CCNA Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 112 155
Rank change year-on-year -11 +43 -10
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 41 29 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.81% 1.34% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.02% 3.47% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 28 33
10th Percentile £34,875 £26,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,438 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% -26.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £39,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - £45,425 £67,000
England median annual salary £51,779 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.01% - +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

CCNA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 817 836 1,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.10% 38.61% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 314 213 601
10th Percentile £26,555 £26,300 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,063 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,525 £68,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCNA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

CCNA job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CCNA

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 July 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 14 £55,000 - 3
Nottinghamshire -21 9 £39,194 +1.80% 1
Northamptonshire +5 6 - - 2
Derbyshire -5 6 - - 1
Lincolnshire -17 6 - - 2
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 39 (95.12%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Firewall
2 3 (7.32%) VPN
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (4.88%) Network Security
3 2 (4.88%) VLAN
4 1 (2.44%) DHCP
4 1 (2.44%) DNS
4 1 (2.44%) LAN
4 1 (2.44%) NX-OS
4 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.44%) WAN
4 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.44%) GitLab
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
1 1 (2.44%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (97.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.44%) Law
2 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (92.68%) Network Engineer
2 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (4.88%) Senior
3 1 (2.44%) Security Specialist
3 1 (2.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (2.44%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (2.44%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.44%) Insider Threat
1 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.44%) PKI
1 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
1 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (4.88%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (4.88%) Information Security
2 2 (4.88%) Open Source
2 2 (4.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (2.44%) Anomaly Detection
3 1 (2.44%) CI/CD
3 1 (2.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (2.44%) Culture Change
3 1 (2.44%) Customer Service
3 1 (2.44%) DevOps
3 1 (2.44%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (2.44%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (2.44%) ITIL
3 1 (2.44%) Offensive Security
3 1 (2.44%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (2.44%) Product Management
3 1 (2.44%) Project Management
3 1 (2.44%) Server Management
3 1 (2.44%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (90.24%) Network+ Certification
3 36 (87.80%) Azure Certification
4 3 (7.32%) CCNP
4 3 (7.32%) Degree
5 2 (4.88%) MCSE
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CEH
6 1 (2.44%) CISMP
6 1 (2.44%) CISSP
6 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.44%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.44%) GIAC
6 1 (2.44%) GPEN
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (2.44%) OSCP
6 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.44%) Firmware
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.44%) Nmap
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (97.56%) Cisco
1 40 (97.56%) Microsoft
2 36 (87.80%) ForeScout
3 3 (7.32%) VMware
4 2 (4.88%) Fortinet