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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 223 317
Rank change year-on-year -130 +94 +84
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 358 533 700
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 1.46% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.83% 3.62% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 145 308 619
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £73,750 £65,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +12.63% +5.56%

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 19,511 14,708 22,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.49% 40.25% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,020 7,012 15,470
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,188 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,560 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +4.65% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £92,950 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -55 91 £50,000 +5.26% 38
London -59 76 £65,000 +8.33% 32
Midlands -132 61 £32,500 -48.00% 32
South East -62 54 £45,000 -18.18% 31
North West -33 48 £50,000 - 18
East Midlands -61 42 £32,500 - 14
South West -19 39 £40,000 -13.98% 18
East of England +1 36 £34,000 -36.45% 16
Yorkshire -43 35 £50,000 +33.33% 14
West Midlands -126 19 £47,500 -26.47% 18
North East -29 8 £55,500 +13.85% 6
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 23 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 215 (60.06%) Azure
2 45 (12.57%) AWS
3 36 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.63%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.68%) GCP
9 5 (1.40%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.56%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.56%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.56%) SaaS
11 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.28%) GitHub
11 1 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 133 (37.15%) Firewall
2 109 (30.45%) WAN
3 88 (24.58%) LAN
4 59 (16.48%) VPN
5 40 (11.17%) Network Security
5 40 (11.17%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (8.10%) TCP/IP
7 26 (7.26%) VLAN
8 25 (6.98%) SD-WAN
8 25 (6.98%) Wireless
9 22 (6.15%) DNS
10 21 (5.87%) DHCP
11 19 (5.31%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (4.75%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (4.75%) VoIP
13 16 (4.47%) Cisco Firepower
14 15 (4.19%) MPLS
15 12 (3.35%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (3.35%) WLAN
16 10 (2.79%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Burp Suite
1 7 (1.96%) JIRA
1 7 (1.96%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.68%) GitLab
3 2 (0.56%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
General
1 224 (62.57%) Social Skills
2 28 (7.82%) Finance
3 24 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (4.75%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.79%) Retail
8 8 (2.23%) Law
8 8 (2.23%) Legal
9 7 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.12%) Banking
11 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.56%) Military
13 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.28%) Automotive
13 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Electronics
13 1 (0.28%) Marketing
13 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 201 (56.15%) Network Engineer
2 42 (11.73%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (9.78%) IT Engineer
4 32 (8.94%) LAN Engineer
4 32 (8.94%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 32 (8.94%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (6.42%) Azure Engineer
5 23 (6.42%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 23 (6.42%) Presales Engineer
6 22 (6.15%) IT Support
6 22 (6.15%) Support Engineer
7 19 (5.31%) Firewall Engineer
7 19 (5.31%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (5.31%) Juniper Engineer
8 16 (4.47%) Lead
9 15 (4.19%) Analyst
10 14 (3.91%) Senior
11 13 (3.63%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (3.63%) Security Specialist
12 10 (2.79%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.12%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.56%) Middleware
3 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.57%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.47%) Driving Licence
2 16 (4.47%) Security Posture
3 13 (3.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.23%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.96%) Insider Threat
6 7 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.40%) CCTV
7 5 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (1.40%) PKI
7 5 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.12%) Social Media
9 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.92%) Windows
2 31 (8.66%) Linux
3 29 (8.10%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.40%) Unix
6 4 (1.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (13.13%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (10.06%) Customer Service
4 35 (9.78%) ITIL
5 30 (8.38%) Presales
6 27 (7.54%) Incident Response
7 26 (7.26%) Computer Science
8 24 (6.70%) Process Improvement
9 23 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (6.42%) High Availability
10 22 (6.15%) Network Monitoring
11 21 (5.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (5.59%) Penetration Testing
13 19 (5.31%) SIEM
14 18 (5.03%) Network Architecture
15 15 (4.19%) Network Segmentation
15 15 (4.19%) Project Delivery
16 14 (3.91%) Decision-Making
16 14 (3.91%) Disaster Recovery
17 12 (3.35%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.59%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.63%) Python
3 3 (0.84%) SQL
4 2 (0.56%) Bash
4 2 (0.56%) Bicep
5 1 (0.28%) Java
Qualifications
1 358 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 173 (48.32%) Network+ Certification
3 159 (44.41%) Azure Certification
4 89 (24.86%) CCNP
5 63 (17.60%) Degree
6 52 (14.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (10.89%) MCSE
8 28 (7.82%) Security Cleared
9 25 (6.98%) JNCIA
10 24 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (5.59%) CCIE
11 20 (5.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 19 (5.31%) MCSA
12 19 (5.31%) SC Cleared
13 18 (5.03%) DBS Check
14 15 (4.19%) CCSA
14 15 (4.19%) CCSE
15 13 (3.63%) CISSP
16 12 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.75%) GDPR
3 15 (4.19%) NIST
4 12 (3.35%) SLA
5 8 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.84%) ITGC
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (10.06%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.87%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.79%) vSphere
5 7 (1.96%) Firmware
5 7 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.40%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.28%) Docker
8 1 (0.28%) Squid
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (5.87%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.35%) Ansible
4 10 (2.79%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (2.51%) Terraform
6 7 (1.96%) Nmap
7 4 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.12%) WSUS
8 3 (0.84%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.84%) QRadar
9 2 (0.56%) Control-M
9 2 (0.56%) OpenView
9 2 (0.56%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.56%) VxRail
10 1 (0.28%) Grafana
10 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.28%) Packer
10 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 275 (76.82%) Cisco
2 208 (58.10%) Microsoft
3 141 (39.39%) ForeScout
4 64 (17.88%) Fortinet
5 37 (10.34%) Juniper
5 37 (10.34%) VMware
6 32 (8.94%) Meraki
7 27 (7.54%) Aruba
8 26 (7.26%) CheckPoint
9 21 (5.87%) SolarWinds
10 17 (4.75%) Dell
11 14 (3.91%) Palo Alto
11 14 (3.91%) Splunk
12 11 (3.07%) Citrix
13 9 (2.51%) Sophos
14 8 (2.23%) WatchGuard
15 7 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (1.96%) Draytek
16 6 (1.68%) HP
16 6 (1.68%) Zscaler