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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 238 280
Rank change year-on-year -70 +42 +151
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 337 690 544
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 1.12% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 3.68% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 226 281 449
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £28,150
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,732 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,276 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.95% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £68,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,500 £55,000 £45,848
% change year-on-year -26.36% +19.96% -3.48%

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 15,205 18,732 14,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.91% 30.46% 31.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,086 7,758 9,965
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,572
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +2.39% +2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 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
South East +16 84 £52,500 -7.09% 57
South West +74 70 £32,250 -29.12% 3
London -17 62 £70,000 +18.64% 26
North of England -19 49 £43,250 -8.95% 16
Midlands -88 41 £32,500 -35.00% 21
East of England +34 33 £40,000 -21.57% 10
East Midlands -4 32 £32,500 -18.75% 10
North West +17 29 £50,000 +5.26% 13
North East +15 10 £31,000 -52.31% 1
Yorkshire -12 10 £26,000 -54.78% 2
West Midlands -81 9 £41,000 -21.90% 10
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 22 (6.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Confluence
3 2 (0.59%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 86 (25.52%) Azure
2 53 (15.73%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (9.50%) AWS
4 27 (8.01%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.67%) IaaS
6 6 (1.78%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.48%) GCP
7 5 (1.48%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.19%) Dropbox
8 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.19%) Rubrik
8 4 (1.19%) SaaS
9 3 (0.89%) GitHub
9 3 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.59%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.59%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.59%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (0.59%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 165 (48.96%) Firewall
2 94 (27.89%) LAN
2 94 (27.89%) WAN
3 88 (26.11%) VPN
4 59 (17.51%) Wi-Fi
5 57 (16.91%) VSAT
6 53 (15.73%) Network Security
7 39 (11.57%) TCP/IP
8 38 (11.28%) VLAN
9 32 (9.50%) DNS
10 30 (8.90%) MPLS
11 29 (8.61%) Wireless
12 24 (7.12%) BGP
13 23 (6.82%) DHCP
14 21 (6.23%) Junos
15 20 (5.93%) LTE
15 20 (5.93%) SD-WAN
15 20 (5.93%) WLAN
16 19 (5.64%) OSPF
17 18 (5.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.89%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 6 (1.78%) GitLab
2 3 (0.89%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.89%) JIRA
2 3 (0.89%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 94 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.69%) Finance
3 24 (7.12%) Manufacturing
4 21 (6.23%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.45%) Aerospace
7 13 (3.86%) Billing
8 12 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.97%) Automotive
9 10 (2.97%) Electronics
10 9 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.67%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.37%) Banking
12 7 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.78%) Military
13 6 (1.78%) Retail
14 4 (1.19%) Law
15 2 (0.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 84 (24.93%) Network Engineer
2 83 (24.63%) Support Engineer
3 69 (20.47%) Technical Engineer
4 67 (19.88%) Technical Support
5 59 (17.51%) Technical Support Engineer
6 36 (10.68%) Administrator
7 35 (10.39%) Senior
8 33 (9.79%) Analyst
9 30 (8.90%) Systems Administrator
10 26 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 25 (7.42%) IT Support
12 23 (6.82%) IT Engineer
13 20 (5.93%) Senior Network Engineer
14 18 (5.34%) Support Analyst
15 17 (5.04%) Architect
16 14 (4.15%) Cisco Engineer
17 13 (3.86%) IT Support Engineer
17 13 (3.86%) NOC Engineer
17 13 (3.86%) Security Engineer
18 12 (3.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.86%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.19%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.30%) LAMP
3 1 (0.30%) React
3 1 (0.30%) SAML
3 1 (0.30%) Svelte
3 1 (0.30%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.28%) Data Centre
2 30 (8.90%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.72%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.97%) CCTV
5 10 (2.97%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (2.37%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.78%) Handset
8 6 (1.78%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.48%) LIMS
9 5 (1.48%) SCADA
9 5 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.89%) iPad
11 3 (0.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.74%) Windows
2 68 (20.18%) Linux
3 54 (16.02%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.50%) Unix
5 19 (5.64%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.48%) Android
10 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (26.41%) Customer Service
2 75 (22.26%) Mentoring
3 60 (17.80%) ITIL
4 58 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (14.24%) High Availability
6 47 (13.95%) Commercial Awareness
7 41 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 31 (9.20%) Kalman Filter
9 31 (9.20%) Project Delivery
10 27 (8.01%) Requirements Gathering
11 26 (7.72%) Innovative Thinking
11 26 (7.72%) Proactive Monitoring
12 24 (7.12%) Regulatory Change
12 24 (7.12%) Web Filtering
13 23 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (5.93%) Network Monitoring
14 20 (5.93%) Presales
14 20 (5.93%) Service Delivery
15 19 (5.64%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.79%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.01%) Python
3 5 (1.48%) Bash
4 3 (0.89%) Bicep
5 2 (0.59%) R
5 2 (0.59%) VB
6 1 (0.30%) Go
6 1 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 337 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 144 (42.73%) CCNP
3 100 (29.67%) Security Cleared
4 84 (24.93%) SC Cleared
5 83 (24.63%) JNCIA
6 57 (16.91%) Degree
6 57 (16.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (14.84%) DV Cleared
8 40 (11.87%) MCSE
9 32 (9.50%) MCSA
9 32 (9.50%) Network+ Certification
10 24 (7.12%) MCP
11 18 (5.34%) DBS Check
12 16 (4.75%) CCIE
12 16 (4.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 13 (3.86%) CISSP
13 13 (3.86%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (3.26%) JNCIS
16 10 (2.97%) GCSC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (4.75%) SLA
3 14 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.86%) GDPR
5 11 (3.26%) NIST
6 7 (2.08%) GxP
7 5 (1.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.89%) ITGC
8 3 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 55 (16.32%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.23%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.04%) vSphere
5 12 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.19%) BitLocker
7 4 (1.19%) Docker
7 4 (1.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.89%) Firmware
8 3 (0.89%) KVM
8 3 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.59%) pfSense
9 2 (0.59%) RHEV
9 2 (0.59%) Squid
9 2 (0.59%) Xen
10 1 (0.30%) NFS
10 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (9.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.45%) Ansible
2 15 (4.45%) FortiGate
3 10 (2.97%) SCCM
4 9 (2.67%) Terraform
5 8 (2.37%) Autotask
6 6 (1.78%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (1.78%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.19%) Grafana
8 4 (1.19%) Nagios
8 4 (1.19%) VxRail
9 3 (0.89%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.89%) Nmap
9 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.89%) QRadar
10 2 (0.59%) CASB
10 2 (0.59%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 209 (62.02%) Cisco
2 97 (28.78%) Microsoft
3 54 (16.02%) Fortinet
3 54 (16.02%) VMware
4 52 (15.43%) Juniper
5 41 (12.17%) Meraki
6 26 (7.72%) Palo Alto
7 21 (6.23%) Aruba
7 21 (6.23%) CheckPoint
8 17 (5.04%) SolarWinds
9 15 (4.45%) Citrix
10 14 (4.15%) Freshdesk
11 13 (3.86%) Starlink
12 11 (3.26%) Apple
12 11 (3.26%) F5
12 11 (3.26%) HP
12 11 (3.26%) ServiceNow
13 10 (2.97%) Arista
14 8 (2.37%) Mitel
14 8 (2.37%) Splunk