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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 349 290
Rank change year-on-year -75 -59 +10
Contract jobs citing CCNA 253 201 317
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.61% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.54% 1.98% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 126 200
10th Percentile £128 £284 £300
25th Percentile £256 £414 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £537 £584 £608
90th Percentile £608 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £417 £514 £475
% change year-on-year -18.83% +8.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 28
10th Percentile £27.74 - £11.93
25th Percentile £51.25 £29.00 £14.53
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +30.68% -47.64%
75th Percentile £67.84 £59.38 £50.94
90th Percentile - £62.75 £74.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £24.87
% change year-on-year +83.33% +20.63% +13.05%

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 16,453 10,167 11,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.98% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,025 6,305 7,540
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £638
90th Percentile £714 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,204 773 901
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.30%
75th Percentile £74.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £75.00 £76.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +102.78% -41.51% -21.19%

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 July 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 July 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 29 July 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 -30 209 £417 -18.83% 62
England -98 199 £450 -12.62% 65
North of England -35 72 £500 +16.28% 8
North West +3 66 £508 +43.97% 5
London -82 32 £450 -10.89% 20
Scotland +9 31 £310 -31.11% 7
Work from Home -73 29 £445 -19.09% 18
South East -79 26 £456 -10.20% 22
South West -25 24 £518 -5.91% 8
East of England -11 21 £160 -70.91% 4
Midlands -69 19 £400 -11.11% 12
Wales +1 16 £600 - 2
West Midlands -64 16 £325 -27.78% 7
Yorkshire -57 6 £400 -27.27% 3
East Midlands -18 2 - - 5

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 5 (1.98%) Confluence
2 2 (0.79%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (5.93%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (17.39%) Azure
2 33 (13.04%) AWS
3 9 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.16%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.77%) GCP
6 4 (1.58%) GitHub
6 4 (1.58%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.19%) PaaS
7 3 (1.19%) SaaS
8 2 (0.79%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (44.66%) Firewall
2 74 (29.25%) WAN
3 69 (27.27%) LAN
4 64 (25.30%) Wireless
5 60 (23.72%) SAN
6 57 (22.53%) Network Security
7 55 (21.74%) VLAN
8 53 (20.95%) DNS
8 53 (20.95%) VPN
9 32 (12.65%) DHCP
10 28 (11.07%) TCP/IP
11 23 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
12 21 (8.30%) BGP
12 21 (8.30%) Cisco IOS
12 21 (8.30%) MPLS
13 20 (7.91%) SD-WAN
14 19 (7.51%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (7.11%) NAS
15 18 (7.11%) OSPF
16 17 (6.72%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.56%) JIRA
2 4 (1.58%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 65 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (15.81%) Telecoms
4 19 (7.51%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (5.53%) Finance
5 14 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.16%) Banking
7 5 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.58%) Local Government
9 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Military
10 2 (0.79%) Aviation
10 2 (0.79%) Law
10 2 (0.79%) Legal
10 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 95 (37.55%) Network Engineer
2 48 (18.97%) Field Engineer
3 42 (16.60%) Field Service Engineer
3 42 (16.60%) IT Engineer
4 22 (8.70%) Architect
5 21 (8.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 21 (8.30%) Support Engineer
6 17 (6.72%) Field Support Engineer
7 16 (6.32%) IT Support
7 16 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (5.93%) Analyst
9 13 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.14%) Technical Support
10 12 (4.74%) Support Specialist
10 12 (4.74%) Technical Specialist
10 12 (4.74%) Technical Support Specialist
11 11 (4.35%) Project Engineer
12 10 (3.95%) Network Architect
13 9 (3.56%) Senior
14 8 (3.16%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.93%) 802.1X
2 13 (5.14%) ONVIF
3 3 (1.19%) REST
4 2 (0.79%) HTML
4 2 (0.79%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.40%) CSS
5 1 (0.40%) Flash
5 1 (0.40%) JSON
5 1 (0.40%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 86 (33.99%) Data Centre
2 51 (20.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (5.14%) Video\Live Streaming
4 12 (4.74%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.95%) Operational Technology
6 9 (3.56%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.58%) PKI
9 4 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.58%) SCADA
9 4 (1.58%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.19%) BYOD
10 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.00%) Windows
2 24 (9.49%) Linux
3 10 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.79%) VMS
4 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (19.76%) Customer Service
3 42 (16.60%) Break/Fix
4 39 (15.42%) Project Delivery
5 31 (12.25%) ITSM
6 29 (11.46%) ITIL
7 28 (11.07%) Agile
8 26 (10.28%) High Availability
9 25 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (9.88%) Network Segmentation
10 22 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (8.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (7.91%) Change Management
12 20 (7.91%) Network Monitoring
13 19 (7.51%) Load Balancing
13 19 (7.51%) Migration
14 18 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (6.32%) Validation
16 15 (5.93%) Service Management
17 14 (5.53%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.30%) Python
2 13 (5.14%) Bash
3 10 (3.95%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.40%) Bicep
4 1 (0.40%) C
4 1 (0.40%) Java
4 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.40%) Perl
4 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.40%) SQL
4 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 253 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 103 (40.71%) CCNP
3 92 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 73 (28.85%) SC Cleared
5 67 (26.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 67 (26.48%) Network+ Certification
6 56 (22.13%) A+ Certification
7 51 (20.16%) MCSE
8 41 (16.21%) Degree
9 17 (6.72%) DV Cleared
9 17 (6.72%) Server+ Certification
10 13 (5.14%) MCSA
11 6 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.37%) CCIE
11 6 (2.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.98%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.98%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.98%) PMP
12 5 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.77%) SLA
3 5 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.98%) NCSC
4 4 (1.58%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.58%) QA
5 3 (1.19%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.19%) NIST
6 2 (0.79%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.40%) GxP
7 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (7.51%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.74%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.95%) Docker
5 6 (2.37%) Firmware
6 5 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.58%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.40%) NDS
9 1 (0.40%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.40%) Snort
9 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.93%) Ansible
2 15 (5.93%) Terraform
3 7 (2.77%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.58%) Cisco Prime
4 4 (1.58%) OPNET
4 4 (1.58%) Podman
4 4 (1.58%) Proxmox
5 3 (1.19%) Packer
6 2 (0.79%) Nagios
7 1 (0.40%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.40%) CASB
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.40%) Suricata
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 134 (52.96%) Cisco
2 45 (17.79%) Microsoft
3 42 (16.60%) Dell
4 34 (13.44%) Palo Alto
5 23 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 23 (9.09%) VMware
6 17 (6.72%) Juniper
7 16 (6.32%) Aruba
8 14 (5.53%) Infoblox
9 13 (5.14%) Nokia
10 11 (4.35%) Meraki
11 10 (3.95%) Fortinet
11 10 (3.95%) SolarWinds
12 8 (3.16%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.16%) ForeScout
13 7 (2.77%) F5
14 6 (2.37%) Oracle
15 5 (1.98%) Ekahau
16 4 (1.58%) Atlassian
17 3 (1.19%) Qualys