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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 298 326
Rank change year-on-year -33 +28 +132
Contract jobs citing CCNA 190 313 448
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.73% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 2.40% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 212 303
10th Percentile £287 £282 £158
25th Percentile £389 £329 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +19.41% -10.53% +30.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 30 40
10th Percentile £34.40 £13.48 £14.13
25th Percentile £45.38 £14.00 £14.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £16.63 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +245.86% -66.75% +96.08%
75th Percentile £75.00 £23.56 £78.00
90th Percentile - £28.74 £81.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £15.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +400.00% -68.42% +115.91%

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 9,132 13,065 15,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.00% 30.38% 27.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,727 8,067 10,529
10th Percentile £285 £307 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -6.28% +1.62% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 1,069 814
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.82 £15.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £17.80 £20.22
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -25.93% +27.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £68.06
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.45 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £40.94 £50.00
% change year-on-year -2.30% -18.12% +42.86%

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 11 May 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 11 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 17 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 11 May 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 -19 165 £500 +11.11% 239
UK excluding London -29 123 £508 +19.41% 201
Work from Home +24 55 £500 -2.91% 154
London +9 47 £500 -4.76% 81
South East +18 40 £515 +8.42% 68
North of England -9 37 £425 +16.44% 40
North West -4 24 £425 -3.41% 17
South West +28 20 £550 +4.76% 37
Midlands +4 14 £450 +38.46% 27
Yorkshire +6 11 £575 +69.12% 17
East Midlands +11 9 £500 +53.85% 14
Wales +8 5 £425 - 7
Scotland +2 5 £323 -31.95% 6
West Midlands 0 5 £210 -37.78% 13
East of England +4 3 £550 +83.33% 13
North East -8 2 £288 -16.67% 7
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

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 12 (6.32%) Confluence
2 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.58%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.74%) Azure
2 16 (8.42%) AWS
3 7 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.16%) GCP
5 5 (2.63%) IaaS
5 5 (2.63%) PaaS
6 3 (1.58%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.53%) OCI
8 1 (0.53%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 103 (54.21%) Firewall
2 60 (31.58%) Network Security
3 59 (31.05%) VPN
4 54 (28.42%) WAN
5 49 (25.79%) LAN
6 40 (21.05%) TCP/IP
7 37 (19.47%) BGP
8 36 (18.95%) Wireless
9 33 (17.37%) DNS
10 32 (16.84%) OSPF
11 24 (12.63%) DHCP
12 22 (11.58%) MPLS
13 15 (7.89%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (7.37%) IPsec
14 14 (7.37%) VLAN
15 12 (6.32%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (6.32%) EIGRP
15 12 (6.32%) VoIP
16 11 (5.79%) HSRP
16 11 (5.79%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 13 (6.84%) JIRA
2 4 (2.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (1.58%) GitLab
3 3 (1.58%) Jenkins
General
1 85 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 50 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.63%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.21%) Finance
5 6 (3.16%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.11%) Legal
6 4 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.58%) Billing
7 3 (1.58%) Local Government
7 3 (1.58%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.58%) Military
8 2 (1.05%) Back Office
8 2 (1.05%) Banking
8 2 (1.05%) German Language
8 2 (1.05%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.53%) Electronics
9 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 96 (50.53%) Network Engineer
2 21 (11.05%) Architect
3 15 (7.89%) Cisco Engineer
3 15 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (7.89%) Network Architect
4 13 (6.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 12 (6.32%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 10 (5.26%) Senior
7 9 (4.74%) Analyst
7 9 (4.74%) IT Engineer
8 8 (4.21%) NOC Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) Cisco Architect
10 6 (3.16%) Security Engineer
11 5 (2.63%) Cisco Network Architect
11 5 (2.63%) Juniper Architect
12 4 (2.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (2.11%) Project Engineer
12 4 (2.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.32%) Flash
2 4 (2.11%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.05%) LDAP
3 2 (1.05%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.84%) Clustering
2 12 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.74%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.16%) CMDB
7 5 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.11%) Cyberattack
8 4 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.58%) IVR
9 3 (1.58%) NHS
9 3 (1.58%) PKI
9 3 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.05%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.63%) Windows
2 10 (5.26%) Linux
3 5 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.58%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.58%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.05%) VMS
5 2 (1.05%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.53%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (22.63%) Computer Science
3 28 (14.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (14.74%) Validation
4 26 (13.68%) Migration
5 25 (13.16%) High Availability
5 25 (13.16%) Network Architecture
6 22 (11.58%) ITIL
7 21 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (9.47%) Service Management
9 17 (8.95%) Agile
9 17 (8.95%) Network Monitoring
10 15 (7.89%) Mentoring
11 14 (7.37%) Network Virtualisation
12 12 (6.32%) Critical Thinking
12 12 (6.32%) Network Design
12 12 (6.32%) NsoIT
12 12 (6.32%) Power Management
12 12 (6.32%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (6.32%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.05%) Python
2 6 (3.16%) Bash
2 6 (3.16%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.58%) SQL
4 2 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.05%) Rust
Qualifications
1 190 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 109 (57.37%) CCNP
3 63 (33.16%) Degree
4 60 (31.58%) Security Cleared
5 55 (28.95%) SC Cleared
6 29 (15.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (8.42%) Master's Degree
8 15 (7.89%) JNCIS
9 14 (7.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (6.84%) DV Cleared
11 11 (5.79%) CISSP
12 10 (5.26%) JNCIA
12 10 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (3.68%) CCIE
13 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (3.16%) CEH
14 6 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (2.63%) CCDP
15 5 (2.63%) CCSA
15 5 (2.63%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.63%) NIST
2 4 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.11%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.58%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.05%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) DICOM
5 1 (0.53%) HL7
5 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.53%) QA
5 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (7.89%) VMware ESXi
2 15 (7.89%) VMware NSX
3 13 (6.84%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.63%) Firmware
5 3 (1.58%) vSphere
6 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.53%) Docker
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (7.37%) vCenter Server
2 11 (5.79%) Ansible
3 5 (2.63%) FortiGate
3 5 (2.63%) Terraform
4 4 (2.11%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.58%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (1.58%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (1.58%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.58%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.58%) SCCM
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco UCCE
6 2 (1.05%) Nagios
6 2 (1.05%) SCOM
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.53%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 137 (72.11%) Cisco
2 37 (19.47%) Microsoft
3 26 (13.68%) VMware
4 25 (13.16%) Juniper
5 23 (12.11%) CheckPoint
6 22 (11.58%) Palo Alto
7 21 (11.05%) Fortinet
8 14 (7.37%) Meraki
9 13 (6.84%) SolarWinds
10 12 (6.32%) Atlassian
11 8 (4.21%) Aruba
12 7 (3.68%) Infoblox
13 6 (3.16%) Fujitsu
14 5 (2.63%) Arista
14 5 (2.63%) F5
14 5 (2.63%) ServiceNow
14 5 (2.63%) Veeam
15 4 (2.11%) Google
15 4 (2.11%) Nokia
16 3 (1.58%) CrowdStrike