CCNA Contract Job Trends in the South West

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 116 107
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 +30
Contract jobs citing CCNA 7 24 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.35% 0.91% 1.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 1.78% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 29
10th Percentile £450 £463 £443
25th Percentile £488 £488 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile - £688 £675
England median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.00% -28.98%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £63.13
90th Percentile - - £85.63
England median hourly rate £30.00 £20.70 £33.22
% change year-on-year +44.93% -37.69% +143.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,052 1,347 1,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 53.29% 50.83% 54.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 818 1,127
10th Percentile £213 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £734 £729
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 111 165
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £33.00
25th Percentile £21.67 £60.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £37.50 £74.22 £78.00
90th Percentile £73.38 £80.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -53.43% - +20.00%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the South West

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CCNA

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CCNA

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Bristol +3 5 £550 -
Somerset +1 1 - - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £500 - 1
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
1 4 (57.14%) Skype for Business
2 1 (14.29%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DHCP
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
1 5 (71.43%) Unified Communications
2 4 (57.14%) Skype
3 2 (28.57%) BGP
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (14.29%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (14.29%) Firewall
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) OSPF
4 1 (14.29%) SAN
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) VoIP
4 1 (14.29%) VXLAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
1 4 (57.14%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) Service Management
1 4 (57.14%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (57.14%) MCSE
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 4 (57.14%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
1 4 (57.14%) WSUS
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
3 4 (57.14%) Splunk
3 4 (57.14%) Veeam
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto