CCNA Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 295 466
Rank change year-on-year +8 +171 -52
Contract jobs citing CCNA 286 393 352
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.76% 0.84% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.49% 3.06% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 263 251
10th Percentile £294 £214 £205
25th Percentile £339 £325 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £555 £556 £538
90th Percentile £650 £626 £580
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -6.00% +17.65% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 25 18
10th Percentile - £12.40 £11.85
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £19.87 £22.26 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +62.96% -65.42%
75th Percentile £25.83 £80.25 £19.41
90th Percentile - £81.00 £54.41
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -65.00% +150.00% -52.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CCNA in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCNA in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCNA in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CCNA in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCNA in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CCNA in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +60 87 £525 +10.53% 33
North of England +25 65 £425 -1.45% 25
South East -2 61 £488 -4.41% 26
North West +34 48 £456 +1.39% 13
Midlands +1 34 £325 -10.34% 17
West Midlands +19 27 £325 - 10
South West -31 21 £438 -20.45% 14
East of England -11 18 £300 -14.29% 14
Yorkshire +3 13 £383 +2.00% 11
East Midlands -4 7 £325 -3.70% 7
North East +9 4 £425 +38.78% 2
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.20%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.40%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (6.29%) MS Visio
2 11 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.18%) Azure
2 30 (10.49%) AWS
3 19 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (6.64%) OCI
4 10 (3.50%) GCP
5 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.70%) Cloudflare
6 2 (0.70%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.35%) Akamai
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.35%) IaaS
7 1 (0.35%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.35%) PaaS
7 1 (0.35%) SaaS
7 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 120 (41.96%) Firewall
2 72 (25.17%) WAN
3 69 (24.13%) LAN
4 62 (21.68%) DNS
5 59 (20.63%) DHCP
6 46 (16.08%) BGP
6 46 (16.08%) Wireless
7 45 (15.73%) OSPF
8 43 (15.03%) VPN
9 37 (12.94%) Cisco Nexus
10 33 (11.54%) IPsec
11 32 (11.19%) EIGRP
12 31 (10.84%) Cisco ASA
12 31 (10.84%) MPLS
12 31 (10.84%) Network Security
13 29 (10.14%) TCP/IP
14 28 (9.79%) Wi-Fi
15 24 (8.39%) SAN
16 22 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
16 22 (7.69%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.45%) JIRA
2 6 (2.10%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 105 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.69%) Finance
3 33 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.20%) Banking
7 5 (1.75%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.40%) Marketing
8 4 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.70%) Legal
10 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Retail
11 1 (0.35%) Advertising
11 1 (0.35%) Automotive
11 1 (0.35%) Back Office
11 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Front Office
11 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 171 (59.79%) Network Engineer
2 37 (12.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (12.59%) Senior
4 25 (8.74%) Support Engineer
5 24 (8.39%) Cisco Engineer
5 24 (8.39%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (8.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 16 (5.59%) Analyst
7 16 (5.59%) Network Support
7 16 (5.59%) Network Support Engineer
7 16 (5.59%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 11 (3.85%) Architect
9 10 (3.50%) Storage Engineer
10 9 (3.15%) Network Architect
11 8 (2.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (2.80%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.80%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.45%) Consultant
13 6 (2.10%) Network Security Engineer
13 6 (2.10%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.85%) FIX Protocol
1 11 (3.85%) Jinja
2 6 (2.10%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.40%) Flash
4 3 (1.05%) EDI
4 3 (1.05%) Ultra Messaging
4 3 (1.05%) XML
5 2 (0.70%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 56 (19.58%) Data Centre
2 8 (2.80%) Driving Licence
2 8 (2.80%) Operational Technology
3 7 (2.45%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.45%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (2.10%) NHS
4 6 (2.10%) SCADA
5 5 (1.75%) Clustering
6 4 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.05%) CCTV
7 3 (1.05%) CMDB
7 3 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.70%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.70%) IoT
8 2 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.70%) PKI
8 2 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.88%) Windows
2 32 (11.19%) Linux
3 22 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.99%) Windows Server
5 18 (6.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (5.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (4.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (4.90%) Windows XP
8 9 (3.15%) Unix
9 7 (2.45%) Mac OS
10 6 (2.10%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.40%) Android
11 4 (1.40%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (24.48%) ITIL
2 61 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (16.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (11.54%) Change Management
4 33 (11.54%) Computer Science
5 31 (10.84%) Customer Service
6 29 (10.14%) Project Management
7 23 (8.04%) ITSM
7 23 (8.04%) Low Latency
8 20 (6.99%) Network Design
9 19 (6.64%) Migration
10 18 (6.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (5.59%) Performance Tuning
11 16 (5.59%) Server Management
11 16 (5.59%) Storage Management
12 15 (5.24%) Break/Fix
12 15 (5.24%) Network Monitoring
12 15 (5.24%) Performance Monitoring
12 15 (5.24%) Proactive Monitoring
13 14 (4.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 32 (11.19%) Python
2 19 (6.64%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.24%) Perl
4 11 (3.85%) Tcl
5 3 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 286 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 163 (56.99%) CCNP
3 87 (30.42%) Security Cleared
4 75 (26.22%) Degree
5 64 (22.38%) SC Cleared
6 26 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (8.04%) DV Cleared
8 21 (7.34%) JNCIA
9 19 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (5.94%) MCSE
10 17 (5.94%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (5.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 15 (5.24%) CCIE
13 13 (4.55%) CISSP
14 12 (4.20%) JNCIS
15 11 (3.85%) MCSA
16 9 (3.15%) AWS Certification
17 8 (2.80%) MCP
18 7 (2.45%) A+ Certification
18 7 (2.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.04%) SLA
2 6 (2.10%) QA
3 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.35%) GDPR
4 1 (0.35%) ISA99
4 1 (0.35%) NCSC
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (14.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (11.19%) Active Directory
3 24 (8.39%) Hyper-V
4 21 (7.34%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (6.64%) Firmware
6 8 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.80%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.40%) vSphere
8 3 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.70%) KVM
Systems Management
1 23 (8.04%) Ansible
2 22 (7.69%) SCCM
3 20 (6.99%) vCenter Server
4 15 (5.24%) EMC NetWorker
4 15 (5.24%) SCOM
5 14 (4.90%) NetBackup
5 14 (4.90%) WSUS
6 11 (3.85%) Terraform
7 8 (2.80%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.80%) SolarWinds Orion
8 7 (2.45%) OpenView
9 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.05%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.70%) Nagios
11 2 (0.70%) Nmap
11 2 (0.70%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.70%) QRadar
11 2 (0.70%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 204 (71.33%) Cisco
2 66 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 65 (22.73%) Palo Alto
4 54 (18.88%) Juniper
5 48 (16.78%) VMware
6 36 (12.59%) CheckPoint
7 33 (11.54%) F5
8 31 (10.84%) SolarWinds
9 24 (8.39%) Fortinet
10 20 (6.99%) Dell
11 17 (5.94%) Citrix
11 17 (5.94%) Veeam
12 16 (5.59%) HP
13 14 (4.90%) 3PAR
13 14 (4.90%) EMC
13 14 (4.90%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (4.90%) Oracle
13 14 (4.90%) Symantec
14 11 (3.85%) Arista
15 10 (3.50%) Infoblox