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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 225 293
Rank change year-on-year -114 +68 +110
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 281 624 499
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 1.30% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.63% 3.48% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 192 286 437
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 £28,200
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,844 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,875 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.86% +10.53% +4.29%

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 17,227 17,954 14,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.97% 37.33% 29.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,956 7,039 9,999
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,750
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 £75,413 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,499 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

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 12 January 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 12 January 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
South East -27 61 £52,500 -4.55% 41
North of England -31 52 £48,750 +2.63% 33
London -25 50 £60,000 - 17
South West +36 44 £32,250 -29.12% 16
Midlands -108 40 £32,500 -38.10% 14
North West +11 37 £50,000 +5.26% 16
East Midlands -28 33 £32,500 -15.58% 2
East of England +28 31 £40,000 -20.79% 24
Yorkshire -29 8 £26,000 -54.78% 12
North East 0 7 £31,000 -52.31% 6
West Midlands -100 7 £51,000 -2.86% 12
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 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.71%) Confluence
2 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (24.56%) Azure
2 34 (12.10%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (11.03%) AWS
4 22 (7.83%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.14%) IaaS
6 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.42%) SaaS
7 3 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.07%) GitHub
7 3 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.71%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.71%) GCP
8 2 (0.71%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.71%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.71%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.36%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 150 (53.38%) Firewall
2 86 (30.60%) WAN
3 85 (30.25%) LAN
4 61 (21.71%) VPN
5 41 (14.59%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (12.81%) Network Security
7 34 (12.10%) VSAT
8 32 (11.39%) TCP/IP
9 28 (9.96%) VLAN
10 23 (8.19%) MPLS
11 21 (7.47%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (7.12%) BGP
13 19 (6.76%) Wireless
14 18 (6.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (6.05%) DNS
15 17 (6.05%) VoIP
16 15 (5.34%) DHCP
16 15 (5.34%) WLAN
17 14 (4.98%) IP Telephony
17 14 (4.98%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.36%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.49%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.49%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.07%) GitLab
3 2 (0.71%) JIRA
4 1 (0.36%) Git
General
1 89 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.44%) Finance
3 18 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (5.34%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.34%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.91%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.20%) Retail
8 7 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.14%) Legal
10 5 (1.78%) Law
11 4 (1.42%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.42%) Automotive
11 4 (1.42%) Billing
11 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Electronics
12 2 (0.71%) Banking
12 2 (0.71%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 62 (22.06%) Network Engineer
2 52 (18.51%) Support Engineer
3 50 (17.79%) Technical Engineer
4 43 (15.30%) Technical Support
5 35 (12.46%) Technical Support Engineer
6 29 (10.32%) Analyst
7 27 (9.61%) Cisco Engineer
7 27 (9.61%) Senior
8 26 (9.25%) LAN Engineer
8 26 (9.25%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 26 (9.25%) WAN Engineer
9 25 (8.90%) Administrator
9 25 (8.90%) IT Engineer
10 21 (7.47%) Systems Administrator
11 18 (6.41%) Presales Engineer
11 18 (6.41%) Support Analyst
12 17 (6.05%) IT Support
13 16 (5.69%) Firewall Engineer
13 16 (5.69%) Juniper Engineer
14 14 (4.98%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.42%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.71%) Middleware
2 2 (0.71%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.36%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.36%) React
3 1 (0.36%) Svelte
3 1 (0.36%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.95%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.83%) e-Learning
3 18 (6.41%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.91%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.49%) CCTV
6 7 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.49%) Insider Threat
6 7 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.49%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.14%) Handset
7 6 (2.14%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.78%) LIMS
8 5 (1.78%) SCADA
9 4 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.07%) iPad
10 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (18.15%) Windows
2 43 (15.30%) Linux
3 41 (14.59%) Windows Server
4 28 (9.96%) Unix
5 11 (3.91%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.78%) Android
7 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (28.47%) Customer Service
2 58 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (19.22%) ITIL
4 47 (16.73%) Mentoring
5 39 (13.88%) High Availability
6 33 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (10.68%) Commercial Awareness
8 28 (9.96%) Presales
9 27 (9.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (8.54%) Kalman Filter
11 22 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (7.83%) Innovative Thinking
12 21 (7.47%) Project Delivery
13 20 (7.12%) Penetration Testing
14 19 (6.76%) Information Security
15 18 (6.41%) Computer Science
15 18 (6.41%) Security Operations
16 16 (5.69%) Change Control
16 16 (5.69%) Requirements Gathering
16 16 (5.69%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.83%) Python
2 19 (6.76%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.07%) Bicep
4 2 (0.71%) Bash
4 2 (0.71%) VB
5 1 (0.36%) Go
5 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 281 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 115 (40.93%) CCNP
3 76 (27.05%) Security Cleared
4 68 (24.20%) SC Cleared
5 63 (22.42%) JNCIA
6 53 (18.86%) Degree
7 49 (17.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (14.59%) DV Cleared
9 38 (13.52%) MCSE
10 31 (11.03%) Network+ Certification
11 28 (9.96%) MCP
11 28 (9.96%) MCSA
12 22 (7.83%) DBS Check
13 16 (5.69%) CCIE
13 16 (5.69%) CISSP
13 16 (5.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (3.91%) A+ Certification
15 11 (3.91%) CCSA
15 11 (3.91%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.98%) SLA
3 13 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.27%) GDPR
5 11 (3.91%) NIST
6 7 (2.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (2.49%) GxP
7 5 (1.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (1.07%) ITGC
8 3 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
System Software
1 40 (14.23%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.63%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.78%) Firmware
5 4 (1.42%) vSphere
6 3 (1.07%) Docker
6 3 (1.07%) KVM
6 3 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.71%) pfSense
7 2 (0.71%) RHEV
7 2 (0.71%) Squid
7 2 (0.71%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (9.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.76%) FortiGate
3 9 (3.20%) Ansible
4 7 (2.49%) Nmap
4 7 (2.49%) SCCM
5 6 (2.14%) Terraform
6 5 (1.78%) Autotask
7 4 (1.42%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (1.07%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.07%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.07%) QRadar
9 2 (0.71%) Grafana
9 2 (0.71%) Nagios
9 2 (0.71%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.71%) VxRail
10 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.36%) OpenView
10 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 174 (61.92%) Cisco
2 69 (24.56%) Microsoft
3 65 (23.13%) Fortinet
4 53 (18.86%) Juniper
5 35 (12.46%) VMware
6 29 (10.32%) Aruba
7 28 (9.96%) Meraki
8 21 (7.47%) CheckPoint
9 20 (7.12%) Palo Alto
10 14 (4.98%) Citrix
11 13 (4.63%) SolarWinds
12 11 (3.91%) Dell
12 11 (3.91%) Starlink
13 10 (3.56%) ServiceNow
14 8 (2.85%) Arista
15 7 (2.49%) Apple
15 7 (2.49%) F5
15 7 (2.49%) Huawei
15 7 (2.49%) Mitel
15 7 (2.49%) WatchGuard