Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 390 342
Rank change year-on-year +29 -48 +15
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 776 808 1,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.85% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.78% 2.52% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 645 577 824
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -8.42% +2.37%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £58,188
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,225 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.06% -5.56% +1.12%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNA.

Salary trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +48 685 £47,500 +9.20% 177
UK excluding London +19 634 £44,225 +4.06% 149
Work from Home -12 275 £48,500 +7.78% 53
South East -26 169 £40,000 -8.05% 29
North of England +54 157 £40,000 -5.88% 25
London +27 125 £55,000 - 43
Midlands +41 124 £48,500 +14.12% 59
North West +20 98 £40,000 -5.88% 13
West Midlands +26 91 £48,500 +14.12% 44
South West -49 58 £48,500 +14.12% 15
Yorkshire +63 52 £45,000 +19.21% 11
East of England +22 51 £42,500 +3.03% 10
Wales +26 33 £40,000 -5.88% 4
East Midlands +2 33 £50,000 +19.05% 15
Scotland -83 28 £50,000 +33.33% 13
Isle of Man - 12 £43,750 -
North East -27 7 £70,000 +57.27% 2
Northern Ireland +16 3 £32,500 -27.78% 1

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 62 (7.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.55%) Confluence
4 8 (1.03%) IIS
5 5 (0.64%) CMS
6 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.26%) Ripple
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 294 (37.89%) Azure
2 163 (21.01%) Microsoft 365
3 126 (16.24%) AWS
4 37 (4.77%) GCP
5 34 (4.38%) Entra ID
6 23 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (2.32%) IaaS
8 17 (2.19%) PaaS
9 12 (1.55%) OCI
10 10 (1.29%) AWS Direct Connect
11 8 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (1.03%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.03%) SaaS
12 5 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.64%) Azure Stack
12 5 (0.64%) WhatsApp
13 4 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 2 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.26%) Google Workspace
15 1 (0.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 360 (46.39%) Firewall
2 294 (37.89%) WAN
3 212 (27.32%) LAN
4 158 (20.36%) SD-WAN
5 149 (19.20%) Wireless
6 145 (18.69%) VPN
7 138 (17.78%) TCP/IP
8 134 (17.27%) DHCP
9 120 (15.46%) MPLS
10 117 (15.08%) DNS
11 100 (12.89%) BGP
12 97 (12.50%) Network Security
13 93 (11.98%) Wi-Fi
14 88 (11.34%) OSPF
15 75 (9.66%) VLAN
16 73 (9.41%) SAN
17 58 (7.47%) Internet
18 55 (7.09%) Cisco Firepower
19 50 (6.44%) VoIP
20 43 (5.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (1.80%) MySQL
4 5 (0.64%) Big Data
5 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (2.32%) JIRA
2 11 (1.42%) Bitbucket
3 10 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.77%) Git
5 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.26%) GitLab
6 2 (0.26%) Hudson
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 229 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 88 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 39 (5.03%) Telecoms
5 33 (4.25%) Finance
6 31 (3.99%) Retail
7 24 (3.09%) Manufacturing
7 24 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (2.45%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.19%) Law
10 14 (1.80%) Games
11 13 (1.68%) Electronics
12 11 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.16%) Legal
14 8 (1.03%) Automotive
14 8 (1.03%) Marketing
15 7 (0.90%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.64%) Welsh Language
17 4 (0.52%) Publishing
18 3 (0.39%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 280 (36.08%) Network Engineer
2 120 (15.46%) Senior
3 90 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 84 (10.82%) Support Engineer
5 73 (9.41%) Analyst
6 67 (8.63%) Architect
7 63 (8.12%) IT Engineer
8 57 (7.35%) IT Support
9 56 (7.22%) Network Analyst
10 51 (6.57%) Senior Architect
11 45 (5.80%) Cisco Architect
11 45 (5.80%) Senior Cisco Architect
12 36 (4.64%) Senior Network Engineer
13 34 (4.38%) IT Support Engineer
14 30 (3.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 30 (3.87%) Cisco Security Architect
14 30 (3.87%) Security Architect
14 30 (3.87%) Senior Security Architect
15 26 (3.35%) Security Engineer
16 25 (3.22%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.71%) 802.1X
2 7 (0.90%) HTML
2 7 (0.90%) XML
3 5 (0.64%) ADO
3 5 (0.64%) XMPP
4 4 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (0.39%) EDI
6 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.13%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 170 (21.91%) Data Centre
2 55 (7.09%) Driving Licence
3 29 (3.74%) Public Cloud
4 27 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.96%) Replication
6 17 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (1.93%) PKI
9 11 (1.42%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.29%) Social Media
11 8 (1.03%) IoT
12 7 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.90%) CCTV
12 7 (0.90%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.77%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.64%) CMDB
14 5 (0.64%) EPoS
14 5 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.64%) Operational Technology
15 4 (0.52%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 247 (31.83%) Windows
2 151 (19.46%) Linux
3 141 (18.17%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 25 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (2.96%) Windows 10
6 21 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (2.58%) Mac OS
8 18 (2.32%) VyOS
9 13 (1.68%) Unix
10 12 (1.55%) Windows XP
11 11 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.90%) Windows Vista
13 6 (0.77%) CentOS
13 6 (0.77%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.64%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.52%) Debian
16 3 (0.39%) Android
16 3 (0.39%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (24.87%) ITIL
2 162 (20.88%) Cybersecurity
3 142 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (17.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 113 (14.56%) Customer Service
6 77 (9.92%) Mentoring
7 74 (9.54%) Project Management
8 73 (9.41%) Project Delivery
9 71 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
9 71 (9.15%) Time Management
10 64 (8.25%) Computer Science
11 61 (7.86%) Presales
12 51 (6.57%) Proactive Monitoring
13 49 (6.31%) Service Delivery
14 45 (5.80%) Customer Engagement
14 45 (5.80%) Network Monitoring
14 45 (5.80%) Software Licensing
15 42 (5.41%) Migration
16 35 (4.51%) DevOps
17 34 (4.38%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 65 (8.38%) PowerShell
2 46 (5.93%) Python
3 20 (2.58%) SQL
4 19 (2.45%) Bash
5 10 (1.29%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.52%) C#
6 4 (0.52%) Java
6 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.39%) C
8 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 776 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 320 (41.24%) CCNP
3 229 (29.51%) Degree
4 136 (17.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 129 (16.62%) Security Cleared
6 88 (11.34%) MCSE
7 74 (9.54%) Network+ Certification
8 72 (9.28%) SC Cleared
9 61 (7.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 52 (6.70%) JNCIA
11 43 (5.54%) Azure Certification
11 43 (5.54%) DV Cleared
12 39 (5.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 37 (4.77%) CCIE
14 36 (4.64%) MCSA
15 34 (4.38%) A+ Certification
16 31 (3.99%) CISSP
17 29 (3.74%) CCDP
18 24 (3.09%) AWS Certification
19 20 (2.58%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.70%) SLA
2 43 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.90%) GDPR
6 6 (0.77%) QA
7 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 155 (19.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 147 (18.94%) Active Directory
3 113 (14.56%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.90%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (2.84%) VMware NSX
6 16 (2.06%) vSphere
7 10 (1.29%) Firmware
8 7 (0.90%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.52%) vCloud
11 3 (0.39%) KVM
11 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.13%) Docker
13 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.38%) FortiGate
3 30 (3.87%) Stealthwatch
4 28 (3.61%) SCCM
5 25 (3.22%) Ansible
6 23 (2.96%) Terraform
7 18 (2.32%) vCenter Server
8 17 (2.19%) WSUS
9 16 (2.06%) CASB
10 14 (1.80%) Cisco CUCM
11 13 (1.68%) SCOM
11 13 (1.68%) ServiceCenter
12 12 (1.55%) EMC NetWorker
12 12 (1.55%) NetBackup
13 7 (0.90%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.90%) Puppet
14 6 (0.77%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.77%) Kubernetes
15 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 5 (0.64%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 493 (63.53%) Cisco
2 306 (39.43%) Microsoft
3 214 (27.58%) VMware
4 116 (14.95%) Meraki
5 110 (14.18%) Juniper
6 108 (13.92%) Palo Alto
7 100 (12.89%) Fortinet
8 53 (6.83%) Apple
8 53 (6.83%) HP
9 50 (6.44%) Veeam
10 49 (6.31%) CheckPoint
11 47 (6.06%) Adobe
12 43 (5.54%) Ruckus Wireless
13 35 (4.51%) Aruba
14 34 (4.38%) Citrix
15 33 (4.25%) Dell
16 24 (3.09%) Nokia
16 24 (3.09%) Oracle
16 24 (3.09%) SolarWinds
17 23 (2.96%) F5