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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 352 290
Rank change year-on-year -60 -62 +23
Contract jobs citing CCNA 262 209 330
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.65% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.59% 2.10% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 134 213
10th Percentile £128 £283 £282
25th Percentile £215 £389 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £537 £575 £588
90th Percentile £608 £613 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £419 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -16.30% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 29
10th Percentile £29.00 - £12.00
25th Percentile £53.13 £29.00 £14.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +41.30% -54.00%
75th Percentile £67.67 £57.81 £40.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £62.25 £66.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year +83.33% +33.93% +8.58%

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 16,512 9,934 12,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.37% 30.70% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,029 6,174 8,038
10th Percentile £350 £279 £310
25th Percentile £429 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -0.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £703 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,197 699 1,106
10th Percentile £17.54 £17.87 £14.03
25th Percentile £25.24 £20.00 £20.12
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.38 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +82.65% -33.13% -25.56%
75th Percentile £73.00 £58.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.30 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -19.87%

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 July 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 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 16 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 July 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 -53 215 £419 -16.30% 221
England -87 210 £450 -10.00% 206
North of England -40 75 £500 +33.33% 41
North West +4 65 £508 +35.33% 15
London -84 35 £450 -10.00% 40
Work from Home -66 30 £445 -17.21% 39
Scotland +8 28 £310 -28.12% 17
South East -69 27 £445 -13.59% 56
South West -23 23 £510 -6.21% 38
East of England -23 23 £160 -70.91% 28
Midlands -62 22 £250 -44.44% 23
West Midlands -67 19 £213 -52.78% 17
Wales 0 17 £600 - 12
Yorkshire -54 7 £400 -27.27% 17
North East -36 3 - - 9
East Midlands -21 2 - - 6

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 7 (2.67%) Confluence
2 2 (0.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (5.73%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.03%) Azure
2 33 (12.60%) AWS
3 8 (3.05%) Entra ID
3 8 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.29%) GCP
5 4 (1.53%) Nutanix
6 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.15%) GitHub
7 2 (0.76%) PaaS
7 2 (0.76%) SaaS
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.38%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.38%) IaaS
8 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 118 (45.04%) Firewall
2 78 (29.77%) WAN
3 71 (27.10%) LAN
4 65 (24.81%) SAN
5 64 (24.43%) Wireless
6 61 (23.28%) Network Security
7 56 (21.37%) VPN
8 55 (20.99%) VLAN
9 54 (20.61%) DNS
10 32 (12.21%) DHCP
11 28 (10.69%) TCP/IP
12 25 (9.54%) Structured Cabling
13 23 (8.78%) BGP
14 21 (8.02%) SD-WAN
15 20 (7.63%) Cisco IOS
15 20 (7.63%) OSPF
15 20 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (6.87%) MPLS
16 18 (6.87%) NAS
17 17 (6.49%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.96%) JIRA
2 4 (1.53%) Git
3 3 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.76%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
General
1 84 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 70 (26.72%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (14.12%) Telecoms
4 21 (8.02%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.11%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.96%) Finance
7 7 (2.67%) Banking
8 4 (1.53%) Local Government
8 4 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.76%) Law
10 2 (0.76%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.76%) Military
11 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.38%) Aviation
11 1 (0.38%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 101 (38.55%) Network Engineer
2 53 (20.23%) Field Engineer
3 47 (17.94%) Field Service Engineer
3 47 (17.94%) IT Engineer
4 22 (8.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 21 (8.02%) Architect
5 21 (8.02%) Support Engineer
6 18 (6.87%) IT Support
7 17 (6.49%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (6.11%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (5.73%) Analyst
10 13 (4.96%) Technical Support
11 12 (4.58%) Support Specialist
11 12 (4.58%) Technical Specialist
11 12 (4.58%) Technical Support Specialist
12 11 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.82%) Network Architect
14 9 (3.44%) Cisco Engineer
14 9 (3.44%) Project Engineer
15 8 (3.05%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.73%) 802.1X
2 13 (4.96%) ONVIF
3 3 (1.15%) REST
4 2 (0.76%) HTML
4 2 (0.76%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.38%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.38%) CSS
5 1 (0.38%) Flash
5 1 (0.38%) JSON
5 1 (0.38%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 93 (35.50%) Data Centre
2 55 (20.99%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (4.96%) Video\Live Streaming
4 10 (3.82%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.82%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.91%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.53%) PKI
9 4 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.53%) SCADA
10 3 (1.15%) BYOD
10 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (17.18%) Windows
2 26 (9.92%) Linux
3 8 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.76%) VMS
4 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.37%) Customer Service
3 47 (17.94%) Break/Fix
4 37 (14.12%) Project Delivery
5 32 (12.21%) ITSM
6 30 (11.45%) Agile
7 28 (10.69%) ITIL
8 25 (9.54%) High Availability
8 25 (9.54%) Network Segmentation
9 22 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (8.40%) Migration
10 21 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (7.25%) Change Management
11 19 (7.25%) Load Balancing
11 19 (7.25%) Network Monitoring
12 18 (6.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (6.11%) Validation
14 15 (5.73%) Service Management
15 14 (5.34%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.02%) Python
2 12 (4.58%) Bash
3 8 (3.05%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.38%) C
4 1 (0.38%) Java
4 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.38%) Perl
4 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 262 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 106 (40.46%) CCNP
3 93 (35.50%) Security Cleared
4 73 (27.86%) SC Cleared
5 72 (27.48%) Network+ Certification
6 67 (25.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (22.90%) A+ Certification
8 52 (19.85%) MCSE
9 42 (16.03%) Degree
10 19 (7.25%) DV Cleared
11 17 (6.49%) Server+ Certification
12 13 (4.96%) MCSA
13 7 (2.67%) AWS Certification
14 6 (2.29%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.91%) CCIE
15 5 (1.91%) PMI Certification
15 5 (1.91%) PMP
16 4 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.67%) SLA
3 5 (1.91%) NCSC
4 4 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.53%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.53%) QA
5 3 (1.15%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.15%) NIST
6 2 (0.76%) GDPR
6 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.38%) GxP
7 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.82%) Docker
3 10 (3.82%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.29%) Firmware
5 5 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.53%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.38%) Snort
8 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.49%) Terraform
2 16 (6.11%) Ansible
2 16 (6.11%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.67%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.53%) Cisco Prime
4 4 (1.53%) OPNET
4 4 (1.53%) Proxmox
5 3 (1.15%) Packer
5 3 (1.15%) Podman
6 2 (0.76%) Nagios
7 1 (0.38%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.38%) CASB
7 1 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.38%) Suricata
7 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 137 (52.29%) Cisco
2 47 (17.94%) Dell
3 43 (16.41%) Microsoft
4 37 (14.12%) Palo Alto
5 23 (8.78%) ServiceNow
6 20 (7.63%) VMware
7 18 (6.87%) Aruba
7 18 (6.87%) Juniper
8 15 (5.73%) Infoblox
9 11 (4.20%) CheckPoint
9 11 (4.20%) Meraki
9 11 (4.20%) Nokia
10 10 (3.82%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.82%) SolarWinds
11 8 (3.05%) ForeScout
12 7 (2.67%) F5
13 6 (2.29%) Oracle
14 5 (1.91%) Ekahau
15 3 (1.15%) Arista
15 3 (1.15%) CyberArk