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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 308 264
Rank change year-on-year -140 -44 +152
Contract jobs citing CCNA 149 254 401
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.74% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.21% 2.50% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 158 258
10th Percentile £291 £250 £224
25th Percentile £380 £353 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £428
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +8.77% +3.64%
75th Percentile £574 £575 £550
90th Percentile £588 £638 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £405
% change year-on-year - +17.28% +10.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 20 36
10th Percentile £20.75 £11.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.94 £30.69 £14.25
Median hourly rate £34.75 £50.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.50% +102.02% +70.69%
75th Percentile £58.69 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £62.55 - £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £51.25 £23.00
% change year-on-year -41.46% +122.83% +58.62%

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 12,340 10,172 13,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.73% 29.75% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,022 6,239 8,279
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,009 485 733
10th Percentile £16.35 £19.72 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.18 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £52.31 £66.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.59 £51.90
% change year-on-year -44.83% -12.16% +16.11%

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 18 December 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 December 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 December 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 -122 119 £498 +4.74% 135
UK excluding London -116 102 £475 - 138
London -27 38 £475 +11.76% 17
Work from Home -38 32 £450 - 31
South East -49 27 £450 -10.00% 44
North of England -72 26 £550 +18.92% 36
Midlands -34 15 £450 +20.00% 27
North West -32 14 £550 +15.79% 20
Scotland +3 12 £450 +12.50% 5
West Midlands -23 12 £450 +40.63% 17
Yorkshire -48 11 £525 +28.83% 15
Wales +6 8 £550 +57.14% 9
South West -27 7 £550 - 8
East of England -17 5 - - 15
North East -4 3 £550 +29.41% 2
Northern Ireland -7 3 £475 -
East Midlands -20 3 £121 -67.77% 10

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 17 (11.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (8.05%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.03%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.67%) Apache
4 1 (0.67%) Confluence
4 1 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.36%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.77%) Azure
2 16 (10.74%) AWS
3 12 (8.05%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.36%) GCP
4 5 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.01%) Nutanix
5 3 (2.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.34%) AWS IoT
6 2 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.67%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.67%) GitHub
7 1 (0.67%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.67%) IaaS
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.67%) PaaS
7 1 (0.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 77 (51.68%) Firewall
2 37 (24.83%) LAN
3 32 (21.48%) WAN
4 29 (19.46%) VPN
5 26 (17.45%) Wireless
6 24 (16.11%) Network Security
7 22 (14.77%) DNS
7 22 (14.77%) TCP/IP
7 22 (14.77%) VLAN
8 21 (14.09%) BGP
9 19 (12.75%) DHCP
10 17 (11.41%) MPLS
10 17 (11.41%) SD-WAN
11 13 (8.72%) OSPF
11 13 (8.72%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (8.05%) Unified Communications
13 10 (6.71%) Ethernet
13 10 (6.71%) IPsec
13 10 (6.71%) SAN
14 9 (6.04%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) MySQL
1 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Git
2 3 (2.01%) Subversion
3 2 (1.34%) GitLab
3 2 (1.34%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) JIRA
General
1 39 (26.17%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (16.78%) Public Sector
4 12 (8.05%) Manufacturing
4 12 (8.05%) Telecoms
5 10 (6.71%) Finance
5 10 (6.71%) Legal
6 6 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.68%) Local Government
8 2 (1.34%) Electronics
8 2 (1.34%) Marketing
8 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 78 (52.35%) Network Engineer
2 13 (8.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 13 (8.72%) Senior
3 10 (6.71%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (6.71%) Platform Engineer
4 9 (6.04%) Field Engineer
4 9 (6.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (5.37%) Analyst
5 8 (5.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (5.37%) IT Engineer
5 8 (5.37%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (4.70%) Field Service Engineer
6 7 (4.70%) Lead
7 6 (4.03%) Consultant
7 6 (4.03%) Design Engineer
7 6 (4.03%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.36%) Network Design Engineer
8 5 (3.36%) Network Support
8 5 (3.36%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (3.36%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.36%) XMPP
2 4 (2.68%) HTML
3 3 (2.01%) CSS
3 3 (2.01%) Node.js
3 3 (2.01%) REST
4 2 (1.34%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.34%) JSON
4 2 (1.34%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.34%) XML
4 2 (1.34%) YANG
5 1 (0.67%) ODBC
5 1 (0.67%) OpenConfig
5 1 (0.67%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.79%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.04%) Operational Technology
2 9 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.37%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (4.70%) CCTV
4 7 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.70%) SCADA
5 6 (4.03%) PKI
6 5 (3.36%) Life Science
6 5 (3.36%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.68%) IoT
7 4 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.68%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.01%) 3D Printing
8 3 (2.01%) Blog
8 3 (2.01%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (22.15%) Windows
2 20 (13.42%) Windows Server
3 18 (12.08%) Linux
4 9 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.01%) Unix
6 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.67%) VMS
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (14.09%) Computer Science
3 19 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 16 (10.74%) Project Delivery
5 14 (9.40%) ITIL
6 13 (8.72%) Change Control
6 13 (8.72%) Network Design
6 13 (8.72%) Network Monitoring
7 12 (8.05%) High Availability
7 12 (8.05%) Service Management
8 10 (6.71%) Customer Service
8 10 (6.71%) ITSM
8 10 (6.71%) Platform Engineering
9 9 (6.04%) DevOps
9 9 (6.04%) Knowledge Management
9 9 (6.04%) Service Delivery
10 8 (5.37%) Agile
10 8 (5.37%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.79%) Python
2 26 (17.45%) PowerShell
3 18 (12.08%) Bash
4 9 (6.04%) Perl
4 9 (6.04%) SQL
5 6 (4.03%) Java
6 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (2.01%) C++
7 3 (2.01%) Go
7 3 (2.01%) Kotlin
7 3 (2.01%) PHP
8 1 (0.67%) C
Qualifications
1 149 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 92 (61.74%) CCNP
3 54 (36.24%) Security Cleared
4 40 (26.85%) SC Cleared
5 35 (23.49%) Degree
6 20 (13.42%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (12.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (10.74%) MCSE
9 14 (9.40%) CCDP
10 12 (8.05%) DV Cleared
11 10 (6.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (6.04%) JNCIS
13 7 (4.70%) A+ Certification
13 7 (4.70%) JNCIA
14 5 (3.36%) CISSP
14 5 (3.36%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (3.36%) Master's Degree
15 4 (2.68%) CCIE
15 4 (2.68%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.01%) NIST
3 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (1.34%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.34%) PMO
3 2 (1.34%) QA
4 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.67%) JTAG
4 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (18.12%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (3.36%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.01%) Firmware
4 3 (2.01%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.34%) Docker
5 2 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.67%) KVM
6 1 (0.67%) RHEV
6 1 (0.67%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.67%) Xen
6 1 (0.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (9.40%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.04%) Ansible
3 6 (4.03%) SCCM
3 6 (4.03%) Terraform
4 5 (3.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (3.36%) WSUS
5 4 (2.68%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.68%) Grafana
5 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.68%) Nagios
6 3 (2.01%) Puppet
6 3 (2.01%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.34%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.67%) Nmap
8 1 (0.67%) Packer
8 1 (0.67%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (65.77%) Cisco
2 37 (24.83%) Microsoft
3 25 (16.78%) VMware
4 22 (14.77%) Palo Alto
5 18 (12.08%) CheckPoint
5 18 (12.08%) Fortinet
6 17 (11.41%) Juniper
7 16 (10.74%) SolarWinds
8 13 (8.72%) Citrix
9 11 (7.38%) Aruba
10 9 (6.04%) Red Hat
11 7 (4.70%) Dell
11 7 (4.70%) Splunk
11 7 (4.70%) Veeam
12 6 (4.03%) F5
12 6 (4.03%) Meraki
12 6 (4.03%) ServiceNow
13 4 (2.68%) Google
13 4 (2.68%) Nokia
13 4 (2.68%) Remedy