CCNA Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 75 92
Rank change year-on-year -29 +17 +28
Contract jobs citing CCNA 2 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.15% 0.78% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 2.76% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 6
10th Percentile - £349 £231
25th Percentile - £438 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £488 £288
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +69.57% -51.06%
75th Percentile - £513 £372
90th Percentile - £558 £397
North West median daily rate £481 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.32% - +11.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 290 290 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 21.66% 28.29% 25.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 182 237
10th Percentile £203 £264 £257
25th Percentile £381 £361 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £625
90th Percentile £630 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £474 £475 £543
% change year-on-year -0.21% -12.44% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 26
10th Percentile £18.82 £30.90 £24.85
25th Percentile £21.77 £31.25 £26.63
Median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -23.53% +108.82%
75th Percentile £56.88 £36.19 £72.53
90th Percentile £72.88 £60.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £35.95
% change year-on-year +39.88% -9.60% +21.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in Manchester

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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCNA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CCNA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Netskope
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec