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 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 340 293
Rank change year-on-year -62 -47 +20
Contract jobs citing CCNA 261 198 325
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.65% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.63% 2.10% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 128 210
10th Percentile £128 £273 £281
25th Percentile £224 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £535 £584 £592
90th Percentile £604 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £424 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.18% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 29
10th Percentile £29.00 - £13.00
25th Percentile £53.13 £29.00 £14.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% +30.43% -54.00%
75th Percentile £67.67 £45.00 £40.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £60.75 £66.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year +83.33% +33.93% +0.63%

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 16,028 9,450 12,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.23% 30.88% 29.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,706 5,857 7,950
10th Percentile £350 £275 £312
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £701 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +1.40% -5.30% +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,161 635 1,116
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.19 £20.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +77.62% -31.24% -26.00%
75th Percentile £72.54 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.13 £43.00
% change year-on-year +84.33% -36.92% -19.87%

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 30 June 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 30 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 16 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 30 June 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 -28 214 £424 -15.18% 97
England -82 210 £450 -10.00% 103
North of England -33 76 £498 +32.67% 20
North West +2 67 £498 +32.67% 9
London -101 35 £450 -10.00% 23
Work from Home -61 29 £445 -17.21% 38
Scotland +8 27 £310 -28.12% 6
South East -73 27 £445 -12.32% 29
East of England -15 23 £160 -70.91% 13
Midlands -63 23 £213 -52.78% 10
South West -23 21 £400 -26.44% 17
West Midlands -52 20 £175 -50.35% 7
Wales 0 17 £600 - 3
Yorkshire -58 6 £519 -5.68% 9
North East -33 3 - - 2
East Midlands -23 2 - - 3

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 7 (2.68%) Confluence
2 2 (0.77%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (5.75%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) DELMIA
1 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (15.33%) Azure
2 32 (12.26%) AWS
3 8 (3.07%) Entra ID
3 8 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (1.92%) GCP
5 4 (1.53%) Nutanix
6 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.15%) GitHub
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.38%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.38%) IaaS
7 1 (0.38%) PaaS
7 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 122 (46.74%) Firewall
2 78 (29.89%) WAN
3 70 (26.82%) LAN
4 65 (24.90%) SAN
5 64 (24.52%) Network Security
6 63 (24.14%) Wireless
7 59 (22.61%) VLAN
8 56 (21.46%) VPN
9 53 (20.31%) DNS
10 32 (12.26%) DHCP
11 27 (10.34%) TCP/IP
12 26 (9.96%) Structured Cabling
13 23 (8.81%) BGP
14 21 (8.05%) SD-WAN
14 21 (8.05%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (7.66%) Cisco IOS
15 20 (7.66%) OSPF
16 18 (6.90%) NAS
17 17 (6.51%) MPLS
17 17 (6.51%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.36%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Chocolatey
2 3 (1.15%) Git
2 3 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
General
1 83 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 67 (25.67%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (13.41%) Telecoms
4 22 (8.43%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.60%) Finance
7 7 (2.68%) Banking
8 4 (1.53%) Local Government
8 4 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.77%) Law
10 2 (0.77%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.38%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.38%) Military
11 1 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 104 (39.85%) Network Engineer
2 53 (20.31%) Field Engineer
3 47 (18.01%) Field Service Engineer
3 47 (18.01%) IT Engineer
4 26 (9.96%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 21 (8.05%) Support Engineer
6 20 (7.66%) Architect
7 19 (7.28%) IT Support
8 17 (6.51%) Field Support Engineer
9 16 (6.13%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (5.36%) Analyst
11 13 (4.98%) Technical Support
12 12 (4.60%) Cisco Engineer
12 12 (4.60%) Support Specialist
12 12 (4.60%) Technical Specialist
12 12 (4.60%) Technical Support Specialist
13 11 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (3.83%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 10 (3.83%) Network Architect
15 9 (3.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.75%) 802.1X
2 13 (4.98%) ONVIF
3 3 (1.15%) REST
4 2 (0.77%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.38%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.38%) CSS
5 1 (0.38%) Flash
5 1 (0.38%) HTML
5 1 (0.38%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 99 (37.93%) Data Centre
2 55 (21.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (4.98%) Video\Live Streaming
4 10 (3.83%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.45%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.53%) PKI
8 4 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.53%) SCADA
9 3 (1.15%) BYOD
9 3 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.77%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.38%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 45 (17.24%) Windows
2 25 (9.58%) Linux
3 8 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.77%) VMS
4 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (31.42%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (21.84%) Customer Service
3 47 (18.01%) Break/Fix
4 38 (14.56%) Project Delivery
5 32 (12.26%) ITSM
6 30 (11.49%) Agile
7 25 (9.58%) High Availability
7 25 (9.58%) ITIL
7 25 (9.58%) Network Segmentation
8 22 (8.43%) Migration
9 21 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (8.05%) Network Monitoring
10 19 (7.28%) Load Balancing
11 18 (6.90%) Change Management
12 17 (6.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (6.13%) Validation
14 15 (5.75%) Service Management
15 14 (5.36%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.51%) Python
2 11 (4.21%) Bash
3 8 (3.07%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.38%) C
4 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.38%) Perl
4 1 (0.38%) SQL
4 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 261 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (42.15%) CCNP
3 95 (36.40%) Security Cleared
4 74 (28.35%) SC Cleared
5 72 (27.59%) Network+ Certification
6 66 (25.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (22.99%) A+ Certification
8 51 (19.54%) MCSE
9 43 (16.48%) Degree
10 20 (7.66%) DV Cleared
11 17 (6.51%) Server+ Certification
12 13 (4.98%) MCSA
13 8 (3.07%) AWS Certification
14 6 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.30%) PMI Certification
14 6 (2.30%) PMP
15 5 (1.92%) CCIE
16 4 (1.53%) JNCIA
16 4 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.68%) SLA
3 5 (1.92%) NCSC
4 4 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.53%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.53%) QA
5 3 (1.15%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.15%) NIST
6 2 (0.77%) GDPR
6 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) GxP
7 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (6.13%) Active Directory
1 16 (6.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (3.83%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.07%) Docker
4 5 (1.92%) Firmware
5 4 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.53%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.38%) Snort
7 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.13%) Terraform
2 14 (5.36%) Ansible
3 13 (4.98%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.68%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.53%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.15%) OPNET
6 3 (1.15%) Packer
6 3 (1.15%) Podman
6 3 (1.15%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.77%) Nagios
8 1 (0.38%) CASB
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.38%) Suricata
8 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (52.49%) Cisco
2 47 (18.01%) Dell
3 41 (15.71%) Microsoft
4 40 (15.33%) Palo Alto
5 23 (8.81%) ServiceNow
6 20 (7.66%) VMware
7 18 (6.90%) Aruba
7 18 (6.90%) Juniper
8 15 (5.75%) Infoblox
9 12 (4.60%) CheckPoint
10 10 (3.83%) Meraki
11 9 (3.45%) Fortinet
11 9 (3.45%) Nokia
11 9 (3.45%) SolarWinds
12 8 (3.07%) F5
12 8 (3.07%) ForeScout
13 5 (1.92%) Ekahau
14 4 (1.53%) Oracle
15 3 (1.15%) Broadcom
15 3 (1.15%) Splunk