CCNA Contracts

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 8 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 268 387
Rank change year-on-year -50 +119 +85
Contract jobs citing CCNA 215 399 435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.88% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.33% 2.91% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 251 290
10th Percentile £250 £225 £155
25th Percentile £350 £323 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £550
90th Percentile £600 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £400 £445
% change year-on-year +16.25% -10.11% +30.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 39 47
10th Percentile £17.15 - £13.41
25th Percentile £35.00 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.65% +27.78% -52.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £48.75 £68.25
90th Percentile - £51.00 £80.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £23.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +160.87% +58.62% -34.77%

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 9,237 13,725 17,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.70% 30.39% 26.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,580 8,542 11,979
10th Percentile £296 £295 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.71% +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 448 958 864
10th Percentile £19.93 £14.16 £14.33
25th Percentile £24.18 £21.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% +2.62% +13.28%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £78.40 £77.65 £75.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.62% +39.02%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCNA.

Daily rate trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 8 February 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCNA.

Hourly rate trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 8 February 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 18 Contract 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 8 February 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 -73 174 £450 +5.88% 136
UK excluding London -56 138 £465 +16.25% 113
London +30 61 £425 -19.05% 42
Work from Home -15 55 £415 -2.35% 123
North of England +2 47 £474 +24.67% 38
South East -12 35 £450 +12.50% 21
North West +23 33 £475 -1.45% 20
South West 0 22 £550 -8.33% 15
Scotland +28 14 £400 -5.88% 6
Yorkshire -4 12 £463 +32.14% 15
Midlands -16 10 £375 +15.38% 22
East Midlands +5 8 £450 +38.46% 8
Wales - 8 £310 - 8
North East -10 2 £375 +0.67% 4
West Midlands -20 2 £210 -49.09% 14
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -
Isle of Man - 1 £350 -

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (5.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.19%) Confluence
3 5 (2.33%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.88%) Azure
2 13 (6.05%) AWS
3 7 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.79%) GCP
5 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.40%) PaaS
6 2 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.93%) IaaS
6 2 (0.93%) OCI
6 2 (0.93%) SaaS
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.47%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 118 (54.88%) Firewall
2 84 (39.07%) WAN
3 74 (34.42%) LAN
4 73 (33.95%) Network Security
5 68 (31.63%) VPN
6 61 (28.37%) Wireless
7 44 (20.47%) BGP
8 41 (19.07%) OSPF
9 38 (17.67%) DNS
10 35 (16.28%) TCP/IP
11 27 (12.56%) DHCP
12 23 (10.70%) Cisco ASA
13 21 (9.77%) MPLS
14 18 (8.37%) Cisco ISE
14 18 (8.37%) VoIP
14 18 (8.37%) WLAN
15 16 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (6.98%) SD-WAN
16 15 (6.98%) VLAN
17 13 (6.05%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (4.65%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Hudson
3 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.21%) Public Sector
3 27 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.44%) Telecoms
5 14 (6.51%) Finance
5 14 (6.51%) Legal
6 13 (6.05%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.79%) Electronics
9 5 (2.33%) Local Government
9 5 (2.33%) Marketing
10 4 (1.86%) Banking
10 4 (1.86%) Military
11 3 (1.40%) Billing
12 2 (0.93%) Aviation
12 2 (0.93%) Back Office
12 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.93%) German Language
13 1 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 110 (51.16%) Network Engineer
2 26 (12.09%) Architect
3 17 (7.91%) Network Architect
4 15 (6.98%) Analyst
4 15 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (6.05%) Cisco Engineer
5 13 (6.05%) Senior
6 11 (5.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (4.19%) NOC Engineer
8 8 (3.72%) Network Analyst
9 7 (3.26%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (3.26%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 6 (2.79%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.79%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 6 (2.79%) Security Engineer
11 5 (2.33%) IT Analyst
11 5 (2.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.33%) Security Analyst
12 4 (1.86%) Network Specialist
12 4 (1.86%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.72%) 802.1X
2 7 (3.26%) Flash
3 2 (0.93%) LDAP
3 2 (0.93%) RFC 2544
3 2 (0.93%) SAML
4 1 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.49%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.72%) Clustering
2 8 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.26%) PKI
4 6 (2.79%) Cyberattack
5 5 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
5 5 (2.33%) IoT
5 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.33%) NHS
5 5 (2.33%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.33%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.86%) Blog
6 4 (1.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.86%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.40%) IVR
7 3 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.93%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.81%) Windows
2 13 (6.05%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.72%) Linux
5 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.40%) VMS
7 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.47%) CatOS
8 1 (0.47%) CentOS
8 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.47%) Unix
8 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (13.49%) ITIL
3 24 (11.16%) Migration
4 23 (10.70%) Network Monitoring
5 22 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (9.30%) Computer Science
6 20 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 19 (8.84%) High Availability
7 19 (8.84%) Load Balancing
8 18 (8.37%) Network Management
9 17 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (7.91%) Network Architecture
10 16 (7.44%) Agile
10 16 (7.44%) Service Management
11 13 (6.05%) Customer Service
11 13 (6.05%) Project Delivery
12 12 (5.58%) Incident Response
13 10 (4.65%) Data Protection
13 10 (4.65%) Incident Management
13 10 (4.65%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.30%) Python
2 17 (7.91%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.79%) Bash
3 6 (2.79%) SQL
4 4 (1.86%) Rust
5 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.47%) Ruby
6 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 215 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 109 (50.70%) CCNP
3 63 (29.30%) Security Cleared
4 53 (24.65%) SC Cleared
5 39 (18.14%) Degree
6 19 (8.84%) DV Cleared
6 19 (8.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (6.98%) CCIE
8 13 (6.05%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (5.58%) Master's Degree
10 10 (4.65%) MCSE
10 10 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 9 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (3.72%) CCDP
13 7 (3.26%) CISSP
13 7 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (2.79%) JNCIS
15 5 (2.33%) CCDA
15 5 (2.33%) CEH
15 5 (2.33%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.12%) SLA
2 6 (2.79%) NIST
3 5 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.33%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.86%) DICOM
4 4 (1.86%) HL7
5 3 (1.40%) GDPR
5 3 (1.40%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.47%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 29 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (8.84%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.51%) VMware NSX
4 11 (5.12%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (4.19%) Firmware
6 4 (1.86%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.93%) Docker
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.65%) vCenter Server
2 9 (4.19%) FortiGate
3 8 (3.72%) Ansible
3 8 (3.72%) SCCM
4 7 (3.26%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (1.86%) Cisco Prime
5 4 (1.86%) SCOM
5 4 (1.86%) WSUS
5 4 (1.86%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.40%) Nagios
7 2 (0.93%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.47%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 161 (74.88%) Cisco
2 43 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 30 (13.95%) VMware
4 27 (12.56%) Palo Alto
5 24 (11.16%) Fortinet
6 22 (10.23%) SolarWinds
7 21 (9.77%) Meraki
8 17 (7.91%) Juniper
9 16 (7.44%) F5
10 14 (6.51%) CheckPoint
11 10 (4.65%) Infoblox
12 9 (4.19%) Aruba
13 8 (3.72%) Atlassian
14 7 (3.26%) Nokia
15 5 (2.33%) Google
15 5 (2.33%) ServiceNow
16 4 (1.86%) Extreme Networks
16 4 (1.86%) LogicMonitor
16 4 (1.86%) Mitel
16 4 (1.86%) Veeam