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 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 234 276
Rank change year-on-year -91 +42 +126
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 303 629 494
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 1.27% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.73% 3.49% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 203 289 429
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,700 £28,350
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +15.79% +3.21%
75th Percentile £61,033 £63,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% +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 17,522 18,032 13,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.69% 36.37% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,051 7,216 9,512
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

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 1 January 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 1 January 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
South East -20 71 £51,250 -9.31% 23
South West +41 54 £32,000 -29.67% 13
London -55 53 £65,000 +8.33% 15
North of England -19 52 £46,750 -1.58% 29
Midlands -108 39 £32,500 -36.59% 23
North West +3 35 £50,000 +5.26% 18
East Midlands -31 32 £32,500 -18.75% 5
East of England +27 31 £40,000 -21.57% 7
Yorkshire -23 9 £26,000 -54.78% 10
North East +4 8 £31,000 -52.31% 2
West Midlands -108 7 £51,000 -2.86% 18
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 17 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.66%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 73 (24.09%) Azure
2 39 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (10.23%) AWS
4 23 (7.59%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.98%) IaaS
6 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.32%) SaaS
7 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.99%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.66%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.66%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.66%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.66%) SecurityScorecard
8 2 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.33%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 158 (52.15%) Firewall
2 84 (27.72%) WAN
3 83 (27.39%) LAN
4 64 (21.12%) VPN
5 47 (15.51%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (14.52%) VSAT
7 41 (13.53%) Network Security
8 34 (11.22%) TCP/IP
9 29 (9.57%) VLAN
10 25 (8.25%) MPLS
11 21 (6.93%) Cisco ASA
11 21 (6.93%) Wireless
12 20 (6.60%) BGP
13 19 (6.27%) DNS
14 18 (5.94%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (5.61%) VoIP
16 16 (5.28%) DHCP
16 16 (5.28%) SD-WAN
17 15 (4.95%) WLAN
18 14 (4.62%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Burp Suite
1 6 (1.98%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.99%) GitLab
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 95 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 54 (17.82%) Finance
3 22 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.61%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.95%) Manufacturing
5 15 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (4.95%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.64%) Retail
9 6 (1.98%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.98%) Legal
10 5 (1.65%) Automotive
10 5 (1.65%) Billing
10 5 (1.65%) Electronics
11 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.99%) Law
13 2 (0.66%) Banking
13 2 (0.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (21.45%) Network Engineer
2 63 (20.79%) Support Engineer
3 60 (19.80%) Technical Engineer
4 53 (17.49%) Technical Support
5 45 (14.85%) Technical Support Engineer
6 31 (10.23%) Analyst
7 30 (9.90%) Administrator
8 28 (9.24%) Senior
9 27 (8.91%) IT Engineer
10 26 (8.58%) Systems Administrator
11 24 (7.92%) Cisco Engineer
12 23 (7.59%) LAN Engineer
12 23 (7.59%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 23 (7.59%) WAN Engineer
13 19 (6.27%) IT Support
13 19 (6.27%) Support Analyst
14 16 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (4.95%) Presales Engineer
16 14 (4.62%) Senior Network Engineer
17 13 (4.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.98%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.32%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.66%) Middleware
4 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.33%) LAMP
4 1 (0.33%) React
4 1 (0.33%) Svelte
4 1 (0.33%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.19%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.25%) e-Learning
3 20 (6.60%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (3.30%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.64%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.31%) CCTV
6 7 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.98%) Handset
7 6 (1.98%) Insider Threat
7 6 (1.98%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.65%) LIMS
8 5 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.65%) SCADA
9 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (18.15%) Windows
2 52 (17.16%) Linux
3 42 (13.86%) Windows Server
4 31 (10.23%) Unix
5 13 (4.29%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.65%) Android
6 5 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.36%) Customer Service
2 65 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (19.14%) Mentoring
4 56 (18.48%) ITIL
5 44 (14.52%) High Availability
6 36 (11.88%) Commercial Awareness
6 36 (11.88%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (10.23%) Kalman Filter
8 29 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 27 (8.91%) Presales
10 25 (8.25%) Innovative Thinking
10 25 (8.25%) Project Delivery
11 23 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (7.26%) Web Filtering
13 20 (6.60%) Penetration Testing
14 19 (6.27%) Information Security
14 19 (6.27%) Network Monitoring
14 19 (6.27%) Security Operations
15 18 (5.94%) Computer Science
15 18 (5.94%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.58%) Python
2 22 (7.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.99%) Bash
3 3 (0.99%) Bicep
4 2 (0.66%) R
4 2 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.33%) Go
5 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 303 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 120 (39.60%) CCNP
3 85 (28.05%) Security Cleared
4 74 (24.42%) SC Cleared
5 72 (23.76%) JNCIA
6 55 (18.15%) Degree
7 53 (17.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 44 (14.52%) DV Cleared
9 41 (13.53%) MCSE
10 33 (10.89%) Network+ Certification
11 29 (9.57%) MCSA
12 27 (8.91%) MCP
13 22 (7.26%) DBS Check
14 16 (5.28%) CISSP
14 16 (5.28%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (4.95%) CCIE
16 11 (3.63%) A+ Certification
16 11 (3.63%) CCSA
16 11 (3.63%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.62%) SLA
3 12 (3.96%) GDPR
4 11 (3.63%) NIST
5 7 (2.31%) GxP
6 6 (1.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.99%) ITGC
8 3 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 42 (13.86%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.62%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.31%) vSphere
5 6 (1.98%) Firmware
6 5 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.32%) Docker
8 3 (0.99%) KVM
8 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.66%) pfSense
9 2 (0.66%) RHEV
9 2 (0.66%) Squid
9 2 (0.66%) Xen
10 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (8.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.27%) FortiGate
3 13 (4.29%) Ansible
4 7 (2.31%) SCCM
5 6 (1.98%) Nmap
5 6 (1.98%) Terraform
6 5 (1.65%) Autotask
7 4 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.32%) Grafana
8 3 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.99%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.99%) QRadar
9 2 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.66%) Nagios
9 2 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.66%) VxRail
10 1 (0.33%) Podman
10 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 185 (61.06%) Cisco
2 76 (25.08%) Microsoft
3 67 (22.11%) Fortinet
4 50 (16.50%) Juniper
5 39 (12.87%) VMware
6 34 (11.22%) Meraki
7 27 (8.91%) Aruba
8 22 (7.26%) CheckPoint
9 21 (6.93%) Palo Alto
10 14 (4.62%) Citrix
11 13 (4.29%) Starlink
12 12 (3.96%) SolarWinds
13 11 (3.63%) Dell
14 10 (3.30%) ServiceNow
15 9 (2.97%) Arista
15 9 (2.97%) Freshdesk
16 8 (2.64%) Apple
16 8 (2.64%) Mitel
17 7 (2.31%) HP
17 7 (2.31%) Huawei