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 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 103 120
Rank change year-on-year -23 +17 -9
Contract jobs citing CCNA 24 11 25
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.67% 0.58% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.52% 1.12% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 12
10th Percentile - £470 £287
25th Percentile £121 £520 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £560 £589 £538
90th Percentile £613 £594 £628
England median daily rate £450 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.38 £30.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +101.25% +30.43% +21.05%

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 1,575 978 1,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.85% 51.64% 53.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 597 966
10th Percentile £337 £220 £375
25th Percentile £449 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.09% -4.26%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £662
90th Percentile £707 £721 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 108 157
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £27.45
25th Percentile £25.77 £20.09 £50.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +3.95%
75th Percentile £75.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £74.13 £80.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -10 9 £123 -72.78% 2
Devon - 7 - - 12
Dorset -6 4 £540 -1.82%
Gloucestershire -13 2 £463 -7.50%
Wiltshire -14 2 £430 -23.56% 9
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) OpenShift
2 2 (8.33%) PaaS
2 2 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) SAN
2 2 (8.33%) LAN
2 2 (8.33%) WAN
2 2 (8.33%) Wireless
3 1 (4.17%) DHCP
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) DWDM
3 1 (4.17%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) MPLS
3 1 (4.17%) SDH
3 1 (4.17%) VPLS
3 1 (4.17%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) VSAN
3 1 (4.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 14 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Aviation
3 2 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Field Engineer
2 13 (54.17%) Field Service Engineer
2 13 (54.17%) IT Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Field Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) IT Support
3 8 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Auditor
5 1 (4.17%) Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Network Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Security Auditor
5 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 14 (58.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 14 (58.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (4.17%) CCTV
3 1 (4.17%) Clustering
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (54.17%) Break/Fix
2 13 (54.17%) Customer Service
3 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (16.67%) AI
4 4 (16.67%) LLM
4 4 (16.67%) Server Management
4 4 (16.67%) Use Case
4 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (12.50%) ITIL
6 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (8.33%) PRINCE
6 2 (8.33%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) Service Management
6 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.33%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (62.50%) MCSE
2 15 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (54.17%) A+ Certification
3 13 (54.17%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
5 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.17%) CCNP
6 1 (4.17%) CEH
6 1 (4.17%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) CISA
6 1 (4.17%) CISMP
6 1 (4.17%) CISSP
6 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.17%) CRISC
6 1 (4.17%) Degree
6 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (4.17%) NCSC
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.33%) Docker
3 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (16.67%) OPNET
2 4 (16.67%) Proxmox
3 1 (4.17%) Nagios
3 1 (4.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Dell
2 6 (25.00%) Oracle
3 5 (20.83%) Cisco
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.33%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.17%) Infoblox
5 1 (4.17%) NetScout
5 1 (4.17%) VMware