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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 318 258
Rank change year-on-year -118 -60 +141
Contract jobs citing CCNA 139 218 393
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.69% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.13% 2.32% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 141 245
10th Percentile £290 £250 £242
25th Percentile £413 £330 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +2.27% +3.53%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £560
90th Percentile £588 £613 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £413
% change year-on-year +2.70% +12.12% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 39
10th Percentile £23.85 £11.75 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £15.13 £14.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £38.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% +65.22% +58.62%
75th Percentile £52.50 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £58.35 - £51.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.75 £50.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -58.50% +117.39% +58.62%

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 12,299 9,399 12,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.93% 29.83% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,064 5,705 8,157
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 943 453 757
10th Percentile £16.10 £18.82 £15.01
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.18 £23.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -22.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.77 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £41.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year -39.03% -17.50% +11.11%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -130 110 £481 +6.94% 141
UK excluding London -84 99 £475 +2.70% 137
Work from Home -34 33 £445 +9.20% 78
North of England -62 33 £500 +6.95% 32
London -41 32 £450 +5.88% 19
South East -32 25 £453 +1.97% 41
North West -38 22 £481 +1.32% 15
Scotland +3 11 £450 +12.50% 4
Midlands -42 10 £371 +48.50% 14
Yorkshire -45 10 £513 +25.77% 12
Wales +3 8 £550 +77.42% 7
West Midlands -29 7 £415 +97.62% 12
South West -33 7 £550 - 16
Northern Ireland -3 3 £475 - 3
North East -5 3 £550 +29.41% 6
East Midlands -23 3 £121 -67.77% 2
East of England -19 2 - - 24

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 (12.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (8.63%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.32%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.72%) Apache
4 1 (0.72%) Confluence
4 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (5.04%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) DELMIA
1 2 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.11%) Azure
2 16 (11.51%) AWS
3 12 (8.63%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.16%) GCP
5 3 (2.16%) Nutanix
5 3 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.44%) AWS IoT
6 2 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.72%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.72%) IaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.72%) PaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 84 (60.43%) Firewall
2 36 (25.90%) LAN
3 35 (25.18%) Network Security
3 35 (25.18%) VLAN
4 32 (23.02%) WAN
5 31 (22.30%) VPN
6 23 (16.55%) Wireless
7 20 (14.39%) BGP
8 18 (12.95%) TCP/IP
9 15 (10.79%) DNS
10 14 (10.07%) SD-WAN
11 13 (9.35%) DHCP
11 13 (9.35%) MPLS
12 12 (8.63%) OSPF
12 12 (8.63%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (7.91%) IPsec
13 11 (7.91%) Unified Communications
14 10 (7.19%) SAN
15 8 (5.76%) Modbus
15 8 (5.76%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) MySQL
1 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Git
2 2 (1.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 28 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.67%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.47%) Legal
5 8 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.76%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.32%) Finance
6 6 (4.32%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.88%) Local Government
8 2 (1.44%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (53.96%) Network Engineer
2 20 (14.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 15 (10.79%) Senior
4 12 (8.63%) Cisco Engineer
5 11 (7.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 10 (7.19%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (6.47%) Field Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Lead
8 8 (5.76%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.04%) Field Service Engineer
9 7 (5.04%) IT Engineer
10 6 (4.32%) Design Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Consultant
11 5 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Network Design Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Technical Leader
11 5 (3.60%) Wintel Engineer
12 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 4 (2.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) XMPP
2 2 (1.44%) JSON
2 2 (1.44%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.44%) XML
2 2 (1.44%) YANG
3 1 (0.72%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.72%) HTML
3 1 (0.72%) ODBC
3 1 (0.72%) OpenConfig
3 1 (0.72%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 43 (30.94%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.19%) Operational Technology
3 9 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.76%) Driving Licence
5 7 (5.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (5.04%) CCTV
6 6 (4.32%) PKI
7 5 (3.60%) Life Science
8 4 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.88%) IoT
8 4 (2.88%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.88%) SCADA
8 4 (2.88%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.16%) 3D Printing
9 3 (2.16%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.16%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.44%) Insider Threat
10 2 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (21.58%) Windows
2 18 (12.95%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.23%) Linux
4 9 (6.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.16%) Unix
6 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.72%) VMS
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.72%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (15.83%) Project Delivery
3 18 (12.95%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (12.23%) Network Design
5 16 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (11.51%) High Availability
5 16 (11.51%) Network Monitoring
6 15 (10.79%) Computer Science
7 13 (9.35%) Change Control
7 13 (9.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (8.63%) Service Management
9 11 (7.91%) Customer Service
9 11 (7.91%) ITIL
9 11 (7.91%) ITSM
10 10 (7.19%) Platform Engineering
11 9 (6.47%) Knowledge Management
11 9 (6.47%) Service Delivery
12 8 (5.76%) Migration
13 7 (5.04%) Incident Management
13 7 (5.04%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.99%) PowerShell
2 20 (14.39%) Python
3 17 (12.23%) Bash
4 11 (7.91%) SQL
5 9 (6.47%) Perl
6 3 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.72%) C
7 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 139 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (64.03%) CCNP
3 60 (43.17%) Security Cleared
4 47 (33.81%) SC Cleared
5 26 (18.71%) Degree
6 20 (14.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (12.23%) MCSE
7 17 (12.23%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (8.63%) CCDP
9 11 (7.91%) DV Cleared
9 11 (7.91%) JNCIS
10 7 (5.04%) A+ Certification
11 5 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (3.60%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (3.60%) JNCIA
11 5 (3.60%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.88%) CCIE
12 4 (2.88%) CISSP
12 4 (2.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (2.88%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.16%) NIST
3 2 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (1.44%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.44%) PMO
3 2 (1.44%) QA
4 1 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.72%) JTAG
System Software
1 23 (16.55%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (3.60%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.16%) Firmware
5 2 (1.44%) Docker
5 2 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.44%) vSphere
6 1 (0.72%) KVM
6 1 (0.72%) RHEV
6 1 (0.72%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.72%) Xen
6 1 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (10.07%) FortiGate
2 6 (4.32%) Nagios
2 6 (4.32%) SCCM
3 5 (3.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (3.60%) WSUS
4 4 (2.88%) Ansible
4 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.16%) CSIRT
5 3 (2.16%) Terraform
6 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.72%) Grafana
7 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.72%) Nmap
7 1 (0.72%) Packer
7 1 (0.72%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (67.63%) Cisco
2 33 (23.74%) Palo Alto
3 28 (20.14%) Microsoft
4 21 (15.11%) VMware
5 18 (12.95%) CheckPoint
5 18 (12.95%) SolarWinds
6 16 (11.51%) Fortinet
6 16 (11.51%) Juniper
7 13 (9.35%) Aruba
8 12 (8.63%) Citrix
9 9 (6.47%) Red Hat
10 8 (5.76%) F5
11 7 (5.04%) Dell
11 7 (5.04%) Splunk
11 7 (5.04%) Veeam
12 5 (3.60%) Meraki
13 4 (2.88%) Nokia
13 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
14 3 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (2.16%) Google