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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 368 279
Rank change year-on-year -50 -89 +18
Contract jobs citing CCNA 250 189 299
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.57% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.50% 1.84% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 121 193
10th Percentile £128 £283 £313
25th Percentile £255 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £608
90th Percentile £596 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £409 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -18.20% +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% -25.14%
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 16,719 10,293 11,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 31.27% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,204 6,336 7,411
10th Percentile £350 £289 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £715 £704 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,256 815 849
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.97 £15.06
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £51.25 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.78% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £73.81 £53.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £73.75 £76.40
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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -21 208 £409 -18.20% 198
England -87 193 £450 -12.62% 167
North of England -26 70 £500 +16.28% 37
North West +8 64 £508 +43.97% 17
Scotland +20 34 £350 -22.22% 23
London -89 31 £460 -9.80% 32
Work from Home -51 29 £427 -22.32% 21
South East -78 26 £248 -50.46% 36
South West -33 24 £518 -5.91% 33
East of England -12 21 £160 -70.91% 21
Wales - 17 £200 - 17
Midlands -59 16 £400 -11.11% 22
West Midlands -61 13 £325 -27.78% 15
Yorkshire -50 6 £450 -18.18% 11
East Midlands -24 2 - - 7

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 (2.00%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (6.80%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.00%) Azure
2 30 (12.00%) AWS
3 10 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.60%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.40%) GCP
5 6 (2.40%) Nutanix
6 4 (1.60%) GitHub
7 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.80%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.80%) PaaS
8 2 (0.80%) SaaS
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 108 (43.20%) Firewall
2 77 (30.80%) WAN
3 70 (28.00%) LAN
4 63 (25.20%) Wireless
5 57 (22.80%) Network Security
6 56 (22.40%) SAN
7 54 (21.60%) DNS
7 54 (21.60%) VPN
8 51 (20.40%) VLAN
9 32 (12.80%) DHCP
10 30 (12.00%) TCP/IP
11 22 (8.80%) BGP
11 22 (8.80%) Cisco IOS
11 22 (8.80%) SD-WAN
12 20 (8.00%) Structured Cabling
13 19 (7.60%) MPLS
13 19 (7.60%) OSPF
14 17 (6.80%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (6.40%) Broadband
16 15 (6.00%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.60%) JIRA
2 4 (1.60%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 76 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 64 (25.60%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (16.40%) Telecoms
4 18 (7.20%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.20%) Finance
7 9 (3.60%) Banking
8 5 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Local Government
9 3 (1.20%) Military
10 2 (0.80%) Aviation
10 2 (0.80%) Law
10 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.80%) 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 97 (38.80%) Network Engineer
2 49 (19.60%) Field Engineer
3 42 (16.80%) IT Engineer
4 41 (16.40%) Field Service Engineer
5 20 (8.00%) Support Engineer
6 19 (7.60%) Architect
7 18 (7.20%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 16 (6.40%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (6.40%) IT Support
8 16 (6.40%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.20%) Technical Support
11 12 (4.80%) Analyst
11 12 (4.80%) Support Specialist
11 12 (4.80%) Technical Specialist
11 12 (4.80%) Technical Support Specialist
12 11 (4.40%) Project Engineer
12 11 (4.40%) Senior
13 8 (3.20%) Cisco Engineer
13 8 (3.20%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.60%) 802.1X
2 13 (5.20%) ONVIF
3 3 (1.20%) REST
4 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.40%) Flash
4 1 (0.40%) HTML
4 1 (0.40%) JSON
4 1 (0.40%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (32.00%) Data Centre
2 50 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (6.00%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.20%) Video\Live Streaming
5 11 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.00%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.60%) PKI
9 4 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.60%) SCADA
9 4 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.20%) BYOD
10 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.80%) CMDB
11 2 (0.80%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.20%) Windows
2 21 (8.40%) Linux
3 10 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (30.40%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 41 (16.40%) Break/Fix
4 40 (16.00%) Project Delivery
5 32 (12.80%) ITIL
6 29 (11.60%) ITSM
7 28 (11.20%) High Availability
8 26 (10.40%) Agile
9 24 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (9.20%) Migration
11 21 (8.40%) Change Management
11 21 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (8.00%) Network Monitoring
12 20 (8.00%) Network Segmentation
13 18 (7.20%) Load Balancing
13 18 (7.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (6.80%) Validation
15 16 (6.40%) Incident Management
16 14 (5.60%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.60%) Python
2 11 (4.40%) Bash
3 9 (3.60%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.40%) Bicep
4 1 (0.40%) C
4 1 (0.40%) Java
4 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.40%) SQL
4 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 250 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 97 (38.80%) CCNP
3 82 (32.80%) Security Cleared
4 67 (26.80%) SC Cleared
5 65 (26.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 64 (25.60%) Network+ Certification
7 55 (22.00%) A+ Certification
8 51 (20.40%) MCSE
9 43 (17.20%) Degree
10 15 (6.00%) Server+ Certification
11 13 (5.20%) DV Cleared
11 13 (5.20%) MCSA
12 7 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.00%) CCIE
14 5 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (2.00%) JNCIA
14 5 (2.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.60%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.80%) SLA
3 6 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.60%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.60%) QA
5 3 (1.20%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.20%) NCSC
5 3 (1.20%) NIST
6 2 (0.80%) GDPR
6 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 20 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (7.60%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.20%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.60%) Docker
5 6 (2.40%) Firmware
6 5 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.60%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.80%) 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 15 (6.00%) Ansible
1 15 (6.00%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.60%) Terraform
3 10 (4.00%) FortiGate
4 5 (2.00%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (2.00%) Nagios
5 4 (1.60%) OPNET
5 4 (1.60%) Podman
5 4 (1.60%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.20%) Packer
7 2 (0.80%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.40%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.40%) Suricata
8 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 134 (53.60%) Cisco
2 47 (18.80%) Microsoft
3 42 (16.80%) Dell
4 33 (13.20%) Palo Alto
5 27 (10.80%) VMware
6 24 (9.60%) ServiceNow
7 17 (6.80%) Juniper
8 14 (5.60%) Nokia
9 13 (5.20%) Aruba
9 13 (5.20%) Infoblox
9 13 (5.20%) Meraki
10 11 (4.40%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.60%) Fortinet
12 8 (3.20%) ForeScout
13 7 (2.80%) F5
14 6 (2.40%) CheckPoint
14 6 (2.40%) Oracle
15 5 (2.00%) Ekahau
16 4 (1.60%) Atlassian
17 3 (1.20%) Qualys