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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 405 315
Rank change year-on-year -46 -90 -34
Contract jobs citing CCNA 216 151 267
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.46% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.27% 1.47% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 97 167
10th Percentile £128 £233 £288
25th Percentile £213 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £604
90th Percentile £588 £600 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 23
10th Percentile £28.05 - £11.75
25th Percentile £49.00 £29.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -20.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £66.56 £58.13 £54.38
90th Percentile £67.84 £61.85 £74.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year +83.33% +33.93% -34.54%

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 17,050 10,245 11,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.50% 31.34% 29.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,384 6,379 6,977
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,315 820 666
10th Percentile £17.17 £17.98 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -49.70% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71.47 £45.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £86.70 £71.00 £75.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.55% +0.95%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -34 173 £375 -16.67% 266
England -93 159 £420 -11.58% 290
North of England -42 55 £500 +25.00% 46
North West -11 49 £515 +57.25% 17
Scotland +7 36 £338 -25.00% 24
London -88 32 £450 -18.18% 83
Work from Home -65 25 £380 -29.30% 61
East of England -22 19 £158 -69.71% 39
South East -61 19 £129 -72.22% 57
South West -35 18 £470 -14.55% 39
Wales - 14 £363 - 13
Midlands -63 12 £250 -44.44% 37
West Midlands -60 9 £186 -58.61% 23
Yorkshire -41 6 £450 -18.18% 19
East Midlands -19 2 - - 14

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 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) Confluence
2 2 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (8.80%) MS Visio
2 11 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (16.67%) Azure
2 21 (9.72%) AWS
3 10 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.24%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.31%) GCP
5 5 (2.31%) GitHub
5 5 (2.31%) Nutanix
6 3 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.93%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.93%) PaaS
7 2 (0.93%) SaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.46%) IaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 90 (41.67%) Firewall
2 74 (34.26%) WAN
3 65 (30.09%) LAN
4 55 (25.46%) Wireless
5 48 (22.22%) DNS
5 48 (22.22%) Network Security
6 44 (20.37%) VLAN
6 44 (20.37%) VPN
7 40 (18.52%) SAN
8 30 (13.89%) DHCP
9 26 (12.04%) TCP/IP
10 24 (11.11%) SD-WAN
11 22 (10.19%) BGP
12 19 (8.80%) Cisco IOS
12 19 (8.80%) OSPF
13 18 (8.33%) MPLS
14 17 (7.87%) Broadband
15 16 (7.41%) Structured Cabling
16 15 (6.94%) Wi-Fi
17 13 (6.02%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.78%) JIRA
2 4 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (21.76%) Telecoms
4 16 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (6.02%) Finance
6 12 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.78%) Banking
8 5 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.39%) Aviation
9 3 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.39%) Local Government
9 3 (1.39%) Military
10 2 (0.93%) French Language
10 2 (0.93%) Law
10 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Games
11 1 (0.46%) Legal
11 1 (0.46%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 87 (40.28%) Network Engineer
2 37 (17.13%) Field Engineer
3 30 (13.89%) IT Engineer
4 29 (13.43%) Field Service Engineer
5 16 (7.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 13 (6.02%) Architect
6 13 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (6.02%) Project Engineer
6 13 (6.02%) Technical Support
7 12 (5.56%) Support Specialist
7 12 (5.56%) Technical Specialist
7 12 (5.56%) Technical Support Specialist
8 10 (4.63%) Cisco Engineer
8 10 (4.63%) Support Engineer
9 9 (4.17%) Analyst
9 9 (4.17%) Senior
10 8 (3.70%) Telecoms Engineer
11 7 (3.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 7 (3.24%) Field Support Engineer
11 7 (3.24%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.02%) ONVIF
2 12 (5.56%) Terraform
3 6 (2.78%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.39%) REST
5 2 (0.93%) RFC 2544
6 1 (0.46%) HTML
6 1 (0.46%) JSON
6 1 (0.46%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.46%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 68 (31.48%) Data Centre
2 36 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (7.87%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.02%) Video\Live Streaming
5 10 (4.63%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.24%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.85%) PKI
9 4 (1.85%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.85%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.39%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.93%) CMDB
11 2 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.93%) IoT
11 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.46%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (19.44%) Windows
2 18 (8.33%) Linux
3 9 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) VMS
5 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (17.59%) Project Delivery
3 37 (17.13%) Customer Service
4 32 (14.81%) ITIL
5 28 (12.96%) Break/Fix
6 25 (11.57%) ITSM
6 25 (11.57%) Migration
7 24 (11.11%) High Availability
8 21 (9.72%) Agile
9 19 (8.80%) Change Management
10 18 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (7.87%) Load Balancing
12 16 (7.41%) Incident Management
12 16 (7.41%) Network Monitoring
12 16 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (7.41%) Validation
13 15 (6.94%) Network Design
13 15 (6.94%) Network Segmentation
14 14 (6.48%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.87%) Python
2 10 (4.63%) Bash
3 9 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.46%) Bicep
4 1 (0.46%) C
4 1 (0.46%) Java
4 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.46%) SQL
4 1 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 216 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 86 (39.81%) CCNP
3 68 (31.48%) Security Cleared
4 57 (26.39%) SC Cleared
5 53 (24.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 48 (22.22%) Network+ Certification
7 43 (19.91%) A+ Certification
8 39 (18.06%) Degree
8 39 (18.06%) MCSE
9 13 (6.02%) MCSA
10 11 (5.09%) Server+ Certification
11 9 (4.17%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.31%) CCIE
12 5 (2.31%) JNCIA
12 5 (2.31%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.31%) PMP
13 4 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.85%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.70%) SLA
2 6 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.85%) QA
4 3 (1.39%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.39%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.39%) NIST
4 3 (1.39%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.93%) NCSC
6 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (8.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (7.87%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.48%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.70%) Firmware
5 7 (3.24%) Docker
6 5 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.39%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.46%) NDS
8 1 (0.46%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.46%) Snort
8 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.94%) Ansible
2 13 (6.02%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.24%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.78%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.31%) Nagios
6 4 (1.85%) OPNET
6 4 (1.85%) Podman
6 4 (1.85%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.39%) Packer
7 3 (1.39%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.46%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.46%) Suricata
8 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (59.72%) Cisco
2 46 (21.30%) Microsoft
3 31 (14.35%) Dell
4 27 (12.50%) VMware
5 22 (10.19%) Palo Alto
6 21 (9.72%) ServiceNow
7 16 (7.41%) Meraki
7 16 (7.41%) Nokia
8 13 (6.02%) Juniper
9 11 (5.09%) SolarWinds
10 9 (4.17%) Fortinet
10 9 (4.17%) Infoblox
11 8 (3.70%) Aruba
11 8 (3.70%) ForeScout
12 6 (2.78%) F5
12 6 (2.78%) Oracle
13 4 (1.85%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.85%) Splunk
14 3 (1.39%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.39%) NetScout