CCNA Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 65 81
Rank change year-on-year +8 +16 +43
Contract jobs citing CCNA 7 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.17% 0.76% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.07% 4.67% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £413 £391 £221
25th Percentile £416 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £403 £782
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -48.50% +239.78%
75th Percentile £475 £415 £830
90th Percentile £494 £418 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £400 £438
% change year-on-year +12.50% -8.57% +297.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

CCNA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 99 107 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 16.56% 16.24% 19.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 58 105
10th Percentile £87 £227 £152
25th Percentile £413 £376 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -1.39% -
75th Percentile £538 £542 £554
90th Percentile £597 £685 £633
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 10
10th Percentile £40.50 £14.82 £21.91
25th Percentile £56.25 £19.99 £44.36
Median hourly rate £70.00 £23.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +204.35% -61.67% +23.71%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £62.25
90th Percentile - £33.04 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £60.00
% change year-on-year -9.46% -63.18% +111.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCNA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

CCNA job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CCNA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CCNA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CCNA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CCNA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) Unified Communications
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 3 (42.86%) VoIP
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (28.57%) IPsec
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (14.29%) VLAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Field Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (28.57%) High Availability
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
1 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCIE
2 3 (42.86%) CCIE Collaboration
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) F5
2 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto