CCNA Contract Job Trends

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 376 297
Rank change year-on-year -47 -79 -1
Contract jobs citing CCNA 251 185 295
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.56% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.50% 1.80% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 119 188
10th Percentile £128 £250 £313
25th Percentile £249 £363 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.60% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £534 £575 £602
90th Percentile £596 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -18.37% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 27
10th Percentile £28.05 - £11.75
25th Percentile £49.00 £29.00 £12.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% +20.63% -38.55%
75th Percentile £66.56 £58.13 £51.88
90th Percentile £67.84 £61.85 £74.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £24.87
% change year-on-year +83.33% +20.63% -14.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,756 10,280 11,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.28% 31.36% 30.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,216 6,335 7,385
10th Percentile £350 £289 £313
25th Percentile £434 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £716 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,262 829 816
10th Percentile £17.51 £17.98 £14.75
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £48.77 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.90% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £72.54 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £73.75 £75.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +89.03% -47.05% -6.40%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in the UK

CCNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCNA

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCNA

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 21 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
UK excluding London -22 204 £400 -18.37% 188
England -97 189 £450 -10.00% 163
North of England -36 69 £500 +16.28% 37
North West +7 63 £508 +43.97% 15
Scotland +12 37 £324 -28.06% 19
London -96 34 £460 -8.91% 31
Work from Home -69 31 £403 -26.82% 21
South West -32 24 £518 -5.91% 33
South East -73 24 £188 -62.38% 34
East of England -9 18 £155 -71.82% 22
Wales - 17 £281 - 13
Midlands -63 15 £335 -25.56% 21
West Midlands -62 12 £250 -44.44% 16
Yorkshire -50 6 £450 -18.18% 13
East Midlands -22 2 - - 5

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (1.99%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (7.57%) MS Visio
2 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.73%) Azure
2 30 (11.95%) AWS
3 10 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.39%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.39%) GCP
4 6 (2.39%) Nutanix
5 4 (1.59%) GitHub
6 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.80%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.80%) PaaS
7 2 (0.80%) SaaS
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 105 (41.83%) Firewall
2 82 (32.67%) WAN
3 73 (29.08%) LAN
4 63 (25.10%) Wireless
5 56 (22.31%) Network Security
6 55 (21.91%) DNS
7 54 (21.51%) SAN
8 51 (20.32%) VLAN
8 51 (20.32%) VPN
9 33 (13.15%) DHCP
10 31 (12.35%) TCP/IP
11 24 (9.56%) SD-WAN
12 23 (9.16%) Cisco IOS
13 22 (8.76%) BGP
14 20 (7.97%) Structured Cabling
15 19 (7.57%) OSPF
15 19 (7.57%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (7.17%) MPLS
17 16 (6.37%) Broadband
18 15 (5.98%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.59%) JIRA
2 4 (1.59%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 62 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (17.93%) Telecoms
4 18 (7.17%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.98%) Finance
7 9 (3.59%) Banking
8 5 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Local Government
9 3 (1.20%) Military
10 2 (0.80%) Aviation
10 2 (0.80%) French Language
10 2 (0.80%) Law
10 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (39.44%) Network Engineer
2 46 (18.33%) Field Engineer
3 40 (15.94%) IT Engineer
4 39 (15.54%) Field Service Engineer
5 19 (7.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 17 (6.77%) Architect
6 17 (6.77%) Support Engineer
7 14 (5.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.18%) Field Support Engineer
8 13 (5.18%) IT Support
8 13 (5.18%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (5.18%) Project Engineer
8 13 (5.18%) Technical Support
9 12 (4.78%) Analyst
9 12 (4.78%) Senior
9 12 (4.78%) Support Specialist
9 12 (4.78%) Technical Specialist
9 12 (4.78%) Technical Support Specialist
10 9 (3.59%) Cisco Engineer
11 7 (2.79%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.58%) Terraform
2 13 (5.18%) 802.1X
2 13 (5.18%) ONVIF
3 3 (1.20%) REST
4 2 (0.80%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.40%) Flash
5 1 (0.40%) HTML
5 1 (0.40%) JSON
5 1 (0.40%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (32.67%) Data Centre
2 47 (18.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (6.77%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.18%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.18%) Video\Live Streaming
5 7 (2.79%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.59%) PKI
8 4 (1.59%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.80%) BYOD
10 2 (0.80%) CMDB
10 2 (0.80%) IoT
10 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (18.73%) Windows
2 21 (8.37%) Linux
3 10 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (29.48%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (18.73%) Customer Service
3 42 (16.73%) Project Delivery
4 38 (15.14%) Break/Fix
5 31 (12.35%) ITIL
6 29 (11.55%) ITSM
7 28 (11.16%) High Availability
8 26 (10.36%) Agile
9 25 (9.96%) Migration
10 21 (8.37%) Change Management
10 21 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (8.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (7.97%) Network Monitoring
11 20 (7.97%) Network Segmentation
11 20 (7.97%) Validation
12 19 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 18 (7.17%) Load Balancing
14 16 (6.37%) Incident Management
15 14 (5.58%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.57%) Python
2 11 (4.38%) Bash
3 9 (3.59%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.40%) Bicep
4 1 (0.40%) C
4 1 (0.40%) Java
4 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.40%) SQL
4 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 251 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 99 (39.44%) CCNP
3 84 (33.47%) Security Cleared
4 69 (27.49%) SC Cleared
5 63 (25.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 62 (24.70%) Network+ Certification
7 53 (21.12%) A+ Certification
8 49 (19.52%) MCSE
9 43 (17.13%) Degree
10 15 (5.98%) Server+ Certification
11 13 (5.18%) DV Cleared
11 13 (5.18%) MCSA
12 7 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.99%) CCIE
13 5 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.99%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.79%) SLA
3 6 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.99%) QA
5 4 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.20%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.20%) NCSC
6 3 (1.20%) NIST
7 2 (0.80%) GDPR
7 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 20 (7.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.37%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.18%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.59%) Docker
5 7 (2.79%) Firmware
6 5 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.59%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.40%) NDS
9 1 (0.40%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.40%) Snort
9 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (5.98%) Ansible
1 15 (5.98%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.98%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.39%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (1.99%) Nagios
5 4 (1.59%) OPNET
5 4 (1.59%) Podman
5 4 (1.59%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.20%) Packer
6 3 (1.20%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.40%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.40%) Suricata
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 136 (54.18%) Cisco
2 49 (19.52%) Microsoft
3 40 (15.94%) Dell
4 31 (12.35%) Palo Alto
5 27 (10.76%) VMware
6 24 (9.56%) ServiceNow
7 16 (6.37%) Juniper
7 16 (6.37%) Nokia
8 14 (5.58%) Aruba
8 14 (5.58%) Meraki
9 12 (4.78%) Infoblox
10 11 (4.38%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.59%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.19%) ForeScout
13 7 (2.79%) F5
14 6 (2.39%) CheckPoint
14 6 (2.39%) Oracle
15 5 (1.99%) Ekahau
16 4 (1.59%) Atlassian
17 3 (1.20%) Splunk