CCNA Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 38 44
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 +15
Contract jobs citing CCNA 7 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.94% 2.25% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.86% 5.63% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £379 £210 £102
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £285 £104
Median % change year-on-year +92.98% +175.36% -75.65%
75th Percentile £575 £369 £105
90th Percentile - £403 -
Wales median daily rate £550 £285 £104
% change year-on-year +92.98% +175.36% -75.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £51.25 -
Wales median hourly rate - £51.25 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 102 142 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 28.25% 40.00% 35.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 66 101
10th Percentile £214 £165 £163
25th Percentile £289 £217 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £405 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -26.45% -
75th Percentile £588 £599 £645
90th Percentile £728 £700 £725
Wales median daily rate £475 £454 £500
% change year-on-year +4.68% -9.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 32 12
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.69 £14.12
25th Percentile £20.97 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £32.50 £21.80 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.12% -38.61% +63.22%
75th Percentile £83.75 £47.81 £53.19
90th Percentile £85.00 £50.00 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +14.32% -38.03% +63.22%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in South Wales

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CCNA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CCNA

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA in South Wales over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in South Wales

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CCNA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CCNA

CCNA
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Newport +3 4 £550 +150.00% 2
Cardiff -1 2 £335 -16.25% 2
CCNA
Wales

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) VLAN
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
3 2 (28.57%) Modbus
3 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) NX-OS
4 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) 3D Printing
1 2 (28.57%) IoT
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Enablement
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
2 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Runbook
2 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (28.57%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint