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 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 215 307
Rank change year-on-year -181 +92 +96
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 252 618 589
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 1.45% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.38% 3.66% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 166 307 521
10th Percentile £26,938 £33,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,250 £55,000 £46,700
% change year-on-year -17.73% +17.77% +3.78%

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 18,211 16,873 19,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.69% 39.56% 28.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,466 6,790 13,619
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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
London -44 63 £55,000 -10.20% 31
North of England -85 52 £50,000 +5.26% 20
South East -63 44 £52,500 -12.50% 35
North West -33 41 £50,000 +5.26% 14
Midlands -132 37 £32,500 -49.69% 11
East Midlands -49 32 £32,500 -12.16% 1
East of England +11 26 £40,000 -21.57% 9
South West -16 26 £36,423 -25.29% 22
Yorkshire -45 9 £50,000 +11.86% 4
West Midlands -114 5 £47,500 -26.47% 10
North East -20 2 £55,500 -14.62% 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 19 (7.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.79%) Confluence
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 75 (29.76%) Azure
2 43 (17.06%) AWS
3 38 (15.08%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.98%) IaaS
6 4 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (1.59%) GCP
6 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.19%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.19%) SaaS
8 2 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.40%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.40%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 147 (58.33%) Firewall
2 104 (41.27%) WAN
3 99 (39.29%) LAN
4 67 (26.59%) VPN
5 40 (15.87%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (13.10%) Network Security
7 32 (12.70%) TCP/IP
8 30 (11.90%) VLAN
9 26 (10.32%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (8.73%) MPLS
10 22 (8.73%) Wireless
11 21 (8.33%) DNS
12 18 (7.14%) DHCP
12 18 (7.14%) SD-WAN
13 17 (6.75%) BGP
13 17 (6.75%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (6.75%) WLAN
14 16 (6.35%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (6.35%) VoIP
15 13 (5.16%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.78%) Metasploit
2 5 (1.98%) GitLab
2 5 (1.98%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 85 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.87%) Finance
3 21 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.16%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.97%) Retail
9 8 (3.17%) Legal
10 7 (2.78%) Law
11 4 (1.59%) Banking
12 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Military
14 1 (0.40%) Marketing
14 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (27.38%) Network Engineer
2 38 (15.08%) Support Engineer
3 37 (14.68%) Cisco Engineer
4 35 (13.89%) IT Engineer
5 33 (13.10%) LAN Engineer
5 33 (13.10%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 33 (13.10%) WAN Engineer
6 25 (9.92%) Technical Engineer
7 23 (9.13%) Senior
8 21 (8.33%) Presales Engineer
9 20 (7.94%) IT Support
10 19 (7.54%) Firewall Engineer
10 19 (7.54%) IT Support Engineer
10 19 (7.54%) Juniper Engineer
11 18 (7.14%) Analyst
11 18 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
11 18 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 15 (5.95%) Senior Network Engineer
13 14 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
14 13 (5.16%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.40%) React
3 1 (0.40%) Svelte
3 1 (0.40%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.44%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.35%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.76%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.17%) e-Learning
6 8 (3.17%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.78%) CCTV
7 7 (2.78%) Insider Threat
8 6 (2.38%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.98%) PKI
9 5 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.19%) iPad
10 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.79%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 54 (21.43%) Windows
2 35 (13.89%) Linux
3 30 (11.90%) Windows Server
4 14 (5.56%) Unix
5 4 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.19%) Android
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 45 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (16.67%) ITIL
5 32 (12.70%) Mentoring
6 29 (11.51%) Presales
7 26 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (10.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 25 (9.92%) High Availability
8 25 (9.92%) Process Improvement
9 22 (8.73%) Computer Science
9 22 (8.73%) Project Delivery
10 20 (7.94%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (7.14%) SIEM
12 17 (6.75%) Information Security
12 17 (6.75%) Network Design
12 17 (6.75%) Network Monitoring
13 16 (6.35%) Change Control
13 16 (6.35%) Incident Response
13 16 (6.35%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.35%) Python
3 2 (0.79%) Bicep
3 2 (0.79%) SQL
4 1 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 252 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 109 (43.25%) CCNP
3 57 (22.62%) Degree
4 52 (20.63%) Security Cleared
5 44 (17.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 42 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 40 (15.87%) JNCIA
8 39 (15.48%) MCSE
9 30 (11.90%) Network+ Certification
10 27 (10.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 24 (9.52%) CCIE
12 23 (9.13%) DV Cleared
12 23 (9.13%) MCSA
13 20 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (7.54%) DBS Check
15 17 (6.75%) CCSA
15 17 (6.75%) CCSE
16 12 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (4.76%) CISSP
16 12 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.35%) SLA
3 14 (5.56%) GDPR
4 11 (4.37%) NIST
5 7 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.19%) ITGC
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (15.08%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 17 (6.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.38%) vSphere
6 5 (1.98%) Firmware
7 4 (1.59%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.40%) Docker
9 1 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.40%) KVM
9 1 (0.40%) RHEV
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (9.92%) FortiGate
2 23 (9.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (4.37%) Ansible
4 7 (2.78%) Nmap
5 5 (1.98%) Autotask
5 5 (1.98%) Terraform
6 4 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.59%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (1.59%) SCCM
6 4 (1.59%) WSUS
7 3 (1.19%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.19%) QRadar
8 2 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.79%) OpenView
8 2 (0.79%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.40%) Control-M
9 1 (0.40%) Grafana
9 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.40%) Nagios
Vendors
1 158 (62.70%) Cisco
2 72 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 70 (27.78%) Fortinet
4 47 (18.65%) Juniper
5 39 (15.48%) VMware
6 28 (11.11%) Aruba
7 27 (10.71%) CheckPoint
8 24 (9.52%) Meraki
9 20 (7.94%) Palo Alto
10 16 (6.35%) SolarWinds
11 15 (5.95%) Citrix
11 15 (5.95%) Dell
12 11 (4.37%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (3.97%) Splunk
14 8 (3.17%) Arista
14 8 (3.17%) Draytek
14 8 (3.17%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.78%) HP
15 7 (2.78%) Mitel
15 7 (2.78%) ServiceNow