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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 391 337
Rank change year-on-year +29 -54 +15
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 762 805 1,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.83% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.75% 2.48% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 643 574 827
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,932 £31,100
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -8.42% +3.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,612 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.97% -5.56% +0.56%

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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +36 675 £47,500 +9.20% 133
UK excluding London +31 624 £44,612 +4.97% 109
Work from Home +3 271 £48,500 +7.78% 58
South East -8 166 £40,000 -8.05% 28
North of England +61 154 £40,000 -5.88% 20
Midlands +46 125 £48,500 +14.79% 20
London +55 121 £55,000 - 41
North West +36 96 £40,000 -5.88% 9
West Midlands +45 92 £48,500 +14.12% 14
South West -47 57 £48,500 +14.12% 14
Yorkshire +82 51 £45,000 +23.54% 10
East of England +24 51 £42,500 +7.59% 9
East Midlands +2 33 £50,000 +19.05% 6
Wales +22 30 £40,250 -5.29% 9
Scotland -73 27 £50,000 +42.86% 16
Isle of Man - 12 £43,750 -
North East -21 7 £70,000 +60.90% 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 (8.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (5.12%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.57%) Confluence
4 8 (1.05%) IIS
5 5 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (4.59%) 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
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 290 (38.06%) Azure
2 159 (20.87%) Microsoft 365
3 122 (16.01%) AWS
4 33 (4.33%) Entra ID
4 33 (4.33%) GCP
5 21 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
6 19 (2.49%) IaaS
7 17 (2.23%) PaaS
8 12 (1.57%) OCI
9 10 (1.31%) AWS Direct Connect
10 8 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (1.05%) OneDrive
10 8 (1.05%) SaaS
11 5 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.66%) Azure Stack
11 5 (0.66%) WhatsApp
12 4 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.26%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 358 (46.98%) Firewall
2 289 (37.93%) WAN
3 210 (27.56%) LAN
4 156 (20.47%) SD-WAN
5 148 (19.42%) Wireless
6 139 (18.24%) VPN
7 136 (17.85%) TCP/IP
8 133 (17.45%) DHCP
9 120 (15.75%) MPLS
10 117 (15.35%) DNS
11 100 (13.12%) BGP
12 93 (12.20%) Network Security
13 89 (11.68%) Wi-Fi
14 88 (11.55%) OSPF
15 74 (9.71%) VLAN
16 72 (9.45%) SAN
17 54 (7.09%) Internet
18 52 (6.82%) Cisco Firepower
19 49 (6.43%) VoIP
20 44 (5.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (1.84%) MySQL
4 5 (0.66%) 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 (2.36%) JIRA
2 11 (1.44%) Bitbucket
3 10 (1.31%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.52%) Git
5 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.26%) GitLab
6 2 (0.26%) Hudson
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 226 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 88 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (4.99%) Telecoms
5 31 (4.07%) Finance
6 30 (3.94%) Retail
7 24 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 23 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.49%) Public Sector
10 15 (1.97%) Law
11 14 (1.84%) Games
12 13 (1.71%) Electronics
13 11 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.18%) Legal
15 8 (1.05%) Automotive
15 8 (1.05%) Marketing
16 7 (0.92%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.66%) Welsh Language
18 4 (0.52%) Publishing
19 3 (0.39%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 270 (35.43%) Network Engineer
2 114 (14.96%) Senior
3 87 (11.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 83 (10.89%) Support Engineer
5 76 (9.97%) Analyst
6 64 (8.40%) Architect
7 62 (8.14%) IT Engineer
8 59 (7.74%) Network Analyst
9 57 (7.48%) IT Support
10 48 (6.30%) Senior Architect
11 42 (5.51%) Cisco Architect
11 42 (5.51%) Senior Cisco Architect
12 35 (4.59%) Senior Network Engineer
13 34 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
14 29 (3.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 27 (3.54%) Cisco Security Architect
15 27 (3.54%) Network Operations Analyst
15 27 (3.54%) Operations Analyst
15 27 (3.54%) Security Architect
15 27 (3.54%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.76%) 802.1X
2 7 (0.92%) HTML
2 7 (0.92%) XML
3 5 (0.66%) ADO
3 5 (0.66%) XMPP
4 4 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.26%) EDI
6 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.13%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 167 (21.92%) Data Centre
2 55 (7.22%) Driving Licence
3 27 (3.54%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.54%) Public Cloud
4 23 (3.02%) Replication
5 17 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (1.97%) PKI
8 11 (1.44%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.31%) Social Media
10 7 (0.92%) CCTV
10 7 (0.92%) IoT
10 7 (0.92%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.79%) CMDB
11 6 (0.79%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.66%) EPoS
12 5 (0.66%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.52%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 248 (32.55%) Windows
2 151 (19.82%) Linux
3 140 (18.37%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
4 25 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (3.02%) Windows 10
6 21 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 20 (2.62%) Mac OS
8 18 (2.36%) VyOS
9 13 (1.71%) Unix
10 12 (1.57%) Windows XP
11 11 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.92%) Windows Vista
13 5 (0.66%) CentOS
13 5 (0.66%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.66%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.52%) Debian
15 3 (0.39%) Android
15 3 (0.39%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (25.07%) ITIL
2 159 (20.87%) Cybersecurity
3 140 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (17.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 111 (14.57%) Customer Service
6 77 (10.10%) Mentoring
7 73 (9.58%) Project Delivery
8 71 (9.32%) Project Management
9 70 (9.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 66 (8.66%) Time Management
11 63 (8.27%) Computer Science
12 58 (7.61%) Presales
13 50 (6.56%) Proactive Monitoring
14 49 (6.43%) Service Delivery
15 43 (5.64%) Network Monitoring
16 42 (5.51%) Customer Engagement
16 42 (5.51%) Migration
16 42 (5.51%) Software Licensing
17 34 (4.46%) Change Control
17 34 (4.46%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 65 (8.53%) PowerShell
2 44 (5.77%) Python
3 20 (2.62%) SQL
4 18 (2.36%) Bash
5 10 (1.31%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.52%) C
6 4 (0.52%) C#
6 4 (0.52%) Java
6 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 762 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 313 (41.08%) CCNP
3 222 (29.13%) Degree
4 136 (17.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 130 (17.06%) Security Cleared
6 88 (11.55%) MCSE
7 73 (9.58%) Network+ Certification
7 73 (9.58%) SC Cleared
8 61 (8.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (6.82%) JNCIA
10 44 (5.77%) DV Cleared
11 42 (5.51%) Azure Certification
12 39 (5.12%) CCIE
12 39 (5.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 36 (4.72%) MCSA
14 33 (4.33%) A+ Certification
15 31 (4.07%) CCDP
16 29 (3.81%) CISSP
17 24 (3.15%) AWS Certification
18 19 (2.49%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.30%) SLA
2 42 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.92%) GDPR
6 6 (0.79%) QA
7 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 155 (20.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 145 (19.03%) Active Directory
3 112 (14.70%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.99%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (2.89%) VMware NSX
6 16 (2.10%) vSphere
7 9 (1.18%) Firmware
8 7 (0.92%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.52%) vCloud
11 3 (0.39%) KVM
11 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.13%) Docker
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.46%) FortiGate
3 28 (3.67%) SCCM
4 27 (3.54%) Stealthwatch
5 25 (3.28%) Ansible
6 23 (3.02%) Terraform
7 18 (2.36%) vCenter Server
8 17 (2.23%) WSUS
9 16 (2.10%) CASB
10 14 (1.84%) Cisco CUCM
11 13 (1.71%) SCOM
11 13 (1.71%) ServiceCenter
12 12 (1.57%) EMC NetWorker
12 12 (1.57%) NetBackup
13 7 (0.92%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.92%) Puppet
14 6 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.79%) Kubernetes
15 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 5 (0.66%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 485 (63.65%) Cisco
2 301 (39.50%) Microsoft
3 213 (27.95%) VMware
4 113 (14.83%) Meraki
5 108 (14.17%) Juniper
6 107 (14.04%) Palo Alto
7 99 (12.99%) Fortinet
8 51 (6.69%) HP
9 50 (6.56%) Apple
10 49 (6.43%) CheckPoint
10 49 (6.43%) Veeam
11 44 (5.77%) Adobe
12 42 (5.51%) Ruckus Wireless
13 34 (4.46%) Aruba
13 34 (4.46%) Citrix
14 32 (4.20%) Dell
15 24 (3.15%) Nokia
15 24 (3.15%) Oracle
15 24 (3.15%) SolarWinds
16 23 (3.02%) F5