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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 373 302
Rank change year-on-year -71 -71 -9
Contract jobs citing CCNA 236 186 284
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.57% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 1.81% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 121 182
10th Percentile £128 £250 £313
25th Percentile £213 £363 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.80% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £606
90th Percentile £589 £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 16,749 10,283 11,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.19% 31.39% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,197 6,349 7,284
10th Percentile £350 £291 £313
25th Percentile £437 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £716 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,261 829 769
10th Percentile £17.42 £17.98 £14.42
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.23 £21.37
Median hourly rate £48.00 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.85% -44.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £72.54 £53.50 £67.02
90th Percentile £87.96 £72.75 £76.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +88.87% -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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -33 190 £400 -18.37% 204
England -94 176 £431 -13.75% 210
North of England -35 62 £486 +11.62% 38
North West -2 56 £486 +47.13% 15
Scotland +14 37 £324 -28.06% 21
London -86 34 £450 -10.89% 65
Work from Home -68 27 £390 -29.09% 34
South East -67 22 £129 -74.04% 42
South West -29 21 £455 -17.27% 31
East of England -16 19 £158 -71.36% 23
Wales - 16 £281 - 12
Midlands -70 13 £250 -44.44% 25
West Midlands -63 10 £186 -58.61% 16
Yorkshire -57 6 £450 -18.18% 13
East Midlands -19 2 - - 9

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 (1.27%) Confluence
2 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (8.05%) MS Visio
2 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.80%) Azure
2 29 (12.29%) AWS
3 10 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.54%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.54%) Nutanix
5 5 (2.12%) GCP
6 4 (1.69%) GitHub
7 3 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.85%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.85%) PaaS
8 2 (0.85%) SaaS
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 95 (40.25%) Firewall
2 78 (33.05%) WAN
3 69 (29.24%) LAN
4 55 (23.31%) Wireless
5 54 (22.88%) Network Security
6 50 (21.19%) DNS
6 50 (21.19%) VPN
7 47 (19.92%) SAN
8 43 (18.22%) VLAN
9 29 (12.29%) DHCP
10 27 (11.44%) TCP/IP
11 25 (10.59%) SD-WAN
12 23 (9.75%) BGP
13 20 (8.47%) OSPF
14 19 (8.05%) Cisco IOS
15 18 (7.63%) MPLS
16 17 (7.20%) Broadband
17 16 (6.78%) Structured Cabling
17 16 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
18 13 (5.51%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) JIRA
2 4 (1.69%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 57 (24.15%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (19.49%) Telecoms
4 16 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (5.93%) Finance
5 14 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.81%) Banking
7 5 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Local Government
8 3 (1.27%) Military
9 2 (0.85%) Aviation
9 2 (0.85%) French Language
9 2 (0.85%) Law
9 2 (0.85%) 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%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (39.41%) Network Engineer
2 43 (18.22%) Field Engineer
3 37 (15.68%) IT Engineer
4 36 (15.25%) Field Service Engineer
5 16 (6.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 14 (5.93%) Architect
6 14 (5.93%) Support Engineer
7 13 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.51%) Project Engineer
7 13 (5.51%) Technical Support
8 12 (5.08%) Analyst
8 12 (5.08%) Support Specialist
8 12 (5.08%) Technical Specialist
8 12 (5.08%) Technical Support Specialist
9 10 (4.24%) Field Support Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) IT Support
9 10 (4.24%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) Senior
10 9 (3.81%) Cisco Engineer
11 7 (2.97%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.51%) ONVIF
1 13 (5.51%) Terraform
2 8 (3.39%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.27%) REST
4 2 (0.85%) 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 (31.78%) Data Centre
2 43 (18.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (7.20%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.51%) Video\Live Streaming
5 11 (4.66%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.97%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.12%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.69%) PKI
9 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.85%) CMDB
11 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.85%) IoT
11 2 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.92%) Windows
2 20 (8.47%) Linux
3 10 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.85%) 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 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (18.64%) Customer Service
3 41 (17.37%) Project Delivery
4 35 (14.83%) Break/Fix
5 32 (13.56%) ITIL
6 28 (11.86%) High Availability
7 27 (11.44%) Migration
8 25 (10.59%) Agile
8 25 (10.59%) ITSM
9 22 (9.32%) Change Management
10 19 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 19 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 19 (8.05%) Validation
11 18 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (7.63%) Load Balancing
11 18 (7.63%) Network Segmentation
12 17 (7.20%) Network Monitoring
13 16 (6.78%) Incident Management
14 14 (5.93%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.63%) Python
2 10 (4.24%) Bash
3 9 (3.81%) 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
1 236 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 90 (38.14%) CCNP
3 73 (30.93%) Security Cleared
4 60 (25.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 59 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 55 (23.31%) Network+ Certification
7 50 (21.19%) A+ Certification
8 46 (19.49%) MCSE
9 39 (16.53%) Degree
10 13 (5.51%) MCSA
11 12 (5.08%) DV Cleared
12 11 (4.66%) Server+ Certification
13 7 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.12%) CCIE
14 5 (2.12%) JNCIA
14 5 (2.12%) PMI Certification
14 5 (2.12%) PMP
15 4 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.69%) RHCA
15 4 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (2.97%) SLA
2 5 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.12%) QA
3 4 (1.69%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.27%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.85%) NCSC
5 2 (0.85%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.42%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.78%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.51%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.39%) Docker
5 7 (2.97%) Firmware
6 5 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.27%) 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 (6.36%) Ansible
2 14 (5.93%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.81%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.54%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.12%) Nagios
6 4 (1.69%) OPNET
6 4 (1.69%) Podman
6 4 (1.69%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.27%) Packer
7 3 (1.27%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.42%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.42%) Suricata
8 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (55.93%) Cisco
2 48 (20.34%) Microsoft
3 37 (15.68%) Dell
4 26 (11.02%) Palo Alto
4 26 (11.02%) VMware
5 20 (8.47%) ServiceNow
6 16 (6.78%) Juniper
6 16 (6.78%) Nokia
7 15 (6.36%) Meraki
8 12 (5.08%) Infoblox
9 11 (4.66%) SolarWinds
10 10 (4.24%) Aruba
10 10 (4.24%) Fortinet
11 8 (3.39%) ForeScout
12 7 (2.97%) F5
13 6 (2.54%) Oracle
14 4 (1.69%) Atlassian
15 3 (1.27%) Broadcom
15 3 (1.27%) NetScout
15 3 (1.27%) Splunk