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 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 325 343
Rank change year-on-year +21 +18 +22
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 507 356 684
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 0.91% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 2.25% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 164 288 560
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £30,725
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £67,813 £62,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%

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 16,201 15,788 24,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.79% 40.17% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,696 6,696 15,673
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,934
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +40 138 £50,000 -9.09% 41
South East +1 95 £45,000 +5.88% 47
London -71 86 £75,000 +34.53% 31
Midlands +6 81 £51,058 +32.62% 18
Yorkshire +6 68 £45,500 +17.88% 12
South West -27 67 £40,000 -11.11% 39
North West +32 58 £50,000 -9.09% 20
East Midlands -9 44 £51,058 +45.88% 3
East of England +30 43 £34,000 -28.42% 30
West Midlands -8 37 £53,401 -17.85% 15
North East -36 12 - - 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 24 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 369 (72.78%) Azure
2 49 (9.66%) AWS
3 40 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.56%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (2.17%) GCP
6 9 (1.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.99%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.99%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.79%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.79%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.79%) Serverless
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.59%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 136 (26.82%) Firewall
2 104 (20.51%) WAN
3 83 (16.37%) LAN
4 80 (15.78%) VPN
5 59 (11.64%) Network Security
6 50 (9.86%) Wi-Fi
7 35 (6.90%) TCP/IP
8 32 (6.31%) VLAN
9 29 (5.72%) SD-WAN
10 28 (5.52%) Wireless
11 24 (4.73%) DNS
11 24 (4.73%) VoIP
12 23 (4.54%) DHCP
13 20 (3.94%) BGP
13 20 (3.94%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (3.16%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (3.16%) MPLS
15 15 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
15 15 (2.96%) OSPF
15 15 (2.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.76%) JIRA
2 13 (2.56%) GitLab
3 9 (1.78%) Git
3 9 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.58%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 375 (73.96%) Social Skills
2 34 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (3.75%) Finance
4 17 (3.35%) Public Sector
5 15 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (1.97%) Retail
7 9 (1.78%) Aerospace
8 8 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.38%) Banking
9 7 (1.38%) Law
9 7 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.18%) Legal
10 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.99%) Military
12 4 (0.79%) Automotive
12 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Electronics
13 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 362 (71.40%) Network Engineer
2 40 (7.89%) IT Engineer
3 29 (5.72%) Cisco Engineer
4 26 (5.13%) Senior
5 21 (4.14%) IT Support
6 20 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (3.94%) LAN Engineer
6 20 (3.94%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 20 (3.94%) Lead
6 20 (3.94%) WAN Engineer
7 18 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (3.55%) Support Engineer
8 17 (3.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 16 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (3.16%) Presales Engineer
10 15 (2.96%) Senior Network Engineer
11 12 (2.37%) Field Engineer
11 12 (2.37%) Field Service Engineer
11 12 (2.37%) Firewall Engineer
11 12 (2.37%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.79%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.79%) boto
1 4 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.39%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.06%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.35%) Security Posture
3 16 (3.16%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.18%) Smartphone
9 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.99%) PKI
9 5 (0.99%) Replication
10 4 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.79%) Insider Threat
10 4 (0.79%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.59%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.59%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 78 (15.38%) Windows
2 45 (8.88%) Windows Server
3 43 (8.48%) Linux
4 11 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (9.47%) ITIL
4 41 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 36 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
6 33 (6.51%) High Availability
7 31 (6.11%) Computer Science
8 29 (5.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (5.52%) Incident Response
9 28 (5.52%) Network Monitoring
10 27 (5.33%) Customer Service
11 24 (4.73%) Business Continuity
11 24 (4.73%) Presales
11 24 (4.73%) SIEM
12 23 (4.54%) Network Architecture
13 20 (3.94%) Network Design
13 20 (3.94%) Process Improvement
14 17 (3.35%) Penetration Testing
15 15 (2.96%) Infrastructure as Code
16 14 (2.76%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.51%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.35%) Python
3 9 (1.78%) Bash
4 8 (1.58%) Java
5 3 (0.59%) SQL
6 2 (0.39%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 507 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 315 (62.13%) Azure Certification
3 309 (60.95%) Network+ Certification
4 99 (19.53%) CCNP
5 62 (12.23%) Degree
6 57 (11.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (7.30%) Security Cleared
8 32 (6.31%) MCSE
9 25 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (3.94%) CCIE
10 20 (3.94%) SC Cleared
11 15 (2.96%) JNCIA
12 13 (2.56%) CISSP
13 12 (2.37%) OSCP
13 12 (2.37%) RHCSA
14 11 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (2.17%) DV Cleared
15 10 (1.97%) A+ Certification
15 10 (1.97%) CCSA
15 10 (1.97%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.35%) GDPR
3 16 (3.16%) SLA
4 12 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.37%) NIST
5 4 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.79%) QA
6 3 (0.59%) COBIT
7 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (10.65%) Active Directory
2 35 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.94%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.16%) vSphere
5 12 (2.37%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.17%) Docker
7 8 (1.58%) Squid
8 7 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.18%) Firmware
10 3 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.94%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.35%) Ansible
3 16 (3.16%) Terraform
4 14 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.97%) Cisco Prime
6 9 (1.78%) ZABBIX
7 8 (1.58%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.58%) Packer
8 4 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.79%) Control-M
8 4 (0.79%) Nmap
8 4 (0.79%) WSUS
9 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.59%) OpenView
9 3 (0.59%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.59%) VxRail
10 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 397 (78.30%) Cisco
2 360 (71.01%) Microsoft
3 282 (55.62%) ForeScout
4 53 (10.45%) Fortinet
5 48 (9.47%) VMware
6 28 (5.52%) Aruba
7 26 (5.13%) Meraki
8 21 (4.14%) Juniper
9 20 (3.94%) SolarWinds
10 19 (3.75%) CheckPoint
10 19 (3.75%) Palo Alto
10 19 (3.75%) Splunk
11 18 (3.55%) Dell
12 12 (2.37%) HP
12 12 (2.37%) Sophos
13 11 (2.17%) Red Hat
13 11 (2.17%) Veeam
14 9 (1.78%) Citrix
15 8 (1.58%) Oracle
16 7 (1.38%) Zscaler