Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 352 442
Rank change year-on-year +41 +90 +41
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 618 519 759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 0.78% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% 2.64% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 296 454 533
10th Percentile £45,431 £38,575 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,600 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% +0.88% +3.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £88,375 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,822 £49,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +26.17% -2.97% +6.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28,579 19,688 31,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 43.76% 29.49% 29.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,891 12,729 15,442
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,501 £31,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £40,000 £42,444
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -1.96% +2.00%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNP.

Salary trend for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 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
England +76 586 £63,264 +15.03% 64
UK excluding London +91 452 £61,822 +26.17% 49
Midlands +85 210 £65,000 +34.02% 7
West Midlands +52 160 £64,600 +33.20% 4
London +7 159 £75,000 +15.38% 18
Work from Home -25 129 £61,644 +9.59% 55
South East +14 89 £61,000 +24.49% 19
North of England +32 83 £57,500 +35.29% 10
North West +4 54 £47,500 -5.00% 5
East Midlands +42 50 £65,000 +18.18% 3
East of England -13 21 £53,000 -18.46% 5
Scotland +37 20 £65,000 +18.18% 2
South West +9 20 £60,000 +26.32% 7
Yorkshire +25 17 £70,000 +51.35% 2
North East -10 12 £65,000 +52.94% 3
Wales +15 7 £65,000 +39.78% 1
Northern Ireland +19 2 £52,500 -20.45%

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.97%) Confluence
3 5 (0.81%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 15 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
1 15 (2.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 146 (23.62%) Azure
2 72 (11.65%) AWS
3 17 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.62%) GCP
5 10 (1.62%) SaaS
6 8 (1.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (1.29%) IaaS
6 8 (1.29%) PaaS
7 6 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (0.97%) Entra ID
7 6 (0.97%) Google Workspace
7 6 (0.97%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.65%) Cloudflare
9 3 (0.49%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (0.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 297 (48.06%) Network Security
2 271 (43.85%) Firewall
3 198 (32.04%) WLAN
4 180 (29.13%) Internet
5 153 (24.76%) WAN
6 143 (23.14%) BGP
7 139 (22.49%) LAN
8 118 (19.09%) VPN
9 106 (17.15%) OSPF
10 82 (13.27%) SD-WAN
11 79 (12.78%) MPLS
12 76 (12.30%) Wireless
13 63 (10.19%) VLAN
14 62 (10.03%) Cisco Nexus
15 57 (9.22%) Wi-Fi
16 54 (8.74%) TCP/IP
17 43 (6.96%) Cisco Firepower
18 37 (5.99%) IPsec
19 36 (5.83%) Cisco ASA
20 35 (5.66%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.13%) Big Data
2 6 (0.97%) Power BI
3 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 8 (1.29%) JIRA
2 6 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.49%) Git
General
1 122 (19.74%) Social Skills
2 46 (7.44%) Finance
3 27 (4.37%) Retail
4 26 (4.21%) Telecoms
5 24 (3.88%) Banking
6 21 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (3.24%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.59%) Military
9 14 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.29%) Legal
12 7 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.13%) Local Government
12 7 (1.13%) Marketing
12 7 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.97%) Law
14 5 (0.81%) Automotive
15 4 (0.65%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.32%) Advertising
17 1 (0.16%) Police
Job Titles
1 236 (38.19%) Network Engineer
2 169 (27.35%) Support Engineer
3 168 (27.18%) IT Engineer
4 167 (27.02%) IT Support
5 162 (26.21%) IT Support Engineer
6 111 (17.96%) Senior
7 64 (10.36%) Senior Network Engineer
8 44 (7.12%) Consultant
9 43 (6.96%) Architect
9 43 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 41 (6.63%) Network Architect
11 35 (5.66%) Lead
12 34 (5.50%) Network Consultant
13 25 (4.05%) Senior Consultant
14 22 (3.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (3.56%) Senior Network Consultant
15 20 (3.24%) Cisco Engineer
15 20 (3.24%) Lead Network Engineer
16 19 (3.07%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
17 16 (2.59%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.07%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.49%) JSON
3 2 (0.32%) XMPP
3 2 (0.32%) YAML
4 1 (0.16%) cloud-init
4 1 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 173 (27.99%) Driving Licence
2 167 (27.02%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.27%) CMDB
4 8 (1.29%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (0.81%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.65%) Fat Client
7 4 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.65%) Learning Management System
7 4 (0.65%) Thin Client
7 4 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.49%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.49%) Clustering
8 3 (0.49%) IoT
8 3 (0.49%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.32%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.32%) PKI
9 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.32%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 216 (34.95%) Windows
2 203 (32.85%) Linux
3 28 (4.53%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.94%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.13%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.97%) CentOS
7 6 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.81%) MVS
9 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (37.22%) Problem-Solving
2 216 (34.95%) ITIL
3 192 (31.07%) Network Management
4 188 (30.42%) Mentoring
5 185 (29.94%) Computer Science
6 168 (27.18%) Asset Management
7 162 (26.21%) IT Asset Management
8 78 (12.62%) Network Design
9 60 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 51 (8.25%) Migration
11 47 (7.61%) Network Monitoring
12 44 (7.12%) Presales
13 41 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 37 (5.99%) Service Delivery
15 32 (5.18%) Network Virtualisation
15 32 (5.18%) Project Delivery
16 28 (4.53%) Customer Service
17 27 (4.37%) Network Architecture
17 27 (4.37%) Technical Leadership
18 25 (4.05%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 48 (7.77%) Python
2 14 (2.27%) PowerShell
3 12 (1.94%) SQL
4 8 (1.29%) Bash
4 8 (1.29%) PHP
5 6 (0.97%) Perl
6 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.32%) Ruby
7 1 (0.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 618 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 389 (62.94%) CCNA
3 209 (33.82%) Degree
4 193 (31.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 181 (29.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 175 (28.32%) MCSE
7 164 (26.54%) MCP
8 162 (26.21%) LPIC
9 140 (22.65%) Security Cleared
10 84 (13.59%) CCIE
11 66 (10.68%) SC Cleared
12 45 (7.28%) JNCIS
13 40 (6.47%) DV Cleared
14 31 (5.02%) CISSP
15 20 (3.24%) JNCIP
16 19 (3.07%) CCSE
17 17 (2.75%) MCSA
18 13 (2.10%) CISM
18 13 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 11 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 21 (3.40%) SLA
2 14 (2.27%) QA
3 11 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.49%) GDPR
6 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.49%) NIST
7 1 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 38 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (5.18%) VMware NSX
3 30 (4.85%) Active Directory
4 21 (3.40%) Firmware
5 17 (2.75%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.65%) Docker
9 2 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (10.36%) Ansible
2 37 (5.99%) FortiGate
3 30 (4.85%) Terraform
4 20 (3.24%) vCenter Server
5 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.29%) ZABBIX
6 5 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.65%) WSUS
8 3 (0.49%) Cisco CME
8 3 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.49%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.32%) CASB
9 2 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.32%) Nagios
9 2 (0.32%) SCDPM
9 2 (0.32%) vRealize
9 2 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 514 (83.17%) Cisco
2 238 (38.51%) Microsoft
3 139 (22.49%) Fortinet
4 130 (21.04%) Palo Alto
5 77 (12.46%) Meraki
6 76 (12.30%) Juniper
7 72 (11.65%) F5
8 67 (10.84%) VMware
9 53 (8.58%) CheckPoint
10 30 (4.85%) Aruba
11 20 (3.24%) Arista
11 20 (3.24%) SolarWinds
12 19 (3.07%) HP
13 18 (2.91%) Riverbed
14 17 (2.75%) Zscaler
15 15 (2.43%) Dell
16 13 (2.10%) Citrix
17 12 (1.94%) Veeam
18 11 (1.78%) Apple
18 11 (1.78%) NVIDIA