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 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 114 107
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +35
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 34 45 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.53% 1.30% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.47% 4.79% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 34 8 11
10th Percentile £25,975 £37,350 £33,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £35,204
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -23.08% +9.47%
75th Percentile £39,250 £44,063 £63,750
90th Percentile £53,109 £48,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £41,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.90% +16.67% -5.26%

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 761 939 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 34.14% 27.08% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 242 235 239
10th Percentile - £29,122 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £34,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% -15.09% +11.58%
75th Percentile £52,969 £61,250 £61,875
90th Percentile £69,750 £79,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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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 30 October 2025.

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 30 October 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
Nottinghamshire +11 9 £38,500 - 4
Derbyshire -9 9 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Northamptonshire +19 8 £32,500 -31.58% 5
Leicestershire +2 4 £26,500 - 5
Lincolnshire -7 3 £47,500 -
CCNA
England

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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 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (35.29%) AWS
4 5 (14.71%) Entra ID
5 3 (8.82%) PaaS
5 3 (8.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (52.94%) Firewall
2 6 (17.65%) DNS
2 6 (17.65%) VLAN
3 5 (14.71%) IP Telephony
3 5 (14.71%) iSCSI
3 5 (14.71%) SAN
4 4 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (5.88%) LAN
6 2 (5.88%) WAN
7 1 (2.94%) DHCP
7 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.94%) IPv4
7 1 (2.94%) IPv6
7 1 (2.94%) MPLS
7 1 (2.94%) Network Security
7 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.94%) VPN
7 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Burp Suite
1 3 (8.82%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Billing
2 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
3 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) IT Support
2 11 (32.35%) IT Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) IT Support Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) Support Engineer
3 9 (26.47%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (14.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Project Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) Network Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Security Specialist
7 3 (8.82%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 2 (5.88%) Lead
8 2 (5.88%) Support Team Leader
8 2 (5.88%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.94%) IT Trainer
9 1 (2.94%) Senior
9 1 (2.94%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Driving Licence
2 5 (14.71%) CCTV
3 3 (8.82%) Insider Threat
3 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.88%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Windows
1 13 (38.24%) Windows Server
2 8 (23.53%) Linux
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Mentoring
2 9 (26.47%) ITSM
3 8 (23.53%) Change Control
3 8 (23.53%) ITIL
3 8 (23.53%) Project Delivery
3 8 (23.53%) Server Management
4 6 (17.65%) Migration
5 5 (14.71%) Customer Service
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (14.71%) Service Delivery
5 5 (14.71%) Tech Ops
6 4 (11.76%) Break/Fix
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.82%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (8.82%) Anomaly Detection
7 3 (8.82%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.82%) Offensive Security
7 3 (8.82%) Red Team
7 3 (8.82%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (55.88%) MCP
2 19 (55.88%) MCSE
2 19 (55.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (47.06%) MCSA
4 12 (35.29%) CCNP
5 8 (23.53%) CCA
5 8 (23.53%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (14.71%) Degree
7 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
8 3 (8.82%) CEH
8 3 (8.82%) CISMP
8 3 (8.82%) CISSP
8 3 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (8.82%) CREST Certified
8 3 (8.82%) GIAC
8 3 (8.82%) GPEN
8 3 (8.82%) OSCP
8 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) SLA
2 5 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (8.82%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Hyper-V
2 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.71%) Autotask
2 5 (14.71%) SCCM
3 3 (8.82%) Nmap
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) Cisco
2 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (38.24%) VMware
4 8 (23.53%) Citrix
5 6 (17.65%) Aruba
6 5 (14.71%) Datto
6 5 (14.71%) Draytek
6 5 (14.71%) HP
6 5 (14.71%) Meraki
6 5 (14.71%) Mitel
6 5 (14.71%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.94%) Juniper
7 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow