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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 119 106
Rank change year-on-year -24 -13 -1
Contract jobs citing CCNA 11 7 28
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.30% 0.35% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 0.66% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 15
10th Percentile £121 £475 £463
25th Percentile £313 £525 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £663
90th Percentile £638 - £725
England median daily rate £435 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £30.00 £28.70
% change year-on-year +110.45% +4.53% -1.03%

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 1,595 1,061 1,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.11% 53.67% 49.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 636 734
10th Percentile £381 £213 £350
25th Percentile £470 £398 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £650 £648 £670
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 156 108
10th Percentile £19.03 £18.51 £35.88
25th Percentile £25.77 £20.82 £60.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +12.00%
75th Percentile £76.00 £33.75 £74.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £69.38 £81.50
England median hourly rate £49.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +96.82% -52.10% -2.36%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in the South West

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the South West over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in the South West

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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 10 October 2026. 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 -17 4 £374 -32.05% 2
Dorset - 4 £540 - 2
Devon - 2 - - 3
Wiltshire - 1 £325 - 8
CCNA
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) OpenShift
2 2 (18.18%) PaaS
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) SAN
2 1 (9.09%) DWDM
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) MPLS
2 1 (9.09%) SDH
2 1 (9.09%) VPLS
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Aviation
2 2 (18.18%) Military
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Field Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Field Service Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) IT Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Field Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
1 4 (36.36%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (9.09%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) AI
2 4 (36.36%) Break/Fix
2 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
2 4 (36.36%) LLM
2 4 (36.36%) Server Management
2 4 (36.36%) Use Case
2 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (9.09%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) MCSE
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (36.36%) A+ Certification
4 4 (36.36%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CCNP
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
1 4 (36.36%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Kubernetes
2 4 (36.36%) OPNET
2 4 (36.36%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 4 (36.36%) Dell
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Red Hat