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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 313 338
Rank change year-on-year +15 +25 +44
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 504 361 681
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.95% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.66% 2.29% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 157 265 581
10th Percentile £31,200 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%

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 18,939 15,741 23,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.83% 41.46% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,615 6,495 15,689
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,748 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +56 140 £50,000 -9.09% 37
South East +2 90 £45,000 +9.09% 51
London -45 85 £74,000 +28.70% 26
Midlands -27 82 £51,058 +32.62% 20
Yorkshire +9 67 £47,750 +23.70% 11
South West -36 65 £40,000 -5.88% 37
North West +18 61 £50,000 -9.09% 17
East Midlands -21 45 £51,058 +45.88% 3
East of England +14 44 £34,000 -18.43% 25
West Midlands -43 37 £53,401 -17.85% 17
North East -30 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 24 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.39%) Confluence
2 7 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 362 (71.83%) Azure
2 49 (9.72%) AWS
3 38 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (2.18%) GCP
5 10 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 9 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.99%) Mimecast
8 4 (0.79%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.60%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.60%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (0.60%) AWS Fargate
9 3 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.60%) Rubrik
9 3 (0.60%) Serverless
10 2 (0.40%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 132 (26.19%) Firewall
2 102 (20.24%) WAN
3 81 (16.07%) LAN
4 71 (14.09%) VPN
5 55 (10.91%) Network Security
6 45 (8.93%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (6.35%) TCP/IP
8 27 (5.36%) SD-WAN
8 27 (5.36%) Wireless
9 26 (5.16%) VLAN
10 24 (4.76%) DNS
11 23 (4.56%) DHCP
11 23 (4.56%) VoIP
12 19 (3.77%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (3.37%) BGP
13 17 (3.37%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (2.98%) Cisco ISE
14 15 (2.98%) MPLS
15 14 (2.78%) SAN
15 14 (2.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (2.58%) JIRA
2 12 (2.38%) GitLab
3 8 (1.59%) Git
3 8 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.39%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 373 (74.01%) Social Skills
2 32 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (3.97%) Finance
4 18 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (3.17%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.79%) Retail
8 8 (1.59%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.39%) Law
10 6 (1.19%) Banking
10 6 (1.19%) Legal
10 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.99%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.79%) Automotive
12 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Electronics
12 4 (0.79%) Military
13 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 359 (71.23%) Network Engineer
2 39 (7.74%) IT Engineer
3 34 (6.75%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (4.96%) LAN Engineer
4 25 (4.96%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 25 (4.96%) WAN Engineer
5 22 (4.37%) Senior
6 20 (3.97%) IT Support
6 20 (3.97%) Presales Engineer
7 19 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (3.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 19 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (3.77%) Lead
8 18 (3.57%) Support Engineer
9 16 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (2.98%) Firewall Engineer
10 15 (2.98%) Juniper Engineer
11 12 (2.38%) Senior Network Engineer
12 11 (2.18%) Field Engineer
12 11 (2.18%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.79%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.60%) boto
3 2 (0.40%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.32%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.17%) Security Posture
3 15 (2.98%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.19%) Smartphone
8 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.99%) PKI
8 5 (0.99%) Replication
9 4 (0.79%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.79%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.60%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.60%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.60%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.48%) Windows
2 41 (8.13%) Linux
3 39 (7.74%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (8.73%) ITIL
4 39 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (6.55%) High Availability
6 32 (6.35%) Computer Science
6 32 (6.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 31 (6.15%) Customer Service
8 27 (5.36%) Incident Response
8 27 (5.36%) Network Monitoring
8 27 (5.36%) Presales
9 24 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (4.76%) SIEM
10 22 (4.37%) Process Improvement
11 21 (4.17%) Network Architecture
12 20 (3.97%) Business Continuity
12 20 (3.97%) Network Design
13 17 (3.37%) Penetration Testing
14 14 (2.78%) Infrastructure as Code
14 14 (2.78%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.95%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.57%) Python
3 8 (1.59%) Bash
4 7 (1.39%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) Bicep
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
6 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 504 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 311 (61.71%) Azure Certification
3 310 (61.51%) Network+ Certification
4 96 (19.05%) CCNP
5 63 (12.50%) Degree
6 54 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (7.14%) Security Cleared
8 32 (6.35%) MCSE
9 27 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (3.97%) CCIE
10 20 (3.97%) JNCIA
10 20 (3.97%) SC Cleared
11 12 (2.38%) CCSA
11 12 (2.38%) CCSE
11 12 (2.38%) CISSP
11 12 (2.38%) DBS Check
12 11 (2.18%) OSCP
12 11 (2.18%) RHCSA
13 10 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (3.17%) GDPR
3 14 (2.78%) SLA
4 13 (2.58%) NIST
5 12 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.60%) COBIT
7 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.40%) QA
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (9.72%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.57%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.98%) vSphere
5 11 (2.18%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.98%) Docker
7 8 (1.59%) Firmware
8 7 (1.39%) Squid
8 7 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.60%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (4.37%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.57%) Ansible
3 15 (2.98%) Terraform
4 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
6 8 (1.59%) ZABBIX
7 7 (1.39%) Kubernetes
7 7 (1.39%) Packer
8 4 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.79%) Nmap
8 4 (0.79%) WSUS
9 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.60%) OpenView
9 3 (0.60%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.60%) VxRail
10 2 (0.40%) Control-M
11 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 398 (78.97%) Cisco
2 353 (70.04%) Microsoft
3 282 (55.95%) ForeScout
4 56 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 43 (8.53%) VMware
6 28 (5.56%) Aruba
7 26 (5.16%) Meraki
8 25 (4.96%) Juniper
9 20 (3.97%) CheckPoint
9 20 (3.97%) SolarWinds
10 18 (3.57%) Dell
10 18 (3.57%) Splunk
11 16 (3.17%) Palo Alto
12 12 (2.38%) HP
13 11 (2.18%) Sophos
14 10 (1.98%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.98%) Veeam
15 8 (1.59%) Citrix
16 7 (1.39%) Oracle
16 7 (1.39%) Zscaler