CCDA Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCDA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 497 529
Rank change year-on-year -43 +32 +205
Contract jobs citing CCDA 2 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.014% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.018% 0.047% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile - - £366
25th Percentile - £250 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £275 £428
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -35.67% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £308 £460
90th Percentile - £321 £472
UK median daily rate £550 £275 £428
% change year-on-year +100.00% -35.67% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.00
Median hourly rate - - £34.00
75th Percentile - - £36.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £36.02

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCDA 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,840 8,578 11,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.19% 30.52% 30.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,125 5,270 7,034
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £419 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £730 £737
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 893 415 688
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.51 £16.51
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.50 £26.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.35
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -11.79% +16.34%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £79.42 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

CCDA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CCDA job vacancy trend in England

CCDA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCDA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCDA

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCDA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCDA

CCDA
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 CCDA within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
South East -12 2 £550 +100.00%
CCDA
UK

CCDA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCDP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper