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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 324 270
Rank change year-on-year -138 -54 +126
Contract jobs citing CCNA 151 213 394
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.69% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.12% 2.32% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 136 247
10th Percentile £202 £250 £231
25th Percentile £393 £359 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £558 £541
90th Percentile £588 £600 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 39
10th Percentile £23.85 £30.05 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £37.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £49.75 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.60% +116.30% +21.05%
75th Percentile £58.51 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.96 - £51.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.51 £75.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -36.66% +226.09% +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 13,530 9,173 13,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.82% 29.62% 30.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,926 5,589 8,355
10th Percentile £325 £296 £295
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £650
90th Percentile £723 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £501 £530
% change year-on-year -0.15% -5.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 434 954
10th Percentile £15.75 £19.98 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.08 £24.18 £21.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.52 £45.55
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -13.23% +1.21%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.07 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.97% +2.62%

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 13 February 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 13 February 2026.

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 13 February 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
England -123 126 £474 +0.85% 110
UK excluding London -91 108 £475 - 105
London -51 36 £450 +5.88% 26
North of England -67 34 £481 +1.32% 16
Work from Home -32 33 £445 +4.71% 36
South East -47 26 £453 -4.74% 40
North West -40 24 £481 +1.32% 11
Midlands -48 16 £269 -34.85% 13
West Midlands -37 13 £371 +76.79% 11
Wales -2 10 £550 +77.42% 3
Scotland +2 7 £450 +12.50% 7
South West -30 7 £550 - 20
North East -9 6 £550 +46.67% 1
Yorkshire -67 6 £440 -24.30% 4
East of England - 6 £194 - 12
East Midlands -34 3 £121 -73.14% 2
Northern Ireland -3 2 £475 - 1

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 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.95%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.97%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.99%) Confluence
5 1 (0.66%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (5.30%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) DELMIA
1 2 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.57%) Azure
2 20 (13.25%) AWS
3 13 (8.61%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.65%) GCP
6 3 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.99%) Nutanix
6 3 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.32%) AWS IoT
7 2 (1.32%) IaaS
7 2 (1.32%) PaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.66%) SaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 95 (62.91%) Firewall
2 44 (29.14%) LAN
3 42 (27.81%) VLAN
3 42 (27.81%) WAN
4 40 (26.49%) Network Security
5 38 (25.17%) VPN
6 27 (17.88%) BGP
7 24 (15.89%) Wireless
8 18 (11.92%) DNS
8 18 (11.92%) OSPF
8 18 (11.92%) TCP/IP
9 16 (10.60%) SD-WAN
10 15 (9.93%) DHCP
10 15 (9.93%) IPsec
10 15 (9.93%) MPLS
10 15 (9.93%) SAN
11 14 (9.27%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (7.28%) Structured Cabling
13 8 (5.30%) Modbus
13 8 (5.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) MySQL
1 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.97%) JIRA
2 3 (1.99%) Chocolatey
2 3 (1.99%) Git
2 3 (1.99%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.66%) GitLab
3 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.18%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.60%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.61%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.96%) Legal
5 9 (5.96%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.96%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.31%) Finance
6 5 (3.31%) Local Government
7 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (56.29%) Network Engineer
2 23 (15.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 14 (9.27%) Field Engineer
4 13 (8.61%) Cisco Engineer
4 13 (8.61%) IT Engineer
4 13 (8.61%) Senior
5 12 (7.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 12 (7.95%) Field Service Engineer
6 11 (7.28%) Platform Engineer
7 7 (4.64%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Design Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Analyst
9 5 (3.31%) Consultant
9 5 (3.31%) Network Design Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Security Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Support Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Wintel Engineer
10 4 (2.65%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.31%) XMPP
2 3 (1.99%) RFC 2544
3 2 (1.32%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.32%) HTML
3 2 (1.32%) JSON
3 2 (1.32%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.32%) XML
3 2 (1.32%) YANG
4 1 (0.66%) CSS
4 1 (0.66%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 56 (37.09%) Data Centre
2 12 (7.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (6.62%) Operational Technology
4 9 (5.96%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.97%) PKI
7 5 (3.31%) Fibre Optics
7 5 (3.31%) Life Science
7 5 (3.31%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.65%) IoT
8 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.65%) SCADA
9 3 (1.99%) 3D Printing
9 3 (1.99%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.32%) Insider Threat
10 2 (1.32%) NHS
10 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.19%) Windows
2 21 (13.91%) Linux
3 18 (11.92%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.99%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.66%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (15.23%) Project Delivery
3 17 (11.26%) Customer Service
3 17 (11.26%) Network Design
3 17 (11.26%) Network Monitoring
4 16 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (10.60%) High Availability
5 15 (9.93%) Computer Science
5 15 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (9.27%) ITIL
6 14 (9.27%) ITSM
6 14 (9.27%) Service Management
7 13 (8.61%) Migration
8 12 (7.95%) Break/Fix
9 11 (7.28%) Change Control
9 11 (7.28%) Platform Engineering
10 10 (6.62%) Network Architecture
11 9 (5.96%) Knowledge Management
12 8 (5.30%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.89%) PowerShell
2 23 (15.23%) Python
3 17 (11.26%) Bash
4 11 (7.28%) SQL
5 10 (6.62%) Perl
6 2 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.66%) C
Qualifications
1 151 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 99 (65.56%) CCNP
3 72 (47.68%) Security Cleared
4 53 (35.10%) SC Cleared
5 28 (18.54%) Degree
6 24 (15.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (14.57%) Network+ Certification
8 20 (13.25%) MCSE
9 17 (11.26%) DV Cleared
10 13 (8.61%) CCDP
10 13 (8.61%) JNCIS
11 12 (7.95%) A+ Certification
12 6 (3.97%) AWS Certification
12 6 (3.97%) JNCIA
13 5 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (3.31%) Master's Degree
14 4 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (2.65%) JNCIP
14 4 (2.65%) PMI Certification
14 4 (2.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.99%) NCSC
2 3 (1.99%) NIST
2 3 (1.99%) PMO
3 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.32%) QA
4 1 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.66%) JTAG
System Software
1 24 (15.89%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.31%) Docker
3 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (3.31%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.99%) Firmware
5 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.66%) KVM
6 1 (0.66%) RHEV
6 1 (0.66%) vSphere
6 1 (0.66%) Xen
6 1 (0.66%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (8.61%) FortiGate
2 9 (5.96%) Terraform
3 7 (4.64%) Ansible
4 6 (3.97%) Nagios
4 6 (3.97%) SCCM
5 5 (3.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (3.31%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.31%) WSUS
6 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.32%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.66%) CASB
8 1 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.66%) Nmap
8 1 (0.66%) Packer
8 1 (0.66%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (68.21%) Cisco
2 40 (26.49%) Palo Alto
3 31 (20.53%) Microsoft
4 23 (15.23%) CheckPoint
5 22 (14.57%) VMware
6 21 (13.91%) SolarWinds
7 17 (11.26%) Aruba
7 17 (11.26%) Fortinet
8 16 (10.60%) Juniper
9 13 (8.61%) Citrix
10 12 (7.95%) Dell
11 10 (6.62%) Red Hat
12 8 (5.30%) F5
13 6 (3.97%) Meraki
13 6 (3.97%) Splunk
13 6 (3.97%) Veeam
14 4 (2.65%) Infoblox
14 4 (2.65%) ServiceNow
15 3 (1.99%) Arista
15 3 (1.99%) Nokia