CCNA Contracts in the North of England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 129 123 181
Rank change year-on-year -6 +58 +1
Contract jobs citing CCNA 37 63 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.12% 1.32% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.46% 5.08% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 41 31
10th Percentile £310 £305 £107
25th Percentile £325 £313 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +52.00%
75th Percentile £587 £504 £538
90th Percentile £613 £519 £575
England median daily rate £515 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +14.44% -10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £24.87 -
England median hourly rate £66.25 £15.75 £49.50
% change year-on-year +320.63% -68.18% +135.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,070 1,240 1,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 32.47% 26.01% 25.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 684 1,063
10th Percentile £230 £300 £325
25th Percentile £375 £415 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -2.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £652 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 165 70
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £12.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +15.62%
75th Percentile £59.24 £38.43 £49.52
90th Percentile £80.59 £61.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNA in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for CCNA in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNA in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for CCNA in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West -1 24 £425 +6.25% 10
Yorkshire +1 11 £575 +69.12% 15
North East -1 2 £288 -16.67% 4
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.11%) IaaS
3 3 (8.11%) PaaS
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (62.16%) Firewall
2 18 (48.65%) Network Security
2 18 (48.65%) WAN
3 15 (40.54%) LAN
4 12 (32.43%) VPN
5 11 (29.73%) BGP
5 11 (29.73%) TCP/IP
6 10 (27.03%) OSPF
7 8 (21.62%) DNS
7 8 (21.62%) Wireless
8 6 (16.22%) Broadband
8 6 (16.22%) Converged Networks
8 6 (16.22%) DHCP
8 6 (16.22%) HSRP
8 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (16.22%) WLAN
9 5 (13.51%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (13.51%) IPsec
10 4 (10.81%) DWDM
10 4 (10.81%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) GitLab
1 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Local Government
4 2 (5.41%) Legal
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (67.57%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) IT Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Automation Developer
4 2 (5.41%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Developer
4 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) IT Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) IT Operations Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Junior Cisco Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Network Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) CMDB
1 6 (16.22%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.51%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.92%) ITIL
2 7 (18.92%) Load Balancing
3 6 (16.22%) Problem Management
4 5 (13.51%) Asset Management
4 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
4 5 (13.51%) Performance Metrics
5 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (10.81%) Task Automation
6 3 (8.11%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.11%) Configuration Management
6 3 (8.11%) Network Architecture
6 3 (8.11%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.41%) Agile
7 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.41%) Data Modelling
7 2 (5.41%) Scrum
7 2 (5.41%) Validation
7 2 (5.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (37.84%) CCNP
3 10 (27.03%) Degree
4 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
4 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
5 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (8.11%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (5.41%) JNCIA
6 2 (5.41%) JNCIS
7 1 (2.70%) CCIE
7 1 (2.70%) CISSP
7 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.70%) MCP
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.11%) vSphere
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Ansible
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.11%) SCCM
2 3 (8.11%) ZABBIX
3 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.41%) Terraform
4 1 (2.70%) Nagios
Vendors
1 29 (78.38%) Cisco
2 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
3 8 (21.62%) Palo Alto
4 7 (18.92%) Meraki
5 4 (10.81%) VMware
6 3 (8.11%) CheckPoint
6 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
6 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
6 3 (8.11%) Veeam
7 2 (5.41%) Arista
7 2 (5.41%) Infoblox
7 2 (5.41%) Nokia
7 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.70%) Aruba