CCNA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 186 204
Rank change year-on-year -27 +18 +94
Contract jobs citing CCNA 123 233 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.96% 1.12% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.71% 3.03% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 146 207
10th Percentile £293 £285 £155
25th Percentile £372 £326 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +21.18% -15.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £588 £574 £569
90th Percentile £613 £608 £653
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 26 32
10th Percentile £29.10 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £15.38 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +387.80% -62.04% +63.79%
75th Percentile - £22.44 £77.50
90th Percentile - £25.83 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £17.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +228.57% -65.00% +88.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CCNA in the UK excluding London

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CCNA in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK excluding London

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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 CCNA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +14 38 £520 +9.47% 58
North of England -6 37 £425 +21.43% 33
North West -1 24 £425 +6.25% 12
South West +32 21 £550 +4.76% 33
Midlands +3 14 £450 +38.46% 24
Yorkshire +1 11 £575 +69.12% 18
East Midlands +13 9 £500 +53.85% 11
Wales +6 6 £413 - 7
Scotland +5 5 £323 -41.23% 4
West Midlands -8 5 £210 -35.38% 13
East of England +9 3 £550 +83.33% 7
North East -1 2 £288 -16.67% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (9.76%) Confluence
2 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.81%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (15.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.57%) Azure
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.88%) AWS
4 5 (4.07%) IaaS
4 5 (4.07%) PaaS
5 3 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.81%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 64 (52.03%) Firewall
2 32 (26.02%) Network Security
3 30 (24.39%) WAN
4 28 (22.76%) VPN
5 26 (21.14%) LAN
6 25 (20.33%) TCP/IP
7 22 (17.89%) DNS
8 20 (16.26%) DHCP
9 19 (15.45%) Wireless
10 18 (14.63%) BGP
11 15 (12.20%) OSPF
12 12 (9.76%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (6.50%) Ethernet
14 7 (5.69%) IPsec
14 7 (5.69%) MPLS
14 7 (5.69%) SD-WAN
14 7 (5.69%) VLAN
15 6 (4.88%) HSRP
15 6 (4.88%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 12 (9.76%) JIRA
2 2 (1.63%) GitLab
2 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (44.72%) Social Skills
2 34 (27.64%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (15.45%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (3.25%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.44%) Billing
5 3 (2.44%) Local Government
5 3 (2.44%) Military
6 2 (1.63%) Back Office
6 2 (1.63%) Legal
6 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.81%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (48.78%) Network Engineer
2 15 (12.20%) Architect
3 12 (9.76%) Network Architect
3 12 (9.76%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 9 (7.32%) IT Engineer
5 8 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.69%) NOC Engineer
7 6 (4.88%) Cisco Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Analyst
8 5 (4.07%) Cisco Network Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Juniper Architect
9 4 (3.25%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) Network Analyst
9 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (2.44%) Security Architect
10 3 (2.44%) Support Technician
10 3 (2.44%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.76%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.57%) Clustering
2 8 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.69%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (4.88%) CMDB
4 6 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.07%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.25%) Cyberattack
7 3 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.44%) IVR
7 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.44%) PKI
7 3 (2.44%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.63%) Blog
8 2 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.63%) SCADA
9 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.81%) IoT
9 1 (0.81%) NHS
9 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.13%) Windows
2 2 (1.63%) VMS
2 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.63%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (1.63%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.81%) Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (21.95%) Computer Science
3 21 (17.07%) Validation
4 19 (15.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (14.63%) Network Architecture
6 15 (12.20%) High Availability
7 14 (11.38%) Agile
8 13 (10.57%) ITIL
9 12 (9.76%) Critical Thinking
9 12 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (9.76%) Migration
9 12 (9.76%) NsoIT
9 12 (9.76%) Power Management
9 12 (9.76%) Service Management
9 12 (9.76%) System Testing
9 12 (9.76%) Waterfall
10 10 (8.13%) Network Design
10 10 (8.13%) Network Virtualisation
11 9 (7.32%) Customer Service
12 8 (6.50%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.32%) Python
2 2 (1.63%) Bash
2 2 (1.63%) Rust
3 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (53.66%) CCNP
3 48 (39.02%) Security Cleared
4 45 (36.59%) SC Cleared
5 42 (34.15%) Degree
6 16 (13.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (13.01%) Master's Degree
7 12 (9.76%) DV Cleared
7 12 (9.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (8.94%) JNCIS
9 8 (6.50%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.25%) CCDP
10 4 (3.25%) CCIE
10 4 (3.25%) CISSP
10 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (3.25%) PhD
11 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.44%) CCENT
11 3 (2.44%) MCSE
12 2 (1.63%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.81%) GDPR
2 1 (0.81%) NIST
2 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 16 (13.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (11.38%) VMware NSX
3 13 (10.57%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (6.50%) Active Directory
5 3 (2.44%) vSphere
6 2 (1.63%) Firmware
7 1 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (9.76%) vCenter Server
2 4 (3.25%) Ansible
3 3 (2.44%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.44%) SCCM
3 3 (2.44%) ZABBIX
4 2 (1.63%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.63%) SCOM
4 2 (1.63%) Terraform
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.81%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.81%) Nagios
Vendors
1 90 (73.17%) Cisco
2 24 (19.51%) Microsoft
3 19 (15.45%) VMware
4 15 (12.20%) Fortinet
4 15 (12.20%) Palo Alto
5 14 (11.38%) CheckPoint
6 13 (10.57%) Juniper
7 12 (9.76%) Atlassian
8 9 (7.32%) Meraki
9 6 (4.88%) Fujitsu
9 6 (4.88%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.25%) Infoblox
11 3 (2.44%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.44%) Veeam
12 2 (1.63%) Arista
12 2 (1.63%) F5
12 2 (1.63%) HP
12 2 (1.63%) Nokia
12 2 (1.63%) Splunk
13 1 (0.81%) Ekahau