CCNP Job Trends in Southampton

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 57 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 7 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 1.27% 1.58% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.26% 5.49% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 0
10th Percentile £40,950 - -
25th Percentile £56,875 £37,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £44,375 -
90th Percentile - £51,250 -
Hampshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +30.95% -31.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 133 164 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 24.14% 28.87% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 74 105 73
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £25,600
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £73,722 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Southampton

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Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing CCNP

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Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in Southampton

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) BGP
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
1 6 (85.71%) MPLS
1 6 (85.71%) OSPF
1 6 (85.71%) SD-WAN
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 5 (71.43%) VPN
2 5 (71.43%) VXLAN
2 5 (71.43%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Network Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) WAN Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Support
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support
3 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Network Management
1 5 (71.43%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) FortiGate
2 5 (71.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Meraki
2 6 (85.71%) Fortinet
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft