CCNP Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 340 441
Rank change year-on-year +75 +101 -73
Contract jobs citing CCNP 321 333 360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.69% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.86% 2.50% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 200 233
10th Percentile £329 £348 £357
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £501 £495
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +1.26% +16.47%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £555
90th Percentile £688 £688 £608
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 7
10th Percentile £14.73 £22.26 £24.05
25th Percentile £16.69 £45.75 £34.04
Median hourly rate £23.00 £62.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year -62.90% +41.75% +10.04%
75th Percentile £56.88 £85.63 £56.34
90th Percentile £92.00 £101.25 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £60.00 £47.40
% change year-on-year -61.67% +26.58% +19.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,211 13,306 15,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.83% 27.56% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,924 8,917 10,049
10th Percentile £313 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £716
UK median daily rate £531 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 966 691 684
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.81 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.26
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +30.42% +4.56%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNP in England.

Daily rate trend for CCNP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNP in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCNP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNP in England.

Hourly rate trend for CCNP in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNP in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
London +106 120 £503 -8.64% 45
South East +42 80 £600 +33.33% 22
North of England +41 54 £504 +12.00% 25
North West +40 42 £515 +14.44% 11
Midlands +27 27 £450 -10.00% 15
South West -7 26 £535 -2.73% 11
West Midlands +24 24 £450 +28.57% 12
East of England +2 10 £375 +9.09% 5
Yorkshire +15 7 £508 +6.84% 11
North East +16 5 £385 +33.91% 4
East Midlands +9 3 £325 -31.58% 3
CCNP
UK

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (1.25%) IBM Domino
1 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
3 2 (0.62%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.31%) IIS
4 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.58%) Azure
2 40 (12.46%) AWS
3 19 (5.92%) OCI
4 18 (5.61%) GCP
5 7 (2.18%) SaaS
6 5 (1.56%) Nutanix
7 4 (1.25%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.25%) PaaS
8 3 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.93%) Cloudflare
8 3 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.62%) Akamai
9 2 (0.62%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 165 (51.40%) Firewall
2 87 (27.10%) WAN
3 84 (26.17%) BGP
4 74 (23.05%) Network Security
5 70 (21.81%) LAN
6 69 (21.50%) OSPF
6 69 (21.50%) VPN
7 67 (20.87%) Cisco ASA
8 65 (20.25%) DNS
9 60 (18.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 53 (16.51%) MPLS
11 50 (15.58%) DHCP
11 50 (15.58%) Wireless
12 47 (14.64%) Cisco ISE
13 46 (14.33%) IPsec
14 36 (11.21%) SD-WAN
15 33 (10.28%) EIGRP
16 30 (9.35%) TCP/IP
17 29 (9.03%) Wi-Fi
18 26 (8.10%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.31%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (2.18%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.93%) Git
3 3 (0.93%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (24.92%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.02%) Finance
3 34 (10.59%) Telecoms
4 33 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.79%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.67%) Banking
7 12 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.56%) Legal
10 4 (1.25%) Aeronautics
10 4 (1.25%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.93%) Digital Economy
11 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.93%) Law
11 3 (0.93%) Marketing
12 2 (0.62%) Electronics
12 2 (0.62%) Military
12 2 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 197 (61.37%) Network Engineer
2 37 (11.53%) Architect
2 37 (11.53%) Senior
3 32 (9.97%) Senior Network Engineer
4 22 (6.85%) Network Architect
5 21 (6.54%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 19 (5.92%) Cisco Engineer
7 18 (5.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 18 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (4.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 12 (3.74%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 12 (3.74%) Operations Engineer
9 12 (3.74%) Security Engineer
10 10 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.12%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (2.80%) Analyst
11 9 (2.80%) Consultant
11 9 (2.80%) Design Engineer
11 9 (2.80%) Network Analyst
11 9 (2.80%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.43%) 802.1X
1 11 (3.43%) Jinja
2 5 (1.56%) JSON
3 4 (1.25%) NETCONF
3 4 (1.25%) Web Services
3 4 (1.25%) XML
3 4 (1.25%) YANG
4 3 (0.93%) EDI
4 3 (0.93%) SAML
5 2 (0.62%) .NET
6 1 (0.31%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) XMPP
6 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (20.25%) Data Centre
2 8 (2.49%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.49%) Security Posture
3 7 (2.18%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.87%) Operational Technology
4 6 (1.87%) PKI
4 6 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (1.56%) Clustering
5 5 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (1.56%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.25%) Blackberry
6 4 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.93%) CCTV
7 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.93%) SCADA
8 2 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.10%) Windows
2 24 (7.48%) Linux
3 17 (5.30%) Windows 10
3 17 (5.30%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (4.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (4.36%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (4.36%) Windows XP
6 5 (1.56%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.25%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.62%) Unix
9 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (14.64%) ITIL
3 38 (11.84%) Change Management
4 33 (10.28%) Computer Science
5 28 (8.72%) Network Monitoring
5 28 (8.72%) Project Management
6 27 (8.41%) Network Design
7 20 (6.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (6.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (6.23%) Migration
8 19 (5.92%) DevOps
8 19 (5.92%) Requirements Gathering
8 19 (5.92%) Storage Management
9 18 (5.61%) ITSM
9 18 (5.61%) Network Management
9 18 (5.61%) Roadmaps
9 18 (5.61%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 17 (5.30%) Incident Management
10 17 (5.30%) Proactive Monitoring
11 15 (4.67%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.95%) Python
2 21 (6.54%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.74%) Perl
4 11 (3.43%) Tcl
5 8 (2.49%) Bash
6 2 (0.62%) C#
6 2 (0.62%) Go
6 2 (0.62%) Java
6 2 (0.62%) Ruby
7 1 (0.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 321 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 160 (49.84%) CCNA
3 106 (33.02%) Security Cleared
4 78 (24.30%) SC Cleared
5 65 (20.25%) CCIE
6 59 (18.38%) Degree
7 43 (13.40%) DV Cleared
8 33 (10.28%) JNCIA
9 20 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (5.61%) JNCIS
11 17 (5.30%) CISSP
12 13 (4.05%) CISM
13 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (2.80%) CCDP
14 9 (2.80%) CCSP
15 7 (2.18%) CCSA
15 7 (2.18%) HND
15 7 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (1.87%) Azure Certification
16 6 (1.87%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.48%) SLA
2 8 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.87%) NIST
4 5 (1.56%) QA
5 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.93%) GRC
6 3 (0.93%) NCSC
7 2 (0.62%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (9.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (6.23%) Hyper-V
3 19 (5.92%) Active Directory
4 18 (5.61%) Firmware
5 14 (4.36%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.43%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.18%) KVM
8 6 (1.87%) vSphere
9 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (10.59%) Ansible
2 18 (5.61%) SCCM
3 15 (4.67%) SCOM
3 15 (4.67%) WSUS
4 14 (4.36%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (4.36%) NetBackup
4 14 (4.36%) Terraform
4 14 (4.36%) vCenter Server
5 12 (3.74%) Nessus
6 10 (3.12%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.87%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.93%) Kibana
8 3 (0.93%) Netcool
9 2 (0.62%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.31%) CASB
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco UCCE
10 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.31%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 258 (80.37%) Cisco
2 106 (33.02%) Palo Alto
3 85 (26.48%) Juniper
4 53 (16.51%) F5
5 47 (14.64%) CheckPoint
5 47 (14.64%) Microsoft
6 44 (13.71%) SolarWinds
7 39 (12.15%) VMware
8 36 (11.21%) Fortinet
9 22 (6.85%) Dell
9 22 (6.85%) Nokia
10 21 (6.54%) Infoblox
11 17 (5.30%) HP
11 17 (5.30%) Veeam
12 16 (4.98%) Meraki
13 15 (4.67%) Extreme Networks
14 14 (4.36%) 3PAR
14 14 (4.36%) Citrix
14 14 (4.36%) EMC
14 14 (4.36%) Symantec