Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 484 526
Rank change year-on-year +67 +42 -159
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 604 598 997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.59% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.20% 1.81% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 497 470 724
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £35,900
25th Percentile £46,500 £45,094 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £84,100 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -2.91% +0.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

CCNP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNP.

Salary trend for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNP over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +92 538 £52,500 -4.55% 145
UK excluding London +50 431 £51,000 +2.00% 97
Work from Home +73 234 £55,000 -8.33% 62
London +54 140 £57,500 -11.54% 57
South East -23 131 £51,500 -6.36% 28
North of England +117 117 £50,000 -4.76% 24
Midlands +31 103 £48,500 +7.78% 15
West Midlands +45 86 £48,500 +5.43% 13
North West +55 66 £51,364 +0.22% 11
Yorkshire +113 48 £50,000 -5.66% 11
South West -11 37 £48,500 +14.12% 13
Scotland -44 24 £63,500 +27.00% 11
East Midlands -11 17 £50,000 +17.65% 2
East of England -8 10 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Wales - 7 £52,500 - 2
North East -5 3 £38,000 -13.82% 3
Northern Ireland +25 2 £32,500 -35.00% 1
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

CCNP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.17%) IIS
2 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 148 (24.50%) Azure
2 61 (10.10%) AWS
3 44 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (2.32%) GCP
6 12 (1.99%) OCI
7 11 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
8 7 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.66%) SaaS
11 3 (0.50%) PaaS
12 2 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.33%) IaaS
13 1 (0.17%) Amazon Kinesis
13 1 (0.17%) Amazon S3
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.17%) Cohesity
13 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 227 (37.58%) WAN
2 226 (37.42%) Firewall
3 169 (27.98%) LAN
4 164 (27.15%) SD-WAN
5 152 (25.17%) BGP
6 134 (22.19%) Network Security
7 121 (20.03%) VPN
8 112 (18.54%) Wireless
9 109 (18.05%) OSPF
10 101 (16.72%) Cisco Firepower
11 89 (14.74%) MPLS
12 65 (10.76%) VLAN
13 63 (10.43%) DNS
14 61 (10.10%) Cisco Nexus
14 61 (10.10%) Wi-Fi
15 59 (9.77%) WLAN
16 53 (8.77%) Cisco ISE
17 52 (8.61%) TCP/IP
18 51 (8.44%) Cisco ASA
18 51 (8.44%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Git
2 3 (0.50%) JIRA
2 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 142 (23.51%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (7.95%) Finance
4 44 (7.28%) Retail
5 33 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (5.13%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.31%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (1.99%) Games
9 12 (1.99%) Law
10 11 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.49%) Legal
11 9 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.16%) Banking
13 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.66%) Local Government
15 4 (0.66%) Police
15 4 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 299 (49.50%) Network Engineer
2 150 (24.83%) Senior
3 70 (11.59%) Senior Network Engineer
4 66 (10.93%) Architect
5 61 (10.10%) Analyst
6 60 (9.93%) Network Analyst
7 41 (6.79%) Senior Architect
8 38 (6.29%) Cisco Architect
9 37 (6.13%) Lead
9 37 (6.13%) Network Operations Analyst
9 37 (6.13%) Operations Analyst
10 36 (5.96%) Senior Cisco Architect
11 28 (4.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (4.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 25 (4.14%) 3rd Line Support
14 23 (3.81%) IT Engineer
14 23 (3.81%) Security Architect
15 22 (3.64%) Security Engineer
16 21 (3.48%) Project Engineer
16 21 (3.48%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.30%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.83%) ADO
2 5 (0.83%) XMPP
3 2 (0.33%) Web Services
4 1 (0.17%) EDI
4 1 (0.17%) OAuth
4 1 (0.17%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 147 (24.34%) Data Centre
2 21 (3.48%) Driving Licence
3 16 (2.65%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.48%) Public Cloud
5 11 (1.82%) CCTV
6 10 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.66%) Social Media
7 7 (1.16%) FMCG
7 7 (1.16%) Security Posture
8 6 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (0.83%) EPoS
9 5 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.66%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.50%) IoT
11 3 (0.50%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (0.50%) Replication
11 3 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 79 (13.08%) Windows
2 57 (9.44%) Linux
3 36 (5.96%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.14%) Windows 10
5 23 (3.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (3.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (1.99%) Windows XP
7 6 (0.99%) Android
8 5 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.50%) CatOS
10 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.33%) CentOS
10 2 (0.33%) Debian
10 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (18.38%) ITIL
2 106 (17.55%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (14.90%) Project Delivery
4 87 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (10.10%) Network Monitoring
6 60 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 59 (9.77%) Presales
8 56 (9.27%) Computer Science
9 54 (8.94%) Project Management
10 45 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 44 (7.28%) Network Architecture
12 43 (7.12%) Time Management
13 39 (6.46%) Customer Service
13 39 (6.46%) Service Delivery
14 38 (6.29%) Customer Engagement
14 38 (6.29%) Network Design
15 36 (5.96%) Software Licensing
16 35 (5.79%) Mentoring
17 33 (5.46%) Incident Management
18 32 (5.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.62%) Python
2 26 (4.30%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.66%) JavaScript
4 6 (0.99%) Bash
5 4 (0.66%) C#
5 4 (0.66%) Java
5 4 (0.66%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 604 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 307 (50.83%) CCNA
3 140 (23.18%) Security Cleared
4 132 (21.85%) Degree
5 118 (19.54%) CCIE
6 73 (12.09%) SC Cleared
7 52 (8.61%) CCDP
7 52 (8.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (7.45%) DV Cleared
9 34 (5.63%) CISSP
10 31 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (4.80%) Azure Certification
12 26 (4.30%) MCSE
13 23 (3.81%) Network+ Certification
13 23 (3.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 20 (3.31%) JNCIA
15 15 (2.48%) CCSP
16 14 (2.32%) DBS Check
16 14 (2.32%) JNCIP
16 14 (2.32%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.63%) SLA
3 17 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.66%) NIST
5 8 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.16%) QA
7 2 (0.33%) GDPR
7 2 (0.33%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) GxP
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (7.45%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.98%) Hyper-V
3 18 (2.98%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (1.32%) Firmware
5 5 (0.83%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.66%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (3.97%) Ansible
1 24 (3.97%) FortiGate
2 22 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (3.48%) Stealthwatch
4 18 (2.98%) vCenter Server
5 16 (2.65%) CASB
6 12 (1.99%) EMC NetWorker
6 12 (1.99%) NetBackup
6 12 (1.99%) SCCM
6 12 (1.99%) SCOM
6 12 (1.99%) WSUS
7 9 (1.49%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (0.99%) Terraform
9 5 (0.83%) Opsview
10 3 (0.50%) Puppet
10 3 (0.50%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.33%) Icinga
11 2 (0.33%) Nagios
12 1 (0.17%) Nmap
Vendors
1 478 (79.14%) Cisco
2 162 (26.82%) Microsoft
3 123 (20.36%) Juniper
4 112 (18.54%) Palo Alto
5 106 (17.55%) Meraki
6 91 (15.07%) VMware
7 69 (11.42%) Fortinet
8 66 (10.93%) CheckPoint
9 46 (7.62%) F5
10 38 (6.29%) Apple
11 36 (5.96%) Adobe
12 28 (4.64%) SolarWinds
12 28 (4.64%) Veeam
13 23 (3.81%) Aruba
14 21 (3.48%) Citrix
15 20 (3.31%) HP
16 18 (2.98%) Symantec
17 14 (2.32%) Extreme Networks
18 13 (2.15%) Dell
18 13 (2.15%) EMC