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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 341 302
Rank change year-on-year -71 -39 +4
Contract jobs citing CCNA 237 186 308
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.65% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% 2.08% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 126 202
10th Percentile £128 £268 £282
25th Percentile £306 £389 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £575
90th Percentile £608 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.05% +17.65% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 28
10th Percentile £23.80 £29.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £54.06 £31.63 £14.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £49.75 £16.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% +199.25% -66.75%
75th Percentile £67.84 £61.75 £23.19
90th Percentile - £66.78 £25.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year +57.14% +133.33% -27.29%

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 15,473 8,923 12,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.63% 31.03% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,267 5,624 8,010
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £530
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -1.84% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £619 £645
90th Percentile £715 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.28% +1.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,134 519 1,084
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.86 £13.74
25th Percentile £21.33 £21.39 £18.00
Median hourly rate £48.05 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.85% -18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £71.50 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.25 £78.37 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £32.05 £40.94
% change year-on-year +48.21% -21.71% -18.12%

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 29 May 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 29 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 16 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 29 May 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 -29 201 £450 -10.05% 71
England -96 189 £463 -8.69% 71
North of England -35 72 £481 +20.31% 8
North West +8 63 £481 +20.31% 7
South East -53 31 £445 -13.59% 27
Work from Home -60 27 £445 -11.00% 27
London -92 27 £473 -5.50% 17
Scotland +11 22 £305 -29.28% 3
Midlands -56 21 £175 -61.11% 12
Wales +2 19 £575 +35.29% 5
South West -29 19 £218 -60.45% 6
East of England -17 17 £190 -65.45% 9
West Midlands -52 17 £175 -16.67% 9
Yorkshire -58 6 £519 -7.78% 1
North East -26 3 - -
East Midlands -33 3 - - 3

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 7 (2.95%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Apache
2 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (6.33%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.35%) Azure
2 32 (13.50%) AWS
3 8 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.53%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.53%) GCP
5 3 (1.27%) GitHub
5 3 (1.27%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.42%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.42%) IaaS
6 1 (0.42%) PaaS
6 1 (0.42%) SaaS
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 116 (48.95%) Firewall
2 69 (29.11%) SAN
3 67 (28.27%) VLAN
4 61 (25.74%) Network Security
4 61 (25.74%) WAN
5 55 (23.21%) LAN
6 50 (21.10%) VPN
7 48 (20.25%) Wireless
8 45 (18.99%) DNS
9 27 (11.39%) DHCP
10 26 (10.97%) TCP/IP
11 25 (10.55%) Structured Cabling
12 24 (10.13%) BGP
13 21 (8.86%) OSPF
14 20 (8.44%) Cisco IOS
15 18 (7.59%) NAS
16 17 (7.17%) NX-OS
17 16 (6.75%) Wi-Fi
18 14 (5.91%) IPsec
18 14 (5.91%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.42%) MySQL
1 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (5.91%) JIRA
2 3 (1.27%) Chocolatey
2 3 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.84%) Git
4 1 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
General
1 70 (29.54%) Social Skills
2 63 (26.58%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (8.86%) Telecoms
4 19 (8.02%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (5.06%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.38%) Finance
7 6 (2.53%) Banking
8 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.84%) Law
9 2 (0.84%) Legal
9 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.42%) Local Government
10 1 (0.42%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.42%) Military
10 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 95 (40.08%) Network Engineer
2 52 (21.94%) Field Engineer
3 51 (21.52%) Field Service Engineer
3 51 (21.52%) IT Engineer
4 33 (13.92%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 20 (8.44%) Support Engineer
6 19 (8.02%) IT Support
7 18 (7.59%) Architect
8 16 (6.75%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (6.75%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.91%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (5.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 12 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.64%) Senior
12 9 (3.80%) Analyst
12 9 (3.80%) Network Architect
13 8 (3.38%) Technical Architect
14 7 (2.95%) Technical Support
15 6 (2.53%) NOC Engineer
15 6 (2.53%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.49%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.95%) ONVIF
3 2 (0.84%) HTML
3 2 (0.84%) REST
3 2 (0.84%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) Flash
4 1 (0.42%) JSON
4 1 (0.42%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.42%) XML
4 1 (0.42%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 112 (47.26%) Data Centre
2 57 (24.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (3.80%) Operational Technology
4 8 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.95%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.95%) Video\Live Streaming
6 5 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (2.11%) PKI
7 4 (1.69%) SCADA
8 3 (1.27%) BYOD
8 3 (1.27%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.42%) FMCG
10 1 (0.42%) Life Science
10 1 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.03%) Windows
2 24 (10.13%) Linux
3 9 (3.80%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.84%) VMS
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (32.91%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (25.32%) Customer Service
3 51 (21.52%) Break/Fix
4 34 (14.35%) Project Delivery
5 32 (13.50%) ITSM
6 26 (10.97%) High Availability
7 25 (10.55%) Network Segmentation
8 24 (10.13%) Network Monitoring
9 20 (8.44%) Agile
9 20 (8.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 19 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.17%) ITIL
12 15 (6.33%) Service Management
13 14 (5.91%) Network Design
14 13 (5.49%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (5.49%) Load Balancing
15 12 (5.06%) Change Management
15 12 (5.06%) Migration
15 12 (5.06%) Validation
16 11 (4.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.17%) Python
2 11 (4.64%) Bash
3 6 (2.53%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.27%) SQL
5 2 (0.84%) C
5 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.42%) Perl
6 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 237 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 106 (44.73%) CCNP
3 96 (40.51%) Security Cleared
4 75 (31.65%) Network+ Certification
5 74 (31.22%) SC Cleared
6 65 (27.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 58 (24.47%) A+ Certification
8 56 (23.63%) MCSE
9 36 (15.19%) Degree
10 23 (9.70%) DV Cleared
11 17 (7.17%) Server+ Certification
12 9 (3.80%) AWS Certification
13 7 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.95%) JNCIS
13 7 (2.95%) MCSA
14 6 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (2.11%) JNCIA
15 5 (2.11%) PMI Certification
15 5 (2.11%) PMP
16 4 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.11%) NCSC
3 4 (1.69%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.69%) QA
3 4 (1.69%) SLA
4 3 (1.27%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
5 2 (0.84%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.42%) GxP
6 1 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.38%) Docker
3 8 (3.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.84%) Firmware
4 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.84%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.42%) KVM
5 1 (0.42%) RHEV
5 1 (0.42%) Snort
5 1 (0.42%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (5.91%) Terraform
2 12 (5.06%) Ansible
3 9 (3.80%) FortiGate
3 9 (3.80%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.11%) Nagios
5 4 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.27%) Podman
7 1 (0.42%) CASB
7 1 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.42%) Packer
7 1 (0.42%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.42%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.42%) Suricata
7 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 123 (51.90%) Cisco
2 51 (21.52%) Dell
3 48 (20.25%) Palo Alto
4 30 (12.66%) Microsoft
5 23 (9.70%) ServiceNow
6 19 (8.02%) Aruba
7 16 (6.75%) CheckPoint
8 15 (6.33%) VMware
9 14 (5.91%) Juniper
10 12 (5.06%) F5
11 11 (4.64%) Infoblox
12 10 (4.22%) Fortinet
12 10 (4.22%) SolarWinds
13 7 (2.95%) ForeScout
13 7 (2.95%) Nokia
14 5 (2.11%) Ekahau
15 4 (1.69%) Broadcom
16 3 (1.27%) CyberArk
16 3 (1.27%) Meraki
16 3 (1.27%) Splunk