CCDA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCDA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 346 387
Rank change year-on-year -53 +41 +105
Contract jobs citing CCDA 2 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.028% 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.030% 0.080% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile - - £366
25th Percentile - £250 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £275 £428
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -35.67% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £308 £460
90th Percentile - £321 £472
UK median daily rate £550 £275 £428
% change year-on-year +100.00% -35.67% -20.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CCDA 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,767 4,994 7,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.95% 34.69% 36.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,256 2,968 4,353
10th Percentile £256 £225 £250
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -7.36% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £649
90th Percentile £703 £700 £703
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 853 393 622
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -20.02% +20.42%
75th Percentile £51.53 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £79.64
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

CCDA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCDA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CCDA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CCDA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDA

CCDA
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCDA

CCDA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCDA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
South East -18 2 £550 +100.00%
CCDA
UK

CCDA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCDP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper