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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 224 303
Rank change year-on-year -140 +79 +100
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 260 637 619
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 1.37% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.48% 3.57% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 175 305 547
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £27,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,750 £67,200
UK median annual salary £41,551 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.45% +15.79% -

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 17,611 17,865 18,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.31% 38.37% 29.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,140 6,919 13,495
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
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 £75,413 £77,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £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 2 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 2 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
North of England -63 56 £50,000 +5.26% 19
South East -24 54 £52,500 -12.50% 31
London -25 52 £50,000 -20.00% 26
North West -13 42 £50,000 +5.26% 11
Midlands -118 37 £32,500 -48.00% 12
East Midlands -26 33 £32,500 -12.16% 3
East of England +24 30 £40,000 -20.00% 11
South West +2 28 £32,500 -30.11% 18
Yorkshire -35 10 £47,750 -2.05% 8
North East -10 4 £38,500 -40.77%
West Midlands -109 4 £41,000 -34.40% 9
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 15 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.77%) Confluence
2 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (26.54%) Azure
2 36 (13.85%) AWS
2 36 (13.85%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (8.08%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.92%) IaaS
5 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (1.54%) SaaS
6 2 (0.77%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.38%) GCP
7 1 (0.38%) GitHub
7 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.38%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 148 (56.92%) Firewall
2 101 (38.85%) WAN
3 96 (36.92%) LAN
4 65 (25.00%) VPN
5 43 (16.54%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (12.69%) TCP/IP
7 32 (12.31%) Network Security
8 31 (11.92%) VLAN
9 25 (9.62%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (8.85%) DNS
10 23 (8.85%) MPLS
11 22 (8.46%) Wireless
12 20 (7.69%) BGP
12 20 (7.69%) DHCP
12 20 (7.69%) VSAT
13 17 (6.54%) SD-WAN
14 16 (6.15%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (6.15%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (6.15%) VoIP
15 15 (5.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.69%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.69%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.77%) JIRA
4 1 (0.38%) Git
General
1 86 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.31%) Finance
3 21 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.46%) Retail
10 7 (2.69%) Law
11 6 (2.31%) Legal
12 5 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.15%) Banking
14 3 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.77%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.77%) Automotive
15 2 (0.77%) Billing
15 2 (0.77%) Electronics
16 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (26.54%) Network Engineer
2 41 (15.77%) Support Engineer
3 38 (14.62%) Technical Engineer
4 34 (13.08%) Cisco Engineer
5 32 (12.31%) LAN Engineer
5 32 (12.31%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 32 (12.31%) WAN Engineer
6 31 (11.92%) IT Engineer
7 26 (10.00%) Senior
8 25 (9.62%) Technical Support
9 21 (8.08%) Analyst
9 21 (8.08%) Presales Engineer
9 21 (8.08%) Technical Support Engineer
10 19 (7.31%) Firewall Engineer
10 19 (7.31%) Juniper Engineer
11 17 (6.54%) IT Support
12 16 (6.15%) Senior Network Engineer
13 15 (5.77%) Administrator
13 15 (5.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 15 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.77%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.77%) Middleware
3 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.38%) React
3 1 (0.38%) Svelte
3 1 (0.38%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.31%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.92%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.00%) e-Learning
3 13 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.62%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.69%) CCTV
6 7 (2.69%) Insider Threat
7 6 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.31%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.54%) PKI
10 3 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.15%) iPad
10 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 51 (19.62%) Windows
2 36 (13.85%) Linux
3 33 (12.69%) Windows Server
4 19 (7.31%) Unix
5 7 (2.69%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.54%) Android
6 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (22.69%) Customer Service
2 52 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (17.31%) ITIL
4 38 (14.62%) Mentoring
5 37 (14.23%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (11.92%) Presales
7 29 (11.15%) High Availability
8 28 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 25 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (8.08%) Computer Science
10 21 (8.08%) Project Delivery
11 20 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
11 20 (7.69%) Process Improvement
12 18 (6.92%) Information Security
12 18 (6.92%) Kalman Filter
12 18 (6.92%) Penetration Testing
13 16 (6.15%) Decision-Making
13 16 (6.15%) Network Design
13 16 (6.15%) Requirements Gathering
13 16 (6.15%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.54%) PowerShell
1 17 (6.54%) Python
2 2 (0.77%) Bicep
2 2 (0.77%) SQL
3 1 (0.38%) Bash
3 1 (0.38%) Go
3 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 260 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 113 (43.46%) CCNP
3 63 (24.23%) Security Cleared
4 56 (21.54%) Degree
5 53 (20.38%) SC Cleared
6 52 (20.00%) JNCIA
7 45 (17.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (14.23%) MCSE
9 33 (12.69%) DV Cleared
10 28 (10.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 28 (10.77%) Network+ Certification
11 26 (10.00%) MCSA
12 22 (8.46%) CCIE
13 21 (8.08%) DBS Check
14 19 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (6.15%) CCSA
15 16 (6.15%) CCSE
16 13 (5.00%) CISSP
16 13 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (3.85%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.15%) GDPR
3 15 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (5.38%) SLA
5 12 (4.62%) NIST
6 7 (2.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.15%) GxP
7 3 (1.15%) ITGC
8 2 (0.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 38 (14.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.38%) Hyper-V
3 12 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.92%) Firmware
5 5 (1.92%) vSphere
6 3 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.15%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.77%) KVM
7 2 (0.77%) RHEV
7 2 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.77%) Xen
8 1 (0.38%) Docker
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 25 (9.62%) FortiGate
1 25 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.85%) Ansible
3 7 (2.69%) Nmap
4 6 (2.31%) SCCM
5 5 (1.92%) Autotask
6 4 (1.54%) Terraform
7 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.15%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.15%) QRadar
7 3 (1.15%) WSUS
8 2 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.77%) Nagios
8 2 (0.77%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.38%) Grafana
9 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.38%) OpenView
9 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 163 (62.69%) Cisco
2 69 (26.54%) Fortinet
3 67 (25.77%) Microsoft
4 56 (21.54%) Juniper
5 34 (13.08%) VMware
6 29 (11.15%) Aruba
7 25 (9.62%) Meraki
8 23 (8.85%) CheckPoint
9 20 (7.69%) Palo Alto
10 14 (5.38%) SolarWinds
11 13 (5.00%) Citrix
11 13 (5.00%) Dell
12 9 (3.46%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (3.46%) ServiceNow
12 9 (3.46%) Starlink
13 8 (3.08%) Arista
13 8 (3.08%) Draytek
13 8 (3.08%) WatchGuard
14 7 (2.69%) F5
14 7 (2.69%) Mitel