CCNA Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Contract jobs citing CCNA 9 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 4.25% - 1.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.63% - 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £357 - £235
25th Percentile - - £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile - - £344
90th Percentile - - £370
North West median daily rate £550 £475 £455
% change year-on-year +15.79% +4.40% +65.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 118 64 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 55.66% 33.33% 45.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 25 63
10th Percentile £160 £200 £361
25th Percentile £213 £259 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £409 £620
Median % change year-on-year +30.68% -34.03% +12.73%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £650
90th Percentile £671 £630 £720
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 13 36
10th Percentile £42.29 £37.00 £43.57
25th Percentile £45.46 £37.55 -
Median hourly rate £47.12 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% - +6.87%
75th Percentile £74.26 £51.00 -
90th Percentile £80.48 £51.70 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -5.41% -19.88% +21.53%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CCNA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA in Lancashire over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in Lancashire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CCNA

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Preston - 5 £550 -
CCNA
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) WebEx
2 3 (33.33%) BGP
2 3 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) XMPP
2 1 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Product Ownership
2 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
1 7 (77.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Change Control
1 7 (77.78%) ITSM
1 7 (77.78%) Knowledge Management
1 7 (77.78%) Platform Engineering
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 4 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (44.44%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (44.44%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (44.44%) Product Requirements
2 4 (44.44%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) User Stories
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) High Availability
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Bash
1 7 (77.78%) Perl
1 7 (77.78%) PowerShell
1 7 (77.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CCNP
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
3 7 (77.78%) CCDP
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Citrix
1 7 (77.78%) Red Hat
1 7 (77.78%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
4 1 (11.11%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
4 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds