Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 313 462 465
Rank change year-on-year +149 +3 -192
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 526 830 856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 0.68% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.05% 2.29% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 459 600 706
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,343 £35,464
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,310 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,822 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.62% +6.99% -3.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCNP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,261 36,220 31,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.58% 29.49% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,821 16,971 17,946
10th Percentile £31,207 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

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 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +142 452 £57,500 +4.55% 132
UK excluding London +133 296 £50,000 -1.62% 93
Work from Home +99 224 £58,500 -10.00% 54
London +168 195 £70,000 +7.69% 46
Midlands +88 68 £55,000 +11.61% 23
South East +73 61 £49,000 -10.91% 19
West Midlands +96 59 £49,250 -0.06% 20
North of England +149 58 £49,000 -2.00% 28
South West +52 50 £47,500 +10.47% 10
East of England +101 26 £60,000 +10.60% 5
North West +103 23 £57,250 +14.50% 14
Yorkshire +113 22 £50,000 +17.65% 11
Wales +34 22 £47,000 -21.67% 2
North East +58 16 £41,250 +0.61% 3
Scotland +43 13 £55,000 +2.33% 7
East Midlands +42 9 £55,000 +7.84% 3
Northern Ireland +43 8 £66,000 +32.00%

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 7 (1.33%) Apache
2 6 (1.14%) Confluence
3 5 (0.95%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.76%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 132 (25.10%) Azure
2 66 (12.55%) AWS
3 35 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (3.04%) Nutanix
5 15 (2.85%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.90%) IaaS
7 9 (1.71%) GCP
8 8 (1.52%) Rubrik
9 4 (0.76%) PaaS
9 4 (0.76%) SaaS
10 3 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Direct Connect
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Storage
12 1 (0.19%) Cohesity
12 1 (0.19%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 289 (54.94%) Firewall
2 226 (42.97%) WAN
3 172 (32.70%) LAN
4 150 (28.52%) VPN
5 149 (28.33%) SD-WAN
6 140 (26.62%) Network Security
7 139 (26.43%) Wireless
8 134 (25.48%) BGP
9 128 (24.33%) OSPF
10 104 (19.77%) Cisco Firepower
11 103 (19.58%) Cisco ASA
12 82 (15.59%) Cisco Nexus
13 80 (15.21%) MPLS
14 67 (12.74%) Wi-Fi
15 62 (11.79%) IPsec
16 58 (11.03%) Cisco ISE
17 55 (10.46%) TCP/IP
18 46 (8.75%) DNS
19 43 (8.17%) VLAN
20 41 (7.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.57%) GIS
3 1 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.71%) JIRA
1 9 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 96 (18.25%) Social Skills
2 55 (10.46%) Telecoms
3 52 (9.89%) Finance
4 38 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (7.03%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.56%) Law
8 20 (3.80%) Banking
9 15 (2.85%) Legal
10 10 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.71%) Retail
12 6 (1.14%) Advertising
12 6 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (0.76%) Italian Language
14 4 (0.76%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 255 (48.48%) Network Engineer
2 121 (23.00%) Senior
3 59 (11.22%) Senior Network Engineer
4 55 (10.46%) Consultant
5 53 (10.08%) Cisco Engineer
6 47 (8.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 41 (7.79%) Architect
8 40 (7.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (6.46%) Network Consultant
10 32 (6.08%) Network Architect
10 32 (6.08%) Security Engineer
11 31 (5.89%) Analyst
12 30 (5.70%) Network Analyst
13 27 (5.13%) Senior Consultant
14 26 (4.94%) Senior Network Consultant
15 24 (4.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 23 (4.37%) Network Security Engineer
17 22 (4.18%) Lead
17 22 (4.18%) Project Consultant
17 22 (4.18%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.42%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.14%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (1.14%) Kafka
3 4 (0.76%) REST
4 2 (0.38%) CSS
4 2 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.38%) Velocity
4 2 (0.38%) XMPP
5 1 (0.19%) .NET
5 1 (0.19%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.19%) HTML
5 1 (0.19%) LAMP
5 1 (0.19%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 153 (29.09%) Data Centre
2 19 (3.61%) Public Cloud
3 17 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 15 (2.85%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.90%) Tandem
7 8 (1.52%) Replication
8 7 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.14%) Reinsurance
10 5 (0.95%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.76%) NHS
11 4 (0.76%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.57%) Hedge funds
12 3 (0.57%) IoT
12 3 (0.57%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.38%) CCTV
13 2 (0.38%) HP Storage
13 2 (0.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (8.56%) Windows
2 39 (7.41%) Linux
3 33 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.52%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.95%) Unix
8 5 (0.95%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (15.40%) ITIL
2 58 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (10.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 47 (8.94%) Network Design
5 45 (8.56%) Project Delivery
6 40 (7.60%) Network Monitoring
7 38 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
8 30 (5.70%) Presales
9 28 (5.32%) Knowledge Transfer
9 28 (5.32%) Load Balancing
9 28 (5.32%) Network Management
10 27 (5.13%) Customer Experience
11 25 (4.75%) Migration
11 25 (4.75%) Proactive Monitoring
12 23 (4.37%) Change Advisory Board
12 23 (4.37%) Network Architecture
13 22 (4.18%) Actionable Insight
13 22 (4.18%) Network Virtualisation
14 21 (3.99%) Change Management
14 21 (3.99%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.03%) Python
2 29 (5.51%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.71%) Perl
4 7 (1.33%) Bash
5 4 (0.76%) SQL
6 2 (0.38%) Go
6 2 (0.38%) PHP
7 1 (0.19%) C#
7 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 526 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 261 (49.62%) CCNA
3 114 (21.67%) Security Cleared
4 105 (19.96%) CCIE
5 83 (15.78%) SC Cleared
6 73 (13.88%) Degree
7 41 (7.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (6.65%) MCSE
9 25 (4.75%) DV Cleared
10 22 (4.18%) CISSP
10 22 (4.18%) MCP
11 18 (3.42%) CCDP
12 17 (3.23%) CCSE
13 16 (3.04%) JNCIA
14 15 (2.85%) Azure Certification
15 12 (2.28%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 11 (2.09%) CCSA
16 11 (2.09%) JNCIS
16 11 (2.09%) MCSA
17 10 (1.90%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.32%) SLA
2 14 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.33%) NIST
5 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) GxP
8 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.19%) QA
8 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (10.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.61%) VMware NSX
3 19 (3.61%) vSphere
4 17 (3.23%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.52%) Docker
6 8 (1.52%) Firmware
7 3 (0.57%) vCloud
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.38%) KVM
8 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.19%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 77 (14.64%) FortiGate
2 30 (5.70%) Ansible
3 21 (3.99%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.47%) SCCM
5 12 (2.28%) Terraform
6 8 (1.52%) Kubernetes
7 7 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
7 7 (1.33%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.14%) Consul
9 5 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.95%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.95%) SCOM
9 5 (0.95%) WSUS
10 4 (0.76%) Cisco UCCX
10 4 (0.76%) Nagios
10 4 (0.76%) Nessus
10 4 (0.76%) Puppet
10 4 (0.76%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.57%) Iperf
Vendors
1 439 (83.46%) Cisco
2 175 (33.27%) Palo Alto
3 150 (28.52%) Juniper
4 114 (21.67%) CheckPoint
5 96 (18.25%) Microsoft
6 94 (17.87%) Meraki
7 78 (14.83%) VMware
8 73 (13.88%) Aruba
9 72 (13.69%) Fortinet
10 64 (12.17%) F5
11 56 (10.65%) SolarWinds
12 33 (6.27%) Citrix
13 29 (5.51%) Dell
13 29 (5.51%) Forcepoint
14 28 (5.32%) HP
15 25 (4.75%) Oracle
16 23 (4.37%) McAfee
17 22 (4.18%) Riverbed
18 19 (3.61%) Huawei
18 19 (3.61%) Zscaler