CCNP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 335 379
Rank change year-on-year -124 +44 +25
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 137 219 444
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.74% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 1.72% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 106 151 339
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% +13.73% -2.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year +16.67% +13.74% -8.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,833 12,733 18,864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.74% 42.97% 25.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,255 5,032 12,269
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,330
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% +1.93% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,772
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.28% -10.38%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CCNP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCNP

CCNP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
North of England -37 39 £57,500 -4.17% 10
South East -46 30 £75,000 +36.36% 38
Midlands -81 26 £62,500 -3.85% 14
North West -5 22 £57,500 -9.80% 6
West Midlands -44 22 £62,500 -7.41% 10
East of England -11 10 £36,500 -29.81% 10
South West -81 10 £40,000 -27.27% 9
Wales -33 9 £45,000 -27.13% 3
Yorkshire -62 9 £75,000 +163.16% 3
North East -39 8 - - 1
Scotland +4 7 £46,500 -5.48% 8
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -50 4 £52,500 +10.53% 4
Northern Ireland -34 1 £57,500 - 3
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (6.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 33 (24.09%) Azure
2 23 (16.79%) AWS
3 6 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.65%) GCP
4 5 (3.65%) IaaS
4 5 (3.65%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.73%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 104 (75.91%) Firewall
2 80 (58.39%) WAN
3 79 (57.66%) LAN
3 79 (57.66%) VPN
4 58 (42.34%) Network Security
5 49 (35.77%) BGP
6 46 (33.58%) OSPF
7 45 (32.85%) Wireless
8 35 (25.55%) SD-WAN
9 30 (21.90%) Cisco ASA
10 27 (19.71%) EIGRP
11 24 (17.52%) VLAN
12 23 (16.79%) MPLS
13 21 (15.33%) WLAN
14 19 (13.87%) Cisco Nexus
14 19 (13.87%) DNS
15 18 (13.14%) DHCP
16 16 (11.68%) TCP/IP
17 13 (9.49%) VoIP
18 11 (8.03%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.71%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.49%) Public Sector
4 12 (8.76%) Law
5 9 (6.57%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.92%) Retail
8 3 (2.19%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.19%) Finance
8 3 (2.19%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.46%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.73%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 99 (72.26%) Network Engineer
2 55 (40.15%) Senior
3 46 (33.58%) Senior Network Engineer
4 22 (16.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (10.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (10.22%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (8.76%) Cisco Consultant
7 12 (8.76%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 12 (8.76%) Consultant
7 12 (8.76%) Network Consultant
8 11 (8.03%) Architect
9 9 (6.57%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 9 (6.57%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.11%) IT Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) WAN Consultant
11 6 (4.38%) LAN Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Network Architect
12 5 (3.65%) Juniper Consultant
12 5 (3.65%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.11%) REST
2 4 (2.92%) ModSecurity
3 3 (2.19%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 37 (27.01%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.57%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.38%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.65%) PKI
4 5 (3.65%) Replication
5 4 (2.92%) CMDB
6 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.19%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.46%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.73%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.41%) Windows
2 12 (8.76%) Linux
3 8 (5.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (16.06%) Computer Science
2 22 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (16.06%) Network Monitoring
3 20 (14.60%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (13.87%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (13.87%) Load Balancing
5 18 (13.14%) ITIL
5 18 (13.14%) Network Design
5 18 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (12.41%) High Availability
6 17 (12.41%) Presales
7 14 (10.22%) Incident Response
7 14 (10.22%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (9.49%) Business Continuity
8 13 (9.49%) Network Segmentation
8 13 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (8.76%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (8.03%) Network Management
10 11 (8.03%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.17%) Python
2 4 (2.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 137 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (32.85%) CCNA
3 36 (26.28%) Security Cleared
4 30 (21.90%) CCIE
5 26 (18.98%) Degree
6 22 (16.06%) SC Cleared
7 20 (14.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (11.68%) DV Cleared
9 9 (6.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (5.84%) MCSE
10 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (5.11%) CISSP
12 6 (4.38%) DBS Check
12 6 (4.38%) JNCIP
13 4 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (2.19%) CISM
14 3 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (2.19%) GCIA
14 3 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (2.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.84%) NIST
2 8 (5.84%) PMO
3 5 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.65%) SLA
4 3 (2.19%) GDPR
5 2 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (16.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (8.03%) VMware NSX
3 8 (5.84%) ProxySG
4 7 (5.11%) Active Directory
5 6 (4.38%) vSphere
6 5 (3.65%) KVM
7 4 (2.92%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (2.19%) Docker
8 3 (2.19%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (16.06%) Ansible
2 15 (10.95%) FortiGate
3 10 (7.30%) Terraform
4 2 (1.46%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.46%) vRealize
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.73%) OpenView
5 1 (0.73%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 103 (75.18%) Cisco
2 38 (27.74%) Fortinet
3 29 (21.17%) VMware
4 20 (14.60%) Palo Alto
5 18 (13.14%) Aruba
6 14 (10.22%) CheckPoint
6 14 (10.22%) Meraki
7 13 (9.49%) Microsoft
8 12 (8.76%) F5
8 12 (8.76%) Juniper
9 11 (8.03%) SolarWinds
10 8 (5.84%) Blue Coat
10 8 (5.84%) Infoblox
10 8 (5.84%) Motorola
10 8 (5.84%) ServiceNow
11 7 (5.11%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (4.38%) HP
12 6 (4.38%) Mellanox
12 6 (4.38%) NVIDIA
13 5 (3.65%) Dell