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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 338 261
Rank change year-on-year -99 -77 +118
Contract jobs citing CCNA 166 212 392
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.69% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% 2.32% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 139 248
10th Percentile £219 £264 £231
25th Percentile £413 £363 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £468 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +10.00% -8.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £546
90th Percentile £588 £613 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +2.76% +18.75% -10.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 30
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% -33.33%
75th Percentile £58.51 £75.00 £24.50
90th Percentile £67.96 - £55.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.51 £75.00 £16.63
% change year-on-year -36.66% +351.13% +0.76%

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 14,147 9,140 13,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.06% 29.83% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,349 5,625 8,258
10th Percentile £331 £288 £290
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £614 £630 £650
90th Percentile £719 £718 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £505 £530
% change year-on-year -0.89% -4.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 447 970
10th Percentile £16.09 £20.07 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.36 £24.18 £20.49
Median hourly rate £25.47 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -5.88% -11.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.25 £64.31
90th Percentile £81.24 £81.45 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -44.11% +1.69% -1.67%

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 February 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 February 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 27 February 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 -109 140 £481 +1.32% 76
UK excluding London -84 125 £488 +2.76% 73
North of England -64 43 £508 +6.84% 13
Work from Home -35 34 £445 +1.71% 29
London -69 34 £470 +10.59% 14
North West -25 32 £508 +6.84% 10
South East -41 28 £498 -0.50% 16
Midlands -45 16 £175 -61.11% 10
West Midlands -35 13 £363 +72.62% 9
Wales +1 12 £550 +77.42% 2
South West -37 10 £550 - 20
East of England -21 9 £470 -14.55% 8
Yorkshire -70 7 £440 -23.48% 2
Scotland +7 6 £450 +12.50% 9
North East -12 6 £550 +46.67% 1
East Midlands -30 3 £121 -73.14% 1
Northern Ireland -5 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 16 (9.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.61%) Skype for Business
4 5 (3.01%) Confluence
5 1 (0.60%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (4.22%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) DELMIA
1 2 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (13.25%) Azure
2 18 (10.84%) AWS
3 14 (8.43%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.01%) GCP
6 3 (1.81%) Nutanix
6 3 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) AWS IoT
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.20%) IaaS
7 2 (1.20%) PaaS
8 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.60%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.60%) SaaS
8 1 (0.60%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 104 (62.65%) Firewall
2 55 (33.13%) VLAN
3 48 (28.92%) LAN
3 48 (28.92%) WAN
4 42 (25.30%) Network Security
5 39 (23.49%) VPN
6 32 (19.28%) Wireless
7 27 (16.27%) SAN
8 26 (15.66%) BGP
9 22 (13.25%) DNS
10 20 (12.05%) TCP/IP
11 18 (10.84%) DHCP
11 18 (10.84%) IPsec
11 18 (10.84%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (10.24%) MPLS
12 17 (10.24%) OSPF
13 16 (9.64%) Structured Cabling
14 14 (8.43%) SD-WAN
15 11 (6.63%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (4.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.60%) MySQL
1 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) JIRA
2 3 (1.81%) Chocolatey
2 3 (1.81%) Git
2 3 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.60%) GitLab
3 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.49%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.45%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.64%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.42%) Legal
6 7 (4.22%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.22%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.01%) Finance
7 5 (3.01%) Local Government
8 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (53.01%) Network Engineer
2 26 (15.66%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 21 (12.65%) Field Engineer
4 19 (11.45%) IT Engineer
5 18 (10.84%) Field Service Engineer
6 13 (7.83%) Cisco Engineer
6 13 (7.83%) Senior
7 12 (7.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 10 (6.02%) IT Support
8 10 (6.02%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (5.42%) Support Engineer
10 8 (4.82%) Architect
10 8 (4.82%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) Field Support Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Design Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Network Architect
13 5 (3.01%) Network Design Engineer
13 5 (3.01%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.82%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.01%) XMPP
3 3 (1.81%) RFC 2544
4 2 (1.20%) HTML
4 2 (1.20%) JSON
4 2 (1.20%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.20%) XML
4 2 (1.20%) YANG
5 1 (0.60%) CSS
5 1 (0.60%) Flash
5 1 (0.60%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 65 (39.16%) Data Centre
2 19 (11.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (7.23%) Operational Technology
4 9 (5.42%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.61%) PKI
6 5 (3.01%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.01%) SCADA
7 4 (2.41%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (2.41%) IoT
8 3 (1.81%) 3D Printing
8 3 (1.81%) Life Science
8 3 (1.81%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.20%) BYOD
9 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.20%) NHS
10 1 (0.60%) CCTV
10 1 (0.60%) Clustering
10 1 (0.60%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.28%) Windows
2 23 (13.86%) Linux
3 17 (10.24%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.81%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (13.25%) Customer Service
2 22 (13.25%) Project Delivery
3 19 (11.45%) Computer Science
3 19 (11.45%) ITSM
4 18 (10.84%) Break/Fix
4 18 (10.84%) Network Monitoring
5 16 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (9.64%) ITIL
5 16 (9.64%) Network Design
5 16 (9.64%) Service Management
6 15 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (9.04%) High Availability
7 14 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (6.63%) Migration
9 10 (6.02%) Change Control
9 10 (6.02%) Platform Engineering
10 9 (5.42%) Knowledge Management
10 9 (5.42%) Network Segmentation
11 8 (4.82%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.86%) PowerShell
1 23 (13.86%) Python
2 17 (10.24%) Bash
3 10 (6.02%) Perl
3 10 (6.02%) SQL
4 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.60%) C
5 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 166 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 109 (65.66%) CCNP
3 81 (48.80%) Security Cleared
4 62 (37.35%) SC Cleared
5 33 (19.88%) Network+ Certification
6 30 (18.07%) Degree
7 28 (16.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (14.46%) MCSE
9 18 (10.84%) A+ Certification
10 16 (9.64%) DV Cleared
11 13 (7.83%) CCDP
11 13 (7.83%) JNCIS
12 8 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (4.22%) AWS Certification
14 6 (3.61%) JNCIA
14 6 (3.61%) Server+ Certification
15 5 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (3.01%) Master's Degree
16 4 (2.41%) PMI Certification
16 4 (2.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.41%) NCSC
3 3 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.81%) NIST
3 3 (1.81%) PMO
4 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.20%) QA
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) GxP
5 1 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.60%) JTAG
System Software
1 25 (15.06%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.61%) Docker
4 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (3.01%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.81%) Firmware
6 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.60%) KVM
6 1 (0.60%) RHEV
6 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.60%) vSphere
6 1 (0.60%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (8.43%) FortiGate
2 10 (6.02%) Terraform
3 7 (4.22%) Ansible
4 6 (3.61%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.61%) Nagios
4 6 (3.61%) SCCM
5 5 (3.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (3.01%) WSUS
6 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.60%) CASB
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.60%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.60%) Nmap
7 1 (0.60%) Packer
7 1 (0.60%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (65.06%) Cisco
2 47 (28.31%) Palo Alto
3 32 (19.28%) Microsoft
4 25 (15.06%) CheckPoint
5 23 (13.86%) VMware
6 22 (13.25%) Aruba
7 18 (10.84%) Dell
7 18 (10.84%) SolarWinds
8 16 (9.64%) Juniper
9 14 (8.43%) Fortinet
10 12 (7.23%) Citrix
11 10 (6.02%) Red Hat
12 9 (5.42%) ServiceNow
13 8 (4.82%) F5
14 6 (3.61%) Veeam
15 5 (3.01%) Infoblox
15 5 (3.01%) Splunk
16 4 (2.41%) Ekahau
16 4 (2.41%) Meraki
17 3 (1.81%) Arista