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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 233 277
Rank change year-on-year -91 +44 +120
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 302 627 498
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 1.25% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.71% 3.48% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 206 287 433
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,650 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +17.02% -1.05%
75th Percentile £60,775 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,300 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% +3.21%

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 17,650 18,021 13,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.49% 36.04% 30.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,107 7,284 9,649
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,350 £93,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 27 December 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 27 December 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 -15 73 £52,500 -7.09% 43
South West +33 54 £32,000 -29.67% 17
London -37 52 £60,000 - 37
North of England -27 51 £47,500 - 40
Midlands -99 38 £32,500 -36.59% 35
North West -6 33 £50,000 +5.26% 25
East of England +32 31 £40,000 -21.57% 16
East Midlands -28 31 £32,500 -18.75% 10
North East +10 9 £31,000 -52.31% 3
Yorkshire -20 9 £26,000 -54.78% 13
West Midlands -95 7 £51,000 -2.86% 25
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 17 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.66%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (23.51%) Azure
2 39 (12.91%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (9.60%) AWS
4 23 (7.62%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.99%) IaaS
6 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.32%) SaaS
7 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.99%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.66%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.66%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.66%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.66%) SecurityScorecard
8 2 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.33%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 156 (51.66%) Firewall
2 85 (28.15%) WAN
3 84 (27.81%) LAN
4 66 (21.85%) VPN
5 48 (15.89%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (14.57%) VSAT
7 41 (13.58%) Network Security
8 34 (11.26%) TCP/IP
9 29 (9.60%) VLAN
10 25 (8.28%) MPLS
11 21 (6.95%) Wireless
12 20 (6.62%) BGP
12 20 (6.62%) Cisco ASA
13 19 (6.29%) DNS
14 18 (5.96%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (5.63%) VoIP
16 16 (5.30%) DHCP
16 16 (5.30%) SD-WAN
16 16 (5.30%) WLAN
17 14 (4.64%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Burp Suite
1 5 (1.66%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.99%) GitLab
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 94 (31.13%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.21%) Finance
3 22 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.63%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.97%) Manufacturing
5 15 (4.97%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (2.32%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.32%) Retail
10 6 (1.99%) Legal
11 5 (1.66%) Automotive
11 5 (1.66%) Billing
11 5 (1.66%) Electronics
12 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.32%) Law
13 3 (0.99%) Military
14 2 (0.66%) Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (21.52%) Network Engineer
2 64 (21.19%) Support Engineer
3 58 (19.21%) Technical Engineer
4 53 (17.55%) Technical Support
5 45 (14.90%) Technical Support Engineer
6 31 (10.26%) Analyst
7 30 (9.93%) Administrator
8 29 (9.60%) Senior
9 27 (8.94%) IT Engineer
10 26 (8.61%) Systems Administrator
11 22 (7.28%) Cisco Engineer
12 21 (6.95%) LAN Engineer
12 21 (6.95%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 21 (6.95%) WAN Engineer
13 19 (6.29%) IT Support
13 19 (6.29%) Support Analyst
14 18 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (4.97%) Senior Network Engineer
16 14 (4.64%) Presales Engineer
17 13 (4.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.99%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.32%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.66%) Middleware
4 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.33%) LAMP
4 1 (0.33%) React
4 1 (0.33%) Svelte
4 1 (0.33%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.24%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.28%) e-Learning
3 22 (7.28%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (2.98%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.32%) CCTV
6 7 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.99%) Handset
7 6 (1.99%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.66%) Insider Threat
8 5 (1.66%) LIMS
8 5 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.66%) SCADA
9 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 56 (18.54%) Windows
2 53 (17.55%) Linux
3 43 (14.24%) Windows Server
4 31 (10.26%) Unix
5 13 (4.30%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.66%) Android
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.46%) Customer Service
2 64 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (19.21%) Mentoring
4 56 (18.54%) ITIL
5 44 (14.57%) High Availability
6 36 (11.92%) Commercial Awareness
6 36 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 31 (10.26%) Kalman Filter
8 27 (8.94%) Project Delivery
9 26 (8.61%) Presales
10 25 (8.28%) Innovative Thinking
11 23 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (7.28%) Web Filtering
13 20 (6.62%) Requirements Gathering
14 19 (6.29%) Network Monitoring
14 19 (6.29%) Penetration Testing
14 19 (6.29%) Security Operations
15 18 (5.96%) Information Security
15 18 (5.96%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.61%) Python
2 23 (7.62%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.99%) Bash
3 3 (0.99%) Bicep
4 2 (0.66%) R
4 2 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.33%) Go
5 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 302 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 122 (40.40%) CCNP
3 87 (28.81%) Security Cleared
4 75 (24.83%) SC Cleared
5 73 (24.17%) JNCIA
6 54 (17.88%) Degree
6 54 (17.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 44 (14.57%) DV Cleared
8 40 (13.25%) MCSE
9 33 (10.93%) Network+ Certification
10 30 (9.93%) MCSA
11 26 (8.61%) MCP
12 22 (7.28%) DBS Check
13 15 (4.97%) CISSP
13 15 (4.97%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (4.64%) CCIE
15 11 (3.64%) A+ Certification
16 10 (3.31%) CCSA
16 10 (3.31%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.30%) SLA
4 12 (3.97%) GDPR
5 11 (3.64%) NIST
6 7 (2.32%) GxP
7 5 (1.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.99%) ITGC
8 3 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 43 (14.24%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.64%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.65%) vSphere
5 6 (1.99%) Firmware
5 6 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.32%) Docker
7 3 (0.99%) KVM
7 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.66%) pfSense
8 2 (0.66%) RHEV
8 2 (0.66%) Squid
8 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.66%) Xen
9 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 27 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.96%) FortiGate
3 13 (4.30%) Ansible
4 7 (2.32%) SCCM
5 6 (1.99%) Terraform
6 5 (1.66%) Autotask
6 5 (1.66%) Nmap
7 4 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.32%) Grafana
8 3 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.99%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.99%) QRadar
8 3 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.66%) Nagios
9 2 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) VxRail
10 1 (0.33%) OpenView
10 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 185 (61.26%) Cisco
2 76 (25.17%) Microsoft
3 65 (21.52%) Fortinet
4 51 (16.89%) Juniper
5 40 (13.25%) VMware
6 34 (11.26%) Meraki
7 26 (8.61%) Aruba
8 21 (6.95%) CheckPoint
8 21 (6.95%) Palo Alto
9 14 (4.64%) Citrix
10 13 (4.30%) Starlink
11 12 (3.97%) SolarWinds
12 11 (3.64%) Dell
13 10 (3.31%) ServiceNow
14 9 (2.98%) Arista
14 9 (2.98%) Freshdesk
15 8 (2.65%) Apple
15 8 (2.65%) Mitel
16 7 (2.32%) Huawei
16 7 (2.32%) WatchGuard