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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 354 417
Rank change year-on-year -53 +63 -7
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 186 513 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.64% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.91% 2.49% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 144 335 275
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £40,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £52,180
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -2.26% -0.61%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £66,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% -7.83% -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 20,434 20,605 20,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 51.56% 25.72% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,421 12,346 7,921
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,555 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% -10.74% +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 13 June 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 13 June 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
South East +6 55 £55,000 +6.80% 74
Midlands -29 43 £65,000 +34.02% 28
South West +119 39 £55,000 +13.40% 39
North of England -12 38 £57,500 +11.95% 37
Yorkshire +36 26 £28,500 -48.18% 18
East Midlands +42 23 £47,500 -5.00% 10
West Midlands -45 20 £66,250 +36.60% 17
North West -36 8 £59,750 +24.48% 15
Scotland +102 7 £47,500 -25.20% 19
North East +54 4 £55,000 +44.74% 4
Wales +38 2 £61,750 +17.62% 5
Northern Ireland +42 1 £57,500 +76.92% 7
East of England +30 1 £52,000 -9.57% 23
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 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.61%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (3.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.69%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.51%) Azure
2 23 (12.37%) AWS
3 19 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.38%) SaaS
5 8 (4.30%) PaaS
6 5 (2.69%) GCP
6 5 (2.69%) IaaS
7 3 (1.61%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.54%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 91 (48.92%) WAN
2 76 (40.86%) Firewall
3 69 (37.10%) LAN
4 54 (29.03%) VPN
5 52 (27.96%) Network Security
6 45 (24.19%) BGP
7 43 (23.12%) MPLS
8 35 (18.82%) Cisco Firepower
8 35 (18.82%) IPsec
9 33 (17.74%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (17.20%) SD-WAN
11 30 (16.13%) Cisco IOS
12 29 (15.59%) Junos
13 27 (14.52%) Wireless
14 22 (11.83%) TCP/IP
15 20 (10.75%) OSPF
16 19 (10.22%) DNS
17 18 (9.68%) VLAN
18 17 (9.14%) Cisco Nexus
19 16 (8.60%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.91%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.61%) GitLab
General
1 46 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 41 (22.04%) Finance
3 13 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.38%) Law
5 7 (3.76%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.69%) Advertising
7 5 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.15%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.54%) Aviation
9 1 (0.54%) Electronics
9 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.54%) Local Government
9 1 (0.54%) Marketing
9 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.54%) Police
9 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (37.63%) Network Engineer
2 39 (20.97%) Architect
3 34 (18.28%) Network Architect
4 17 (9.14%) Administrator
4 17 (9.14%) IT Support
4 17 (9.14%) Senior
5 16 (8.60%) Systems Administrator
6 15 (8.06%) Senior Network Engineer
7 14 (7.53%) Analyst
7 14 (7.53%) Cisco Engineer
8 12 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (6.45%) Lead
9 11 (5.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 10 (5.38%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.84%) IT Analyst
12 8 (4.30%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (4.30%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 8 (4.30%) Project Engineer
12 8 (4.30%) Support Analyst
13 7 (3.76%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.38%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.69%) SAML
3 2 (1.08%) JSON
3 2 (1.08%) YAML
4 1 (0.54%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.54%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.54%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.98%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.60%) e-Learning
3 11 (5.91%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.69%) Operational Technology
4 5 (2.69%) PKI
5 4 (2.15%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.61%) PMI
6 3 (1.61%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.54%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.54%) Tandem
8 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (24.73%) Linux
2 39 (20.97%) Windows
3 27 (14.52%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.38%) Mac OS X
4 10 (5.38%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.15%) CentOS
5 4 (2.15%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.51%) Technical Leadership
2 38 (20.43%) Network Design
3 31 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 29 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (12.90%) Presales
5 24 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
6 22 (11.83%) High Availability
7 21 (11.29%) Innovative Thinking
8 18 (9.68%) Service Delivery
9 16 (8.60%) ITIL
9 16 (8.60%) Network Architecture
10 14 (7.53%) Migration
10 14 (7.53%) Project Delivery
11 13 (6.99%) Coaching
12 12 (6.45%) Proactive Monitoring
12 12 (6.45%) Roadmaps
12 12 (6.45%) Zero Trust
13 11 (5.91%) Computer Science
14 10 (5.38%) Customer Service
14 10 (5.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.22%) Python
2 10 (5.38%) SQL
3 9 (4.84%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.54%) Bash
4 1 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 186 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 113 (60.75%) CCNA
3 81 (43.55%) Security Cleared
4 64 (34.41%) SC Cleared
5 39 (20.97%) Degree
6 36 (19.35%) DV Cleared
7 28 (15.05%) JNCIS
8 26 (13.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (11.83%) MCSA
10 20 (10.75%) CCIE
11 17 (9.14%) JNCIA
12 16 (8.60%) RHCSA
13 15 (8.06%) MCSE
14 9 (4.84%) CCSA
14 9 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (4.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (4.30%) CCDA
15 8 (4.30%) MCP
15 8 (4.30%) Network+ Certification
16 6 (3.23%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.98%) SLA
2 5 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.61%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.61%) NIST
3 3 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.08%) QA
5 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.54%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 15 (8.06%) Active Directory
1 15 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.61%) Firmware
4 3 (1.61%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.54%) NFS
5 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (8.60%) Ansible
2 12 (6.45%) Terraform
3 6 (3.23%) FortiGate
4 5 (2.69%) CASB
4 5 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.54%) Opsview
7 1 (0.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 155 (83.33%) Cisco
2 49 (26.34%) Juniper
3 41 (22.04%) Fortinet
4 40 (21.51%) Palo Alto
5 38 (20.43%) Microsoft
6 34 (18.28%) Meraki
7 22 (11.83%) VMware
8 21 (11.29%) Red Hat
9 19 (10.22%) HP
10 18 (9.68%) CheckPoint
11 14 (7.53%) Aruba
12 13 (6.99%) SolarWinds
13 11 (5.91%) F5
14 8 (4.30%) Citrix
15 6 (3.23%) Arista
16 5 (2.69%) Aerohive Networks
16 5 (2.69%) Ekahau
16 5 (2.69%) Extreme Networks
16 5 (2.69%) Veeam
17 1 (0.54%) Riverbed