CCNP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 371 424
Rank change year-on-year -17 +53 +64
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 73 228 235
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.68% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.09% 2.39% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 62 160 194
10th Percentile £31,375 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,438 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67,875 £64,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,900 £85,000 £88,750
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,704 9,526 10,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 28.24% 25.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 5,895 6,319
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

CCNP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CCNP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CCNP.

CCNP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CCNP over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

CCNP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (9.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (54.79%) Azure
2 27 (36.99%) AWS
3 17 (23.29%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (13.70%) SaaS
5 8 (10.96%) PaaS
6 5 (6.85%) IaaS
7 3 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.74%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (2.74%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (2.74%) GCP
8 2 (2.74%) Route 53
8 2 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (52.05%) Firewall
2 23 (31.51%) WAN
3 19 (26.03%) BGP
4 17 (23.29%) VPN
5 16 (21.92%) LAN
5 16 (21.92%) SD-WAN
6 13 (17.81%) Wireless
7 12 (16.44%) Network Security
8 11 (15.07%) OSPF
9 10 (13.70%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (13.70%) VLAN
10 9 (12.33%) IPsec
11 8 (10.96%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (10.96%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (9.59%) BIG-IP
12 7 (9.59%) MPLS
12 7 (9.59%) TACACS
12 7 (9.59%) TCP/IP
13 6 (8.22%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (28.77%) Finance
2 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.22%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.48%) Retail
5 3 (4.11%) Local Government
5 3 (4.11%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.74%) Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Electronics
7 1 (1.37%) Marketing
7 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) Network Engineer
2 13 (17.81%) Lead
3 9 (12.33%) IT Support
3 9 (12.33%) Senior
4 8 (10.96%) Architect
4 8 (10.96%) Network Architect
5 7 (9.59%) Administrator
5 7 (9.59%) Support Team Leader
5 7 (9.59%) Systems Administrator
5 7 (9.59%) Team Leader
6 6 (8.22%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (8.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (8.22%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Lead Network Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (5.48%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.33%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.48%) SAML
3 2 (2.74%) JSON
3 2 (2.74%) YAML
4 1 (1.37%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 21 (28.77%) Data Centre
2 9 (12.33%) Driving Licence
3 7 (9.59%) e-Learning
4 4 (5.48%) PKI
5 3 (4.11%) Fat Client
5 3 (4.11%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.74%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.37%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.37%) Podcast
7 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (30.14%) Linux
2 20 (27.40%) Windows
3 14 (19.18%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) ITIL
2 16 (21.92%) Mentoring
3 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (17.81%) Innovative Thinking
4 13 (17.81%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (13.70%) Coaching
5 10 (13.70%) Customer Service
5 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (13.70%) High Availability
5 10 (13.70%) ITSM
5 10 (13.70%) Network Design
5 10 (13.70%) Presales
6 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (9.59%) Security Architecture
8 6 (8.22%) Change Management
8 6 (8.22%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (8.22%) Network Management
8 6 (8.22%) Network Segmentation
8 6 (8.22%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.85%) Python
2 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 73 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (50.68%) CCNA
3 26 (35.62%) Security Cleared
4 22 (30.14%) SC Cleared
5 11 (15.07%) Degree
6 10 (13.70%) CISSP
6 10 (13.70%) DV Cleared
7 9 (12.33%) CCIE
8 8 (10.96%) MCP
8 8 (10.96%) MCSA
8 8 (10.96%) MCSE
8 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (9.59%) Azure Certification
9 7 (9.59%) RHCSA
10 6 (8.22%) JNCIS
11 4 (5.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (4.11%) CCSE
12 3 (4.11%) CCSM
12 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) SLA
2 6 (8.22%) QA
3 4 (5.48%) NIST
4 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.74%) GDPR
5 2 (2.74%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.74%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (9.59%) Active Directory
1 7 (9.59%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (8.22%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.37%) Firmware
4 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Ansible
1 9 (12.33%) Terraform
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (5.48%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.37%) Opsview
Vendors
1 49 (67.12%) Cisco
2 18 (24.66%) Palo Alto
3 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
4 11 (15.07%) Fortinet
4 11 (15.07%) VMware
5 9 (12.33%) F5
5 9 (12.33%) Juniper
6 8 (10.96%) Meraki
7 7 (9.59%) Red Hat
8 4 (5.48%) CheckPoint
8 4 (5.48%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.48%) Veeam
9 3 (4.11%) Acronis
9 3 (4.11%) Apple
9 3 (4.11%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (4.11%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (2.74%) Avaya
10 2 (2.74%) ForeScout
10 2 (2.74%) HP
10 2 (2.74%) SevOne