CCNA Contracts

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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 290 308
Rank change year-on-year -56 +18 +162
Contract jobs citing CCNA 204 327 463
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.76% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 2.53% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 211 308
10th Percentile £279 £281 £197
25th Percentile £389 £350 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £591 £550
90th Percentile £613 £650 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 28 35
10th Percentile - £12.88 £13.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £15.91 £14.63
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -53.50% +266.03%
75th Percentile £51.25 £42.69 £79.50
90th Percentile £60.25 £67.63 £83.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.70 £22.26
% change year-on-year +32.16% +1.98% +62.96%

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 9,836 12,904 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.88% 29.80% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,081 8,005 10,098
10th Percentile £275 £310 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £704 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 1,099 741
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.12 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%
75th Percentile £59.00 £64.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.30 £43.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -41.16% -21.19% +55.89%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNA.

Daily rate trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNA.

Hourly rate trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 17 Contract 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 6 July 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 -37 182 £500 +5.26% 563
UK excluding London -24 135 £500 +11.11% 384
London 0 52 £500 -4.76% 216
Work from Home -6 44 £538 +2.38% 244
South East +7 35 £515 +3.00% 99
North of England -31 33 £375 -13.29% 99
Midlands +10 27 £450 +20.00% 50
West Midlands +1 18 £353 +0.71% 35
North West -22 18 £375 -17.81% 52
South West +27 15 £544 +16.94% 44
East of England +28 14 £550 +83.33% 45
Yorkshire +1 13 £550 +43.79% 37
East Midlands +4 9 £550 +46.67% 15
Scotland +1 7 £431 +7.81% 22
Wales +8 4 - - 18
North East -2 2 £288 -32.35% 12
Channel Islands - 2 £445 -

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.41%) Confluence
2 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.49%) CMS
Applications
1 28 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.73%) Azure
2 18 (8.82%) AWS
3 8 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.43%) GCP
5 4 (1.96%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.47%) IaaS
6 3 (1.47%) PaaS
7 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.49%) GitHub
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.49%) OCI
7 1 (0.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 118 (57.84%) Firewall
2 57 (27.94%) WAN
3 54 (26.47%) LAN
4 53 (25.98%) DNS
5 49 (24.02%) VPN
6 47 (23.04%) DHCP
6 47 (23.04%) Network Security
7 44 (21.57%) TCP/IP
8 39 (19.12%) Wireless
9 34 (16.67%) BGP
10 30 (14.71%) OSPF
11 26 (12.75%) Cisco IOS
12 23 (11.27%) Wi-Fi
13 21 (10.29%) WLAN
14 16 (7.84%) IPsec
14 16 (7.84%) MPLS
14 16 (7.84%) SD-WAN
15 15 (7.35%) VLAN
16 14 (6.86%) EIGRP
17 13 (6.37%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (4.41%) JIRA
2 4 (1.96%) GitLab
2 4 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (1.47%) Git
3 3 (1.47%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.47%) Subversion
4 2 (0.98%) Mercurial
General
1 77 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (11.27%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.31%) Manufacturing
5 10 (4.90%) Finance
5 10 (4.90%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.45%) Legal
8 3 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.47%) Local Government
8 3 (1.47%) Marketing
9 2 (0.98%) Banking
9 2 (0.98%) Electronics
9 2 (0.98%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.49%) Aviation
10 1 (0.49%) Law
10 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (51.47%) Network Engineer
2 21 (10.29%) Architect
3 19 (9.31%) Analyst
4 15 (7.35%) Cisco Engineer
4 15 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (6.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 13 (6.37%) Network Architect
7 9 (4.41%) Senior
7 9 (4.41%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.41%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 8 (3.92%) Network Analyst
9 7 (3.43%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.43%) Network Support
9 7 (3.43%) Network Support Engineer
9 7 (3.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 7 (3.43%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.45%) Juniper Architect
10 5 (2.45%) Network Field Engineer
10 5 (2.45%) Network Support Analyst
10 5 (2.45%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.41%) Flash
2 4 (1.96%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.47%) CSS
3 3 (1.47%) HTML
3 3 (1.47%) REST
4 2 (0.98%) Node.js
4 2 (0.98%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.90%) Clustering
4 8 (3.92%) Virtual Team
5 7 (3.43%) CMDB
5 7 (3.43%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.43%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.45%) Blog
8 4 (1.96%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.96%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.47%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.47%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.76%) Windows
2 12 (5.88%) Linux
3 8 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.96%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.98%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.49%) CatOS
7 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.49%) Computer Science
2 41 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (12.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (12.25%) Validation
5 24 (11.76%) ITIL
5 24 (11.76%) Network Architecture
6 23 (11.27%) High Availability
7 22 (10.78%) Migration
8 19 (9.31%) Network Monitoring
9 18 (8.82%) Network Design
9 18 (8.82%) Service Management
10 17 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (7.84%) Agile
12 15 (7.35%) Incident Management
13 14 (6.86%) Change Management
14 13 (6.37%) Mentoring
14 13 (6.37%) Network Virtualisation
15 12 (5.88%) Customer Service
16 11 (5.39%) Project Management
17 10 (4.90%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.25%) Python
2 6 (2.94%) Java
2 6 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.45%) Bash
4 3 (1.47%) C++
4 3 (1.47%) Go
4 3 (1.47%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.47%) Kotlin
4 3 (1.47%) PHP
5 2 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.98%) Rust
5 2 (0.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (53.92%) CCNP
3 68 (33.33%) Degree
4 53 (25.98%) Security Cleared
5 45 (22.06%) SC Cleared
6 39 (19.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (7.84%) JNCIS
8 15 (7.35%) DV Cleared
9 14 (6.86%) Master's Degree
10 12 (5.88%) JNCIA
11 11 (5.39%) Network+ Certification
11 11 (5.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (4.41%) CISSP
13 7 (3.43%) Azure Certification
14 5 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (1.96%) CCDP
15 4 (1.96%) CCIE
15 4 (1.96%) CCSP
15 4 (1.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.47%) SLA
2 2 (0.98%) NIST
3 1 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.49%) GDPR
3 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 20 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 16 (7.84%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (4.90%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.45%) Firmware
6 3 (1.47%) vSphere
7 2 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.49%) Docker
8 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (7.84%) Ansible
2 14 (6.86%) vCenter Server
3 8 (3.92%) Terraform
4 7 (3.43%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.96%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (1.47%) CSIRT
6 3 (1.47%) Grafana
6 3 (1.47%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.47%) Nagios
6 3 (1.47%) Puppet
6 3 (1.47%) SCCM
6 3 (1.47%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.98%) Cisco UCCE
7 2 (0.98%) OpenView
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 150 (73.53%) Cisco
2 49 (24.02%) Microsoft
3 29 (14.22%) VMware
4 28 (13.73%) Juniper
5 23 (11.27%) CheckPoint
6 21 (10.29%) Fortinet
7 18 (8.82%) Palo Alto
8 17 (8.33%) Meraki
9 13 (6.37%) ServiceNow
10 11 (5.39%) SolarWinds
11 10 (4.90%) F5
12 9 (4.41%) Atlassian
13 7 (3.43%) Aruba
13 7 (3.43%) Peregrine
13 7 (3.43%) Remedy
14 6 (2.94%) Fujitsu
15 5 (2.45%) Nokia
15 5 (2.45%) Veeam
16 4 (1.96%) Arista
16 4 (1.96%) Infoblox