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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 311 272
Rank change year-on-year -120 -39 +159
Contract jobs citing CCNA 152 269 417
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.74% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.27% 2.52% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 167 269
10th Percentile £250 £255 £219
25th Percentile £363 £363 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £574 £575 £550
90th Percentile £588 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £413
% change year-on-year - +15.15% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 34
10th Percentile £28.18 £11.75 £14.08
25th Percentile £29.00 £21.43 £16.44
Median hourly rate £34.75 £44.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.02% +51.72% +100.00%
75th Percentile £53.94 £74.06 £48.75
90th Percentile £62.35 £75.00 £55.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +100.00% +72.41%

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 11,956 10,657 13,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.36% 29.39% 29.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,724 6,436 8,517
10th Percentile £305 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,015 514 757
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.07 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.18 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.71 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.70% -22.05% +18.89%
75th Percentile £48.73 £66.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.59 £51.90
% change year-on-year -44.83% -12.16% +15.33%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 18 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 30 November 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 -123 124 £510 +7.37% 118
UK excluding London -84 103 £475 - 128
London -22 40 £505 +12.22% 24
Work from Home -27 29 £450 -14.29% 27
South East -39 25 £450 -10.00% 49
North of England -75 24 £550 +18.92% 21
Midlands -23 20 £450 +20.00% 22
West Midlands -9 18 £450 -5.26% 10
Yorkshire -42 12 £538 +31.90% 6
Scotland +4 11 £438 +9.38% 14
North West -38 11 £550 +15.79% 14
East of England -5 8 £520 +4.00% 11
Wales -2 6 £550 +92.98% 5
South West -14 6 £550 - 8
Northern Ireland -5 3 £475 -
North East -5 3 £550 +29.41% 1
East Midlands -23 2 £121 -67.77% 11
Channel Islands - 1 £440 -

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 17 (11.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.95%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.66%) Confluence
4 1 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 14 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.82%) Azure
2 16 (10.53%) AWS
3 12 (7.89%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.63%) GCP
6 3 (1.97%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.32%) AWS IoT
7 2 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.66%) GitHub
8 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.66%) IaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.66%) PaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.66%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 81 (53.29%) Firewall
2 41 (26.97%) LAN
3 36 (23.68%) WAN
4 34 (22.37%) DNS
5 33 (21.71%) Wireless
6 31 (20.39%) DHCP
7 28 (18.42%) VPN
8 22 (14.47%) TCP/IP
9 20 (13.16%) BGP
9 20 (13.16%) Network Security
10 19 (12.50%) VLAN
11 17 (11.18%) Cisco IOS
11 17 (11.18%) SD-WAN
12 16 (10.53%) MPLS
12 16 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (8.55%) IPsec
13 13 (8.55%) OSPF
13 13 (8.55%) Unified Communications
14 10 (6.58%) Ethernet
14 10 (6.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Git
2 3 (1.97%) Subversion
3 2 (1.32%) GitLab
3 2 (1.32%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 37 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 23 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 14 (9.21%) Telecoms
6 11 (7.24%) Finance
6 11 (7.24%) Legal
7 5 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.63%) Local Government
9 2 (1.32%) Electronics
9 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.32%) Marketing
9 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 79 (51.97%) Network Engineer
2 13 (8.55%) Analyst
3 10 (6.58%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (6.58%) Platform Engineer
3 10 (6.58%) Senior
3 10 (6.58%) Support Engineer
4 9 (5.92%) Network Support
4 9 (5.92%) Network Support Engineer
5 8 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (4.61%) Lead
7 6 (3.95%) Consultant
7 6 (3.95%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (3.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (3.29%) Field Engineer
8 5 (3.29%) Network Analyst
8 5 (3.29%) Technical Leader
8 5 (3.29%) Wintel Engineer
9 4 (2.63%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.29%) XMPP
2 3 (1.97%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.97%) CSS
2 3 (1.97%) HTML
2 3 (1.97%) Node.js
2 3 (1.97%) REST
3 2 (1.32%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.66%) JSON
4 1 (0.66%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.66%) ODBC
4 1 (0.66%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.66%) XML
4 1 (0.66%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.45%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.24%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.92%) Operational Technology
3 9 (5.92%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.61%) CCTV
4 7 (4.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.61%) SCADA
4 7 (4.61%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.95%) PKI
6 5 (3.29%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.63%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (2.63%) IoT
7 4 (2.63%) Life Science
7 4 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.97%) 3D Printing
8 3 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.97%) Blog
9 2 (1.32%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (22.37%) Windows
2 21 (13.82%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.84%) Linux
4 10 (6.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.97%) Unix
6 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.66%) VMS
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.66%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (15.13%) Computer Science
3 20 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (9.87%) ITIL
5 14 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (9.21%) Network Design
5 14 (9.21%) Service Management
6 13 (8.55%) Change Control
7 12 (7.89%) ITSM
7 12 (7.89%) Project Delivery
8 11 (7.24%) High Availability
8 11 (7.24%) Network Monitoring
9 10 (6.58%) DevOps
9 10 (6.58%) Platform Engineering
10 9 (5.92%) Incident Management
10 9 (5.92%) Knowledge Management
10 9 (5.92%) Migration
11 8 (5.26%) Agile
11 8 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.42%) Python
2 27 (17.76%) PowerShell
3 17 (11.18%) Bash
4 9 (5.92%) Perl
5 8 (5.26%) SQL
6 6 (3.95%) Java
7 4 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.97%) C++
8 3 (1.97%) Go
8 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.97%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.97%) PHP
Qualifications
1 152 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 91 (59.87%) CCNP
3 49 (32.24%) Security Cleared
4 36 (23.68%) Degree
5 35 (23.03%) SC Cleared
6 15 (9.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (9.87%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (9.21%) CCDP
8 12 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (7.89%) DV Cleared
8 12 (7.89%) MCSE
9 8 (5.26%) JNCIS
10 7 (4.61%) JNCIA
11 6 (3.95%) Master's Degree
12 5 (3.29%) CISSP
12 5 (3.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (2.63%) CCIE
13 4 (2.63%) CEH
13 4 (2.63%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.97%) NIST
3 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.32%) QA
3 2 (1.32%) SLA
4 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.66%) JTAG
4 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (18.42%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (3.95%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.97%) Firmware
5 3 (1.97%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.32%) Docker
6 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.32%) vSphere
7 1 (0.66%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.66%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (8.55%) FortiGate
2 10 (6.58%) Ansible
3 6 (3.95%) SCCM
3 6 (3.95%) Terraform
4 5 (3.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (3.29%) WSUS
5 4 (2.63%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.63%) Grafana
5 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.97%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.97%) Puppet
6 3 (1.97%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.32%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.32%) Nagios
7 2 (1.32%) OpenView
8 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.66%) Nmap
8 1 (0.66%) Packer
8 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (66.45%) Cisco
2 43 (28.29%) Microsoft
3 26 (17.11%) VMware
4 18 (11.84%) Juniper
5 16 (10.53%) CheckPoint
5 16 (10.53%) Fortinet
5 16 (10.53%) SolarWinds
6 15 (9.87%) Palo Alto
7 13 (8.55%) Citrix
8 9 (5.92%) Aruba
8 9 (5.92%) Meraki
8 9 (5.92%) Red Hat
9 8 (5.26%) ServiceNow
10 7 (4.61%) Splunk
10 7 (4.61%) Veeam
11 6 (3.95%) F5
11 6 (3.95%) Remedy
12 4 (2.63%) Google
12 4 (2.63%) Nokia
12 4 (2.63%) Peregrine