CCNA Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 323 438
Rank change year-on-year +50 +115 -46
Contract jobs citing CCNA 294 387 368
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.80% 0.77% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.54% 2.76% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 265 262
10th Percentile £275 £158 £185
25th Percentile £327 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £420
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +19.05% +12.00%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £413
% change year-on-year -10.00% +21.21% +13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 34 19
10th Percentile - - £12.90
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.75 £49.50 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year -68.18% +102.41% -38.48%
75th Percentile £25.29 £77.69 £47.31
90th Percentile £25.83 £80.78 £68.45
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -65.00% +81.82% -34.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCNA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,579 14,027 15,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.75% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,398 10,082
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £637
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 756 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62.48 £68.33 £55.72
90th Percentile £77.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNA in England.

Daily rate trend for CCNA in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNA in England.

Hourly rate trend for CCNA in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNA in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +71 72 £500 +3.09% 51
South East +22 67 £475 -6.86% 40
North of England +57 63 £350 -22.22% 31
North West +40 42 £400 -20.00% 16
South West -11 37 £525 -4.55% 24
Midlands +2 33 £325 -13.33% 18
West Midlands +29 27 £325 - 14
East of England +3 24 £300 - 16
Yorkshire +21 18 £340 -2.86% 13
East Midlands +5 6 £325 -0.76% 4
North East +20 3 £345 +213.64% 3
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 21 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.38%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (5.44%) MS Visio
2 15 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.33%) Azure
2 28 (9.52%) AWS
3 23 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (6.12%) OCI
5 9 (3.06%) GCP
6 3 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.68%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.68%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) Akamai
8 1 (0.34%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 116 (39.46%) Firewall
2 75 (25.51%) WAN
3 69 (23.47%) LAN
4 67 (22.79%) DNS
5 50 (17.01%) DHCP
6 46 (15.65%) OSPF
7 45 (15.31%) BGP
8 42 (14.29%) Wireless
9 40 (13.61%) Cisco Nexus
9 40 (13.61%) VPN
10 36 (12.24%) IPsec
11 33 (11.22%) Network Security
12 31 (10.54%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (10.20%) Cisco ASA
13 30 (10.20%) EIGRP
14 27 (9.18%) MPLS
14 27 (9.18%) TCP/IP
15 25 (8.50%) SAN
16 21 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
16 21 (7.14%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.72%) JIRA
2 6 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 102 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.27%) Public Sector
3 37 (12.59%) Finance
4 35 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.84%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.72%) Marketing
7 6 (2.04%) Banking
8 5 (1.70%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.70%) Retail
9 4 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.68%) Aviation
10 2 (0.68%) Legal
10 2 (0.68%) Military
11 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Police
11 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (55.10%) Network Engineer
2 46 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (11.56%) Senior
4 23 (7.82%) Senior Network Engineer
4 23 (7.82%) Support Engineer
5 22 (7.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 17 (5.78%) Analyst
7 14 (4.76%) Architect
7 14 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 14 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (4.08%) Network Support
8 12 (4.08%) Network Support Engineer
9 10 (3.40%) Network Architect
10 9 (3.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Service Analyst
10 9 (3.06%) Service Desk Analyst
10 9 (3.06%) Storage Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (3.06%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.74%) FIX Protocol
1 11 (3.74%) Jinja
2 7 (2.38%) 802.1X
3 6 (2.04%) Flash
4 3 (1.02%) EDI
4 3 (1.02%) Ultra Messaging
4 3 (1.02%) XML
5 2 (0.68%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (19.73%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.40%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.38%) Operational Technology
4 6 (2.04%) Clustering
4 6 (2.04%) PKI
4 6 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (1.70%) NHS
5 5 (1.70%) SCADA
5 5 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.02%) CCTV
6 3 (1.02%) CMDB
6 3 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.02%) IoT
7 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.68%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 62 (21.09%) Windows
2 31 (10.54%) Linux
3 24 (8.16%) Windows 10
4 23 (7.82%) Windows Server
5 17 (5.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (4.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (4.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.42%) Windows XP
7 9 (3.06%) Windows 7
8 8 (2.72%) Unix
9 6 (2.04%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.36%) Android
10 4 (1.36%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (28.23%) ITIL
2 67 (22.79%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (19.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (12.24%) Computer Science
5 34 (11.56%) Change Management
6 31 (10.54%) Customer Service
7 27 (9.18%) ITSM
8 26 (8.84%) Project Management
9 19 (6.46%) Network Design
10 18 (6.12%) Server Management
11 17 (5.78%) High Availability
11 17 (5.78%) Migration
12 16 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (5.10%) Low Latency
13 15 (5.10%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (5.10%) Storage Management
14 14 (4.76%) Break/Fix
14 14 (4.76%) Network Management
14 14 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
14 14 (4.76%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.56%) Python
2 19 (6.46%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.10%) Perl
4 11 (3.74%) Tcl
5 3 (1.02%) SQL
Qualifications
1 294 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 160 (54.42%) CCNP
3 100 (34.01%) Security Cleared
4 81 (27.55%) Degree
5 77 (26.19%) SC Cleared
6 27 (9.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (8.50%) DV Cleared
7 25 (8.50%) JNCIA
8 21 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
9 20 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (6.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 16 (5.44%) MCSE
12 14 (4.76%) MCSA
13 13 (4.42%) JNCIS
13 13 (4.42%) MCP
14 12 (4.08%) A+ Certification
14 12 (4.08%) CCIE
15 8 (2.72%) AWS Certification
15 8 (2.72%) CISSP
16 7 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.48%) SLA
2 10 (3.40%) QA
3 1 (0.34%) GDPR
3 1 (0.34%) ISA99
3 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.34%) NCSC
3 1 (0.34%) NIST
3 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 49 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (12.93%) Active Directory
3 26 (8.84%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.82%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (6.12%) Firmware
6 10 (3.40%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.04%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (1.36%) KVM
9 4 (1.36%) vSphere
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (8.50%) SCCM
2 23 (7.82%) Ansible
2 23 (7.82%) vCenter Server
3 15 (5.10%) SCOM
4 14 (4.76%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (4.76%) WSUS
5 13 (4.42%) NetBackup
6 11 (3.74%) Terraform
7 10 (3.40%) FortiGate
8 6 (2.04%) SolarWinds Orion
9 5 (1.70%) OpenView
10 3 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.02%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.68%) Nagios
11 2 (0.68%) Nmap
11 2 (0.68%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.68%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 202 (68.71%) Cisco
2 62 (21.09%) Microsoft
3 57 (19.39%) Juniper
4 53 (18.03%) VMware
5 52 (17.69%) Palo Alto
6 34 (11.56%) SolarWinds
7 23 (7.82%) CheckPoint
8 22 (7.48%) F5
9 21 (7.14%) Citrix
10 17 (5.78%) Dell
10 17 (5.78%) Fortinet
11 16 (5.44%) Veeam
12 15 (5.10%) HP
13 14 (4.76%) EMC
13 14 (4.76%) Oracle
14 13 (4.42%) 3PAR
14 13 (4.42%) Extreme Networks
14 13 (4.42%) Symantec
15 12 (4.08%) Meraki
16 9 (3.06%) ServiceNow