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 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 110 140
Rank change year-on-year -24 +30 -31
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 50 29 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.74% 1.24% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.73% 3.25% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24 29 13
10th Percentile - £26,500 -
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,847 £35,000 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +10.99% -20.86% -15.76%
75th Percentile £45,500 £39,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £40,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.63% -22.86% +16.67%

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 873 891 994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.96% 37.98% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 440 236 277
10th Percentile £27,750 - £28,000
25th Percentile £38,859 £28,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -15.73% -15.24%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,488 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £74,450
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -3.36%

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 4 October 2026.

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 4 October 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
Derbyshire -6 15 £28,500 -18.57% 6
Leicestershire - 13 £55,000 - 3
Northamptonshire -8 10 £41,000 +26.15% 2
Nottinghamshire -19 8 £39,194 +1.80% 2
Lincolnshire -10 4 - - 3
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 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (92.00%) Azure
2 18 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 11 (22.00%) AWS
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (38.00%) Firewall
2 11 (22.00%) IP Telephony
3 9 (18.00%) DHCP
3 9 (18.00%) DNS
4 8 (16.00%) Network Security
5 7 (14.00%) VLAN
6 6 (12.00%) LAN
6 6 (12.00%) TCP/IP
6 6 (12.00%) WAN
6 6 (12.00%) Wireless
7 5 (10.00%) VPN
8 3 (6.00%) BGP
8 3 (6.00%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (6.00%) EIGRP
8 3 (6.00%) NX-OS
8 3 (6.00%) OSPF
8 3 (6.00%) WLAN
9 2 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (6.00%) GitLab
General
1 29 (58.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Law
5 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 28 (56.00%) Network Engineer
2 16 (32.00%) IT Support
3 11 (22.00%) IT Engineer
4 9 (18.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (18.00%) Senior
4 9 (18.00%) Support Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (12.00%) IT Technician
5 6 (12.00%) Support Technician
6 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Engineer
6 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior IT Support
8 3 (6.00%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.00%) Driving Licence
2 11 (22.00%) CCTV
3 4 (8.00%) PKI
3 4 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (46.00%) Windows
2 17 (34.00%) Windows Server
3 11 (22.00%) Linux
4 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.00%) Android
6 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) ITIL
2 14 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (26.00%) ITSM
4 11 (22.00%) Incident Management
5 9 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
7 6 (12.00%) Customer Service
8 5 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
9 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (6.00%) Availability Management
10 3 (6.00%) CI/CD
10 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 3 (6.00%) Patch Management
10 3 (6.00%) Server Management
10 3 (6.00%) Storage Management
10 3 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (6.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (54.00%) Azure Certification
3 24 (48.00%) Network+ Certification
4 20 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (34.00%) CCNP
6 14 (28.00%) MCSE
7 11 (22.00%) MCSA
7 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 10 (20.00%) Degree
9 1 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.00%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (32.00%) Hyper-V
2 8 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (6.00%) Firmware
4 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (6.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (74.00%) Cisco
2 36 (72.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (48.00%) ForeScout
4 19 (38.00%) VMware
5 14 (28.00%) WatchGuard
6 11 (22.00%) Draytek
6 11 (22.00%) Mitel
7 5 (10.00%) Fortinet
8 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
8 3 (6.00%) SonicWALL
8 3 (6.00%) Sophos
9 2 (4.00%) FIS