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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 308 270
Rank change year-on-year -110 -38 +174
Contract jobs citing CCNA 150 269 454
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.70% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.45% 2.39% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 166 296
10th Percentile £233 £300 £219
25th Percentile £325 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £593 £650 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 32
10th Percentile - £11.75 £13.13
25th Percentile £29.00 £12.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +152.56%
75th Percentile £58.13 £54.69 £49.06
90th Percentile £61.85 £74.88 £56.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £29.95 £34.22
% change year-on-year +0.17% -12.48% +150.51%

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 10,329 11,269 13,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.35% 29.26% 28.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,453 6,946 8,930
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £711 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 835 654 722
10th Percentile £17.91 £17.00 £16.55
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% -9.22% +21.18%
75th Percentile £45.40 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £76.00 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% - +16.67%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 17 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 18 September 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
England -84 131 £470 -6.00% 130
UK excluding London -76 104 £450 -9.09% 124
London -7 36 £550 +10.00% 35
Midlands -6 28 £450 +20.00% 28
Work from Home -19 27 £500 -4.76% 54
South East -17 24 £450 -21.74% 35
West Midlands +3 23 £450 +5.88% 14
North of England -52 21 £425 -3.41% 30
Yorkshire -22 13 £550 +34.97% 13
East of England +14 11 £520 +4.00% 13
Scotland -2 10 £450 +11.11% 10
South West +9 7 £550 +4.76% 7
North West -44 7 £330 -29.60% 14
East Midlands -5 5 £127 -66.21% 14
Northern Ireland -6 3 £475 - 4
North East -3 1 £250 -41.18% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £440 -

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.67%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.67%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.33%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.67%) Azure
2 13 (8.67%) AWS
3 5 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.00%) GCP
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Stack
5 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.67%) GitHub
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 79 (52.67%) Firewall
2 45 (30.00%) DNS
2 45 (30.00%) LAN
3 44 (29.33%) DHCP
4 43 (28.67%) WAN
5 37 (24.67%) Wireless
6 27 (18.00%) TCP/IP
6 27 (18.00%) VPN
7 22 (14.67%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (14.67%) WLAN
8 21 (14.00%) SD-WAN
9 19 (12.67%) Cisco IOS
10 17 (11.33%) Network Security
11 16 (10.67%) BGP
12 14 (9.33%) MPLS
12 14 (9.33%) OSPF
12 14 (9.33%) Unified Communications
13 12 (8.00%) IPsec
13 12 (8.00%) PuTTY
14 10 (6.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Git
1 3 (2.00%) Subversion
2 2 (1.33%) GitLab
2 2 (1.33%) Mercurial
3 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.67%) JIRA
General
1 39 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.67%) Manufacturing
2 19 (12.67%) Public Sector
3 14 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.67%) Telecoms
5 10 (6.67%) Finance
6 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.00%) Legal
6 3 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.33%) Electronics
7 2 (1.33%) Marketing
8 1 (0.67%) Banking
8 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (50.67%) Network Engineer
2 19 (12.67%) Analyst
3 12 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (7.33%) Cisco Engineer
5 10 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 10 (6.67%) Senior
5 10 (6.67%) Support Engineer
6 9 (6.00%) Network Analyst
6 9 (6.00%) Network Support
6 9 (6.00%) Network Support Engineer
7 7 (4.67%) Field Engineer
7 7 (4.67%) Lead
8 5 (3.33%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (3.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (3.33%) Security Engineer
8 5 (3.33%) Support Analyst
8 5 (3.33%) Technical Leader
8 5 (3.33%) Test Engineer
9 4 (2.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.00%) CSS
1 3 (2.00%) HTML
1 3 (2.00%) Node.js
1 3 (2.00%) REST
1 3 (2.00%) RFC 2544
2 2 (1.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.67%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.67%) Virtual Team
3 8 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.67%) CCTV
4 7 (4.67%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.00%) PKI
5 6 (4.00%) SCADA
6 5 (3.33%) CMDB
6 5 (3.33%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (3.33%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.67%) Life Science
7 4 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.00%) Blog
8 3 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 30 (20.00%) Windows
2 12 (8.00%) Linux
3 11 (7.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.00%) Unix
5 2 (1.33%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.67%) VMS
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (18.00%) Computer Science
2 24 (16.00%) ITIL
3 19 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (11.33%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 14 (9.33%) Network Monitoring
7 13 (8.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (8.00%) Network Design
9 11 (7.33%) Service Management
10 10 (6.67%) Change Management
10 10 (6.67%) Customer Service
10 10 (6.67%) High Availability
10 10 (6.67%) Incident Response
10 10 (6.67%) Project Delivery
10 10 (6.67%) Project Management
10 10 (6.67%) SIEM
11 9 (6.00%) Load Balancing
11 9 (6.00%) Security Operations
12 8 (5.33%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.67%) Python
2 12 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.00%) Java
4 5 (3.33%) Bash
4 5 (3.33%) SQL
5 3 (2.00%) C++
5 3 (2.00%) Go
5 3 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.00%) Kotlin
5 3 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 150 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (50.00%) CCNP
3 43 (28.67%) Degree
4 35 (23.33%) Security Cleared
5 25 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 22 (14.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (8.00%) MCSE
9 10 (6.67%) DV Cleared
10 9 (6.00%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (4.67%) JNCIA
12 6 (4.00%) Azure Certification
12 6 (4.00%) CISSP
13 5 (3.33%) CCIE
13 5 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (3.33%) Master's Degree
14 4 (2.67%) CCDP
14 4 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (2.00%) CCIE Collaboration
15 3 (2.00%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (1.33%) NIST
2 2 (1.33%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.33%) QA
2 2 (1.33%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (10.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.00%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.67%) Docker
7 1 (0.67%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.67%) vSphere
7 1 (0.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (5.33%) Ansible
1 8 (5.33%) FortiGate
2 5 (3.33%) Terraform
3 4 (2.67%) CSIRT
3 4 (2.67%) Grafana
3 4 (2.67%) SCCM
3 4 (2.67%) WSUS
4 3 (2.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (2.00%) Puppet
4 3 (2.00%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.33%) Nagios
5 2 (1.33%) OpenView
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 104 (69.33%) Cisco
2 43 (28.67%) Microsoft
3 16 (10.67%) Juniper
4 15 (10.00%) VMware
5 14 (9.33%) Palo Alto
5 14 (9.33%) SolarWinds
6 13 (8.67%) Meraki
7 11 (7.33%) CheckPoint
7 11 (7.33%) Fortinet
8 10 (6.67%) ServiceNow
9 7 (4.67%) F5
9 7 (4.67%) Peregrine
9 7 (4.67%) Remedy
9 7 (4.67%) Splunk
10 6 (4.00%) Aruba
11 5 (3.33%) Veeam
12 4 (2.67%) Oracle
13 3 (2.00%) Dell
13 3 (2.00%) Google
13 3 (2.00%) Nokia