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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 246 264
Rank change year-on-year -60 +18 +186
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 354 655 578
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.80% 1.08% 1.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.41% 3.64% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 237 249 440
10th Percentile £26,050 £34,404 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,732 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +17.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,900 £68,750 £73,875
UK median annual salary £40,500 £52,500 £45,075
% change year-on-year -22.86% +16.47% -5.11%

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 14,699 17,986 15,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.28% 29.79% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,953 7,315 10,171
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +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 9 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 9 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 +17 91 £52,500 -7.09% 131
South West +77 72 £32,250 -29.12% 16
London +4 70 £65,000 +11.11% 76
North of England -19 49 £40,500 -14.74% 36
Midlands -86 44 £32,500 -31.58% 51
East Midlands -11 35 £32,500 -18.75% 23
East of England +23 30 £40,000 -21.57% 16
North West -9 27 £53,750 +13.16% 20
North East +8 11 £38,500 -40.77% 7
Yorkshire -8 11 £26,000 -56.67% 9
West Midlands -90 9 £41,000 -21.90% 27
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 (6.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) nginx
4 2 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 98 (27.68%) Azure
2 57 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (10.45%) AWS
4 27 (7.63%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.11%) IaaS
6 8 (2.26%) GCP
7 6 (1.69%) Mimecast
8 5 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.41%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.41%) Rubrik
9 4 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.13%) Dropbox
9 4 (1.13%) SaaS
10 3 (0.85%) GitHub
10 3 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.85%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.56%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.56%) SecurityScorecard
Communications & Networking
1 169 (47.74%) Firewall
2 101 (28.53%) WAN
3 98 (27.68%) LAN
4 96 (27.12%) VPN
5 65 (18.36%) Wi-Fi
6 58 (16.38%) VSAT
7 56 (15.82%) Network Security
8 39 (11.02%) VLAN
9 38 (10.73%) TCP/IP
10 36 (10.17%) MPLS
11 32 (9.04%) DNS
12 29 (8.19%) BGP
12 29 (8.19%) Wireless
13 25 (7.06%) SD-WAN
14 23 (6.50%) Junos
14 23 (6.50%) WLAN
15 22 (6.21%) DHCP
16 21 (5.93%) OSPF
17 20 (5.65%) LTE
18 18 (5.08%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.85%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.98%) GitLab
2 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.85%) JIRA
2 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 95 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.21%) Finance
3 25 (7.06%) Manufacturing
4 23 (6.50%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.24%) Aerospace
6 15 (4.24%) Billing
7 14 (3.95%) Banking
8 13 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.82%) Automotive
9 10 (2.82%) Electronics
10 9 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.54%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.98%) Retail
13 6 (1.69%) Military
14 5 (1.41%) Law
15 2 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 95 (26.84%) Network Engineer
2 84 (23.73%) Support Engineer
3 70 (19.77%) Technical Engineer
4 68 (19.21%) Technical Support
5 60 (16.95%) Technical Support Engineer
6 38 (10.73%) Administrator
7 35 (9.89%) Senior
8 33 (9.32%) Analyst
9 30 (8.47%) Systems Administrator
10 28 (7.91%) IT Support
11 27 (7.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 25 (7.06%) IT Engineer
13 20 (5.65%) Architect
13 20 (5.65%) Senior Network Engineer
14 18 (5.08%) Support Analyst
15 15 (4.24%) IT Support Engineer
16 14 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 13 (3.67%) NOC Engineer
17 13 (3.67%) Security Engineer
18 11 (3.11%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.24%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.13%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.85%) SAML
4 1 (0.28%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.28%) LAMP
4 1 (0.28%) React
4 1 (0.28%) Svelte
4 1 (0.28%) SvelteKit
4 1 (0.28%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.43%) Data Centre
2 32 (9.04%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.34%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.82%) CCTV
5 10 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.69%) Handset
8 6 (1.69%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.41%) LIMS
9 5 (1.41%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.41%) SCADA
9 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.13%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 87 (24.58%) Windows
2 70 (19.77%) Linux
3 58 (16.38%) Windows Server
4 31 (8.76%) Unix
5 20 (5.65%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.41%) Android
10 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (26.55%) Customer Service
2 79 (22.32%) Mentoring
3 63 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (17.51%) ITIL
5 53 (14.97%) High Availability
6 48 (13.56%) Commercial Awareness
7 41 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (11.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 34 (9.60%) Project Delivery
10 30 (8.47%) Kalman Filter
11 29 (8.19%) Requirements Gathering
12 28 (7.91%) Innovative Thinking
13 27 (7.63%) Proactive Monitoring
14 25 (7.06%) Regulatory Change
15 24 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (6.78%) Web Filtering
16 22 (6.21%) Network Design
16 22 (6.21%) Service Delivery
17 20 (5.65%) Incident Management
17 20 (5.65%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.17%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.47%) Python
3 7 (1.98%) Bash
4 3 (0.85%) Bicep
5 2 (0.56%) R
5 2 (0.56%) VB
6 1 (0.28%) Go
6 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 354 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 157 (44.35%) CCNP
3 103 (29.10%) Security Cleared
4 86 (24.29%) SC Cleared
5 84 (23.73%) JNCIA
6 61 (17.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (16.67%) Degree
8 52 (14.69%) DV Cleared
9 41 (11.58%) MCSE
10 33 (9.32%) MCSA
11 29 (8.19%) Network+ Certification
12 24 (6.78%) MCP
13 19 (5.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 17 (4.80%) CCIE
15 16 (4.52%) DBS Check
16 13 (3.67%) Azure Certification
16 13 (3.67%) CISSP
16 13 (3.67%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (3.11%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (5.93%) SLA
3 13 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.39%) GDPR
5 10 (2.82%) NIST
6 7 (1.98%) GxP
7 5 (1.41%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.56%) ITGC
10 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
System Software
1 59 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.06%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.08%) vSphere
5 12 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 5 (1.41%) Firmware
8 4 (1.13%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.13%) Docker
9 3 (0.85%) KVM
9 3 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.56%) pfSense
10 2 (0.56%) RHEV
10 2 (0.56%) Squid
10 2 (0.56%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.56%) Xen
11 1 (0.28%) NFS
Systems Management
1 35 (9.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.80%) Ansible
3 14 (3.95%) FortiGate
4 12 (3.39%) SCCM
5 10 (2.82%) Autotask
5 10 (2.82%) Terraform
6 8 (2.26%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.69%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.69%) Nagios
7 6 (1.69%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.41%) VxRail
9 4 (1.13%) Grafana
10 3 (0.85%) CASB
10 3 (0.85%) Nmap
10 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.56%) ArcSight ESM
11 2 (0.56%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 217 (61.30%) Cisco
2 101 (28.53%) Microsoft
3 59 (16.67%) VMware
4 55 (15.54%) Fortinet
5 54 (15.25%) Juniper
6 45 (12.71%) Meraki
7 27 (7.63%) CheckPoint
7 27 (7.63%) Palo Alto
8 21 (5.93%) Aruba
9 19 (5.37%) SolarWinds
10 16 (4.52%) Citrix
11 14 (3.95%) Freshdesk
12 13 (3.67%) F5
12 13 (3.67%) Starlink
13 12 (3.39%) HP
13 12 (3.39%) ServiceNow
14 11 (3.11%) Apple
15 10 (2.82%) Arista
16 8 (2.26%) Mitel
16 8 (2.26%) Splunk