Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > South East
6 months to
23 May 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 331 248 198
Rank change year-on-year -83 -50 -13
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 141 136 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.70% 1.00% 1.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 4.16% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 82 82 199
10th Percentile £43,875 £40,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,550 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £59,483 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +8.15% -1.79% +7.18%

CCNP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,344 3,273 4,303
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.49% 24.14% 25.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,868 2,174 3,191
10th Percentile £29,216 £29,022 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,910 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

CCNP
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

CCNP
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

CCNP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2022.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the South East

CCNP
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 23 May 2022. 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 -31 57 £52,500 +14.75% 1
Thames Valley -55 44 £65,000 +13.04% 7
Buckinghamshire -41 37 £65,000 +23.81% 3
Surrey -53 30 £58,750 +14.63% 1
Kent -49 7 £47,500 -26.92% 2
Berkshire -18 6 £60,000 -20.00% 4
Oxfordshire -35 1 £82,500 +65.00%
CCNP
England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2022, IT jobs citing CCNP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for CCNP.

1 141 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (78.01%) Cisco
3 94 (66.67%) Firewall
4 70 (49.65%) LAN
5 69 (48.94%) WAN
6 54 (38.30%) CCNA
7 53 (37.59%) BGP
8 49 (34.75%) OSPF
9 45 (31.91%) CCDP
10 44 (31.21%) MPLS
11 40 (28.37%) Wireless
12 39 (27.66%) Microsoft
12 39 (27.66%) ITIL
12 39 (27.66%) Security Cleared
12 39 (27.66%) Cisco Nexus
13 36 (25.53%) SC Cleared
14 35 (24.82%) CheckPoint
15 33 (23.40%) Data Centre
15 33 (23.40%) Palo Alto
16 32 (22.70%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (22.70%) Organisational Skills
17 31 (21.99%) Cisco ISE
17 31 (21.99%) Cisco ASA
18 28 (19.86%) Service Delivery
19 27 (19.15%) Collaborative Working
20 26 (18.44%) Wi-Fi
21 25 (17.73%) Multicast
21 25 (17.73%) Patch Management
22 23 (16.31%) Social Skills
23 20 (14.18%) Software Licensing

CCNP
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.84%) Apache
2 2 (1.42%) IIS
3 1 (0.71%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.71%) Blender
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.51%) AWS
1 12 (8.51%) Azure
2 1 (0.71%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 94 (66.67%) Firewall
2 70 (49.65%) LAN
3 69 (48.94%) WAN
4 53 (37.59%) BGP
5 49 (34.75%) OSPF
6 44 (31.21%) MPLS
7 40 (28.37%) Wireless
8 39 (27.66%) Cisco Nexus
9 31 (21.99%) Cisco ASA
9 31 (21.99%) Cisco ISE
10 26 (18.44%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (17.73%) Multicast
12 18 (12.77%) SD-WAN
12 18 (12.77%) VPN
13 14 (9.93%) DNS
14 12 (8.51%) DHCP
15 11 (7.80%) Network Security
15 11 (7.80%) VXLAN
16 10 (7.09%) WLAN
17 9 (6.38%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) MySQL
2 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 32 (22.70%) Organisational Skills
2 23 (16.31%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.51%) Telecoms
4 9 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.26%) Law
6 5 (3.55%) Legal
7 4 (2.84%) Finance
8 3 (2.13%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.71%) Aviation
9 1 (0.71%) Games
9 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (48.23%) Network Engineer
2 28 (19.86%) Cisco Engineer
2 28 (19.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 20 (14.18%) Architect
4 19 (13.48%) Network Architect
5 17 (12.06%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (7.80%) Analyst
7 8 (5.67%) IT Analyst
7 8 (5.67%) Security Officer
8 7 (4.96%) Cisco Analyst
8 7 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (4.96%) Senior Cisco Analyst
9 6 (4.26%) Administrator
9 6 (4.26%) Network Administrator
10 5 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) Consultant
10 5 (3.55%) Network Consultant
11 4 (2.84%) DevOps Automation Engineer
11 4 (2.84%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.84%) LAMP
1 4 (2.84%) REST
2 2 (1.42%) LDAP
3 1 (0.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (23.40%) Data Centre
2 13 (9.22%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.55%) CMDB
4 3 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.42%) PKI
6 1 (0.71%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.35%) Linux
2 8 (5.67%) Windows
3 4 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.84%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.71%) Unix
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (27.66%) ITIL
2 32 (22.70%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (19.86%) Service Delivery
4 27 (19.15%) Collaborative Working
5 25 (17.73%) Patch Management
6 20 (14.18%) Software Licensing
7 17 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (8.51%) Network Management
9 11 (7.80%) Change Management
9 11 (7.80%) Network Design
9 11 (7.80%) Project Delivery
10 10 (7.09%) Information Security
11 9 (6.38%) SABSA
11 9 (6.38%) Security Architecture
11 9 (6.38%) TOGAF
11 9 (6.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 8 (5.67%) Information Security Management
12 8 (5.67%) ISMS
12 8 (5.67%) Presales
12 8 (5.67%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.51%) Python
2 8 (5.67%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.55%) PHP
4 3 (2.13%) Bash
5 1 (0.71%) C++
5 1 (0.71%) Perl
5 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 141 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (38.30%) CCNA
3 45 (31.91%) CCDP
4 39 (27.66%) Security Cleared
5 36 (25.53%) SC Cleared
6 14 (9.93%) CCIE
6 14 (9.93%) JNCIA
7 13 (9.22%) Degree
8 10 (7.09%) CCSA
8 10 (7.09%) CCSP
9 9 (6.38%) CEH
9 9 (6.38%) CISSP
10 7 (4.96%) JNCIS
11 6 (4.26%) DV Cleared
11 6 (4.26%) JNCIE
12 5 (3.55%) CCDE
12 5 (3.55%) JNCIP
12 5 (3.55%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (2.13%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.09%) NIST
2 9 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (4.26%) SLA
4 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.71%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.26%) vSphere
3 5 (3.55%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.84%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.71%) PowerDNS
5 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (7.09%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.38%) Ansible
3 5 (3.55%) SCCM
4 3 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.13%) Terraform
5 2 (1.42%) Avamar
5 2 (1.42%) Nagios
5 2 (1.42%) Packer
5 2 (1.42%) vRealize
6 1 (0.71%) MIIS
6 1 (0.71%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (78.01%) Cisco
2 39 (27.66%) Microsoft
3 35 (24.82%) CheckPoint
4 33 (23.40%) Palo Alto
5 20 (14.18%) Adobe
5 20 (14.18%) Apple
6 17 (12.06%) VMware
7 16 (11.35%) Juniper
8 12 (8.51%) Fortinet
9 11 (7.80%) SolarWinds
10 10 (7.09%) Meraki
11 9 (6.38%) HP
12 6 (4.26%) F5
12 6 (4.26%) ServiceNow
13 5 (3.55%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.84%) Aruba
14 4 (2.84%) Dell
15 3 (2.13%) BMC
15 3 (2.13%) Citrix
15 3 (2.13%) Remedy