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 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 208 222 236
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +64
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 62 84 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.60% 0.94% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.92% 2.11% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59 43 57
10th Percentile £51,250 £37,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +22.45% -10.91%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £66,000 £65,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +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 3,227 3,982 3,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.09% 44.35% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,372 1,739 2,120
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,313 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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 14 January 2026.

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 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
Hampshire +11 28 £62,500 +13.64% 6
Surrey +22 23 £65,000 -5.80% 2
Thames Valley -13 6 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Berkshire -19 6 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Kent -10 3 £65,000 - 1
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:

Applications
1 2 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.58%) Azure
2 7 (11.29%) AWS
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.61%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 44 (70.97%) LAN
2 34 (54.84%) VPN
2 34 (54.84%) WAN
3 26 (41.94%) Firewall
4 23 (37.10%) BGP
5 19 (30.65%) OSPF
6 17 (27.42%) Network Security
6 17 (27.42%) SD-WAN
7 16 (25.81%) Cisco Nexus
8 15 (24.19%) MPLS
8 15 (24.19%) Wireless
9 14 (22.58%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (17.74%) VLAN
10 11 (17.74%) VoIP
11 10 (16.13%) Junos
12 9 (14.52%) TCP/IP
13 8 (12.90%) EIGRP
13 8 (12.90%) Unified Communications
13 8 (12.90%) VXLAN
14 6 (9.68%) IPsec
General
1 9 (14.52%) Telecoms
2 6 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Finance
4 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Electronics
4 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (45.16%) Network Engineer
2 19 (30.65%) Senior
3 13 (20.97%) Consultant
3 13 (20.97%) Senior Network Engineer
4 12 (19.35%) Lead
4 12 (19.35%) Network Team Leader
4 12 (19.35%) Team Leader
5 10 (16.13%) Design Engineer
5 10 (16.13%) Network Design Engineer
6 9 (14.52%) Network Consultant
6 9 (14.52%) Senior Design Engineer
6 9 (14.52%) Senior Network Design Engineer
7 8 (12.90%) Security Engineer
8 7 (11.29%) Cisco Consultant
8 7 (11.29%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 7 (11.29%) Head of IT
8 7 (11.29%) Head of IT Operations
8 7 (11.29%) Head of Operations
8 7 (11.29%) WAN Consultant
9 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) REST
2 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.29%) Operational Technology
3 6 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.61%) CCTV
4 1 (1.61%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.61%) FMCG
4 1 (1.61%) PKI
4 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Linux
1 1 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) Problem Management
2 15 (24.19%) ITIL
2 15 (24.19%) Requirements Gathering
3 14 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (20.97%) Service Management
5 12 (19.35%) Project Management
6 10 (16.13%) Network Design
6 10 (16.13%) Observability
7 9 (14.52%) ITSM
7 9 (14.52%) Network Management
7 9 (14.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (12.90%) Data Protection
8 8 (12.90%) Network Segmentation
8 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
9 7 (11.29%) DevOps
9 7 (11.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (11.29%) High Availability
9 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Management
9 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 62 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (43.55%) CCNA
3 17 (27.42%) DV Cleared
3 17 (27.42%) Security Cleared
4 14 (22.58%) SC Cleared
5 10 (16.13%) JNCIS
6 8 (12.90%) JNCIA
7 7 (11.29%) AWS Certification
7 7 (11.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (11.29%) Azure Certification
7 7 (11.29%) CISSP
7 7 (11.29%) Degree
7 7 (11.29%) Master's Degree
7 7 (11.29%) PMI Certification
7 7 (11.29%) PMP
8 6 (9.68%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (9.68%) GCIA
8 6 (9.68%) SANS
9 4 (6.45%) CCIE
10 1 (1.61%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) NIST
2 6 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) KVM
1 2 (3.23%) RHEV
1 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.23%) Xen
2 1 (1.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (14.52%) Ansible
1 9 (14.52%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.23%) Nagios
2 2 (3.23%) Proxmox
2 2 (3.23%) Terraform
3 1 (1.61%) OpenView
3 1 (1.61%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 55 (88.71%) Cisco
2 24 (38.71%) Fortinet
3 17 (27.42%) Meraki
4 16 (25.81%) Juniper
5 10 (16.13%) Microsoft
6 9 (14.52%) Palo Alto
7 7 (11.29%) F5
8 3 (4.84%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.84%) VMware
9 2 (3.23%) HP
10 1 (1.61%) ArcSight
10 1 (1.61%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.61%) Citrix
10 1 (1.61%) EMC
10 1 (1.61%) NetApp
10 1 (1.61%) NVIDIA
10 1 (1.61%) Riverbed
10 1 (1.61%) Siebel
10 1 (1.61%) Sophos
10 1 (1.61%) Splunk