CCNA Job Trends in the East of England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 161 140
Rank change year-on-year +2 -21 +8
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 47 16 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.64% 0.46% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.77% 1.25% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 22
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -7.79%
75th Percentile £61,875 £46,950 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £54,100 £62,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +28.05% -18.00% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,246 1,283 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.94% 37.00% 23.20%
Number of salaries quoted 634 494 551
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,802 £36,395
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £48,900
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -13.09% -11.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Norfolk - 13 £65,000 - 9
Essex -10 11 £27,000 -11.48%
Cambridgeshire -13 11 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Suffolk +20 6 - -
Hertfordshire -25 3 £55,000 +32.37% 4
Bedfordshire - 3 £34,000 - 9
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (70.21%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (12.77%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.38%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.26%) AWS
5 2 (4.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.04%) Firewall
2 11 (23.40%) TCP/IP
2 11 (23.40%) WAN
3 10 (21.28%) LAN
4 8 (17.02%) DHCP
4 8 (17.02%) DNS
4 8 (17.02%) Network Security
4 8 (17.02%) VPN
4 8 (17.02%) Wireless
5 6 (12.77%) VLAN
6 4 (8.51%) 4G
7 3 (6.38%) IMAP
7 3 (6.38%) POP3
7 3 (6.38%) SMTP
7 3 (6.38%) VoIP
7 3 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (4.26%) Ethernet
8 2 (4.26%) Modbus
8 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
8 2 (4.26%) WLAN
General
1 33 (70.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.77%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.26%) Law
5 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (63.83%) Network Engineer
2 5 (10.64%) IT Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Service Owner
4 3 (6.38%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (6.38%) IT Support
4 3 (6.38%) Lead
4 3 (6.38%) Senior
4 3 (6.38%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 3 (6.38%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Team Leader
5 2 (4.26%) Presales Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Security Engineer
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Network Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) SCADA Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Security Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.38%) FMCG
2 3 (6.38%) Operational Technology
2 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.26%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.13%) SCADA
4 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.40%) Windows
2 8 (17.02%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.15%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (12.77%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.64%) Computer Science
6 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (8.51%) ITIL
6 4 (8.51%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
7 3 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (6.38%) High Availability
7 3 (6.38%) Logistics
7 3 (6.38%) Mathematics
7 3 (6.38%) Presales
7 3 (6.38%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (6.38%) Time Management
8 2 (4.26%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (4.26%) Network Segmentation
8 2 (4.26%) Preventative Maintenance
8 2 (4.26%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (59.57%) Network+ Certification
3 24 (51.06%) Azure Certification
4 13 (27.66%) CCNP
5 9 (19.15%) Degree
6 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (12.77%) DBS Check
8 3 (6.38%) CISSP
8 3 (6.38%) MCDST
8 3 (6.38%) MCSE
8 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.13%) CEH
10 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
10 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
10 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (19.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) FortiGate
1 2 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (78.72%) Cisco
2 36 (76.60%) Microsoft
3 24 (51.06%) ForeScout
4 5 (10.64%) Fortinet
4 5 (10.64%) Meraki
4 5 (10.64%) Sophos
5 4 (8.51%) Juniper
6 2 (4.26%) Citrix
6 2 (4.26%) F5
6 2 (4.26%) Google
6 2 (4.26%) VMware
6 2 (4.26%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.13%) Qualys