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 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 321 337
Rank change year-on-year -10 +16 -46
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 528 367 541
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.85% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.00% 2.40% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 194 269 297
10th Percentile £27,825 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,154 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% -18.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £82,125 £70,300 £68,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -19.19% +10.00%

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 17,573 15,282 18,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.91% 35.40% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 9,985 6,871 9,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £36,925 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,975 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +15 121 £42,500 +4.94% 13
South East -15 120 £46,250 +15.63% 22
Midlands +23 98 £41,000 +17.14% 17
London -53 87 £70,000 +16.67% 50
Yorkshire +6 68 £42,500 +63.46% 5
South West -99 62 £50,000 +56.25% 10
East Midlands -8 53 £39,194 +11.98% 10
East of England -12 46 £55,000 +37.50% 8
West Midlands +1 45 £53,162 +29.66% 7
North West +12 41 £52,500 -2.33% 6
North East -60 12 - - 2
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 33 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 383 (72.54%) Azure
2 65 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (9.85%) AWS
4 42 (7.95%) Entra ID
5 10 (1.89%) GCP
6 8 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.95%) OneDrive
7 5 (0.95%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.76%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.76%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.76%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.76%) Serverless
9 3 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.57%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.38%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 155 (29.36%) Firewall
2 110 (20.83%) WAN
3 99 (18.75%) VPN
4 90 (17.05%) LAN
5 77 (14.58%) Network Security
6 70 (13.26%) TCP/IP
7 69 (13.07%) VLAN
8 63 (11.93%) DHCP
8 63 (11.93%) DNS
9 58 (10.98%) Wireless
10 47 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (8.14%) SD-WAN
12 31 (5.87%) BGP
13 29 (5.49%) VoIP
14 26 (4.92%) OSPF
15 20 (3.79%) Internet
16 17 (3.22%) MPLS
17 15 (2.84%) SAN
18 12 (2.27%) Wireshark
18 12 (2.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (4.55%) JIRA
2 13 (2.46%) GitLab
3 10 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.52%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.52%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 401 (75.95%) Social Skills
2 41 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (3.60%) Telecoms
4 17 (3.22%) Finance
5 15 (2.84%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.08%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 10 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (1.89%) Retail
8 9 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.70%) Law
9 8 (1.52%) Banking
9 8 (1.52%) Military
10 7 (1.33%) Digital Health
10 7 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.95%) Automotive
12 4 (0.76%) Electronics
13 3 (0.57%) Legal
13 3 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 370 (70.08%) Network Engineer
2 48 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 32 (6.06%) IT Support
3 32 (6.06%) Senior
4 26 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (4.73%) Support Engineer
6 24 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (3.03%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (2.84%) Lead
8 15 (2.84%) Security Engineer
9 14 (2.65%) Analyst
9 14 (2.65%) Field Engineer
9 14 (2.65%) Field Service Engineer
10 13 (2.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (2.46%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (2.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (2.08%) Cisco Engineer
11 11 (2.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 10 (1.89%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.60%) Terraform
2 4 (0.76%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.76%) boto
3 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.38%) LDAP
4 2 (0.38%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.38%) SAML
5 1 (0.19%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.19%) YAML
5 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.23%) Data Centre
2 35 (6.63%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.41%) Security Posture
4 16 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.70%) CCTV
8 8 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.52%) Replication
9 7 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.14%) PKI
11 4 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.57%) FMCG
12 3 (0.57%) Smartphone
12 3 (0.57%) Social Media
13 2 (0.38%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 105 (19.89%) Windows
2 77 (14.58%) Windows Server
3 45 (8.52%) Linux
4 13 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (1.52%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.57%) Android
8 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (13.07%) ITIL
3 65 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (11.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 48 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 45 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (7.58%) High Availability
8 37 (7.01%) Business Continuity
8 37 (7.01%) Project Delivery
9 36 (6.82%) Network Design
10 33 (6.25%) Computer Science
11 31 (5.87%) Customer Service
11 31 (5.87%) Network Monitoring
12 23 (4.36%) Incident Response
13 22 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (3.98%) SIEM
15 19 (3.60%) Infrastructure as Code
16 18 (3.41%) Mentoring
16 18 (3.41%) Network Architecture
17 17 (3.22%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.58%) PowerShell
2 30 (5.68%) Python
3 11 (2.08%) Bash
4 8 (1.52%) Java
5 3 (0.57%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) Bicep
6 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 528 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 319 (60.42%) Azure Certification
3 316 (59.85%) Network+ Certification
4 116 (21.97%) CCNP
5 77 (14.58%) Degree
6 68 (12.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (6.25%) Security Cleared
8 31 (5.87%) MCSE
9 24 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (4.17%) SC Cleared
11 21 (3.98%) AWS Certification
12 16 (3.03%) DV Cleared
13 15 (2.84%) CISSP
13 15 (2.84%) MCSA
14 12 (2.27%) CCIE
15 10 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 10 (1.89%) RHCSA
16 8 (1.52%) ISTQB
16 8 (1.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.03%) SLA
4 13 (2.46%) GDPR
5 8 (1.52%) NIST
6 6 (1.14%) QA
7 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.57%) COBIT
8 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 77 (14.58%) Active Directory
2 44 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.84%) vSphere
5 11 (2.08%) Docker
5 11 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.52%) Squid
6 8 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.33%) Firmware
8 3 (0.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.79%) FortiGate
3 15 (2.84%) Ansible
4 9 (1.70%) ZABBIX
5 8 (1.52%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.52%) Packer
6 7 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.95%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (0.76%) Iperf
9 3 (0.57%) Control-M
9 3 (0.57%) VxRail
10 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.38%) OpenView
10 2 (0.38%) SCCM
10 2 (0.38%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.19%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 405 (76.70%) Cisco
2 376 (71.21%) Microsoft
3 282 (53.41%) ForeScout
4 68 (12.88%) VMware
5 51 (9.66%) Fortinet
6 37 (7.01%) Palo Alto
7 26 (4.92%) Meraki
8 16 (3.03%) Sophos
8 16 (3.03%) Splunk
9 15 (2.84%) Juniper
10 14 (2.65%) Aruba
10 14 (2.65%) CheckPoint
10 14 (2.65%) F5
10 14 (2.65%) SolarWinds
10 14 (2.65%) Veeam
10 14 (2.65%) WatchGuard
11 13 (2.46%) Dell
12 12 (2.27%) HP
13 11 (2.08%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.70%) Citrix