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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 390 432
Rank change year-on-year +10 +42 -39
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 212 432 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.61% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 2.22% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 156 344 271
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,688 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.57% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,063 £59,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £66,053 £70,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.92% -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 21,340 19,428 21,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.60% 27.42% 36.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8,878 12,209 8,120
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,800 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +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 15 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 15 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 +34 73 £65,000 +34.02% 49
South East +22 57 £57,500 +12.20% 92
West Midlands +17 47 £65,000 +34.02% 26
North of England -17 43 £67,500 +35.00% 56
Yorkshire +45 28 £44,500 -11.00% 24
South West +107 26 £55,000 +13.40% 45
East Midlands +47 26 £54,388 +8.78% 21
North West -56 11 £80,000 +55.75% 24
Scotland +96 7 £50,890 -19.86% 14
North East +43 4 £80,000 +110.53% 8
Wales +37 3 £61,750 +17.62% 3
East of England +35 2 £52,000 +15.56% 24
Northern Ireland +43 1 £57,500 +76.92% 7
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 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (3.77%) MS Visio
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 37 (17.45%) Azure
2 25 (11.79%) AWS
3 15 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.72%) SaaS
5 8 (3.77%) PaaS
6 4 (1.89%) GCP
7 3 (1.42%) IaaS
8 2 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.47%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.47%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 75 (35.38%) Network Security
1 75 (35.38%) WAN
2 74 (34.91%) Firewall
3 68 (32.08%) LAN
4 55 (25.94%) VPN
5 47 (22.17%) BGP
6 44 (20.75%) Cisco Firepower
7 42 (19.81%) MPLS
8 40 (18.87%) Wireless
9 37 (17.45%) IPsec
10 33 (15.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 33 (15.57%) SD-WAN
10 33 (15.57%) WLAN
11 31 (14.62%) Internet
12 29 (13.68%) Cisco IOS
13 24 (11.32%) TCP/IP
14 22 (10.38%) OSPF
14 22 (10.38%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (9.43%) Junos
16 18 (8.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (4.25%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.47%) GitLab
General
1 51 (24.06%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.32%) Finance
3 14 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.19%) Law
5 6 (2.83%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.89%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (1.89%) Retail
7 3 (1.42%) Advertising
8 2 (0.94%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.47%) Aviation
9 1 (0.47%) Electronics
9 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Marketing
9 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 64 (30.19%) Network Engineer
2 45 (21.23%) IT Support
3 37 (17.45%) Support Engineer
4 34 (16.04%) Senior
5 31 (14.62%) IT Engineer
6 30 (14.15%) IT Support Engineer
7 28 (13.21%) Architect
8 26 (12.26%) Network Architect
9 23 (10.85%) Consultant
9 23 (10.85%) Network Consultant
10 16 (7.55%) Senior Consultant
10 16 (7.55%) Senior Network Consultant
11 15 (7.08%) Senior Network Engineer
12 14 (6.60%) Analyst
13 13 (6.13%) Cisco Engineer
14 12 (5.66%) Lead
15 11 (5.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 10 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support
16 10 (4.72%) Designer
16 10 (4.72%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.25%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.42%) SAML
3 2 (0.94%) JSON
3 2 (0.94%) YAML
4 1 (0.47%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (17.92%) Driving Licence
2 29 (13.68%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.83%) e-Learning
4 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
4 3 (1.42%) PKI
4 3 (1.42%) PMI
4 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.47%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.47%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 67 (31.60%) Linux
2 63 (29.72%) Windows
3 25 (11.79%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.72%) Mac OS X
4 10 (4.72%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.83%) CentOS
5 6 (2.83%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.94%) Mentoring
2 51 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (22.64%) ITIL
4 40 (18.87%) Computer Science
5 35 (16.51%) Network Design
6 34 (16.04%) Technical Leadership
7 33 (15.57%) Network Management
8 30 (14.15%) Migration
9 29 (13.68%) Asset Management
10 28 (13.21%) IT Asset Management
11 21 (9.91%) Service Delivery
12 19 (8.96%) Presales
13 17 (8.02%) Requirements Gathering
14 14 (6.60%) Network Architecture
15 12 (5.66%) Proactive Monitoring
16 11 (5.19%) Coaching
16 11 (5.19%) High Availability
16 11 (5.19%) Information Security
16 11 (5.19%) Project Management
16 11 (5.19%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.43%) Python
2 10 (4.72%) SQL
3 8 (3.77%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.94%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 212 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 131 (61.79%) CCNA
3 71 (33.49%) Security Cleared
4 66 (31.13%) Degree
5 56 (26.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 55 (25.94%) SC Cleared
7 45 (21.23%) MCSE
8 38 (17.92%) JNCIS
9 37 (17.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (16.98%) MCP
11 35 (16.51%) CCIE
12 28 (13.21%) LPIC
13 24 (11.32%) MCSA
14 23 (10.85%) DV Cleared
15 9 (4.25%) CCSA
15 9 (4.25%) Network+ Certification
15 9 (4.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (3.30%) JNCIA
17 6 (2.83%) CCDA
17 6 (2.83%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.85%) SLA
2 5 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.42%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.42%) QA
4 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.94%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 17 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (6.13%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.36%) Firmware
4 4 (1.89%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.42%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (12.26%) Ansible
2 12 (5.66%) Terraform
3 6 (2.83%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.42%) CASB
4 3 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.47%) Opsview
6 1 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 185 (87.26%) Cisco
2 62 (29.25%) Microsoft
3 48 (22.64%) Juniper
4 39 (18.40%) Fortinet
5 38 (17.92%) Palo Alto
6 28 (13.21%) Meraki
7 22 (10.38%) VMware
8 19 (8.96%) F5
8 19 (8.96%) HP
9 16 (7.55%) CheckPoint
10 13 (6.13%) Red Hat
11 12 (5.66%) Aruba
12 9 (4.25%) SolarWinds
13 8 (3.77%) Citrix
14 6 (2.83%) Arista
15 3 (1.42%) Aerohive Networks
15 3 (1.42%) Ekahau
15 3 (1.42%) Extreme Networks
15 3 (1.42%) Veeam
16 2 (0.94%) NVIDIA