High Availability
3 5 (14.71%) Network Management
3 5 (14.71%) SIEM
4 4 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (11.76%) Incident Response
4 4 (11.76%) ITIL
4 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 4 (11.76%) Presales
4 4 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (47.06%) CCNA
3 13 (38.24%) Security Cleared
4 10 (29.41%) DV Cleared
5 7 (20.59%) Degree
6 6 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
8 4 (11.76%) CISSP
8 4 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (8.82%) GCIA
9 3 (8.82%) SANS
10 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
10 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
10 1 (2.94%) CCIE
10 1 (2.94%) CCSE
10 1 (2.94%) CCSM
10 1 (2.94%) CISM
10 1 (2.94%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (2.94%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (14.71%) SLA
3 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (8.82%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.82%) Docker
1 3 (8.82%) Hyper-V
1 3 (8.82%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (38.24%) Ansible
2 8 (23.53%) FortiGate
2 8 (23.53%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.94%) OpenView
3 1 (2.94%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Cisco
2 16 (47.06%) Fortinet
3 7 (20.59%) VMware
4 6 (17.65%) Mellanox
4 6 (17.65%) NVIDIA
5 5 (14.71%) Aruba
5 5 (14.71%) Meraki
6 4 (11.76%) Palo Alto
7 3 (8.82%) Huawei
7 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
8 2 (5.88%) Juniper
9 1 (2.94%) ArcSight
9 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.94%) EMC
9 1 (2.94%) ExtraHop
9 1 (2.94%) HP
9 1 (2.94%) MikroTik
9 1 (2.94%) Radware
9 1 (2.94%) Riverbed
9 1 (2.94%) Ubiquiti