CCNP Job Trends in the North East

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 93 66
Rank change year-on-year +24 -27 +36
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 9 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.96% 0.21% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.89% 1.23% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile - - £38,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,500 £39,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £38,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% -19.58% +26.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,875 £51,125
90th Percentile £53,100 £76,900 £52,750
England median annual salary £59,875 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.13% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 311 243 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 33.30% 17.20% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 119 131 126
10th Percentile £28,450 £25,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £44,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -20.72% +38.75%
75th Percentile £63,125 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,852 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £58,627
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.89% +6.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing CCNP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the North East

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Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CCNP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CCNP

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Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP in the North East over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the North East

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Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the North East region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear +24 5 £33,500 -11.84% 2
Durham - 4 £50,000 -
CCNP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) LAN
1 5 (55.56%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) Asterisk PBX
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 4 (44.44%) PSTN
2 4 (44.44%) VLAN
2 4 (44.44%) VoIP
3 1 (11.11%) WLAN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Support Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) 802.1X
1 4 (44.44%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (44.44%) Energy Management
1 4 (44.44%) Operations Management
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Task Automation
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Bash
1 4 (44.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (88.89%) Degree
3 5 (55.56%) CCNA
4 4 (44.44%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (44.44%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
2 4 (44.44%) Meraki
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Mitel