CCNA Job Trends in England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 325 339
Rank change year-on-year +12 +14 -16
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 529 382 606
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.88% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.10% 2.43% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 188 286 401
10th Percentile £31,775 £28,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £44,700 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -7.84% +7.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £81,625 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,700 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.86% -6.88% +6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,055 15,695 20,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.92% 36.15% 26.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,329 7,122 12,015
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,755 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,950 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in England

CCNA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in England over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in England

CCNA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the England region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
North of England +30 123 £50,000 -3.61% 33
South East +21 117 £46,250 +15.63% 42
London -59 93 £70,000 +27.27% 31
Midlands +6 84 £46,801 +23.16% 19
Yorkshire +10 70 £42,500 +44.68% 11
South West -68 67 £50,000 +29.03% 36
East of England +26 50 £38,250 -19.47% 22
East Midlands -8 43 £41,000 +17.14% 4
North West +19 41 £52,500 -8.70% 13
West Midlands +12 41 £53,162 -5.49% 15
North East -42 12 - - 9
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 35 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 385 (72.78%) Azure
2 57 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (10.21%) AWS
4 26 (4.91%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.46%) GCP
6 11 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (1.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (0.95%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.76%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.76%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (0.76%) AWS Fargate
9 4 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.76%) Mimecast
9 4 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.76%) Rubrik
9 4 (0.76%) Serverless
10 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 155 (29.30%) Firewall
2 120 (22.68%) WAN
3 108 (20.42%) VPN
4 95 (17.96%) LAN
5 73 (13.80%) Network Security
6 66 (12.48%) TCP/IP
7 62 (11.72%) VLAN
8 53 (10.02%) DNS
9 52 (9.83%) DHCP
10 51 (9.64%) Wi-Fi
10 51 (9.64%) Wireless
11 48 (9.07%) SD-WAN
12 34 (6.43%) BGP
13 32 (6.05%) VoIP
14 26 (4.91%) OSPF
15 21 (3.97%) MPLS
16 19 (3.59%) Internet
17 15 (2.84%) Cisco ISE
17 15 (2.84%) WLAN
18 14 (2.65%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (3.78%) JIRA
2 12 (2.27%) GitLab
3 10 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.51%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.51%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 400 (75.61%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (3.40%) Finance
4 17 (3.21%) Public Sector
5 12 (2.27%) Telecoms
6 10 (1.89%) Aerospace
6 10 (1.89%) Manufacturing
6 10 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (1.89%) Retail
7 9 (1.70%) Banking
7 9 (1.70%) Military
8 8 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.13%) Digital Health
10 5 (0.95%) Automotive
11 4 (0.76%) Electronics
11 4 (0.76%) Law
11 4 (0.76%) Legal
12 3 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 372 (70.32%) Network Engineer
2 45 (8.51%) IT Engineer
3 31 (5.86%) IT Support
4 30 (5.67%) Senior
5 25 (4.73%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (4.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (3.97%) Lead
9 18 (3.40%) Senior Network Engineer
10 16 (3.02%) 3rd Line Support
11 15 (2.84%) Analyst
12 14 (2.65%) Field Engineer
12 14 (2.65%) Field Service Engineer
13 13 (2.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (2.46%) Cisco Engineer
13 13 (2.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 13 (2.46%) Security Engineer
14 12 (2.27%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (2.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 11 (2.08%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.76%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.76%) boto
2 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.38%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.19%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.19%) YAML
4 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.83%) Data Centre
2 27 (5.10%) Driving Licence
3 15 (2.84%) Security Posture
4 12 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.13%) Replication
9 5 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.95%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.76%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.76%) Smartphone
10 4 (0.76%) Social Media
11 3 (0.57%) CCTV
11 3 (0.57%) FMCG
11 3 (0.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 98 (18.53%) Windows
2 68 (12.85%) Windows Server
3 42 (7.94%) Linux
4 15 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.32%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.57%) Android
8 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (12.10%) ITIL
4 54 (10.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 49 (9.26%) Disaster Recovery
6 47 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (7.94%) High Availability
8 33 (6.24%) Network Monitoring
9 32 (6.05%) Business Continuity
10 31 (5.86%) Computer Science
11 29 (5.48%) Project Delivery
12 28 (5.29%) Customer Service
12 28 (5.29%) Incident Response
12 28 (5.29%) Network Design
13 26 (4.91%) SIEM
14 19 (3.59%) Network Architecture
15 18 (3.40%) Infrastructure as Code
16 16 (3.02%) Mentoring
16 16 (3.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 15 (2.84%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.75%) PowerShell
2 24 (4.54%) Python
3 10 (1.89%) Bash
4 8 (1.51%) Java
5 2 (0.38%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) Bicep
6 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 529 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 323 (61.06%) Azure Certification
3 314 (59.36%) Network+ Certification
4 118 (22.31%) CCNP
5 67 (12.67%) Degree
6 66 (12.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (6.62%) Security Cleared
8 26 (4.91%) MCSE
9 24 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (3.78%) SC Cleared
11 19 (3.59%) AWS Certification
12 16 (3.02%) DV Cleared
13 13 (2.46%) CCIE
14 12 (2.27%) RHCSA
15 11 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (2.08%) MCSA
16 10 (1.89%) CISSP
17 9 (1.70%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (1.70%) DBS Check
18 8 (1.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (3.21%) SLA
4 14 (2.65%) GDPR
5 12 (2.27%) NIST
6 6 (1.13%) QA
7 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.57%) COBIT
9 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 75 (14.18%) Active Directory
2 47 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (6.05%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.84%) vSphere
5 13 (2.46%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.08%) Docker
7 8 (1.51%) Squid
8 5 (0.95%) Firmware
8 5 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 4 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.40%) Terraform
2 17 (3.21%) Ansible
2 17 (3.21%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.70%) Cisco Prime
3 9 (1.70%) ZABBIX
4 8 (1.51%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.51%) Packer
5 5 (0.95%) Control-M
6 4 (0.76%) Iperf
6 4 (0.76%) VxRail
7 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.57%) OpenView
7 3 (0.57%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.38%) WSUS
9 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 407 (76.94%) Cisco
2 377 (71.27%) Microsoft
3 282 (53.31%) ForeScout
4 64 (12.10%) VMware
5 55 (10.40%) Fortinet
6 34 (6.43%) Palo Alto
7 33 (6.24%) Meraki
8 20 (3.78%) Sophos
8 20 (3.78%) Splunk
9 19 (3.59%) SolarWinds
10 17 (3.21%) Aruba
10 17 (3.21%) CheckPoint
11 15 (2.84%) Juniper
12 13 (2.46%) Citrix
12 13 (2.46%) Dell
13 12 (2.27%) HP
14 11 (2.08%) F5
14 11 (2.08%) Red Hat
14 11 (2.08%) Veeam
15 9 (1.70%) Zscaler