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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 211 313
Rank change year-on-year -159 +102 +85
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 317 534 692
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.46% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.66% 3.63% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 150 305 612
10th Percentile £26,200 £32,500 £28,100
25th Percentile £32,313 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,275 £73,750 £66,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +14.74% +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 19,074 14,731 21,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.83% 40.31% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,881 6,921 15,269
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,227 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,375
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,836 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.58% +5.16% -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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -67 77 £50,000 +5.26% 38
London -50 75 £60,000 -4.00% 32
Midlands -130 54 £32,500 -48.00% 32
North West -34 45 £50,000 - 18
South East -77 44 £45,000 -18.18% 31
East Midlands -52 40 £32,500 - 14
South West -28 33 £40,000 -15.79% 18
East of England -3 32 £34,000 -36.45% 16
Yorkshire -51 26 £50,000 +33.33% 14
West Midlands -128 14 £47,500 -26.47% 18
North East -22 6 £55,500 +13.85% 6
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 (7.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 169 (53.31%) Azure
2 46 (14.51%) AWS
3 38 (11.99%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.73%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.89%) GCP
9 5 (1.58%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.63%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.63%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.63%) SaaS
11 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.32%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.32%) GitHub
11 1 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 138 (43.53%) Firewall
2 107 (33.75%) WAN
3 88 (27.76%) LAN
4 60 (18.93%) VPN
5 40 (12.62%) Wi-Fi
6 38 (11.99%) Network Security
7 29 (9.15%) TCP/IP
8 28 (8.83%) VLAN
9 25 (7.89%) Wireless
10 24 (7.57%) SD-WAN
11 21 (6.62%) Cisco ASA
11 21 (6.62%) DNS
12 20 (6.31%) DHCP
13 19 (5.99%) VoIP
14 17 (5.36%) MPLS
15 16 (5.05%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (5.05%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (3.79%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (3.79%) WLAN
17 11 (3.47%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.21%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.21%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.89%) JIRA
3 5 (1.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 176 (55.52%) Social Skills
2 30 (9.46%) Finance
3 23 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (7.26%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (5.36%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.84%) Retail
9 8 (2.52%) Law
9 8 (2.52%) Legal
10 5 (1.58%) Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.63%) Military
12 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Marketing
12 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 153 (48.26%) Network Engineer
2 41 (12.93%) Cisco Engineer
3 38 (11.99%) IT Engineer
4 32 (10.09%) LAN Engineer
4 32 (10.09%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 32 (10.09%) WAN Engineer
5 27 (8.52%) Support Engineer
6 25 (7.89%) IT Support
7 23 (7.26%) Presales Engineer
8 22 (6.94%) Azure Engineer
8 22 (6.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 22 (6.94%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (5.99%) Analyst
9 19 (5.99%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (5.99%) Juniper Engineer
10 14 (4.42%) Lead
11 13 (4.10%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (4.10%) Security Specialist
11 13 (4.10%) Senior
12 11 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.26%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.63%) Middleware
3 1 (0.32%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.56%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.68%) Driving Licence
3 16 (5.05%) Security Posture
4 13 (4.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.52%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.21%) CCTV
7 7 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.21%) Insider Threat
7 7 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.58%) PKI
8 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.26%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.26%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.26%) Social Media
10 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.95%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 59 (18.61%) Windows
2 34 (10.73%) Linux
3 30 (9.46%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.21%) Unix
4 7 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (15.14%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (11.99%) Customer Service
4 36 (11.36%) ITIL
5 30 (9.46%) Presales
6 25 (7.89%) Computer Science
6 25 (7.89%) Incident Response
7 24 (7.57%) Process Improvement
8 23 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (7.26%) High Availability
9 21 (6.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (6.62%) Network Monitoring
10 19 (5.99%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (5.68%) SIEM
12 16 (5.05%) Network Architecture
13 15 (4.73%) Project Delivery
14 14 (4.42%) Network Segmentation
15 13 (4.10%) Disaster Recovery
15 13 (4.10%) Time Management
16 12 (3.79%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.99%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.42%) Python
3 3 (0.95%) SQL
4 2 (0.63%) Bicep
5 1 (0.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 317 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 127 (40.06%) Network+ Certification
3 111 (35.02%) Azure Certification
4 90 (28.39%) CCNP
5 62 (19.56%) Degree
6 52 (16.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (12.93%) MCSE
8 27 (8.52%) Security Cleared
9 25 (7.89%) JNCIA
10 23 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (7.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 22 (6.94%) CCIE
12 21 (6.62%) MCSA
13 19 (5.99%) SC Cleared
14 18 (5.68%) DBS Check
15 15 (4.73%) CCSA
15 15 (4.73%) CCSE
16 12 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (3.79%) CISSP
17 10 (3.15%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.05%) GDPR
3 14 (4.42%) NIST
4 12 (3.79%) SLA
5 9 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.95%) ITGC
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (11.36%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.57%) Hyper-V
3 22 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.84%) vSphere
5 7 (2.21%) Firmware
5 7 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.26%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.63%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (6.62%) FortiGate
2 17 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (3.47%) Ansible
4 9 (2.84%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (2.52%) Terraform
6 7 (2.21%) Nmap
7 4 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.26%) WSUS
8 3 (0.95%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.95%) QRadar
9 2 (0.63%) Control-M
9 2 (0.63%) OpenView
9 2 (0.63%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.63%) VxRail
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.32%) Grafana
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 234 (73.82%) Cisco
2 160 (50.47%) Microsoft
3 94 (29.65%) ForeScout
4 67 (21.14%) Fortinet
5 40 (12.62%) VMware
6 39 (12.30%) Juniper
7 33 (10.41%) Meraki
8 29 (9.15%) CheckPoint
9 27 (8.52%) Aruba
10 20 (6.31%) SolarWinds
11 16 (5.05%) Dell
11 16 (5.05%) Palo Alto
12 13 (4.10%) Splunk
13 12 (3.79%) Citrix
14 10 (3.15%) WatchGuard
15 9 (2.84%) Draytek
15 9 (2.84%) Sophos
16 8 (2.52%) Arista
17 7 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
17 7 (2.21%) Mitel