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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 357 302
Rank change year-on-year -68 -55 +5
Contract jobs citing CCNA 254 202 321
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.62% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% 2.00% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 128 204
10th Percentile £128 £284 £300
25th Percentile £256 £422 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £511 £494
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +3.54% +3.95%
75th Percentile £537 £584 £600
90th Percentile £600 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £417 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -19.03% +8.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 27
10th Percentile £29.00 - £11.90
25th Percentile £54.06 £29.00 £14.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% +20.63% -50.26%
75th Percentile £67.84 £58.13 £50.00
90th Percentile - £62.45 £68.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £24.87
% change year-on-year +83.33% +20.63% -31.39%

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 16,550 10,081 12,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.36% 30.84% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,044 6,256 7,729
10th Percentile £350 £278 £311
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -0.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,211 751 962
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.38 £21.05
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -25.00%
75th Percentile £73.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £75.00 £76.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.82%

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 24 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 24 July 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 24 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 -44 210 £417 -19.03% 199
England -97 200 £450 -12.62% 180
North of England -28 72 £500 +16.28% 35
North West +8 66 £508 +43.97% 13
London -96 32 £450 -10.00% 35
Scotland +16 31 £310 -31.11% 18
Work from Home -64 29 £445 -19.09% 21
South East -78 27 £445 -12.32% 45
South West -30 23 £510 -7.27% 43
East of England -12 21 £160 -70.91% 22
Midlands -60 20 £400 -11.11% 19
West Midlands -64 17 £325 -27.78% 14
Wales -1 16 £600 - 11
Yorkshire -59 5 £400 -27.27% 12
East Midlands -17 2 - - 5
North East -35 1 - - 10

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 6 (2.36%) Confluence
2 2 (0.79%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (5.91%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (16.93%) Azure
2 33 (12.99%) AWS
3 9 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.15%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.76%) GCP
6 4 (1.57%) GitHub
6 4 (1.57%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.79%) PaaS
8 2 (0.79%) SaaS
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.39%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.39%) IaaS
9 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 114 (44.88%) Firewall
2 75 (29.53%) WAN
3 70 (27.56%) LAN
4 64 (25.20%) Wireless
5 61 (24.02%) SAN
6 57 (22.44%) Network Security
7 55 (21.65%) VLAN
8 53 (20.87%) DNS
8 53 (20.87%) VPN
9 32 (12.60%) DHCP
10 27 (10.63%) TCP/IP
11 24 (9.45%) Structured Cabling
12 22 (8.66%) BGP
13 21 (8.27%) Cisco IOS
13 21 (8.27%) MPLS
14 20 (7.87%) SD-WAN
15 19 (7.48%) OSPF
15 19 (7.48%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (7.09%) NAS
17 17 (6.69%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (3.94%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Git
3 1 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (31.89%) Social Skills
2 66 (25.98%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (15.35%) Telecoms
4 20 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (5.51%) Finance
5 14 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.15%) Banking
7 5 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.57%) Local Government
9 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Law
10 2 (0.79%) Legal
10 2 (0.79%) Military
10 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.39%) Aviation
11 1 (0.39%) Games
11 1 (0.39%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 96 (37.80%) Network Engineer
2 49 (19.29%) Field Engineer
3 43 (16.93%) Field Service Engineer
3 43 (16.93%) IT Engineer
4 22 (8.66%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 21 (8.27%) Architect
5 21 (8.27%) Support Engineer
6 17 (6.69%) Field Support Engineer
7 16 (6.30%) IT Support
7 16 (6.30%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (5.91%) Analyst
9 13 (5.12%) Technical Support
10 12 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.72%) Support Specialist
10 12 (4.72%) Technical Specialist
10 12 (4.72%) Technical Support Specialist
11 11 (4.33%) Project Engineer
12 10 (3.94%) Network Architect
13 9 (3.54%) Cisco Engineer
13 9 (3.54%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.91%) 802.1X
2 13 (5.12%) ONVIF
3 3 (1.18%) REST
4 2 (0.79%) HTML
4 2 (0.79%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.39%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.39%) CSS
5 1 (0.39%) Flash
5 1 (0.39%) JSON
5 1 (0.39%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 88 (34.65%) Data Centre
2 52 (20.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (5.12%) Video\Live Streaming
4 12 (4.72%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.94%) Operational Technology
6 9 (3.54%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.57%) PKI
10 4 (1.57%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.57%) SCADA
10 4 (1.57%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.18%) BYOD
11 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 44 (17.32%) Windows
2 24 (9.45%) Linux
3 10 (3.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.79%) VMS
4 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.39%) Unix
5 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.71%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (19.69%) Customer Service
3 43 (16.93%) Break/Fix
4 39 (15.35%) Project Delivery
5 31 (12.20%) ITSM
6 29 (11.42%) Agile
7 27 (10.63%) ITIL
8 25 (9.84%) High Availability
8 25 (9.84%) Network Segmentation
9 24 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (8.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (7.87%) Change Management
12 20 (7.87%) Network Monitoring
13 19 (7.48%) Load Balancing
13 19 (7.48%) Migration
14 18 (7.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (6.30%) Validation
16 15 (5.91%) Service Management
17 14 (5.51%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.27%) Python
2 13 (5.12%) Bash
3 10 (3.94%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.39%) Bicep
4 1 (0.39%) C
4 1 (0.39%) Java
4 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.39%) Perl
4 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.39%) SQL
4 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 254 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 104 (40.94%) CCNP
3 93 (36.61%) Security Cleared
4 73 (28.74%) SC Cleared
5 68 (26.77%) Network+ Certification
6 66 (25.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 56 (22.05%) A+ Certification
8 50 (19.69%) MCSE
9 41 (16.14%) Degree
10 18 (7.09%) DV Cleared
11 17 (6.69%) Server+ Certification
12 13 (5.12%) MCSA
13 6 (2.36%) AWS Certification
13 6 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.36%) CCIE
13 6 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.97%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.97%) PMP
14 5 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.76%) SLA
3 5 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.97%) NCSC
4 4 (1.57%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.57%) QA
5 3 (1.18%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.18%) NIST
6 2 (0.79%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.39%) GxP
7 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 18 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.33%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.94%) Docker
5 6 (2.36%) Firmware
6 5 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.57%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.39%) Snort
9 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.30%) Kubernetes
1 16 (6.30%) Terraform
2 15 (5.91%) Ansible
3 7 (2.76%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.57%) Cisco Prime
4 4 (1.57%) OPNET
4 4 (1.57%) Podman
4 4 (1.57%) Proxmox
5 3 (1.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.79%) Nagios
7 1 (0.39%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.39%) CASB
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.39%) Suricata
7 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 134 (52.76%) Cisco
2 44 (17.32%) Microsoft
3 43 (16.93%) Dell
4 35 (13.78%) Palo Alto
5 23 (9.06%) ServiceNow
6 22 (8.66%) VMware
7 17 (6.69%) Aruba
7 17 (6.69%) Juniper
8 14 (5.51%) Infoblox
9 13 (5.12%) Nokia
10 11 (4.33%) Meraki
11 10 (3.94%) Fortinet
11 10 (3.94%) SolarWinds
12 9 (3.54%) CheckPoint
13 8 (3.15%) ForeScout
14 7 (2.76%) F5
15 5 (1.97%) Ekahau
15 5 (1.97%) Oracle
16 4 (1.57%) Atlassian
17 3 (1.18%) Qualys