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 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 298 262
Rank change year-on-year -126 -36 +185
Contract jobs citing CCNA 148 280 458
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.76% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.36% 2.59% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 173 296
10th Percentile £246 £257 £216
25th Percentile £361 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £544
90th Percentile £588 £644 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £425
% change year-on-year - +11.76% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 32
10th Percentile - £11.75 £14.03
25th Percentile £29.00 £12.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.53% +51.00% +83.02%
75th Percentile £50.38 £57.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.85 £75.00 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +56.25% +75.70%

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 10,894 10,827 13,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.38% 29.37% 28.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,873 6,572 8,740
10th Percentile £288 £312 £313
25th Percentile £413 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £635 £650
90th Percentile £708 £725 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £518 £538
% change year-on-year -3.38% -3.72% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 516 748
10th Percentile £16.97 £18.13 £16.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%
75th Percentile £39.45 £67.50 £68.97
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £48.18 £51.89
% change year-on-year -47.80% -7.14% +15.30%

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 26 October 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 26 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 17 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 26 October 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 -100 127 £513 +7.89% 179
UK excluding London -97 101 £475 - 163
London -40 37 £518 +15.00% 45
Work from Home -29 27 £450 -14.29% 134
Midlands -17 25 £450 +20.00% 35
North of England -62 25 £550 +21.01% 44
West Midlands -5 22 £450 +5.88% 17
South East -27 20 £438 -12.50% 60
Yorkshire -34 14 £550 +34.97% 9
East of England -1 11 £520 +4.00% 6
Scotland -2 10 £450 +12.50% 8
North West -43 10 £550 +17.33% 26
South West -4 7 £550 - 9
North East -7 3 £550 +29.41% 9
Northern Ireland -10 3 £475 - 1
East Midlands -12 3 £121 -67.77% 18
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 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (7.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.38%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (12.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.86%) Azure
2 14 (9.46%) AWS
3 10 (6.76%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.70%) GCP
6 2 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.35%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.68%) GitHub
7 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.68%) IaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.68%) PaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.68%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 81 (54.73%) Firewall
2 46 (31.08%) DNS
3 43 (29.05%) DHCP
4 42 (28.38%) LAN
5 39 (26.35%) WAN
6 33 (22.30%) Wireless
7 28 (18.92%) VPN
8 23 (15.54%) TCP/IP
9 19 (12.84%) Cisco IOS
9 19 (12.84%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (12.16%) SD-WAN
11 17 (11.49%) VLAN
11 17 (11.49%) WLAN
12 16 (10.81%) BGP
13 15 (10.14%) Network Security
14 14 (9.46%) Unified Communications
15 13 (8.78%) OSPF
16 12 (8.11%) MPLS
16 12 (8.11%) PuTTY
17 10 (6.76%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Git
2 3 (2.03%) Subversion
3 2 (1.35%) GitLab
3 2 (1.35%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 35 (23.65%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.19%) Public Sector
3 20 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (12.84%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.78%) Telecoms
6 10 (6.76%) Finance
6 10 (6.76%) Legal
7 4 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Electronics
9 2 (1.35%) Marketing
10 1 (0.68%) Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (47.97%) Network Engineer
2 20 (13.51%) Analyst
3 11 (7.43%) Support Engineer
4 10 (6.76%) Network Support
4 10 (6.76%) Network Support Engineer
4 10 (6.76%) Platform Engineer
5 9 (6.08%) Cisco Engineer
5 9 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.08%) Network Analyst
5 9 (6.08%) Senior
6 8 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (5.41%) Lead
7 7 (4.73%) Field Engineer
8 5 (3.38%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (3.38%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (3.38%) Support Analyst
8 5 (3.38%) Technical Leader
8 5 (3.38%) Test Engineer
8 5 (3.38%) Wintel Engineer
9 4 (2.70%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.38%) XMPP
2 3 (2.03%) CSS
2 3 (2.03%) HTML
2 3 (2.03%) Node.js
2 3 (2.03%) REST
2 3 (2.03%) RFC 2544
3 2 (1.35%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.68%) JSON
4 1 (0.68%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.68%) ODBC
4 1 (0.68%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.68%) XML
4 1 (0.68%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.54%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.76%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.76%) Virtual Team
3 9 (6.08%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.41%) CCTV
4 8 (5.41%) SCADA
5 7 (4.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.05%) Fibre Optics
6 6 (4.05%) Life Science
6 6 (4.05%) PKI
7 5 (3.38%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.38%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.70%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.03%) Blog
9 3 (2.03%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.35%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 36 (24.32%) Windows
2 21 (14.19%) Windows Server
3 18 (12.16%) Linux
4 10 (6.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.03%) Unix
6 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.68%) VMS
7 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.68%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.92%) Computer Science
2 24 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (14.86%) ITIL
4 17 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (10.14%) Service Management
6 14 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (9.46%) Network Monitoring
7 13 (8.78%) Change Control
7 13 (8.78%) Incident Management
8 12 (8.11%) High Availability
9 11 (7.43%) Network Design
10 10 (6.76%) Change Management
10 10 (6.76%) ITSM
10 10 (6.76%) Platform Engineering
10 10 (6.76%) Project Delivery
11 9 (6.08%) Knowledge Management
11 9 (6.08%) Project Management
12 8 (5.41%) Load Balancing
12 8 (5.41%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.24%) Python
2 25 (16.89%) PowerShell
3 16 (10.81%) Bash
4 9 (6.08%) Perl
5 8 (5.41%) SQL
6 6 (4.05%) Java
7 4 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (2.03%) C++
8 3 (2.03%) Go
8 3 (2.03%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.03%) Kotlin
8 3 (2.03%) PHP
Qualifications
1 148 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 81 (54.73%) CCNP
3 40 (27.03%) Degree
3 40 (27.03%) Security Cleared
4 31 (20.95%) SC Cleared
5 17 (11.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (8.78%) CCDP
8 12 (8.11%) MCSE
9 11 (7.43%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (5.41%) DV Cleared
11 6 (4.05%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (4.05%) Master's Degree
12 5 (3.38%) Azure Certification
12 5 (3.38%) CISSP
12 5 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (3.38%) JNCIA
13 4 (2.70%) CEH
13 4 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
13 4 (2.70%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (1.35%) NIST
2 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.35%) QA
2 2 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (4.05%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.03%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.35%) Docker
6 2 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.35%) vSphere
7 1 (0.68%) Firmware
7 1 (0.68%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (8.11%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.08%) Ansible
3 6 (4.05%) SCCM
4 5 (3.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (3.38%) Terraform
4 5 (3.38%) WSUS
5 4 (2.70%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.70%) Grafana
5 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.70%) Nagios
6 3 (2.03%) Puppet
6 3 (2.03%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.35%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.35%) OpenView
8 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 100 (67.57%) Cisco
2 49 (33.11%) Microsoft
3 28 (18.92%) VMware
4 17 (11.49%) SolarWinds
5 14 (9.46%) Palo Alto
6 13 (8.78%) Citrix
6 13 (8.78%) Fortinet
6 13 (8.78%) Juniper
7 11 (7.43%) Meraki
8 10 (6.76%) CheckPoint
8 10 (6.76%) ServiceNow
9 9 (6.08%) Red Hat
10 8 (5.41%) F5
11 7 (4.73%) Peregrine
11 7 (4.73%) Remedy
11 7 (4.73%) Splunk
11 7 (4.73%) Veeam
12 4 (2.70%) Google
12 4 (2.70%) Nokia
12 4 (2.70%) Oracle