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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 363 297
Rank change year-on-year -57 -66 +4
Contract jobs citing CCNA 253 193 298
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.58% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.51% 1.87% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 125 192
10th Percentile £128 £284 £313
25th Percentile £261 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £537 £584 £608
90th Percentile £596 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £417 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.60% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 28
10th Percentile £28.05 - £11.75
25th Percentile £49.00 £29.00 £13.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% +20.63% -25.63%
75th Percentile £66.56 £58.13 £50.94
90th Percentile £67.84 £61.85 £74.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £24.87
% change year-on-year +83.33% +20.63% +30.89%

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 16,716 10,328 11,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.34% 31.15% 29.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,172 6,378 7,405
10th Percentile £350 £290 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £715 £703 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,263 804 850
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £15.08
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.14 £21.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £73.23 £53.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -47.05% -8.46%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -23 211 £417 -16.60% 204
England -87 198 £450 -12.62% 181
North of England -23 72 £500 +16.28% 41
North West +9 65 £508 +43.97% 18
Scotland +17 34 £350 -22.22% 18
London -100 31 £460 -8.91% 31
Work from Home -52 28 £427 -22.32% 17
South East -80 27 £357 -28.58% 43
South West -29 24 £518 -5.91% 38
East of England -9 22 £160 -70.91% 21
Midlands -59 17 £400 -11.11% 21
Wales - 15 - - 15
West Midlands -57 14 £325 -27.78% 16
Yorkshire -53 7 £450 -18.18% 14
East Midlands -13 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 17 (6.72%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (17.39%) Azure
2 31 (12.25%) AWS
3 10 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.56%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.77%) GCP
6 6 (2.37%) Nutanix
7 4 (1.58%) GitHub
8 3 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.19%) PaaS
8 3 (1.19%) SaaS
9 2 (0.79%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 112 (44.27%) Firewall
2 75 (29.64%) WAN
3 68 (26.88%) LAN
4 65 (25.69%) Wireless
5 60 (23.72%) SAN
6 56 (22.13%) DNS
6 56 (22.13%) Network Security
6 56 (22.13%) VLAN
6 56 (22.13%) VPN
7 34 (13.44%) DHCP
8 30 (11.86%) TCP/IP
9 24 (9.49%) Cisco IOS
10 23 (9.09%) BGP
10 23 (9.09%) SD-WAN
11 22 (8.70%) Structured Cabling
12 21 (8.30%) MPLS
12 21 (8.30%) OSPF
13 18 (7.11%) NAS
14 17 (6.72%) NX-OS
14 17 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.56%) JIRA
2 4 (1.58%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
General
1 80 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 66 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (15.81%) Telecoms
4 17 (6.72%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.53%) Finance
7 9 (3.56%) Banking
8 5 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Local Government
9 3 (1.19%) Military
10 2 (0.79%) Aviation
10 2 (0.79%) Law
10 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 96 (37.94%) Network Engineer
2 48 (18.97%) Field Engineer
3 43 (17.00%) IT Engineer
4 42 (16.60%) Field Service Engineer
5 22 (8.70%) Architect
6 21 (8.30%) Support Engineer
7 19 (7.51%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 17 (6.72%) Field Support Engineer
8 17 (6.72%) IT Support
8 17 (6.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.53%) Analyst
10 13 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.14%) Technical Support
11 12 (4.74%) Support Specialist
11 12 (4.74%) Technical Specialist
11 12 (4.74%) Technical Support Specialist
12 11 (4.35%) Project Engineer
13 10 (3.95%) Network Architect
13 10 (3.95%) 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
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
5 1 (0.40%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 85 (33.60%) Data Centre
2 51 (20.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (5.14%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.14%) Video\Live Streaming
4 11 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 10 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.58%) PKI
8 4 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.58%) SCADA
9 3 (1.19%) BYOD
9 3 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.19%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.79%) CMDB
10 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.60%) Windows
2 23 (9.09%) Linux
3 10 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) VMS
4 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
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 78 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (20.16%) Customer Service
3 42 (16.60%) Break/Fix
4 40 (15.81%) Project Delivery
5 32 (12.65%) ITIL
6 31 (12.25%) ITSM
7 27 (10.67%) High Availability
8 26 (10.28%) Agile
9 25 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (9.49%) Network Segmentation
11 21 (8.30%) Change Management
11 21 (8.30%) Migration
12 20 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (7.91%) Network Monitoring
13 19 (7.51%) Load Balancing
14 18 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 17 (6.72%) Validation
16 15 (5.93%) Incident Management
17 14 (5.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.30%) Python
2 12 (4.74%) Bash
3 9 (3.56%) 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%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.40%) SQL
4 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 253 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 101 (39.92%) CCNP
3 86 (33.99%) Security Cleared
4 70 (27.67%) SC Cleared
5 68 (26.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 67 (26.48%) Network+ Certification
7 56 (22.13%) A+ Certification
8 52 (20.55%) MCSE
9 43 (17.00%) Degree
10 17 (6.72%) Server+ Certification
11 14 (5.53%) DV Cleared
12 13 (5.14%) MCSA
13 7 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (2.37%) CCIE
14 6 (2.37%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (1.58%) AWS Certification
16 4 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (1.58%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.77%) SLA
3 6 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.98%) NCSC
5 4 (1.58%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.58%) QA
6 3 (1.19%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.19%) NIST
7 2 (0.79%) GDPR
7 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.40%) GxP
8 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 21 (8.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (7.51%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.53%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.56%) 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%) Ansible
2 15 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.93%) Terraform
3 8 (3.16%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (1.98%) Nagios
5 4 (1.58%) OPNET
5 4 (1.58%) Podman
5 4 (1.58%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.19%) Packer
7 2 (0.79%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.40%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.40%) CASB
8 1 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.40%) Suricata
8 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 136 (53.75%) Cisco
2 47 (18.58%) Microsoft
3 43 (17.00%) Dell
4 34 (13.44%) Palo Alto
5 28 (11.07%) VMware
6 26 (10.28%) ServiceNow
7 16 (6.32%) Juniper
8 14 (5.53%) Aruba
8 14 (5.53%) Meraki
8 14 (5.53%) Nokia
9 13 (5.14%) Infoblox
10 12 (4.74%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.56%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.16%) ForeScout
13 7 (2.77%) CheckPoint
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