CCNA Contracts

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 321 472
Rank change year-on-year +2 +151 -40
Contract jobs citing CCNA 306 451 435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.81% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.36% 3.01% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 304 298
10th Percentile £285 £193 £217
25th Percentile £335 £325 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £480 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +12.94% +18.88%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £538
90th Percentile £650 £626 £589
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £365
% change year-on-year -10.53% +30.14% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 34 27
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.00 £12.85
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.44 £13.41
Median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +150.00% -52.38%
75th Percentile £23.38 £79.88 £46.88
90th Percentile £25.83 £83.84 £47.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £20.63 £17.64
% change year-on-year -27.29% +16.95% -56.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCNA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,965 15,005 19,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.93% 27.00% 21.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 9,986 12,729
10th Percentile £310 £340 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,108 750 780
10th Percentile £13.86 £14.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.18 £21.67 £19.86
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.78 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.90% +50.00% +25.61%

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 16 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 9 June 2024. 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 +16 284 £470 -1.05% 121
UK excluding London -17 207 £425 -10.53% 96
London +59 84 £525 +10.53% 33
Work from Home +47 78 £525 +5.00% 45
North of England +32 64 £425 - 23
South East +2 61 £488 -4.41% 22
North West +32 48 £456 +1.39% 10
Midlands +5 33 £325 -10.34% 18
West Midlands +13 26 £338 +3.85% 11
East of England -11 21 £300 -14.29% 14
South West -22 21 £438 -20.45% 14
Scotland +40 12 £400 +6.67% 7
Yorkshire 0 12 £383 +2.00% 12
East Midlands +1 7 £325 -3.70% 7
North East +12 4 £425 +47.83% 2
Wales +3 1 - - 3

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 16 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.31%) Confluence
4 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 13 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 53 (17.32%) Azure
2 30 (9.80%) AWS
3 21 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (6.21%) OCI
5 10 (3.27%) GCP
6 3 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.65%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.65%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Akamai
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.33%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.33%) IaaS
8 1 (0.33%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.33%) PaaS
8 1 (0.33%) SaaS
8 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 129 (42.16%) Firewall
2 75 (24.51%) WAN
3 70 (22.88%) LAN
4 66 (21.57%) DNS
5 64 (20.92%) DHCP
6 50 (16.34%) VPN
7 48 (15.69%) BGP
8 47 (15.36%) OSPF
9 45 (14.71%) Wireless
10 39 (12.75%) Network Security
11 38 (12.42%) Cisco Nexus
12 36 (11.76%) IPsec
13 34 (11.11%) MPLS
13 34 (11.11%) TCP/IP
14 33 (10.78%) EIGRP
15 32 (10.46%) Cisco ASA
15 32 (10.46%) SAN
16 31 (10.13%) Wi-Fi
17 24 (7.84%) SD-WAN
18 23 (7.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.29%) JIRA
2 6 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.33%) Hudson
3 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 111 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 42 (13.73%) Public Sector
3 41 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (13.07%) Finance
5 26 (8.50%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.27%) Banking
7 5 (1.63%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.31%) Marketing
8 4 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.65%) Legal
10 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Retail
11 1 (0.33%) Advertising
11 1 (0.33%) Back Office
11 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.33%) Front Office
11 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (57.19%) Network Engineer
2 38 (12.42%) Senior
3 37 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (8.17%) Senior Network Engineer
5 24 (7.84%) Support Engineer
6 23 (7.52%) Cisco Engineer
7 22 (7.19%) Analyst
7 22 (7.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 16 (5.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 15 (4.90%) Network Support
9 15 (4.90%) Network Support Engineer
10 11 (3.59%) Architect
10 11 (3.59%) Field Engineer
10 11 (3.59%) IT Engineer
11 10 (3.27%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (2.94%) Field Service Engineer
12 9 (2.94%) Network Architect
13 8 (2.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 8 (2.61%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.61%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.59%) FIX Protocol
1 11 (3.59%) Jinja
2 6 (1.96%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.31%) Flash
4 3 (0.98%) EDI
4 3 (0.98%) Ultra Messaging
4 3 (0.98%) XML
5 2 (0.65%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 67 (21.90%) Data Centre
2 9 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.61%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.61%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.29%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (1.96%) NHS
5 6 (1.96%) SCADA
6 4 (1.31%) Clustering
6 4 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.98%) CCTV
7 3 (0.98%) CMDB
7 3 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.65%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.65%) PKI
8 2 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 57 (18.63%) Windows
2 32 (10.46%) Linux
3 22 (7.19%) Windows 10
4 21 (6.86%) Windows Server
5 17 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (4.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (4.58%) Windows XP
7 8 (2.61%) Unix
8 7 (2.29%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.29%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.63%) Windows 8
10 4 (1.31%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (23.20%) ITIL
3 45 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (13.07%) Computer Science
4 40 (13.07%) Customer Service
5 33 (10.78%) Change Management
5 33 (10.78%) Project Management
6 24 (7.84%) ITSM
7 22 (7.19%) Break/Fix
7 22 (7.19%) Low Latency
8 20 (6.54%) Network Design
9 18 (5.88%) Migration
10 17 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
11 16 (5.23%) Performance Monitoring
11 16 (5.23%) Performance Tuning
11 16 (5.23%) Server Management
11 16 (5.23%) Storage Management
12 15 (4.90%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.46%) Python
2 19 (6.21%) PowerShell
3 15 (4.90%) Perl
4 11 (3.59%) Tcl
5 2 (0.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 306 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 169 (55.23%) CCNP
3 91 (29.74%) Security Cleared
4 83 (27.12%) Degree
5 64 (20.92%) SC Cleared
6 34 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (8.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (8.17%) Network+ Certification
9 24 (7.84%) MCSE
10 23 (7.52%) DV Cleared
11 21 (6.86%) JNCIA
12 18 (5.88%) CISSP
13 16 (5.23%) A+ Certification
13 16 (5.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (4.90%) CCIE
15 12 (3.92%) JNCIS
15 12 (3.92%) MCSA
16 9 (2.94%) AWS Certification
16 9 (2.94%) MCP
17 7 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.52%) SLA
2 7 (2.29%) QA
3 2 (0.65%) GDPR
3 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.33%) ISA99
4 1 (0.33%) NCSC
4 1 (0.33%) NIST
4 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (14.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (10.78%) Active Directory
3 25 (8.17%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.54%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (6.21%) Firmware
6 8 (2.61%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.31%) vSphere
9 3 (0.98%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.65%) KVM
Systems Management
1 23 (7.52%) Ansible
2 22 (7.19%) SCCM
3 20 (6.54%) vCenter Server
4 15 (4.90%) EMC NetWorker
4 15 (4.90%) SCOM
5 14 (4.58%) NetBackup
5 14 (4.58%) WSUS
6 11 (3.59%) Terraform
7 10 (3.27%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.61%) SolarWinds Orion
9 7 (2.29%) OpenView
10 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.98%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.65%) Nagios
12 2 (0.65%) Nmap
12 2 (0.65%) OpenNMS
12 2 (0.65%) QRadar
12 2 (0.65%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.65%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 210 (68.63%) Cisco
2 67 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 67 (21.90%) Palo Alto
3 54 (17.65%) Juniper
4 49 (16.01%) VMware
5 37 (12.09%) CheckPoint
6 33 (10.78%) F5
7 31 (10.13%) SolarWinds
8 28 (9.15%) Dell
9 24 (7.84%) Fortinet
10 18 (5.88%) Citrix
11 17 (5.56%) Veeam
12 16 (5.23%) HP
13 14 (4.58%) 3PAR
13 14 (4.58%) EMC
13 14 (4.58%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (4.58%) Oracle
13 14 (4.58%) Symantec
14 10 (3.27%) Arista
15 9 (2.94%) Meraki