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 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 304 267
Rank change year-on-year -117 -37 +168
Contract jobs citing CCNA 154 268 435
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.74% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 2.52% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 165 280
10th Percentile £251 £253 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +7.95% +8.91%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £540
90th Percentile £588 £638 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £414
% change year-on-year -5.26% +14.80% +25.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 19 31
10th Percentile - £11.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £29.00 £17.20 £16.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +52.00% +72.41%
75th Percentile £50.38 £60.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.85 £75.00 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £43.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year -31.43% +75.00% +83.02%

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 11,367 10,619 13,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.87% 29.30% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,259 6,452 8,674
10th Percentile £300 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £636 £650
90th Percentile £716 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £527
% change year-on-year -3.75% -1.47% +0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 494 763
10th Percentile £17.08 £18.78 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.10 £24.18 £26.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.92 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.89
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.00% +15.31%

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 18 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 9 November 2025. 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 -110 130 £520 +9.47% 288
UK excluding London -88 106 £450 -5.26% 280
London -32 38 £518 +15.00% 76
Work from Home -27 29 £450 -14.29% 113
North of England -60 26 £550 +18.92% 36
Midlands -13 25 £450 +20.00% 51
West Midlands -12 22 £450 -5.26% 27
South East -28 21 £425 -15.00% 131
Yorkshire -34 14 £550 +34.97% 9
East of England -5 11 £520 +4.00% 16
Scotland -5 11 £450 +12.50% 21
North West -32 11 £550 +15.79% 20
South West -9 7 £550 - 16
Northern Ireland -5 3 £475 - 1
North East -9 3 £550 +29.41% 7
East Midlands -14 3 £121 -67.77% 23
Wales -7 2 £335 +17.54% 12
Channel Islands - 1 £440 -

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 17 (11.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.29%) Azure
2 14 (9.09%) AWS
3 12 (7.79%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.60%) GCP
6 2 (1.30%) AWS IoT
6 2 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.30%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.65%) GitHub
7 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.65%) IaaS
7 1 (0.65%) PaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.65%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 83 (53.90%) Firewall
2 45 (29.22%) DNS
3 42 (27.27%) DHCP
4 41 (26.62%) LAN
5 38 (24.68%) WAN
6 32 (20.78%) Wireless
7 28 (18.18%) VPN
8 23 (14.94%) TCP/IP
9 21 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (12.99%) SD-WAN
10 20 (12.99%) VLAN
11 19 (12.34%) Cisco IOS
12 17 (11.04%) BGP
12 17 (11.04%) Network Security
13 16 (10.39%) WLAN
14 15 (9.74%) Unified Communications
15 14 (9.09%) OSPF
16 13 (8.44%) MPLS
17 12 (7.79%) PuTTY
18 10 (6.49%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Git
2 3 (1.95%) Subversion
3 2 (1.30%) GitLab
3 2 (1.30%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 35 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.94%) Public Sector
3 20 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.99%) Manufacturing
4 13 (8.44%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.79%) Finance
6 10 (6.49%) Legal
7 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Electronics
9 2 (1.30%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Local Government
10 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (48.70%) Network Engineer
2 20 (12.99%) Analyst
3 11 (7.14%) Support Engineer
4 10 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (6.49%) Network Support
4 10 (6.49%) Network Support Engineer
4 10 (6.49%) Platform Engineer
4 10 (6.49%) Senior
5 9 (5.84%) Cisco Engineer
5 9 (5.84%) Network Analyst
6 8 (5.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (5.19%) Lead
7 7 (4.55%) Field Engineer
8 6 (3.90%) Senior Network Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) Network Support Analyst
9 5 (3.25%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.25%) Technical Leader
9 5 (3.25%) Test Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.25%) XMPP
2 3 (1.95%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.95%) CSS
2 3 (1.95%) HTML
2 3 (1.95%) Node.js
2 3 (1.95%) REST
2 3 (1.95%) RFC 2544
3 1 (0.65%) JSON
3 1 (0.65%) NETCONF
3 1 (0.65%) ODBC
3 1 (0.65%) OpenConfig
3 1 (0.65%) XML
3 1 (0.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.23%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.49%) Virtual Team
4 9 (5.84%) Product Ownership
5 8 (5.19%) CCTV
5 8 (5.19%) SCADA
6 7 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.55%) Operational Technology
7 6 (3.90%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (3.90%) Life Science
7 6 (3.90%) PKI
8 5 (3.25%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.60%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.95%) Blog
10 3 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.95%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.30%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 36 (23.38%) Windows
2 22 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.69%) Linux
4 10 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.95%) Unix
6 2 (1.30%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.65%) VMS
7 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (17.53%) Computer Science
2 22 (14.29%) ITIL
2 22 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (11.69%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (9.74%) Service Management
6 14 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
7 13 (8.44%) Change Control
8 12 (7.79%) High Availability
8 12 (7.79%) Incident Management
8 12 (7.79%) ITSM
8 12 (7.79%) Network Design
9 11 (7.14%) Change Management
9 11 (7.14%) Project Delivery
10 10 (6.49%) Platform Engineering
11 9 (5.84%) DevOps
11 9 (5.84%) Knowledge Management
11 9 (5.84%) Project Management
12 8 (5.19%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.53%) Python
2 26 (16.88%) PowerShell
3 16 (10.39%) Bash
4 9 (5.84%) Perl
5 8 (5.19%) SQL
6 6 (3.90%) Java
7 4 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.95%) C++
8 3 (1.95%) Go
8 3 (1.95%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.95%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.95%) PHP
Qualifications
1 154 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 86 (55.84%) CCNP
3 42 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 40 (25.97%) Degree
5 33 (21.43%) SC Cleared
6 16 (10.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (10.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (9.09%) CCDP
8 13 (8.44%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (7.79%) MCSE
10 8 (5.19%) DV Cleared
11 6 (3.90%) CISSP
11 6 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (3.90%) Master's Degree
12 5 (3.25%) Azure Certification
12 5 (3.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (2.60%) CEH
13 4 (2.60%) CompTIA CySA+
13 4 (2.60%) JNCIA
13 4 (2.60%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (1.30%) NIST
2 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.30%) QA
2 2 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (19.48%) Active Directory
2 18 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (3.90%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.95%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.30%) Docker
6 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.30%) vSphere
7 1 (0.65%) Firmware
7 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (9.09%) FortiGate
2 9 (5.84%) Ansible
3 6 (3.90%) SCCM
4 5 (3.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (3.25%) Terraform
4 5 (3.25%) WSUS
5 4 (2.60%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.60%) Grafana
5 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.60%) Nagios
6 3 (1.95%) Puppet
6 3 (1.95%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.30%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.30%) OpenView
8 1 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (68.18%) Cisco
2 51 (33.12%) Microsoft
3 28 (18.18%) VMware
4 18 (11.69%) SolarWinds
5 14 (9.09%) Fortinet
6 13 (8.44%) CheckPoint
6 13 (8.44%) Citrix
6 13 (8.44%) Palo Alto
7 12 (7.79%) ServiceNow
8 11 (7.14%) Meraki
9 10 (6.49%) Juniper
10 9 (5.84%) Red Hat
10 9 (5.84%) Remedy
11 8 (5.19%) F5
12 7 (4.55%) Peregrine
12 7 (4.55%) Splunk
12 7 (4.55%) Veeam
13 4 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (2.60%) Google
13 4 (2.60%) Nokia