Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCNP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 398 461
Rank change year-on-year -35 +63 +88
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 305 699 585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.63% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.16% 2.43% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 214 488 473
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,525
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,938 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £52,180
% change year-on-year +12.75% -2.26% -0.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 26,207 28,780 31,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.77% 26.05% 33.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10,745 17,289 14,244
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,734 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,263 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -11.23% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.69%

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 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNP in the UK

CCNP
Top 17 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 15 June 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
England -33 293 £60,000 +14.29% 337
UK excluding London -31 184 £57,500 +12.75% 252
London +78 114 £75,000 +30.43% 153
Work from Home -12 81 £56,000 +1.82% 154
South East +6 54 £56,250 +9.76% 99
Midlands -30 42 £65,000 +34.02% 26
South West +115 39 £55,000 +13.40% 40
North of England -16 38 £57,500 +11.95% 37
Yorkshire +32 26 £28,500 -48.18% 17
East Midlands +47 23 £47,500 -5.00% 8
West Midlands -30 19 £65,000 +34.02% 17
North West -42 8 £59,750 +24.48% 16
Scotland +104 7 £47,500 -25.20% 20
North East +54 4 £55,000 +44.74% 4
Wales +40 2 £61,750 +17.62% 4
Northern Ireland +35 1 £57,500 +76.92% 7
East of England +30 1 £52,000 -9.57% 23

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 13 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.97%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (5.90%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.57%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 5 (1.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 101 (33.11%) Azure
2 55 (18.03%) AWS
3 38 (12.46%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (7.87%) GCP
5 15 (4.92%) SaaS
6 14 (4.59%) PaaS
7 12 (3.93%) IaaS
8 6 (1.97%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.31%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (0.98%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.33%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 152 (49.84%) Firewall
2 125 (40.98%) WAN
3 109 (35.74%) VPN
4 104 (34.10%) Network Security
5 102 (33.44%) LAN
6 86 (28.20%) BGP
7 65 (21.31%) MPLS
8 56 (18.36%) OSPF
9 55 (18.03%) SD-WAN
10 54 (17.70%) Wi-Fi
11 48 (15.74%) Wireless
12 41 (13.44%) Cisco Firepower
12 41 (13.44%) IPsec
13 40 (13.11%) TCP/IP
14 38 (12.46%) VLAN
15 36 (11.80%) Cisco IOS
16 30 (9.84%) DNS
17 28 (9.18%) Cisco Nexus
17 28 (9.18%) Junos
18 20 (6.56%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (4.59%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.97%) GitLab
3 4 (1.31%) Git
3 4 (1.31%) Jenkins
General
1 83 (27.21%) Finance
2 69 (22.62%) Social Skills
3 35 (11.48%) Telecoms
4 32 (10.49%) Banking
5 28 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (7.21%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.28%) Law
8 8 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.62%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.62%) Military
8 8 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.97%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.64%) Advertising
11 4 (1.31%) Local Government
12 2 (0.66%) Electronics
12 2 (0.66%) German Language
12 2 (0.66%) Legal
12 2 (0.66%) Marketing
13 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (40.66%) Network Engineer
2 46 (15.08%) Senior
3 45 (14.75%) Architect
4 40 (13.11%) Network Architect
5 26 (8.52%) Senior Network Engineer
6 21 (6.89%) Cisco Engineer
6 21 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (6.23%) Administrator
8 17 (5.57%) IT Support
8 17 (5.57%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (4.92%) Analyst
10 14 (4.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 14 (4.59%) Lead
10 14 (4.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.26%) Consultant
12 12 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 12 (3.93%) Network Consultant
12 12 (3.93%) Technical Consultant
13 11 (3.61%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.90%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.64%) SAML
3 2 (0.66%) Jinja
3 2 (0.66%) JSON
3 2 (0.66%) YAML
4 1 (0.33%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.33%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.33%) Node.js
4 1 (0.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 63 (20.66%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.25%) e-Learning
3 12 (3.93%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.95%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.62%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.97%) PKI
6 6 (1.97%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.64%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.31%) IoT
9 3 (0.98%) PMI
9 3 (0.98%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.66%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.66%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.33%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 65 (21.31%) Windows
2 62 (20.33%) Linux
3 37 (12.13%) Windows Server
4 25 (8.20%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.28%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.31%) CentOS
6 4 (1.31%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (15.41%) Network Design
3 44 (14.43%) High Availability
4 43 (14.10%) Technical Leadership
5 38 (12.46%) Mentoring
6 35 (11.48%) ITIL
7 31 (10.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (9.18%) Network Management
8 28 (9.18%) Presales
9 24 (7.87%) Migration
10 23 (7.54%) Innovative Thinking
10 23 (7.54%) Project Delivery
10 23 (7.54%) Requirements Gathering
11 22 (7.21%) Service Delivery
12 19 (6.23%) Change Management
12 19 (6.23%) Project Management
13 18 (5.90%) Roadmaps
14 17 (5.57%) Coaching
14 17 (5.57%) Computer Science
14 17 (5.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.75%) Python
2 15 (4.92%) PowerShell
3 14 (4.59%) Bash
4 12 (3.93%) SQL
5 9 (2.95%) R
6 7 (2.30%) C
7 3 (0.98%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.66%) Go
8 2 (0.66%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 305 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 178 (58.36%) CCNA
3 89 (29.18%) Security Cleared
4 76 (24.92%) Degree
5 64 (20.98%) SC Cleared
6 47 (15.41%) CCIE
7 38 (12.46%) DV Cleared
8 28 (9.18%) JNCIS
8 28 (9.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (7.87%) MCSA
10 20 (6.56%) JNCIA
11 18 (5.90%) CCSA
12 16 (5.25%) RHCSA
13 15 (4.92%) MCSE
14 12 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (3.61%) Azure Certification
15 11 (3.61%) Network+ Certification
16 10 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (2.95%) PMI Certification
17 9 (2.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.16%) SLA
2 8 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.62%) NIST
3 7 (2.30%) MIL-STD-1553
4 6 (1.97%) GDPR
5 4 (1.31%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.98%) QA
7 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 38 (12.46%) Active Directory
2 25 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.95%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.64%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.98%) Firmware
7 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.33%) NFS
8 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (8.52%) Ansible
2 23 (7.54%) Terraform
3 15 (4.92%) FortiGate
4 12 (3.93%) Nagios
5 6 (1.97%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (1.97%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.64%) CASB
6 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (1.64%) VxRail
7 1 (0.33%) Opsview
7 1 (0.33%) SCCM
7 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 239 (78.36%) Cisco
2 72 (23.61%) Fortinet
3 63 (20.66%) Meraki
4 58 (19.02%) Palo Alto
5 54 (17.70%) Juniper
6 46 (15.08%) Microsoft
7 41 (13.44%) CheckPoint
8 36 (11.80%) F5
8 36 (11.80%) VMware
9 34 (11.15%) SolarWinds
10 22 (7.21%) Red Hat
11 20 (6.56%) HP
12 15 (4.92%) Aruba
13 14 (4.59%) Arista
14 11 (3.61%) Citrix
15 8 (2.62%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.30%) Ekahau
17 6 (1.97%) Extreme Networks
18 5 (1.64%) Aerohive Networks
18 5 (1.64%) ServiceNow
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