CCNA Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 277 315
Rank change year-on-year -47 +38 +135
Contract jobs citing CCNA 164 297 390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.80% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.15% 2.56% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 200 266
10th Percentile £285 £281 £158
25th Percentile £363 £329 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 23 34
10th Percentile £32.13 - -
25th Percentile £47.75 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £66.25 £15.75 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +320.63% -68.18% +135.18%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.29 £77.69
90th Percentile - £25.83 £80.78
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £17.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +228.57% -65.00% +88.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +11 47 £500 - 56
South East +14 38 £520 +9.47% 54
North of England -6 37 £425 +21.43% 28
North West -1 24 £425 +6.25% 10
South West +32 21 £550 +4.76% 32
Midlands +3 14 £450 +38.46% 20
Yorkshire +1 11 £575 +69.12% 15
East Midlands +13 9 £500 +53.85% 8
West Midlands -8 5 £210 -35.38% 12
East of England +9 3 £550 +83.33% 5
North East -1 2 £288 -16.67% 4
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UK

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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 12 (7.32%) Confluence
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.61%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (12.80%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.49%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.02%) Azure
2 13 (7.93%) AWS
3 7 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.66%) GCP
5 5 (3.05%) IaaS
5 5 (3.05%) PaaS
6 3 (1.83%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.61%) OCI
8 1 (0.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 87 (53.05%) Firewall
2 52 (31.71%) Network Security
3 48 (29.27%) WAN
4 47 (28.66%) VPN
5 41 (25.00%) LAN
6 38 (23.17%) TCP/IP
7 32 (19.51%) DNS
8 30 (18.29%) Wireless
9 29 (17.68%) BGP
10 26 (15.85%) OSPF
11 24 (14.63%) DHCP
12 15 (9.15%) MPLS
13 13 (7.93%) VLAN
14 12 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (7.32%) EIGRP
14 12 (7.32%) IPsec
15 11 (6.71%) VoIP
16 10 (6.10%) Cisco IOS
16 10 (6.10%) HSRP
16 10 (6.10%) Internet
Development Applications
1 13 (7.93%) JIRA
2 4 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (1.83%) GitLab
3 3 (1.83%) Jenkins
General
1 73 (44.51%) Social Skills
2 46 (28.05%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.02%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.49%) Finance
5 7 (4.27%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.44%) Legal
6 4 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.83%) Billing
7 3 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.83%) Local Government
7 3 (1.83%) Military
8 2 (1.22%) Back Office
8 2 (1.22%) Banking
8 2 (1.22%) Electronics
8 2 (1.22%) Marketing
8 2 (1.22%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.61%) Aviation
9 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.61%) Law
9 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 19 (11.59%) Architect
3 16 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (8.54%) Network Architect
5 12 (7.32%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 10 (6.10%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (6.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (5.49%) Analyst
7 9 (5.49%) IT Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) NOC Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) Senior
9 6 (3.66%) Cisco Architect
9 6 (3.66%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.05%) Cisco Network Architect
10 5 (3.05%) Juniper Architect
10 5 (3.05%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (2.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.44%) Network Analyst
11 4 (2.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.32%) Flash
2 2 (1.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.93%) Clustering
2 11 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.66%) CMDB
5 6 (3.66%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.44%) NHS
6 4 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) IVR
7 3 (1.83%) PKI
7 3 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.22%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.41%) Windows
2 8 (4.88%) Linux
3 3 (1.83%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.83%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.83%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.22%) VMS
4 2 (1.22%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.61%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (21.95%) Computer Science
3 27 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (15.85%) Validation
5 24 (14.63%) Network Architecture
6 22 (13.41%) High Availability
6 22 (13.41%) Migration
7 21 (12.80%) ITIL
8 18 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (10.37%) Agile
9 17 (10.37%) Service Management
10 14 (8.54%) Network Virtualisation
11 13 (7.93%) Network Monitoring
12 12 (7.32%) Critical Thinking
12 12 (7.32%) Mentoring
12 12 (7.32%) Network Design
12 12 (7.32%) NsoIT
12 12 (7.32%) Power Management
12 12 (7.32%) System Testing
12 12 (7.32%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.37%) Python
2 6 (3.66%) Bash
2 6 (3.66%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (56.71%) CCNP
3 59 (35.98%) Security Cleared
4 57 (34.76%) Degree
5 54 (32.93%) SC Cleared
6 24 (14.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (9.15%) JNCIS
8 14 (8.54%) DV Cleared
9 12 (7.32%) Master's Degree
9 12 (7.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (6.10%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (5.49%) CISSP
11 9 (5.49%) JNCIA
12 6 (3.66%) CCIE
12 6 (3.66%) CEH
13 5 (3.05%) CCDP
13 5 (3.05%) CCSA
13 5 (3.05%) CCSP
13 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.83%) NIST
2 2 (1.22%) DICOM
2 2 (1.22%) GDPR
2 2 (1.22%) HL7
2 2 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.22%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.61%) QA
3 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.93%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (7.32%) VMware NSX
4 9 (5.49%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.44%) Firmware
6 3 (1.83%) vSphere
7 2 (1.22%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.61%) Docker
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (7.32%) vCenter Server
2 11 (6.71%) Ansible
3 5 (3.05%) Terraform
4 4 (2.44%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.83%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.83%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.83%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.83%) SCCM
6 2 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.22%) Cisco UCCE
6 2 (1.22%) Nagios
6 2 (1.22%) SCOM
7 1 (0.61%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.61%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 112 (68.29%) Cisco
2 35 (21.34%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.41%) CheckPoint
3 22 (13.41%) Juniper
4 21 (12.80%) VMware
5 19 (11.59%) Palo Alto
6 16 (9.76%) Fortinet
7 13 (7.93%) Meraki
8 12 (7.32%) Atlassian
9 10 (6.10%) SolarWinds
10 7 (4.27%) Infoblox
11 6 (3.66%) Aruba
11 6 (3.66%) Fujitsu
12 5 (3.05%) Arista
13 4 (2.44%) Google
13 4 (2.44%) Nokia
13 4 (2.44%) ServiceNow
14 3 (1.83%) F5
14 3 (1.83%) Splunk
14 3 (1.83%) Veeam