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 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 375 311
Rank change year-on-year -71 -64 -20
Contract jobs citing CCNA 238 186 287
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.57% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.42% 1.81% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 121 184
10th Percentile £128 £250 £313
25th Percentile £214 £363 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £608
90th Percentile £588 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £490 £485
% change year-on-year -18.37% +1.03% +7.78%
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% -34.62%
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% -25.14%

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 16,745 10,249 11,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.22% 31.33% 29.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,209 6,338 7,308
10th Percentile £350 £290 £313
25th Percentile £437 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,263 826 776
10th Percentile £17.44 £17.97 £14.49
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.23 £21.37
Median hourly rate £48.81 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.08% -44.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £72.54 £53.50 £67.14
90th Percentile £87.96 £73.75 £77.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +89.03% -48.21% -6.42%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -23 192 £400 -18.37% 49
England -98 178 £438 -12.50% 56
North of England -36 63 £492 +12.99% 10
North West -4 57 £492 +48.95% 4
Scotland +12 37 £324 -28.06% 9
London -90 34 £460 -8.91% 21
Work from Home -69 28 £400 -27.27% 20
South East -82 22 £129 -74.04% 12
South West -31 21 £455 -17.27% 4
East of England -18 19 £158 -71.36% 2
Wales - 16 £281 - 4
Midlands -68 14 £335 -25.56% 7
West Midlands -71 11 £250 -44.44% 3
Yorkshire -46 6 £450 -18.18% 5
East Midlands -19 2 - - 4

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 3 (1.26%) Confluence
2 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (7.98%) MS Visio
2 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.65%) Azure
2 29 (12.18%) AWS
3 10 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.52%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.52%) GCP
4 6 (2.52%) Nutanix
5 4 (1.68%) GitHub
6 3 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.84%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.84%) PaaS
7 2 (0.84%) SaaS
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 97 (40.76%) Firewall
2 78 (32.77%) WAN
3 70 (29.41%) LAN
4 56 (23.53%) Network Security
4 56 (23.53%) Wireless
5 51 (21.43%) DNS
5 51 (21.43%) VPN
6 47 (19.75%) SAN
7 45 (18.91%) VLAN
8 29 (12.18%) DHCP
8 29 (12.18%) TCP/IP
9 24 (10.08%) SD-WAN
10 23 (9.66%) BGP
11 20 (8.40%) OSPF
12 19 (7.98%) Cisco IOS
13 18 (7.56%) MPLS
14 16 (6.72%) Broadband
14 16 (6.72%) Structured Cabling
14 16 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (5.46%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.94%) JIRA
2 4 (1.68%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 58 (24.37%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (18.91%) Telecoms
4 17 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (6.30%) Finance
5 15 (6.30%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.78%) Banking
7 5 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.26%) Local Government
8 3 (1.26%) Military
9 2 (0.84%) Aviation
9 2 (0.84%) French Language
9 2 (0.84%) Law
9 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.42%) Games
10 1 (0.42%) Legal
10 1 (0.42%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 95 (39.92%) Network Engineer
2 43 (18.07%) Field Engineer
3 37 (15.55%) IT Engineer
4 36 (15.13%) Field Service Engineer
5 17 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 14 (5.88%) Architect
6 14 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 13 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.46%) Project Engineer
7 13 (5.46%) Technical Support
8 12 (5.04%) Analyst
8 12 (5.04%) Support Specialist
8 12 (5.04%) Technical Specialist
8 12 (5.04%) Technical Support Specialist
9 11 (4.62%) Senior
10 10 (4.20%) Field Support Engineer
10 10 (4.20%) IT Support
10 10 (4.20%) IT Support Engineer
11 9 (3.78%) Cisco Engineer
12 7 (2.94%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.46%) ONVIF
1 13 (5.46%) Terraform
2 9 (3.78%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.26%) REST
4 2 (0.84%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.42%) HTML
5 1 (0.42%) JSON
5 1 (0.42%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 75 (31.51%) Data Centre
2 43 (18.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.46%) Video\Live Streaming
5 11 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.94%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.10%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.68%) PKI
9 4 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.84%) CMDB
11 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.84%) IoT
11 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.75%) Windows
2 20 (8.40%) Linux
3 10 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (18.49%) Customer Service
3 42 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 35 (14.71%) Break/Fix
5 31 (13.03%) ITIL
6 28 (11.76%) High Availability
7 26 (10.92%) Migration
8 25 (10.50%) ITSM
9 24 (10.08%) Agile
10 21 (8.82%) Change Management
11 20 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (7.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (7.98%) Validation
13 18 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (7.56%) Load Balancing
14 17 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
14 17 (7.14%) Network Segmentation
15 16 (6.72%) Incident Management
16 15 (6.30%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.98%) Python
2 11 (4.62%) Bash
3 9 (3.78%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.42%) Bicep
4 1 (0.42%) C
4 1 (0.42%) Java
4 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.42%) SQL
4 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 238 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (39.08%) CCNP
3 74 (31.09%) Security Cleared
4 60 (25.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 60 (25.21%) SC Cleared
5 55 (23.11%) Network+ Certification
6 50 (21.01%) A+ Certification
7 46 (19.33%) MCSE
8 39 (16.39%) Degree
9 13 (5.46%) MCSA
10 12 (5.04%) DV Cleared
11 11 (4.62%) Server+ Certification
12 7 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.10%) CCIE
13 5 (2.10%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.68%) PMI Certification
14 4 (1.68%) PMP
14 4 (1.68%) RHCA
14 4 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (2.94%) SLA
2 5 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.10%) QA
3 4 (1.68%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.26%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.84%) NCSC
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
5 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.42%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.72%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.46%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.36%) Docker
5 7 (2.94%) Firmware
6 5 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.26%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.42%) NDS
8 1 (0.42%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.42%) Snort
8 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.30%) Ansible
2 14 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 10 (4.20%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.52%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.10%) Nagios
6 4 (1.68%) OPNET
6 4 (1.68%) Podman
6 4 (1.68%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.26%) Packer
7 3 (1.26%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.42%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.42%) Suricata
8 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (55.46%) Cisco
2 48 (20.17%) Microsoft
3 37 (15.55%) Dell
4 27 (11.34%) Palo Alto
5 26 (10.92%) VMware
6 20 (8.40%) ServiceNow
7 16 (6.72%) Juniper
7 16 (6.72%) Nokia
8 14 (5.88%) Meraki
9 12 (5.04%) Infoblox
10 11 (4.62%) Aruba
10 11 (4.62%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.78%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.36%) ForeScout
13 7 (2.94%) F5
14 6 (2.52%) Oracle
15 4 (1.68%) Atlassian
16 3 (1.26%) Broadcom
16 3 (1.26%) CyberArk
16 3 (1.26%) Splunk