CCNP Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 64 41
Rank change year-on-year +6 -23 +32
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 11 12 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.40% 1.62% 2.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.28% 7.59% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 8
10th Percentile - £63,000 £41,338
25th Percentile £31,750 - £45,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £65,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +34.72% +50.78%
75th Percentile £53,313 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £71,125 £84,000 -
North East median annual salary £33,500 £65,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year -48.46% +57.58% +0.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 257 158 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 32.66% 21.38% 24.82%
Number of salaries quoted 142 90 86
10th Percentile - £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,688 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £56,875 £82,500 £64,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £95,000 £80,000
North East median annual salary £40,331 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.54% +5.50% +11.94%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

CCNP
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNP in Tyne and Wear

CCNP
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +10 10 £33,500 -48.46% 2
CCNP
North East

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 6 (54.55%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (54.55%) PSTN
2 6 (54.55%) VoIP
3 4 (36.36%) LAN
4 3 (27.27%) WAN
5 2 (18.18%) WLAN
6 1 (9.09%) BGP
6 1 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (9.09%) IPsec
6 1 (9.09%) Network Security
6 1 (9.09%) OSPF
6 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
6 1 (9.09%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (9.09%) VPN
6 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
6 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Support Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Network Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Architect
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Design Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
2 6 (54.55%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (54.55%) Task Automation
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
4 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.09%) High Availability
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) SIEM
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Bash
1 6 (54.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (54.55%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 6 (54.55%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 1 (9.09%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Aruba
2 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) VMware