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 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 80 153
Rank change year-on-year -36 +73 -4
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 44 48 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.96% 2.64% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.46% 6.65% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 32
10th Percentile £41,899 £26,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £48,165 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% -30.00% +18.34%
75th Percentile £63,226 £37,500 £58,125
90th Percentile £72,500 £40,750 £68,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +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 986 722 875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 21.61% 39.78% 20.96%
Number of salaries quoted 271 217 572
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,649 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £55,300
90th Percentile £79,000 £67,910 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -7.56%

CCNA
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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -39 12 - - 1
Nottinghamshire -10 11 £51,058 +89.10%
Northamptonshire +2 8 £70,000 +115.38% 1
Derbyshire -25 7 - -
Lincolnshire - 6 - -
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:

Cloud Services
1 40 (90.91%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) WAN
2 2 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (2.27%) Firewall
3 1 (2.27%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.27%) VPN
3 1 (2.27%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Burp Suite
1 4 (9.09%) Metasploit
General
1 41 (93.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (84.09%) Network Engineer
2 4 (9.09%) Security Specialist
2 4 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (2.27%) Analyst
4 1 (2.27%) IT Analyst
4 1 (2.27%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (2.27%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
2 4 (9.09%) Insider Threat
3 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.27%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (9.09%) Anomaly Detection
2 4 (9.09%) Decision-Making
2 4 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
2 4 (9.09%) Information Security
2 4 (9.09%) Offensive Security
2 4 (9.09%) Open Source
2 4 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (9.09%) Red Team
2 4 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (6.82%) Customer Service
3 3 (6.82%) ITIL
4 2 (4.55%) Agile
4 2 (4.55%) Deadline-Driven
4 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (4.55%) Mentoring
4 2 (4.55%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.27%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (2.27%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (84.09%) Network+ Certification
3 36 (81.82%) Azure Certification
4 7 (15.91%) Degree
5 4 (9.09%) CEH
5 4 (9.09%) CISMP
5 4 (9.09%) CISSP
5 4 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (9.09%) CREST Certified
5 4 (9.09%) GIAC
5 4 (9.09%) GPEN
5 4 (9.09%) MCSE
5 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (9.09%) OSCP
5 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.27%) CCNP
6 1 (2.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Nmap
Vendors
1 42 (95.45%) Cisco
2 41 (93.18%) Microsoft
3 36 (81.82%) ForeScout