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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 331 464
Rank change year-on-year +35 +133 -66
Contract jobs citing CCNA 318 452 444
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.76% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.41% 2.80% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 308 307
10th Percentile £271 £159 £185
25th Percentile £329 £314 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +16.84%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £350
% change year-on-year -10.53% +35.71% -3.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 42 31
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.44 £14.18
Median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +96.08% -39.29%
75th Percentile £24.25 £78.50 £47.40
90th Percentile £25.83 £81.00 £68.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £47.50 £24.46
% change year-on-year -68.42% +94.23% -40.35%

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 13,175 16,164 19,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.33% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,128 10,779 12,573
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 £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 848 773
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.94 £34.69
% change year-on-year -18.02% +43.96% +0.43%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +29 293 £450 -10.00% 178
UK excluding London +5 232 £425 -10.53% 137
Work from Home +57 79 £515 +3.00% 64
London +70 72 £525 +8.25% 60
South East +23 70 £475 -6.86% 44
North of England +46 62 £350 -12.50% 37
North West +43 41 £440 -12.00% 18
Midlands +10 34 £325 -13.33% 14
South West -16 33 £525 -4.55% 19
West Midlands +26 28 £313 -3.85% 9
East of England -6 24 £300 -9.43% 14
Yorkshire +19 18 £340 -4.56% 17
Scotland +42 14 £550 +92.98% 12
East Midlands +10 6 £325 - 5
North East +18 3 £345 +73.58% 3
Wales +1 1 - - 6

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 20 (6.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.89%) Confluence
4 4 (1.26%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (5.03%) MS Visio
2 15 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.04%) Azure
2 27 (8.49%) AWS
3 24 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.97%) OCI
5 9 (2.83%) GCP
6 3 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
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%) IaaS
8 1 (0.31%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.31%) PaaS
8 1 (0.31%) SaaS
8 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 125 (39.31%) Firewall
2 83 (26.10%) WAN
3 74 (23.27%) LAN
4 71 (22.33%) DNS
5 55 (17.30%) DHCP
6 48 (15.09%) OSPF
7 47 (14.78%) BGP
8 46 (14.47%) VPN
9 43 (13.52%) Wireless
10 40 (12.58%) Cisco Nexus
10 40 (12.58%) Network Security
11 38 (11.95%) IPsec
12 36 (11.32%) SAN
13 33 (10.38%) Wi-Fi
14 31 (9.75%) EIGRP
14 31 (9.75%) MPLS
15 30 (9.43%) Cisco ASA
15 30 (9.43%) TCP/IP
16 23 (7.23%) VLAN
17 21 (6.60%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.20%) JIRA
2 6 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.31%) Hudson
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 111 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.09%) Public Sector
3 45 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.95%) Finance
5 28 (8.81%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.20%) Banking
6 7 (2.20%) Marketing
7 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.57%) Retail
8 4 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.63%) Aviation
9 2 (0.63%) Legal
9 2 (0.63%) Military
10 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Police
10 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 169 (53.14%) Network Engineer
2 45 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (11.64%) Senior
4 24 (7.55%) Analyst
4 24 (7.55%) Senior Network Engineer
5 22 (6.92%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 22 (6.92%) Support Engineer
6 17 (5.35%) Architect
7 15 (4.72%) Cisco Engineer
7 15 (4.72%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (4.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.77%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.46%) Network Support
10 11 (3.46%) Network Support Engineer
11 10 (3.14%) Field Engineer
11 10 (3.14%) Network Architect
11 10 (3.14%) Service Analyst
11 10 (3.14%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (2.83%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (2.83%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.46%) FIX Protocol
1 11 (3.46%) Jinja
2 7 (2.20%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.57%) Flash
4 3 (0.94%) EDI
4 3 (0.94%) Ultra Messaging
4 3 (0.94%) XML
5 2 (0.63%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 68 (21.38%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.14%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.52%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.20%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.89%) PKI
5 6 (1.89%) SCADA
5 6 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.57%) Clustering
6 5 (1.57%) NHS
6 5 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.94%) CCTV
8 3 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.94%) IoT
9 2 (0.63%) CMDB
9 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.63%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 66 (20.75%) Windows
2 32 (10.06%) Linux
3 28 (8.81%) Windows Server
4 25 (7.86%) Windows 10
5 18 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (4.40%) Windows XP
7 10 (3.14%) Windows 7
8 8 (2.52%) Unix
9 6 (1.89%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.57%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (25.47%) ITIL
2 80 (25.16%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (13.21%) Computer Science
5 39 (12.26%) Customer Service
6 36 (11.32%) Change Management
7 32 (10.06%) Project Management
8 27 (8.49%) ITSM
9 21 (6.60%) Break/Fix
10 20 (6.29%) Network Design
11 18 (5.66%) Migration
11 18 (5.66%) Server Management
12 17 (5.35%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (5.03%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.03%) High Availability
13 16 (5.03%) Load Balancing
13 16 (5.03%) Low Latency
13 16 (5.03%) Mentoring
13 16 (5.03%) Performance Monitoring
13 16 (5.03%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.32%) Python
2 22 (6.92%) PowerShell
3 15 (4.72%) Perl
4 11 (3.46%) Tcl
5 3 (0.94%) Bash
6 2 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 318 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 175 (55.03%) CCNP
3 104 (32.70%) Security Cleared
4 89 (27.99%) Degree
5 76 (23.90%) SC Cleared
6 34 (10.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (8.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (8.18%) Network+ Certification
9 25 (7.86%) DV Cleared
10 24 (7.55%) JNCIA
11 22 (6.92%) MCSE
12 20 (6.29%) A+ Certification
13 17 (5.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (4.72%) CISSP
15 14 (4.40%) MCSA
16 13 (4.09%) JNCIS
17 12 (3.77%) CCIE
17 12 (3.77%) MCP
18 7 (2.20%) CCSP
18 7 (2.20%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.92%) SLA
2 10 (3.14%) QA
3 2 (0.63%) GDPR
3 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) ISA99
4 1 (0.31%) NCSC
4 1 (0.31%) NIST
4 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (15.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (13.52%) Active Directory
3 28 (8.81%) Hyper-V
4 27 (8.49%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (5.66%) Firmware
6 9 (2.83%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.57%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (1.26%) KVM
9 4 (1.26%) vSphere
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (9.43%) SCCM
2 23 (7.23%) Ansible
2 23 (7.23%) vCenter Server
3 15 (4.72%) EMC NetWorker
3 15 (4.72%) SCOM
3 15 (4.72%) WSUS
4 14 (4.40%) NetBackup
5 11 (3.46%) Terraform
6 10 (3.14%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.89%) SolarWinds Orion
8 5 (1.57%) OpenView
9 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.94%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.63%) Nmap
11 2 (0.63%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.63%) QRadar
11 2 (0.63%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.31%) Nagios
12 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 206 (64.78%) Cisco
2 67 (21.07%) Microsoft
3 57 (17.92%) Juniper
3 57 (17.92%) VMware
4 54 (16.98%) Palo Alto
5 32 (10.06%) SolarWinds
6 27 (8.49%) F5
7 25 (7.86%) CheckPoint
7 25 (7.86%) Dell
8 21 (6.60%) Citrix
9 18 (5.66%) Fortinet
10 16 (5.03%) HP
10 16 (5.03%) Veeam
11 15 (4.72%) Oracle
12 14 (4.40%) 3PAR
12 14 (4.40%) EMC
12 14 (4.40%) Extreme Networks
12 14 (4.40%) Symantec
13 12 (3.77%) Meraki
14 9 (2.83%) ServiceNow