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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 478 537
Rank change year-on-year +57 +59 -170
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 605 616 1,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.62% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.20% 1.88% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 496 484 736
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,438 £45,750 £44,594
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 £73,125 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -

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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +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 18 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 18 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 +69 541 £52,500 -4.55% 134
UK excluding London +27 433 £50,500 +1.00% 97
Work from Home +59 231 £55,000 -8.33% 63
London +62 140 £57,500 -11.54% 50
South East -21 134 £51,000 -7.27% 28
North of England +112 118 £50,000 -4.76% 26
Midlands +25 103 £48,500 +6.59% 11
West Midlands +40 86 £48,500 +2.68% 9
North West +46 67 £51,364 +0.22% 11
Yorkshire +105 48 £50,000 -5.66% 13
South West -16 37 £48,500 +14.12% 12
Scotland -42 24 £63,500 +27.00% 11
East Midlands -4 17 £50,000 +17.65% 2
East of England -24 9 £45,000 -10.00% 6
Wales - 6 £52,500 - 2
North East -7 3 £38,000 -22.65% 3
Northern Ireland +19 2 £32,500 -35.00% 2
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 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.17%) IIS
3 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 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 149 (24.63%) Azure
2 59 (9.75%) AWS
3 45 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (2.31%) GCP
6 12 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 12 (1.98%) OCI
7 7 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
7 7 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.66%) SaaS
10 3 (0.50%) PaaS
11 2 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.33%) IaaS
12 1 (0.17%) Amazon Kinesis
12 1 (0.17%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.17%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 229 (37.85%) WAN
2 225 (37.19%) Firewall
3 167 (27.60%) LAN
4 163 (26.94%) SD-WAN
5 150 (24.79%) BGP
6 140 (23.14%) Network Security
7 121 (20.00%) VPN
8 114 (18.84%) Wireless
9 107 (17.69%) OSPF
10 100 (16.53%) Cisco Firepower
11 89 (14.71%) MPLS
12 65 (10.74%) DNS
13 64 (10.58%) VLAN
14 62 (10.25%) Wi-Fi
15 61 (10.08%) Cisco Nexus
16 57 (9.42%) WLAN
17 52 (8.60%) DHCP
18 51 (8.43%) TCP/IP
19 50 (8.26%) Cisco ISE
20 46 (7.60%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
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
1 146 (24.13%) Social Skills
2 64 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (8.26%) Finance
4 46 (7.60%) Retail
5 32 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (4.96%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.98%) Games
10 12 (1.98%) Law
11 9 (1.49%) Banking
11 9 (1.49%) Legal
12 8 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.66%) Automotive
15 4 (0.66%) Police
15 4 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 299 (49.42%) Network Engineer
2 149 (24.63%) Senior
3 71 (11.74%) Architect
4 68 (11.24%) Senior Network Engineer
5 58 (9.59%) Analyst
6 57 (9.42%) Network Analyst
7 44 (7.27%) Senior Architect
8 41 (6.78%) Cisco Architect
9 39 (6.45%) Senior Cisco Architect
10 38 (6.28%) Lead
11 35 (5.79%) Network Operations Analyst
11 35 (5.79%) Operations Analyst
12 29 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 27 (4.46%) Security Architect
14 26 (4.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 25 (4.13%) 3rd Line Support
15 25 (4.13%) IT Engineer
16 24 (3.97%) Cisco Security Architect
16 24 (3.97%) Senior Security Architect
17 23 (3.80%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.29%) 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
1 149 (24.63%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.31%) Driving Licence
3 17 (2.81%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.31%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.82%) CCTV
7 10 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.65%) Social Media
8 7 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.16%) FMCG
8 7 (1.16%) Security Posture
9 6 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (0.83%) EPoS
10 5 (0.83%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.66%) IoT
11 4 (0.66%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.50%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.50%) Raspberry Pi
12 3 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.22%) Windows
2 57 (9.42%) Linux
3 36 (5.95%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.13%) Windows 10
5 23 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (1.98%) 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
1 113 (18.68%) ITIL
2 109 (18.02%) Cybersecurity
3 89 (14.71%) Project Delivery
4 87 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (10.41%) Network Monitoring
6 62 (10.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 60 (9.92%) Presales
8 58 (9.59%) Computer Science
9 54 (8.93%) Project Management
10 47 (7.77%) Time Management
11 45 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
12 44 (7.27%) Network Architecture
13 41 (6.78%) Customer Engagement
14 40 (6.61%) Service Delivery
15 39 (6.45%) Customer Service
15 39 (6.45%) Software Licensing
16 37 (6.12%) Network Design
17 36 (5.95%) Mentoring
18 34 (5.62%) Migration
19 33 (5.45%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.94%) Python
2 28 (4.63%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.65%) 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
1 605 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 309 (51.07%) CCNA
3 139 (22.98%) Degree
3 139 (22.98%) Security Cleared
4 115 (19.01%) CCIE
5 71 (11.74%) SC Cleared
6 53 (8.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (8.26%) CCDP
8 45 (7.44%) DV Cleared
9 36 (5.95%) CISSP
10 32 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (4.79%) Azure Certification
12 27 (4.46%) MCSE
13 24 (3.97%) Network+ Certification
14 23 (3.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 19 (3.14%) JNCIA
16 16 (2.64%) JNCIP
17 14 (2.31%) CCSP
17 14 (2.31%) JNCIS
18 13 (2.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (5.79%) SLA
3 17 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (1.82%) 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
7 2 (0.33%) GxP
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (9.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 49 (8.10%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.98%) Hyper-V
3 18 (2.98%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (1.65%) Firmware
5 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.50%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (3.97%) Ansible
1 24 (3.97%) FortiGate
1 24 (3.97%) Stealthwatch
2 23 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (2.98%) vCenter Server
4 16 (2.64%) CASB
5 13 (2.15%) SCCM
6 12 (1.98%) EMC NetWorker
6 12 (1.98%) NetBackup
6 12 (1.98%) SCOM
6 12 (1.98%) 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%) Iperf
Vendors
1 478 (79.01%) Cisco
2 166 (27.44%) Microsoft
3 124 (20.50%) Juniper
4 107 (17.69%) Meraki
5 106 (17.52%) Palo Alto
6 87 (14.38%) VMware
7 69 (11.40%) Fortinet
8 63 (10.41%) CheckPoint
9 45 (7.44%) F5
10 41 (6.78%) Apple
11 39 (6.45%) Adobe
12 29 (4.79%) SolarWinds
13 28 (4.63%) Veeam
14 21 (3.47%) Aruba
15 20 (3.31%) Citrix
16 19 (3.14%) HP
17 18 (2.98%) Symantec
18 14 (2.31%) Dell
18 14 (2.31%) Extreme Networks
19 13 (2.15%) EMC