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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 248 262
Rank change year-on-year -68 +14 +180
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 345 673 578
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 1.11% 1.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.24% 3.69% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 232 265 449
10th Percentile £25,800 £35,500 £28,900
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,732 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,276 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.95% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,750
90th Percentile £72,400 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,500 £53,000 £45,196
% change year-on-year -23.58% +17.27% -4.85%

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 15,382 18,238 14,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.63% 30.03% 31.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,086 7,384 10,122
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,900 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +2.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.68%

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 16 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 16 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 +6 87 £52,500 -7.09% 61
South West +76 70 £32,250 -29.12% 5
London -7 67 £61,000 +3.39% 44
North of England -12 49 £43,250 -8.95% 22
Midlands -92 42 £32,500 -35.00% 29
East Midlands -7 33 £32,500 -18.75% 14
East of England +19 32 £40,000 -21.57% 12
North West +14 28 £53,750 +13.16% 14
North East +12 11 £38,500 -40.77% 3
Yorkshire -12 10 £26,000 -54.78% 5
West Midlands -83 9 £41,000 -21.90% 15
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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) Confluence
3 2 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.16%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 92 (26.67%) Azure
2 56 (16.23%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (9.86%) AWS
4 27 (7.83%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.90%) IaaS
6 6 (1.74%) GCP
6 6 (1.74%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.45%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.45%) Rubrik
8 4 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.16%) Dropbox
8 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.16%) SaaS
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.58%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.58%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.58%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (0.58%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 166 (48.12%) Firewall
2 98 (28.41%) WAN
3 97 (28.12%) LAN
4 95 (27.54%) VPN
5 63 (18.26%) Wi-Fi
6 57 (16.52%) VSAT
7 54 (15.65%) Network Security
8 40 (11.59%) TCP/IP
9 38 (11.01%) VLAN
10 33 (9.57%) MPLS
11 32 (9.28%) DNS
12 29 (8.41%) Wireless
13 26 (7.54%) BGP
14 23 (6.67%) Junos
14 23 (6.67%) SD-WAN
15 22 (6.38%) DHCP
16 20 (5.80%) LTE
16 20 (5.80%) OSPF
16 20 (5.80%) WLAN
17 18 (5.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 6 (1.74%) GitLab
2 3 (0.87%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.87%) JIRA
2 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 95 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.42%) Finance
3 24 (6.96%) Manufacturing
4 23 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.35%) Aerospace
7 14 (4.06%) Billing
8 13 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.48%) Banking
10 10 (2.90%) Automotive
10 10 (2.90%) Electronics
11 9 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.61%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.03%) Retail
14 6 (1.74%) Military
15 5 (1.45%) Law
16 2 (0.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 88 (25.51%) Network Engineer
2 83 (24.06%) Support Engineer
3 69 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
4 67 (19.42%) Technical Support
5 59 (17.10%) Technical Support Engineer
6 36 (10.43%) Administrator
7 35 (10.14%) Senior
8 34 (9.86%) Analyst
9 30 (8.70%) Systems Administrator
10 26 (7.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (7.54%) IT Support
11 24 (6.96%) IT Engineer
12 20 (5.80%) Senior Network Engineer
13 19 (5.51%) Architect
14 18 (5.22%) Support Analyst
15 14 (4.06%) IT Support Engineer
16 13 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 13 (3.77%) NOC Engineer
16 13 (3.77%) Security Engineer
17 11 (3.19%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.06%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.16%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.58%) SAML
4 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.29%) LAMP
4 1 (0.29%) React
4 1 (0.29%) Svelte
4 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.88%) Data Centre
2 32 (9.28%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.54%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.90%) CCTV
5 10 (2.90%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (2.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.74%) Handset
8 6 (1.74%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.45%) LIMS
9 5 (1.45%) SCADA
9 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.87%) Insider Threat
11 3 (0.87%) iPad
11 3 (0.87%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 83 (24.06%) Windows
2 69 (20.00%) Linux
3 57 (16.52%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.28%) Unix
5 19 (5.51%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.45%) Android
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (26.09%) Customer Service
2 75 (21.74%) Mentoring
3 62 (17.97%) ITIL
3 62 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (14.49%) High Availability
5 47 (13.62%) Commercial Awareness
6 40 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (11.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 34 (9.86%) Project Delivery
9 31 (8.99%) Kalman Filter
10 29 (8.41%) Requirements Gathering
11 27 (7.83%) Innovative Thinking
12 26 (7.54%) Proactive Monitoring
13 24 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (6.96%) Regulatory Change
13 24 (6.96%) Web Filtering
14 21 (6.09%) Network Design
14 21 (6.09%) Service Delivery
15 19 (5.51%) Incident Management
15 19 (5.51%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.14%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.41%) Python
3 6 (1.74%) Bash
4 3 (0.87%) Bicep
5 2 (0.58%) R
5 2 (0.58%) VB
6 1 (0.29%) Go
6 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 345 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 150 (43.48%) CCNP
3 103 (29.86%) Security Cleared
4 86 (24.93%) SC Cleared
5 84 (24.35%) JNCIA
6 59 (17.10%) Degree
6 59 (17.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 52 (15.07%) DV Cleared
8 40 (11.59%) MCSE
9 33 (9.57%) MCSA
10 31 (8.99%) Network+ Certification
11 24 (6.96%) MCP
12 18 (5.22%) DBS Check
13 17 (4.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 16 (4.64%) CCIE
15 13 (3.77%) CISSP
15 13 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (3.19%) Azure Certification
17 11 (3.19%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (5.22%) SLA
3 14 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.77%) GDPR
5 11 (3.19%) NIST
6 7 (2.03%) GxP
7 5 (1.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.87%) ITGC
8 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 58 (16.81%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 17 (4.93%) vSphere
5 12 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.45%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 4 (1.16%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.16%) Docker
9 3 (0.87%) Firmware
9 3 (0.87%) KVM
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.58%) pfSense
10 2 (0.58%) RHEV
10 2 (0.58%) Squid
10 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.58%) Xen
11 1 (0.29%) NFS
Systems Management
1 34 (9.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.64%) Ansible
3 14 (4.06%) FortiGate
4 11 (3.19%) SCCM
5 9 (2.61%) Autotask
5 9 (2.61%) Terraform
6 7 (2.03%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.74%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.45%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.45%) Nagios
8 5 (1.45%) VxRail
9 4 (1.16%) Grafana
10 3 (0.87%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.87%) Nmap
10 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.87%) QRadar
11 2 (0.58%) CASB
11 2 (0.58%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 212 (61.45%) Cisco
2 99 (28.70%) Microsoft
3 57 (16.52%) VMware
4 53 (15.36%) Fortinet
4 53 (15.36%) Juniper
5 42 (12.17%) Meraki
6 27 (7.83%) Palo Alto
7 25 (7.25%) CheckPoint
8 21 (6.09%) Aruba
9 18 (5.22%) SolarWinds
10 16 (4.64%) Citrix
11 14 (4.06%) Freshdesk
12 13 (3.77%) Starlink
13 12 (3.48%) F5
13 12 (3.48%) HP
14 11 (3.19%) Apple
14 11 (3.19%) Arista
14 11 (3.19%) ServiceNow
15 9 (2.61%) Splunk
16 8 (2.32%) Mitel