CCNP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 212 324
Rank change year-on-year -2 +112 -89
Contract jobs citing CCNP 193 253 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.93% 1.11% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.58% 3.40% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 164 128
10th Percentile £329 £313 £319
25th Percentile £400 £411 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £608 £550 £550
90th Percentile £718 £625 £579
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 8
10th Percentile £14.61 £18.50 £20.70
25th Percentile £14.78 £31.70 £21.00
Median hourly rate £17.38 £62.00 £47.40
Median % change year-on-year -71.98% +30.80% +20.00%
75th Percentile £20.38 £91.69 £50.78
90th Percentile £21.95 £101.38 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £45.20
% change year-on-year -61.67% +32.74% +13.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,485 7,439 8,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.94% 32.66% 26.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,362 4,933 5,284
10th Percentile £275 £300 £260
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £719 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 956 571 526
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.58 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £56.20
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in the UK excluding London

CCNP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +27 80 £600 +33.33% 27
North of England +38 56 £502 +11.56% 16
North West +38 45 £515 +14.44% 6
Midlands +17 25 £450 -7.69% 11
West Midlands +17 22 £450 +28.57% 6
South West -25 21 £438 -20.45% 13
East of England -8 9 £350 -6.67% 6
North East +17 6 £425 +47.83% 2
Scotland +8 6 £475 -4.52% 13
Yorkshire +11 5 £500 +14.29% 9
East Midlands +7 3 £325 -27.78% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £363 - 2
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 2 (1.04%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.54%) Azure
2 18 (9.33%) AWS
3 14 (7.25%) OCI
4 9 (4.66%) GCP
5 4 (2.07%) PaaS
5 4 (2.07%) SaaS
6 2 (1.04%) Akamai
6 2 (1.04%) Catchpoint
6 2 (1.04%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.04%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 104 (53.89%) Firewall
2 50 (25.91%) Cisco ASA
3 45 (23.32%) Network Security
3 45 (23.32%) VPN
4 44 (22.80%) WAN
5 40 (20.73%) BGP
6 39 (20.21%) Cisco ISE
7 33 (17.10%) DNS
7 33 (17.10%) LAN
8 31 (16.06%) OSPF
9 28 (14.51%) DHCP
9 28 (14.51%) MPLS
10 27 (13.99%) Cisco Nexus
11 25 (12.95%) EIGRP
11 25 (12.95%) IPsec
12 24 (12.44%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (11.92%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (8.29%) Wireless
15 15 (7.77%) SAN
15 15 (7.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.63%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.52%) Hudson
General
1 48 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.88%) Public Sector
3 20 (10.36%) Telecoms
4 19 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.77%) Finance
6 8 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.07%) Aeronautics
8 4 (2.07%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.07%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.55%) Digital Economy
9 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Electronics
10 2 (1.04%) Law
10 2 (1.04%) Legal
10 2 (1.04%) Marketing
10 2 (1.04%) Retail
11 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 107 (55.44%) Network Engineer
2 31 (16.06%) Architect
3 22 (11.40%) Senior
4 18 (9.33%) Network Architect
4 18 (9.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 16 (8.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (7.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 10 (5.18%) Operations Engineer
7 10 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.18%) Storage Engineer
8 9 (4.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Network Operations Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Analyst
10 7 (3.63%) Firewall Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Network Analyst
10 7 (3.63%) Security Architect
11 6 (3.11%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.70%) Jinja
2 4 (2.07%) Web Services
3 3 (1.55%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.55%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.24%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.63%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.11%) Security Posture
4 5 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.07%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.07%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.55%) CCTV
6 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.55%) SCADA
7 2 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.52%) IoT
8 1 (0.52%) Life Science
8 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.52%) NHS
8 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.33%) Windows
2 16 (8.29%) Linux
3 15 (7.77%) Windows Server
4 14 (7.25%) Windows 10
4 14 (7.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (7.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (7.25%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (7.25%) Windows XP
5 3 (1.55%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.55%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.02%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (19.69%) ITIL
3 24 (12.44%) Project Management
4 22 (11.40%) Network Monitoring
5 21 (10.88%) Computer Science
6 20 (10.36%) Change Management
7 18 (9.33%) Storage Management
8 17 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (7.77%) Network Design
9 15 (7.77%) Server Management
10 14 (7.25%) Break/Fix
10 14 (7.25%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (7.25%) DevOps
10 14 (7.25%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (7.25%) Performance Monitoring
10 14 (7.25%) Performance Tuning
10 14 (7.25%) Proactive Monitoring
11 13 (6.74%) Decision-Making
11 13 (6.74%) Network Management
12 12 (6.22%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.36%) Python
2 14 (7.25%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.70%) Perl
3 11 (5.70%) Tcl
4 2 (1.04%) Bash
Qualifications
1 193 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 114 (59.07%) CCNA
3 83 (43.01%) Security Cleared
4 60 (31.09%) SC Cleared
5 41 (21.24%) Degree
6 37 (19.17%) DV Cleared
7 34 (17.62%) CCIE
8 24 (12.44%) JNCIA
9 15 (7.77%) JNCIS
10 13 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (5.18%) CISSP
12 8 (4.15%) CCSA
12 8 (4.15%) HND
13 7 (3.63%) CISM
13 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (3.63%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (2.07%) CCIE Data Center
14 4 (2.07%) CCIE Security
14 4 (2.07%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.29%) SLA
2 4 (2.07%) NIST
2 4 (2.07%) QA
3 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.55%) NCSC
4 2 (1.04%) GDPR
4 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) GRC
5 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (12.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (8.29%) Hyper-V
3 14 (7.25%) Active Directory
3 14 (7.25%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (6.22%) Firmware
5 5 (2.59%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.04%) KVM
6 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (10.36%) Ansible
2 15 (7.77%) SCCM
3 14 (7.25%) EMC NetWorker
3 14 (7.25%) NetBackup
3 14 (7.25%) SCOM
3 14 (7.25%) vCenter Server
3 14 (7.25%) WSUS
4 10 (5.18%) Nessus
5 5 (2.59%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.07%) Terraform
7 3 (1.55%) Netcool
8 2 (1.04%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 161 (83.42%) Cisco
2 71 (36.79%) Juniper
3 68 (35.23%) Palo Alto
4 29 (15.03%) VMware
5 27 (13.99%) Microsoft
6 26 (13.47%) SolarWinds
7 23 (11.92%) CheckPoint
8 20 (10.36%) F5
9 17 (8.81%) Dell
10 15 (7.77%) HP
11 14 (7.25%) 3PAR
11 14 (7.25%) EMC
11 14 (7.25%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (7.25%) Fortinet
11 14 (7.25%) Oracle
11 14 (7.25%) Symantec
11 14 (7.25%) Veeam
12 12 (6.22%) Citrix
13 11 (5.70%) Nokia
13 11 (5.70%) ScienceLogic