Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 310 337 466
Rank change year-on-year +27 +129 -77
Contract jobs citing CCNA 319 444 442
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.74% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.40% 2.72% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 303 308
10th Percentile £270 £152 £185
25th Percentile £326 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +21.21% +13.79%
75th Percentile £579 £575 £538
90th Percentile £675 £650 £592
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £350
% change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 43 29
10th Percentile £13.95 £14.25 £13.38
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +81.82% -34.52%
75th Percentile £24.50 £78.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £28.74 £81.00 £68.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.38 £40.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -62.04% +62.00% -39.02%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the UK 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
England +50 294 £450 -10.00% 171
UK excluding London +18 232 £425 -15.00% 141
Work from Home +57 78 £515 +3.00% 55
London +71 72 £500 +3.09% 52
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
Scotland +34 13 £550 +233.33% 14
East Midlands +5 6 £325 -0.76% 4
North East +20 3 £345 +213.64% 3
Wales +3 1 - - 5

CCNA
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 21 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.19%) Confluence
4 4 (1.25%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
1 16 (5.02%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.36%) Azure
2 28 (8.78%) AWS
3 24 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.64%) OCI
5 9 (2.82%) GCP
6 3 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.63%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.63%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.31%) Akamai
8 1 (0.31%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 123 (38.56%) Firewall
2 82 (25.71%) WAN
3 74 (23.20%) LAN
4 71 (22.26%) DNS
5 55 (17.24%) DHCP
6 48 (15.05%) OSPF
7 47 (14.73%) BGP
8 46 (14.42%) VPN
9 42 (13.17%) Wireless
10 40 (12.54%) Cisco Nexus
10 40 (12.54%) Network Security
11 38 (11.91%) IPsec
12 34 (10.66%) SAN
13 32 (10.03%) Wi-Fi
14 31 (9.72%) EIGRP
14 31 (9.72%) TCP/IP
15 30 (9.40%) Cisco ASA
15 30 (9.40%) MPLS
16 23 (7.21%) VLAN
17 21 (6.58%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.51%) JIRA
2 6 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.31%) Hudson
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 110 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.36%) Public Sector
3 45 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (11.60%) Finance
5 27 (8.46%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.51%) Marketing
7 6 (1.88%) Banking
7 6 (1.88%) Retail
8 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.63%) Aviation
10 2 (0.63%) Legal
10 2 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.31%) Police
11 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 167 (52.35%) Network Engineer
2 46 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (11.29%) Senior
4 24 (7.52%) Senior Network Engineer
5 23 (7.21%) Support Engineer
6 22 (6.90%) Analyst
6 22 (6.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 19 (5.96%) Architect
8 14 (4.39%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (4.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (4.39%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.76%) Network Support
9 12 (3.76%) Network Support Engineer
10 11 (3.45%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.45%) Network Architect
11 10 (3.13%) Field Engineer
12 9 (2.82%) Service Analyst
12 9 (2.82%) Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (2.82%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (2.82%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.45%) FIX Protocol
1 11 (3.45%) Jinja
2 7 (2.19%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.88%) Flash
4 3 (0.94%) EDI
4 3 (0.94%) Ultra Messaging
4 3 (0.94%) XML
5 2 (0.63%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 67 (21.00%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.19%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.19%) Operational Technology
4 6 (1.88%) Clustering
4 6 (1.88%) PKI
4 6 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (1.57%) NHS
5 5 (1.57%) SCADA
5 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.94%) CCTV
7 3 (0.94%) CMDB
7 3 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (0.94%) IoT
8 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.63%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 68 (21.32%) Windows
2 31 (9.72%) Linux
3 28 (8.78%) Windows Server
4 24 (7.52%) Windows 10
5 17 (5.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.08%) Windows XP
7 10 (3.13%) Windows 7
8 8 (2.51%) Unix
9 6 (1.88%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.57%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (26.02%) ITIL
2 79 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (13.48%) Computer Science
5 38 (11.91%) Customer Service
6 34 (10.66%) Change Management
7 30 (9.40%) Project Management
8 27 (8.46%) ITSM
9 19 (5.96%) Break/Fix
9 19 (5.96%) Network Design
10 18 (5.64%) Migration
10 18 (5.64%) Server Management
11 17 (5.33%) High Availability
12 16 (5.02%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (5.02%) Load Balancing
13 15 (4.70%) Agile
13 15 (4.70%) Low Latency
13 15 (4.70%) Mentoring
13 15 (4.70%) Performance Monitoring
13 15 (4.70%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.60%) Python
2 22 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 15 (4.70%) Perl
4 11 (3.45%) Tcl
5 3 (0.94%) Bash
5 3 (0.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 319 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 172 (53.92%) CCNP
3 104 (32.60%) Security Cleared
4 88 (27.59%) Degree
5 77 (24.14%) SC Cleared
6 34 (10.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (8.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (8.46%) Network+ Certification
8 25 (7.84%) DV Cleared
8 25 (7.84%) JNCIA
9 22 (6.90%) MCSE
10 19 (5.96%) A+ Certification
11 18 (5.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 15 (4.70%) MCSA
13 13 (4.08%) CISSP
13 13 (4.08%) JNCIS
13 13 (4.08%) MCP
14 12 (3.76%) CCIE
15 8 (2.51%) AWS Certification
16 7 (2.19%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.90%) SLA
2 10 (3.13%) QA
3 2 (0.63%) GDPR
4 1 (0.31%) ISA99
4 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) NCSC
4 1 (0.31%) NIST
4 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 50 (15.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (13.17%) Active Directory
3 27 (8.46%) Hyper-V
3 27 (8.46%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (5.64%) Firmware
5 10 (3.13%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.88%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (1.25%) KVM
8 4 (1.25%) vSphere
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (9.09%) SCCM
2 23 (7.21%) Ansible
2 23 (7.21%) vCenter Server
3 15 (4.70%) SCOM
4 14 (4.39%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (4.39%) WSUS
5 13 (4.08%) NetBackup
6 11 (3.45%) FortiGate
6 11 (3.45%) Terraform
7 6 (1.88%) SolarWinds Orion
8 5 (1.57%) OpenView
9 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.94%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.94%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.63%) Nagios
11 2 (0.63%) Nmap
11 2 (0.63%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.63%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 208 (65.20%) Cisco
2 68 (21.32%) Microsoft
3 60 (18.81%) VMware
4 57 (17.87%) Juniper
5 53 (16.61%) Palo Alto
6 34 (10.66%) SolarWinds
7 26 (8.15%) F5
8 24 (7.52%) CheckPoint
9 23 (7.21%) Dell
10 21 (6.58%) Citrix
11 18 (5.64%) Fortinet
12 16 (5.02%) Veeam
13 15 (4.70%) HP
14 14 (4.39%) EMC
14 14 (4.39%) Oracle
15 13 (4.08%) 3PAR
15 13 (4.08%) Extreme Networks
15 13 (4.08%) Meraki
15 13 (4.08%) Symantec
16 9 (2.82%) ServiceNow