CCNP Jobs 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 262 219
Rank change year-on-year +6 -43 +141
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 55 144 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.57% 0.77% 1.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% 2.39% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 51 123 137
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £59,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -7.54%

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 5,373 6,015 5,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 55.92% 32.27% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,490 3,647 2,430
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,500 £51,425
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% +0.15% +1.14%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the South East.

Salary trend for CCNP in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

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 13 June 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
Hampshire +57 29 £55,000 +10.00% 25
Thames Valley +27 19 £55,000 -6.78% 23
Berkshire +23 17 £57,500 -2.54% 19
Surrey +52 3 £62,500 +47.06% 6
Oxfordshire +44 1 £55,000 -15.38%
West Sussex +32 1 - -
East Sussex +27 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +16 1 £45,000 -30.77% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.55%) Azure
2 5 (9.09%) IaaS
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.27%) AWS
4 2 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.64%) SaaS
4 2 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (45.45%) BGP
1 25 (45.45%) WAN
2 23 (41.82%) VPN
3 19 (34.55%) IPsec
4 17 (30.91%) LAN
5 16 (29.09%) Firewall
6 15 (27.27%) MPLS
6 15 (27.27%) OSPF
7 12 (21.82%) Junos
8 11 (20.00%) TCP/IP
9 10 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (16.36%) Cisco Firepower
11 8 (14.55%) SD-WAN
12 7 (12.73%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (12.73%) SSL
12 7 (12.73%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (10.91%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (10.91%) Network Security
13 6 (10.91%) VLAN
13 6 (10.91%) Wireshark
General
1 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.00%) Finance
3 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.64%) Advertising
6 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 13 (23.64%) Architect
3 11 (20.00%) Network Architect
4 10 (18.18%) Senior
5 9 (16.36%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (7.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) NOC Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Security Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Network Security Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) Analyst
10 2 (3.64%) Cisco Engineer
10 2 (3.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 2 (3.64%) IT Security Analyst
10 2 (3.64%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) 802.1X
1 5 (9.09%) SAML
2 2 (3.64%) JSON
2 2 (3.64%) YAML
3 1 (1.82%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (1.82%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (34.55%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.09%) PKI
3 3 (5.45%) PMI
4 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.18%) Windows
2 7 (12.73%) Linux
3 5 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.27%) CentOS
4 4 (7.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (20.00%) Network Design
2 11 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 10 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 10 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (14.55%) Customer Service
5 7 (12.73%) Information Security
6 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (10.91%) Network Architecture
6 6 (10.91%) Presales
6 6 (10.91%) Project Management
7 5 (9.09%) Agile
7 5 (9.09%) Innovative Thinking
8 4 (7.27%) Information Security Management
8 4 (7.27%) Mentoring
8 4 (7.27%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (7.27%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (7.27%) Project Planning
8 4 (7.27%) Security Management
8 4 (7.27%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) Python
1 1 (1.82%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (70.91%) CCNA
3 30 (54.55%) Security Cleared
4 19 (34.55%) SC Cleared
5 13 (23.64%) DV Cleared
6 9 (16.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (14.55%) JNCIS
8 7 (12.73%) JNCIA
8 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (10.91%) Azure Certification
9 6 (10.91%) MCSE
10 5 (9.09%) Degree
10 5 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (7.27%) MCSA
12 3 (5.45%) CCIE
12 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
13 2 (3.64%) CCDA
13 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (3.64%) MCSD
14 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.64%) SLA
2 2 (3.64%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.82%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 5 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.64%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.82%) Firmware
4 1 (1.82%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (7.27%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.64%) Ansible
4 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (81.82%) Cisco
2 25 (45.45%) Juniper
3 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
4 11 (20.00%) VMware
5 9 (16.36%) Palo Alto
6 5 (9.09%) F5
6 5 (9.09%) Fortinet
6 5 (9.09%) Veeam
7 4 (7.27%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.64%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.64%) Citrix
9 1 (1.82%) Aruba
9 1 (1.82%) Google
9 1 (1.82%) HP
9 1 (1.82%) Mellanox
9 1 (1.82%) Meraki
9 1 (1.82%) NVIDIA
9 1 (1.82%) Riverbed
9 1 (1.82%) SonicWALL