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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 428 389 466
Rank change year-on-year -39 +77 +83
Permanent jobs citing CCNP 314 696 597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.64% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.19% 2.43% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 224 492 479
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -8.26% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,750 £51,000 £51,090
% change year-on-year +13.24% -0.18% -2.69%

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 26,360 28,588 31,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.09% 26.22% 33.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,861 17,293 14,335
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,734 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,847 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -10.26% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,750 £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% +6.76%

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 11 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 11 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 -42 301 £60,000 +14.29% 313
UK excluding London -40 192 £57,750 +13.24% 257
London +72 115 £75,000 +30.43% 109
Work from Home -20 80 £55,500 +0.91% 170
South East -7 55 £55,000 +7.32% 87
Midlands -25 44 £65,000 +34.02% 32
North of England -25 42 £60,000 +16.81% 42
South West +119 39 £55,000 +13.40% 42
Yorkshire +33 28 £28,500 -48.18% 20
East Midlands +45 23 £47,500 -5.00% 10
West Midlands -31 21 £67,500 +39.18% 21
North West -42 9 £62,500 +30.21% 18
Scotland +96 8 £49,195 -22.53% 18
North East +51 5 £60,000 +57.89% 5
Wales +37 2 £61,750 +17.62% 5
Northern Ireland +42 1 £57,500 +76.92% 11
East of England +28 1 £52,000 -9.57% 24

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 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.91%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.10%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 103 (32.80%) Azure
2 56 (17.83%) AWS
3 39 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (7.64%) GCP
5 15 (4.78%) SaaS
6 14 (4.46%) PaaS
7 12 (3.82%) IaaS
8 6 (1.91%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.96%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (0.96%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.32%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.32%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 152 (48.41%) Firewall
2 125 (39.81%) WAN
3 109 (34.71%) LAN
4 107 (34.08%) VPN
5 103 (32.80%) Network Security
6 86 (27.39%) BGP
7 66 (21.02%) MPLS
8 57 (18.15%) Wireless
9 56 (17.83%) SD-WAN
10 54 (17.20%) OSPF
11 52 (16.56%) Wi-Fi
12 42 (13.38%) IPsec
13 41 (13.06%) Cisco Firepower
14 39 (12.42%) TCP/IP
15 38 (12.10%) Cisco IOS
15 38 (12.10%) Cisco Nexus
16 36 (11.46%) VLAN
17 30 (9.55%) DNS
18 28 (8.92%) Junos
19 20 (6.37%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (4.78%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.91%) GitLab
3 4 (1.27%) Git
3 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 81 (25.80%) Finance
2 68 (21.66%) Social Skills
3 34 (10.83%) Telecoms
4 31 (9.87%) Banking
5 28 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (6.69%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.18%) Law
8 8 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.55%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.55%) Military
8 8 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.59%) Advertising
9 5 (1.59%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.27%) Local Government
11 2 (0.64%) Electronics
11 2 (0.64%) German Language
11 2 (0.64%) Legal
11 2 (0.64%) Marketing
12 1 (0.32%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 122 (38.85%) Network Engineer
2 54 (17.20%) Senior
3 44 (14.01%) Architect
4 41 (13.06%) Network Architect
5 24 (7.64%) Senior Network Engineer
6 22 (7.01%) Cisco Engineer
6 22 (7.01%) Consultant
6 22 (7.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.69%) Network Consultant
8 19 (6.05%) Administrator
9 17 (5.41%) IT Support
9 17 (5.41%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (5.10%) Analyst
11 15 (4.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 15 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.46%) Lead
13 12 (3.82%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (3.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.82%) Technical Consultant
14 11 (3.50%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.05%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.59%) SAML
3 2 (0.64%) Jinja
3 2 (0.64%) JSON
3 2 (0.64%) YAML
4 1 (0.32%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.32%) Node.js
4 1 (0.32%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (20.38%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.10%) e-Learning
3 12 (3.82%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.87%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.55%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.91%) PKI
7 6 (1.91%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.59%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.27%) IoT
10 3 (0.96%) PMI
10 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.64%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.64%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.64%) Thin Client
12 1 (0.32%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 67 (21.34%) Windows
2 64 (20.38%) Linux
3 37 (11.78%) Windows Server
4 26 (8.28%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.18%) Mac OS X
6 5 (1.59%) CentOS
6 5 (1.59%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (14.65%) Network Design
3 44 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
4 42 (13.38%) High Availability
5 37 (11.78%) Mentoring
6 34 (10.83%) ITIL
7 32 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (9.87%) Migration
9 29 (9.24%) Network Management
10 28 (8.92%) Presales
11 23 (7.32%) Innovative Thinking
11 23 (7.32%) Service Delivery
12 22 (7.01%) Requirements Gathering
13 20 (6.37%) Project Delivery
14 19 (6.05%) Change Management
14 19 (6.05%) Project Management
15 18 (5.73%) Root Cause Analysis
16 17 (5.41%) Coaching
16 17 (5.41%) Computer Science
16 17 (5.41%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.33%) Python
2 14 (4.46%) Bash
2 14 (4.46%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.82%) SQL
4 9 (2.87%) R
5 7 (2.23%) C
6 3 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.64%) Go
7 2 (0.64%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 314 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 179 (57.01%) CCNA
3 87 (27.71%) Security Cleared
4 76 (24.20%) Degree
5 62 (19.75%) SC Cleared
6 55 (17.52%) CCIE
7 36 (11.46%) DV Cleared
8 30 (9.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (8.92%) JNCIS
10 25 (7.96%) MCSA
11 18 (5.73%) CCSA
12 17 (5.41%) JNCIA
12 17 (5.41%) MCSE
13 16 (5.10%) RHCSA
14 12 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (3.82%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (3.50%) Azure Certification
16 10 (3.18%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (3.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 9 (2.87%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.51%) SLA
2 9 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.55%) NIST
4 7 (2.23%) MIL-STD-1553
5 6 (1.91%) GDPR
6 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.96%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.96%) QA
8 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.64%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 39 (12.42%) Active Directory
2 25 (7.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.87%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.59%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.96%) Firmware
7 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.32%) NFS
8 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (8.28%) Ansible
2 23 (7.32%) Terraform
3 15 (4.78%) FortiGate
4 12 (3.82%) Nagios
5 6 (1.91%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (1.91%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.59%) CASB
6 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (1.59%) VxRail
7 1 (0.32%) Opsview
7 1 (0.32%) SCCM
7 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 248 (78.98%) Cisco
2 71 (22.61%) Fortinet
3 64 (20.38%) Meraki
4 59 (18.79%) Palo Alto
5 52 (16.56%) Juniper
6 48 (15.29%) Microsoft
7 40 (12.74%) CheckPoint
8 37 (11.78%) VMware
9 36 (11.46%) F5
10 33 (10.51%) SolarWinds
11 23 (7.32%) Red Hat
12 20 (6.37%) HP
13 15 (4.78%) Aruba
14 14 (4.46%) Arista
15 11 (3.50%) Citrix
16 8 (2.55%) Zscaler
17 6 (1.91%) Ekahau
17 6 (1.91%) Extreme Networks
18 5 (1.59%) Aerohive Networks
18 5 (1.59%) Veeam
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