The first table below looks at the demand for CCNA in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCNA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Rank 180 191 160
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -31
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 64 56 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.891% 0.789% 1.092%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.670% 3.120% 4.532%
Number of salaries quoted 54 55 60
Average salary £38,000 £35,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.80% +17.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,820 £26,250 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +10.29%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1744 1795 1655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.27% 25.29% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1433 1537 1435
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CCNA across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West CCNA Jobs Demand Trend

CCNA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCNA across the North West region.

North West CCNA Salary Trend

CCNA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCNA across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West CCNA Salary Histogram

CCNA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -17 40 £40,000 +11.11%
Cheshire +6 13 £32,000 -3.03%
Merseyside +20 4 £30,000 -18.91%
Lancashire +4 4 £31,000 -11.42%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing CCNA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CCNA.

1 137 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 81 (59.12%) Cisco
3 72 (52.55%) Windows
4 49 (35.77%) VMware
5 48 (35.04%) Firewall
5 48 (35.04%) ITIL
6 46 (33.58%) Windows Server 2008
7 44 (32.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 43 (31.39%) WAN
9 41 (29.93%) CCNP
9 41 (29.93%) TCP/IP
10 40 (29.20%) LAN
11 37 (27.01%) MS Exchange
11 37 (27.01%) MCSE
12 36 (26.28%) DNS
12 36 (26.28%) Windows Server 2003
13 33 (24.09%) VPN
13 33 (24.09%) Active Directory
13 33 (24.09%) VoIP
14 29 (21.17%) DHCP
15 27 (19.71%) HP
15 27 (19.71%) VMware Infrastructure
16 25 (18.25%) MS Excel
17 22 (16.06%) Linux
17 22 (16.06%) Microsoft
17 22 (16.06%) MCITP
18 20 (14.60%) Finance
18 20 (14.60%) Windows XP
19 18 (13.14%) Cloud Computing
20 17 (12.41%) Incident Management

CCNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing CCNA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CCNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (8.029%) Web Services
2 2 (1.460%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 37 (27.01%) MS Exchange
2 16 (11.68%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (8.029%) Apache
3 11 (8.029%) IIS
4 10 (7.299%) SharePoint
4 10 (7.299%) Amazon EC2
4 10 (7.299%) Exchange Server 2003
5 9 (6.569%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (3.650%) Exchange Server 2000
7 4 (2.920%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 25 (18.25%) MS Excel
2 12 (8.759%) Office 365
3 6 (4.380%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 48 (35.04%) Firewall
2 43 (31.39%) WAN
3 41 (29.93%) TCP/IP
4 40 (29.20%) LAN
5 36 (26.28%) DNS
6 33 (24.09%) VPN
6 33 (24.09%) VoIP
7 29 (21.17%) DHCP
8 15 (10.95%) Network Security
8 15 (10.95%) MPLS
9 14 (10.22%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (9.489%) SAN
11 12 (8.759%) Wireless
11 12 (8.759%) NAS
12 11 (8.029%) Internet
13 8 (5.839%) SSL
13 8 (5.839%) Cisco PIX
13 8 (5.839%) VLAN
14 6 (4.380%) IPsec
14 6 (4.380%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.299%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.920%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (2.920%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (2.190%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (2.190%) MySQL
4 1 (0.730%) Informix
Development Applications
1 2 (1.460%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 20 (14.60%) Finance
2 6 (4.380%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.190%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.460%) Banking
4 2 (1.460%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (20.44%) Network Engineer
2 22 (16.06%) Systems Administrator
2 22 (16.06%) Administrator
3 17 (12.41%) Analyst
4 15 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (10.22%) Consultant
6 11 (8.029%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 11 (8.029%) Windows Administrator
6 11 (8.029%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 11 (8.029%) Linux Administrator
6 11 (8.029%) Network Analyst
6 11 (8.029%) Support Engineer
7 8 (5.839%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (5.839%) Support Technician
7 8 (5.839%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (5.839%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (4.380%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (4.380%) Data Centre Engineer
8 6 (4.380%) Senior Network Analyst
8 6 (4.380%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.14%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (3.650%) SWIFT
2 5 (3.650%) Replication
3 2 (1.460%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.730%) iPhone
4 1 (0.730%) iPad
4 1 (0.730%) Speech Recognition
4 1 (0.730%) Cryptography
4 1 (0.730%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 72 (52.55%) Windows
2 46 (33.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 36 (26.28%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (16.06%) Linux
5 20 (14.60%) Windows XP
6 12 (8.759%) Windows Vista
7 11 (8.029%) Windows 7
8 7 (5.109%) Windows NT
9 5 (3.650%) Windows 2000 Server
9 5 (3.650%) AIX
10 3 (2.190%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.730%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.730%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (35.04%) ITIL
2 17 (12.41%) Incident Management
2 17 (12.41%) E-Commerce
3 15 (10.95%) Network Design
4 11 (8.029%) PRINCE2
5 10 (7.299%) B2C
6 9 (6.569%) Information Security
6 9 (6.569%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (5.839%) Service Management
7 8 (5.839%) Network Management
8 7 (5.109%) Change Management
8 7 (5.109%) Migration
9 5 (3.650%) Database Security
9 5 (3.650%) Capacity Management
9 5 (3.650%) Network Architecture
9 5 (3.650%) Computer Forensics
9 5 (3.650%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (3.650%) Business Development
9 5 (3.650%) PRINCE
9 5 (3.650%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.029%) Bash shell
1 11 (8.029%) Python
1 11 (8.029%) Perl
1 11 (8.029%) PHP
2 9 (6.569%) SQL
Qualifications
1 137 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (32.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (29.93%) CCNP
4 37 (27.01%) MCSE
5 22 (16.06%) MCITP
6 17 (12.41%) MCP
7 15 (10.95%) CCIE
8 11 (8.029%) RHCT
8 11 (8.029%) RHCE
9 9 (6.569%) MCTS
10 8 (5.839%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (5.839%) Degree
11 7 (5.109%) JNCIA
12 6 (4.380%) CISA
12 6 (4.380%) CISM
12 6 (4.380%) CISSP
13 5 (3.650%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (3.650%) CCSP
13 5 (3.650%) CCIP
14 4 (2.920%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.569%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.650%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.190%) SLA
4 1 (0.730%) QA
System Software
1 33 (24.09%) Active Directory
2 27 (19.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.489%) vSphere
4 4 (2.920%) VMware ESX
4 4 (2.920%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (2.920%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (2.920%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.190%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.190%) Samba
6 1 (0.730%) XenApp
6 1 (0.730%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.730%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.730%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (3.650%) WSUS
1 5 (3.650%) Tivoli
1 5 (3.650%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (1.460%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.730%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.730%) SCOM
3 1 (0.730%) MOM
3 1 (0.730%) Nagios
Vendors
1 81 (59.12%) Cisco
2 49 (35.77%) VMware
3 27 (19.71%) HP
4 22 (16.06%) Microsoft
5 15 (10.95%) Citrix
6 13 (9.489%) Juniper
7 12 (8.759%) NetApp
8 8 (5.839%) CheckPoint
9 6 (4.380%) IBM
10 5 (3.650%) Veeam
10 5 (3.650%) WatchGuard
10 5 (3.650%) Avaya
11 4 (2.920%) 3Com
11 4 (2.920%) Huawei
11 4 (2.920%) F5
12 3 (2.190%) Apple
13 1 (0.730%) ProCurve
13 1 (0.730%) NETGEAR
13 1 (0.730%) Verint
13 1 (0.730%) Blue Coat
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Salary: £30k - 37.5k per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
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As a senior network analyst (cisco) you should have a cisco certification such as CCNA or CCNP, as well as the following technical skills: - Maintenance of server infrastructure...
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Salary: Unspecified Excellent plus benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Information Technology related degree, or equivalent proven knowledge in IT and Technology fields with associated qualifications such as CCNA, CCNP, VCP *Extensive knowledge of MS Windows 2000/XP,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £24000 - £31000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
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Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013