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 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 84 103
Rank change year-on-year -18 +19 +41
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 31 65 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.27% 2.26% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 7.25% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 30 7 11
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,300 £33,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £34,102
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -23.08% +9.47%
75th Percentile £37,875 £42,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £53,951 £45,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,500 £55,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -26.36% +17.02% -1.05%

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 641 896 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.30% 31.18% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 233 241 236
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,750 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% +1.81%

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

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the East Midlands

CCNA
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 13 December 2025. 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
Northamptonshire +26 10 £32,500 -23.08% 4
Derbyshire -14 8 £30,000 -25.00%
Leicestershire -15 6 £26,500 - 3
Nottinghamshire +17 5 £51,058 -
Lincolnshire -13 1 £55,000 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (41.94%) Azure
2 11 (35.48%) AWS
3 10 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (22.58%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (54.84%) Firewall
2 7 (22.58%) IP Telephony
3 6 (19.35%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (19.35%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (9.68%) DNS
4 3 (9.68%) LAN
4 3 (9.68%) VLAN
4 3 (9.68%) WAN
5 2 (6.45%) iSCSI
5 2 (6.45%) SAN
6 1 (3.23%) DHCP
6 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
6 1 (3.23%) IPv4
6 1 (3.23%) IPv6
6 1 (3.23%) MPLS
6 1 (3.23%) Network Security
6 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.23%) VPLS
6 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Burp Suite
1 3 (9.68%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
3 6 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Retail
5 2 (6.45%) Billing
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) 2nd Line Support
1 9 (29.03%) IT Engineer
1 9 (29.03%) IT Support
1 9 (29.03%) IT Support Engineer
1 9 (29.03%) Support Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Security Specialist
4 3 (9.68%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Project Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) IT Security Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Driving Licence
2 7 (22.58%) CCTV
3 4 (12.90%) Security Posture
4 3 (9.68%) Insider Threat
5 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (32.26%) Windows
2 9 (29.03%) Windows Server
3 8 (25.81%) Linux
4 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Mentoring
1 10 (32.26%) Project Delivery
2 9 (29.03%) Change Control
2 9 (29.03%) ITIL
2 9 (29.03%) Server Management
3 7 (22.58%) Customer Service
3 7 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (22.58%) ITSM
4 6 (19.35%) Break/Fix
5 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (9.68%) Anomaly Detection
6 3 (9.68%) Black-Box Testing
6 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
6 3 (9.68%) Ethical Hacking
6 3 (9.68%) Information Security
6 3 (9.68%) Migration
6 3 (9.68%) Open Source
6 3 (9.68%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (9.68%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (61.29%) MCP
2 19 (61.29%) MCSE
2 19 (61.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (51.61%) MCSA
4 9 (29.03%) CCA
4 9 (29.03%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (25.81%) CCNP
6 4 (12.90%) Degree
7 3 (9.68%) CEH
7 3 (9.68%) CISMP
7 3 (9.68%) CISSP
7 3 (9.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (9.68%) CREST Certified
7 3 (9.68%) GIAC
7 3 (9.68%) GPEN
7 3 (9.68%) OSCP
7 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
7 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) SLA
2 8 (25.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (9.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (9.68%) Nmap
3 2 (6.45%) Autotask
3 2 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (74.19%) Cisco
2 16 (51.61%) VMware
3 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
4 9 (29.03%) Citrix
5 7 (22.58%) Draytek
5 7 (22.58%) Meraki
5 7 (22.58%) Mitel
5 7 (22.58%) WatchGuard
6 3 (9.68%) Aruba
7 2 (6.45%) Datto
7 2 (6.45%) HP
8 1 (3.23%) Juniper