CCNP Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 271 383
Rank change year-on-year +61 +112 -31
Contract jobs citing CCNP 134 191 250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 0.80% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.46% 3.19% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 123 172
10th Percentile £326 £350 £351
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 £569 £580
90th Percentile £665 £663 £631
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £498
% change year-on-year +0.90% +0.50% +18.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 5
10th Percentile £15.60 £18.50 £23.30
25th Percentile £16.69 £33.00 £26.75
Median hourly rate £19.00 £50.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.00% +16.28% +9.26%
75th Percentile £21.63 £52.50 £60.92
90th Percentile £22.90 £72.50 £60.93
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
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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

CCNP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CCNP trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CCNP.

CCNP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CCNP over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

CCNP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CCNP.

CCNP hourly rate 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 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.49%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.72%) AWS
2 5 (3.73%) Azure
3 3 (2.24%) GCP
4 2 (1.49%) Catchpoint
4 2 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.49%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 73 (54.48%) Firewall
2 46 (34.33%) WAN
3 38 (28.36%) Cisco ASA
4 37 (27.61%) BGP
5 32 (23.88%) OSPF
6 31 (23.13%) SD-WAN
7 30 (22.39%) Network Security
8 29 (21.64%) VPN
9 27 (20.15%) MPLS
10 26 (19.40%) Cisco Nexus
10 26 (19.40%) LAN
11 18 (13.43%) Cisco ISE
12 17 (12.69%) DNS
13 15 (11.19%) Wireless
14 14 (10.45%) IPsec
15 13 (9.70%) DHCP
15 13 (9.70%) EIGRP
16 12 (8.96%) SNMP
16 12 (8.96%) TCP/IP
17 11 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (3.73%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.99%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (23.88%) Finance
2 21 (15.67%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.70%) Telecoms
4 9 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.97%) Banking
6 4 (2.99%) Aeronautics
6 4 (2.99%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.99%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.24%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.75%) German Language
9 1 (0.75%) Legal
9 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (61.19%) Network Engineer
2 16 (11.94%) Senior
3 13 (9.70%) Architect
3 13 (9.70%) Cisco Engineer
4 12 (8.96%) Consultant
5 11 (8.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (8.21%) Network Consultant
6 9 (6.72%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (5.97%) Network Architect
8 7 (5.22%) Operations Engineer
8 7 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.48%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (4.48%) Senior Network Consultant
10 5 (3.73%) Network Operations Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Network Security Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) WAN Engineer
11 4 (2.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 4 (2.99%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.73%) Jinja
2 3 (2.24%) EDI
2 3 (2.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.73%) Clustering
3 3 (2.24%) CCTV
3 3 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.24%) Operational Technology
3 3 (2.24%) SCADA
4 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.49%) IPTV
4 2 (1.49%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.75%) IoT
5 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.75%) NHS
5 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.99%) Windows
2 3 (2.24%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.49%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (11.94%) Change Management
3 15 (11.19%) Low Latency
3 15 (11.19%) Network Design
4 11 (8.21%) Investment Management
4 11 (8.21%) ITIL
5 10 (7.46%) Incident Management
5 10 (7.46%) Migration
6 9 (6.72%) High Availability
6 9 (6.72%) Network Virtualisation
7 8 (5.97%) Network Architecture
7 8 (5.97%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (5.22%) Computer Science
8 7 (5.22%) DevOps
8 7 (5.22%) ITSM
8 7 (5.22%) Network Management
8 7 (5.22%) Project Delivery
9 6 (4.48%) Load Balancing
10 5 (3.73%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (3.73%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.67%) Python
2 5 (3.73%) Perl
2 5 (3.73%) Tcl
3 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 134 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (41.04%) CCNA
3 51 (38.06%) CCIE
4 28 (20.90%) Security Cleared
5 23 (17.16%) SC Cleared
6 16 (11.94%) JNCIA
7 9 (6.72%) CCSA
7 9 (6.72%) Degree
8 7 (5.22%) CCDP
8 7 (5.22%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (3.73%) CISSP
10 4 (2.99%) HND
10 4 (2.99%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (2.24%) CCIE Data Center
11 3 (2.24%) JNCIS
11 3 (2.24%) MCSA
11 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.21%) SLA
2 3 (2.24%) QA
System Software
1 12 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
1 12 (8.96%) VMware NSX
2 7 (5.22%) Firmware
3 3 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (15.67%) Ansible
2 3 (2.24%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.24%) Kibana
3 2 (1.49%) Nessus
3 2 (1.49%) SCCM
3 2 (1.49%) Terraform
4 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 118 (88.06%) Cisco
2 54 (40.30%) Palo Alto
3 35 (26.12%) F5
4 31 (23.13%) CheckPoint
5 29 (21.64%) Fortinet
6 22 (16.42%) Juniper
7 18 (13.43%) SolarWinds
8 17 (12.69%) Arista
9 13 (9.70%) VMware
10 9 (6.72%) Meraki
10 9 (6.72%) Nokia
11 8 (5.97%) Microsoft
11 8 (5.97%) Riverbed
11 8 (5.97%) Zscaler
12 7 (5.22%) Aruba
13 6 (4.48%) AlgoSec
13 6 (4.48%) Citrix
14 4 (2.99%) Ciena
14 4 (2.99%) IBM
14 4 (2.99%) Infoblox