CCNA Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 312 447
Rank change year-on-year +38 +135 -63
Contract jobs citing CCNA 294 389 373
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.78% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.54% 2.81% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 264 261
10th Percentile £280 £158 £185
25th Percentile £329 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% +15.88% +14.48%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £580
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 33 22
10th Percentile - £13.25 £12.13
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.75 £65.50 £17.45
Median % change year-on-year -75.95% +275.47% -56.11%
75th Percentile £25.29 £77.75 £42.18
90th Percentile £25.83 £80.85 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year -65.00% +98.02% -39.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,565 13,831 15,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.20% 27.69% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,138 9,255 10,137
10th Percentile £310 £333 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 738 684
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.13 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +38.16% -
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.48 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.25 £80.25 £67.71
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.43%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 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
London +84 73 £513 +7.89% 56
South East +21 70 £475 -6.86% 44
North of England +47 62 £350 -12.50% 35
North West +50 41 £440 -12.00% 17
Midlands +12 34 £325 -13.33% 15
South West -14 33 £525 -4.55% 16
West Midlands +21 28 £313 -3.85% 10
East of England -7 24 £300 -9.43% 14
Yorkshire +19 18 £340 -4.56% 16
East Midlands +6 6 £325 - 5
North East +16 3 £345 +73.58% 3
CCNA
UK

CCNA
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 20 (6.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.04%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (5.44%) MS Visio
2 14 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 50 (17.01%) Azure
2 27 (9.18%) AWS
3 23 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (6.46%) OCI
5 9 (3.06%) GCP
6 3 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.68%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.68%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) Akamai
8 1 (0.34%) IaaS
8 1 (0.34%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.34%) PaaS
8 1 (0.34%) SaaS
8 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 119 (40.48%) Firewall
2 77 (26.19%) WAN
3 69 (23.47%) LAN
4 67 (22.79%) DNS
5 50 (17.01%) DHCP
6 46 (15.65%) OSPF
7 45 (15.31%) BGP
8 43 (14.63%) Wireless
9 40 (13.61%) Cisco Nexus
9 40 (13.61%) VPN
10 36 (12.24%) IPsec
11 33 (11.22%) Network Security
12 32 (10.88%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (10.20%) Cisco ASA
13 30 (10.20%) EIGRP
14 29 (9.86%) MPLS
15 26 (8.84%) SAN
15 26 (8.84%) TCP/IP
16 21 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
16 21 (7.14%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.38%) JIRA
2 6 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 104 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.93%) Finance
3 37 (12.59%) Public Sector
4 34 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.18%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.38%) Banking
6 7 (2.38%) Marketing
7 5 (1.70%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.36%) Retail
9 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.68%) Aviation
9 2 (0.68%) Legal
9 2 (0.68%) Military
10 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Police
10 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (56.12%) Network Engineer
2 45 (15.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (11.90%) Senior
4 23 (7.82%) Senior Network Engineer
5 22 (7.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 22 (7.48%) Support Engineer
6 19 (6.46%) Analyst
7 15 (5.10%) Cisco Engineer
7 15 (5.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (4.42%) Architect
10 11 (3.74%) Network Support
10 11 (3.74%) Network Support Engineer
11 10 (3.40%) Network Architect
11 10 (3.40%) Service Analyst
11 10 (3.40%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (3.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.06%) Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (3.06%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (3.06%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.74%) FIX Protocol
1 11 (3.74%) Jinja
2 7 (2.38%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.70%) Flash
4 3 (1.02%) EDI
4 3 (1.02%) Ultra Messaging
4 3 (1.02%) XML
5 2 (0.68%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 59 (20.07%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.40%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.72%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.04%) PKI
5 6 (2.04%) SCADA
5 6 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.70%) Clustering
6 5 (1.70%) NHS
6 5 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.02%) CCTV
7 3 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.02%) IoT
8 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.68%) CMDB
8 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.68%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 60 (20.41%) Windows
2 32 (10.88%) Linux
3 25 (8.50%) Windows 10
4 23 (7.82%) Windows Server
5 18 (6.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (4.76%) Windows XP
7 9 (3.06%) Windows 7
8 8 (2.72%) Unix
9 6 (2.04%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.36%) Android
10 4 (1.36%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (27.55%) ITIL
2 67 (22.79%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (19.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (12.24%) Change Management
5 35 (11.90%) Computer Science
6 31 (10.54%) Customer Service
7 28 (9.52%) Project Management
8 27 (9.18%) ITSM
9 21 (7.14%) Network Design
10 18 (6.12%) Migration
10 18 (6.12%) Server Management
11 17 (5.78%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (5.44%) High Availability
12 16 (5.44%) Low Latency
12 16 (5.44%) Performance Tuning
12 16 (5.44%) Storage Management
13 15 (5.10%) Break/Fix
13 15 (5.10%) Network Management
13 15 (5.10%) Performance Monitoring
13 15 (5.10%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.22%) Python
2 19 (6.46%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.10%) Perl
4 11 (3.74%) Tcl
5 2 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 294 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 164 (55.78%) CCNP
3 100 (34.01%) Security Cleared
4 82 (27.89%) Degree
5 76 (25.85%) SC Cleared
6 26 (8.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (8.50%) DV Cleared
8 24 (8.16%) JNCIA
9 21 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (6.46%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (5.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 15 (5.10%) MCSE
13 13 (4.42%) JNCIS
13 13 (4.42%) MCSA
14 12 (4.08%) A+ Certification
14 12 (4.08%) CCIE
14 12 (4.08%) MCP
15 10 (3.40%) CISSP
16 7 (2.38%) AWS Certification
16 7 (2.38%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.48%) SLA
2 10 (3.40%) QA
3 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.34%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) ISA99
4 1 (0.34%) NCSC
4 1 (0.34%) NIST
4 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (15.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (13.27%) Active Directory
3 27 (9.18%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.82%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (6.12%) Firmware
6 9 (3.06%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.70%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (1.36%) KVM
9 4 (1.36%) vSphere
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (8.84%) SCCM
2 23 (7.82%) Ansible
2 23 (7.82%) vCenter Server
3 15 (5.10%) EMC NetWorker
3 15 (5.10%) SCOM
3 15 (5.10%) WSUS
4 14 (4.76%) NetBackup
5 11 (3.74%) Terraform
6 9 (3.06%) FortiGate
7 6 (2.04%) SolarWinds Orion
8 5 (1.70%) OpenView
9 3 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.68%) Nmap
10 2 (0.68%) OpenNMS
10 2 (0.68%) QRadar
10 2 (0.68%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.34%) Nagios
11 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 201 (68.37%) Cisco
2 61 (20.75%) Microsoft
3 58 (19.73%) Juniper
4 53 (18.03%) Palo Alto
5 51 (17.35%) VMware
6 32 (10.88%) SolarWinds
7 24 (8.16%) CheckPoint
8 23 (7.82%) F5
9 21 (7.14%) Citrix
10 18 (6.12%) Dell
10 18 (6.12%) Fortinet
11 16 (5.44%) HP
11 16 (5.44%) Veeam
12 15 (5.10%) Oracle
13 14 (4.76%) 3PAR
13 14 (4.76%) EMC
13 14 (4.76%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (4.76%) Symantec
14 11 (3.74%) Meraki
15 9 (3.06%) ServiceNow