CCNP Jobs 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 392 429
Rank change year-on-year +24 +37 -31
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 224 435 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.58% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 2.19% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 157 338 282
10th Percentile £32,000 £33,375 £36,725
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £50,000 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -0.50% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £66,250 £69,975
UK median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% -4.17%

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 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
Midlands +37 72 £65,000 +34.02% 28
South East -4 55 £55,000 +7.84% 38
North of England -38 47 £62,500 +25.00% 29
West Midlands +17 44 £70,000 +44.33% 21
South West +114 37 £55,000 +13.40% 31
Yorkshire +34 29 £29,000 -44.76% 13
East Midlands +54 28 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North West -55 12 £72,500 +51.04% 9
Scotland +109 8 £50,890 -19.86% 9
North East +53 6 £70,000 +84.21% 8
East of England +42 2 £52,000 -9.57% 10
Wales +37 2 £61,750 +17.62% 1
Northern Ireland +41 1 £57,500 +76.92% 6
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.89%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 39 (17.41%) Azure
2 23 (10.27%) AWS
3 19 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.46%) SaaS
5 8 (3.57%) PaaS
6 5 (2.23%) GCP
6 5 (2.23%) IaaS
7 2 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (0.89%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 86 (38.39%) WAN
2 79 (35.27%) LAN
3 77 (34.38%) Network Security
4 75 (33.48%) Firewall
5 51 (22.77%) VPN
6 45 (20.09%) BGP
7 44 (19.64%) MPLS
8 42 (18.75%) Wireless
9 36 (16.07%) WLAN
10 35 (15.63%) Cisco Firepower
10 35 (15.63%) IPsec
11 33 (14.73%) Cisco Nexus
12 31 (13.84%) Internet
12 31 (13.84%) SD-WAN
13 30 (13.39%) Cisco IOS
14 29 (12.95%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (11.61%) Junos
16 23 (10.27%) TCP/IP
17 21 (9.38%) OSPF
18 18 (8.04%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.91%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.89%) GitLab
General
1 46 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.52%) Finance
3 14 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.46%) Law
5 6 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.68%) Manufacturing
5 6 (2.68%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.79%) Advertising
8 3 (1.34%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.45%) Aviation
9 1 (0.45%) Electronics
9 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Marketing
9 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.45%) Police
9 1 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (30.36%) Network Engineer
2 45 (20.09%) IT Support
3 38 (16.96%) Support Engineer
4 34 (15.18%) Architect
5 33 (14.73%) Senior
6 31 (13.84%) IT Engineer
6 31 (13.84%) Network Architect
7 30 (13.39%) IT Support Engineer
8 23 (10.27%) Consultant
8 23 (10.27%) Network Consultant
9 16 (7.14%) Administrator
9 16 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
9 16 (7.14%) Senior Network Consultant
10 15 (6.70%) Senior Network Engineer
10 15 (6.70%) Systems Administrator
11 14 (6.25%) Analyst
11 14 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
12 12 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (5.36%) Lead
13 11 (4.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.46%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.23%) SAML
3 2 (0.89%) JSON
3 2 (0.89%) YAML
4 1 (0.45%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.45%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.41%) Driving Licence
2 28 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.70%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.23%) Operational Technology
4 5 (2.23%) PKI
5 3 (1.34%) PMI
5 3 (1.34%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.89%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (0.89%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.89%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.45%) Tandem
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (33.48%) Linux
2 66 (29.46%) Windows
3 27 (12.05%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.46%) Mac OS X
4 10 (4.46%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.68%) CentOS
5 6 (2.68%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.89%) Mentoring
2 55 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (19.64%) ITIL
4 39 (17.41%) Computer Science
5 38 (16.96%) Technical Leadership
6 37 (16.52%) Network Design
7 33 (14.73%) Network Management
8 30 (13.39%) Migration
9 29 (12.95%) Asset Management
10 28 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
11 24 (10.71%) Presales
12 21 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
13 20 (8.93%) High Availability
13 20 (8.93%) Innovative Thinking
13 20 (8.93%) Service Delivery
14 15 (6.70%) Network Architecture
15 13 (5.80%) Proactive Monitoring
16 12 (5.36%) Coaching
16 12 (5.36%) Zero Trust
17 11 (4.91%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.93%) Python
2 10 (4.46%) SQL
3 8 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.89%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 224 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 136 (60.71%) CCNA
3 76 (33.93%) Security Cleared
4 67 (29.91%) Degree
5 59 (26.34%) SC Cleared
6 56 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 45 (20.09%) MCSE
8 37 (16.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (16.07%) MCP
10 35 (15.63%) CCIE
11 33 (14.73%) DV Cleared
12 28 (12.50%) JNCIS
12 28 (12.50%) LPIC
13 24 (10.71%) MCSA
14 15 (6.70%) RHCSA
15 14 (6.25%) JNCIA
16 11 (4.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 10 (4.46%) Network+ Certification
18 9 (4.02%) CCSA
19 8 (3.57%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.61%) SLA
2 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.34%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.89%) NIST
4 2 (0.89%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.89%) QA
5 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.45%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 16 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.70%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.68%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.34%) Firmware
5 3 (1.34%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.45%) NFS
6 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.59%) Ansible
2 12 (5.36%) Terraform
3 5 (2.23%) CASB
3 5 (2.23%) FortiGate
3 5 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.89%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.45%) Opsview
5 1 (0.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 194 (86.61%) Cisco
2 68 (30.36%) Microsoft
3 47 (20.98%) Juniper
4 41 (18.30%) Fortinet
5 40 (17.86%) Palo Alto
6 31 (13.84%) Meraki
7 23 (10.27%) VMware
8 22 (9.82%) Red Hat
9 19 (8.48%) HP
10 18 (8.04%) CheckPoint
11 13 (5.80%) Aruba
12 11 (4.91%) SolarWinds
13 10 (4.46%) F5
14 8 (3.57%) Citrix
15 6 (2.68%) Arista
16 5 (2.23%) Aerohive Networks
16 5 (2.23%) Ekahau
16 5 (2.23%) Extreme Networks
16 5 (2.23%) Veeam
17 1 (0.45%) Riverbed