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 6 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 318 266
Rank change year-on-year -125 -52 +116
Contract jobs citing CCNA 171 220 394
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.72% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 2.40% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 145 250
10th Percentile £247 £265 £231
25th Percentile £422 £375 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +11.76% -8.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £550
90th Percentile £588 £608 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -1.00% +25.00% -10.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 31
10th Percentile £23.85 £30.05 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £37.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £49.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.60% +184.29% -46.97%
75th Percentile £58.51 £75.00 £24.25
90th Percentile £67.96 - £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.51 £75.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -36.66% +328.57% -7.89%

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 14,484 9,159 13,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.95% 30.05% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,554 5,673 8,302
10th Percentile £331 £285 £288
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £614 £627 £650
90th Percentile £719 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £530
% change year-on-year -1.96% -3.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,063 453 997
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.02 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.54 £24.19 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.77 £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.36% +6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £63.29
90th Percentile £82.25 £82.22 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.81 £40.94
% change year-on-year -47.39% +16.77% -11.37%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -119 143 £488 +1.69% 116
UK excluding London -92 129 £495 -1.00% 101
North of England -65 44 £508 +6.84% 27
Work from Home -38 35 £445 -11.00% 43
North West -22 34 £500 +5.26% 19
London -62 34 £470 +7.43% 28
South East -54 29 £500 - 28
Midlands -50 16 £269 -34.85% 13
West Midlands -38 14 £363 +72.62% 8
Wales +4 12 £550 +77.42% 3
South West -41 10 £550 - 19
East of England -18 9 £470 -14.55% 12
Scotland +6 8 £450 +12.50% 4
North East -9 6 £550 +46.67% 3
Yorkshire -65 6 £495 -13.91% 5
East Midlands -29 2 £127 -71.84% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £475 -

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 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.51%) Confluence
4 5 (2.92%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.58%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.09%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) DELMIA
1 2 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.62%) Azure
2 22 (12.87%) AWS
3 14 (8.19%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.92%) GCP
6 4 (2.34%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.17%) AWS IoT
8 2 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.17%) IaaS
8 2 (1.17%) PaaS
9 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.58%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.58%) SaaS
9 1 (0.58%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 103 (60.23%) Firewall
2 55 (32.16%) VLAN
3 48 (28.07%) LAN
3 48 (28.07%) WAN
4 43 (25.15%) Network Security
5 40 (23.39%) VPN
6 32 (18.71%) Wireless
7 27 (15.79%) BGP
7 27 (15.79%) SAN
8 24 (14.04%) DNS
9 20 (11.70%) TCP/IP
10 19 (11.11%) IPsec
11 18 (10.53%) OSPF
12 17 (9.94%) DHCP
12 17 (9.94%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (9.36%) Structured Cabling
14 15 (8.77%) MPLS
15 13 (7.60%) SD-WAN
16 11 (6.43%) Cisco IOS
17 7 (4.09%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.58%) MySQL
1 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.26%) JIRA
2 3 (1.75%) Chocolatey
2 3 (1.75%) Git
2 3 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.58%) GitLab
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.36%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.26%) Legal
6 7 (4.09%) Finance
6 7 (4.09%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.09%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.92%) Local Government
8 3 (1.75%) Banking
9 2 (1.17%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (51.46%) Network Engineer
2 26 (15.20%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 21 (12.28%) Field Engineer
4 20 (11.70%) IT Engineer
5 18 (10.53%) Field Service Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Cisco Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Senior
7 12 (7.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (6.43%) IT Support
8 11 (6.43%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.85%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Architect
10 8 (4.68%) Field Support Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (4.09%) Analyst
12 6 (3.51%) Design Engineer
12 6 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.51%) Network Architect
13 5 (2.92%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.26%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.92%) XMPP
3 3 (1.75%) RFC 2544
4 2 (1.17%) HTML
4 2 (1.17%) JSON
4 2 (1.17%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.17%) XML
4 2 (1.17%) YANG
5 1 (0.58%) CSS
5 1 (0.58%) Flash
5 1 (0.58%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 66 (38.60%) Data Centre
2 19 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (7.02%) Operational Technology
4 9 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.92%) PKI
6 5 (2.92%) SCADA
7 4 (2.34%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (2.34%) IoT
8 3 (1.75%) 3D Printing
8 3 (1.75%) BYOD
8 3 (1.75%) Life Science
8 3 (1.75%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.17%) NHS
10 1 (0.58%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (20.47%) Windows
2 26 (15.20%) Linux
3 16 (9.36%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.34%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (12.87%) Customer Service
2 22 (12.87%) Project Delivery
3 19 (11.11%) ITSM
4 18 (10.53%) Break/Fix
4 18 (10.53%) Computer Science
5 17 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (9.94%) Network Monitoring
6 16 (9.36%) High Availability
7 15 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (8.77%) ITIL
7 15 (8.77%) Service Management
8 14 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (8.19%) Migration
8 14 (8.19%) Network Design
9 12 (7.02%) Agile
10 10 (5.85%) Change Control
10 10 (5.85%) Platform Engineering
11 9 (5.26%) Containerisation
11 9 (5.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.45%) Python
2 22 (12.87%) PowerShell
3 17 (9.94%) Bash
4 10 (5.85%) Perl
5 9 (5.26%) SQL
6 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.58%) C
7 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 171 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 107 (62.57%) CCNP
3 82 (47.95%) Security Cleared
4 61 (35.67%) SC Cleared
5 33 (19.30%) Network+ Certification
6 29 (16.96%) Degree
7 27 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (13.45%) MCSE
9 18 (10.53%) A+ Certification
10 17 (9.94%) DV Cleared
11 13 (7.60%) CCDP
11 13 (7.60%) JNCIS
12 8 (4.68%) AWS Certification
12 8 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (3.51%) JNCIA
13 6 (3.51%) Server+ Certification
14 4 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (2.34%) JNCIP
14 4 (2.34%) PMI Certification
14 4 (2.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.34%) NCSC
3 3 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.75%) NIST
3 3 (1.75%) PMO
3 3 (1.75%) QA
4 2 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.58%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) GxP
5 1 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.58%) JTAG
System Software
1 24 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.09%) Docker
4 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.75%) Firmware
6 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.58%) KVM
6 1 (0.58%) RHEV
6 1 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.58%) vSphere
6 1 (0.58%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (7.02%) FortiGate
2 11 (6.43%) Terraform
3 7 (4.09%) Ansible
3 7 (4.09%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.51%) Nagios
5 5 (2.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.92%) SCCM
6 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.34%) WSUS
7 1 (0.58%) CASB
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.58%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.58%) Nmap
7 1 (0.58%) Packer
7 1 (0.58%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (63.16%) Cisco
2 47 (27.49%) Palo Alto
3 32 (18.71%) Microsoft
4 23 (13.45%) Aruba
4 23 (13.45%) CheckPoint
5 22 (12.87%) VMware
6 18 (10.53%) Dell
7 17 (9.94%) Juniper
8 14 (8.19%) Fortinet
8 14 (8.19%) SolarWinds
9 12 (7.02%) Citrix
10 10 (5.85%) F5
10 10 (5.85%) Red Hat
11 9 (5.26%) ServiceNow
12 8 (4.68%) Infoblox
13 5 (2.92%) Veeam
14 4 (2.34%) Ekahau
14 4 (2.34%) Meraki
14 4 (2.34%) Splunk
15 3 (1.75%) Extreme Networks