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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 234 289
Rank change year-on-year -104 +55 +120
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 291 623 500
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 1.29% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.68% 3.48% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 198 285 437
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.91% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £59,750 £63,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,450 £71,500
UK median annual salary £40,250 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -23.33% +10.53% -

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 17,313 17,883 14,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.01% 37.08% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7,029 7,079 9,883
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,759
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 £91,800 £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 10 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 10 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 -17 65 £51,250 -6.82% 43
North of England -30 52 £46,750 -1.58% 31
London -34 51 £60,000 - 18
South West +33 49 £32,250 -29.12% 20
Midlands -102 40 £32,500 -36.59% 16
North West 0 36 £50,000 +5.26% 15
East Midlands -19 33 £32,500 -18.75% 2
East of England +19 31 £40,000 -20.79% 24
Yorkshire -32 9 £26,000 -54.78% 11
North East 0 7 £31,000 -52.31% 6
West Midlands -103 7 £51,000 -2.86% 14
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 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.69%) Confluence
2 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (24.40%) Azure
2 35 (12.03%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (11.34%) AWS
4 22 (7.56%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.06%) IaaS
6 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.37%) SaaS
7 3 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.03%) GitHub
7 3 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.69%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.69%) GCP
8 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.69%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.69%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 157 (53.95%) Firewall
2 85 (29.21%) WAN
3 84 (28.87%) LAN
4 63 (21.65%) VPN
5 44 (15.12%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (13.75%) VSAT
7 39 (13.40%) Network Security
8 35 (12.03%) TCP/IP
9 29 (9.97%) VLAN
10 23 (7.90%) MPLS
11 21 (7.22%) BGP
11 21 (7.22%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (6.87%) Wireless
13 18 (6.19%) DNS
13 18 (6.19%) Intrusion Detection
14 17 (5.84%) VoIP
15 16 (5.50%) DHCP
16 15 (5.15%) OSPF
16 15 (5.15%) WLAN
17 14 (4.81%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.41%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.03%) GitLab
3 2 (0.69%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 94 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.18%) Finance
3 20 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (5.84%) Telecoms
6 15 (5.15%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.09%) Retail
10 7 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.06%) Legal
12 5 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.72%) Automotive
12 5 (1.72%) Billing
12 5 (1.72%) Electronics
13 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.37%) Law
14 2 (0.69%) Banking
14 2 (0.69%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 62 (21.31%) Network Engineer
2 58 (19.93%) Support Engineer
3 56 (19.24%) Technical Engineer
4 49 (16.84%) Technical Support
5 41 (14.09%) Technical Support Engineer
6 30 (10.31%) Analyst
7 27 (9.28%) Cisco Engineer
7 27 (9.28%) Senior
8 26 (8.93%) Administrator
8 26 (8.93%) IT Engineer
8 26 (8.93%) LAN Engineer
8 26 (8.93%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 26 (8.93%) WAN Engineer
9 22 (7.56%) Systems Administrator
10 19 (6.53%) Support Analyst
11 18 (6.19%) Presales Engineer
12 17 (5.84%) IT Support
13 16 (5.50%) Firewall Engineer
13 16 (5.50%) Juniper Engineer
14 15 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.72%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.37%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.69%) Middleware
4 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.34%) LAMP
4 1 (0.34%) React
4 1 (0.34%) Svelte
4 1 (0.34%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.43%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.90%) e-Learning
3 18 (6.19%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.78%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.41%) CCTV
7 7 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.41%) Insider Threat
7 7 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.06%) Handset
8 6 (2.06%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.72%) LIMS
9 5 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.72%) SCADA
10 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.03%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.53%) Windows
2 45 (15.46%) Linux
3 41 (14.09%) Windows Server
4 29 (9.97%) Unix
5 11 (3.78%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.72%) Android
7 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.90%) Customer Service
2 62 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (18.90%) ITIL
4 52 (17.87%) Mentoring
5 40 (13.75%) High Availability
6 34 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
7 33 (11.34%) Commercial Awareness
8 28 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (9.62%) Kalman Filter
8 28 (9.62%) Presales
9 23 (7.90%) Innovative Thinking
10 22 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (7.22%) Penetration Testing
11 21 (7.22%) Project Delivery
12 20 (6.87%) Information Security
12 20 (6.87%) Web Filtering
13 19 (6.53%) Security Operations
14 18 (6.19%) Computer Science
14 18 (6.19%) Network Monitoring
15 17 (5.84%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.25%) Python
2 21 (7.22%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.03%) Bash
3 3 (1.03%) Bicep
4 2 (0.69%) VB
5 1 (0.34%) Go
5 1 (0.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 291 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 117 (40.21%) CCNP
3 81 (27.84%) Security Cleared
4 71 (24.40%) SC Cleared
5 69 (23.71%) JNCIA
6 54 (18.56%) Degree
7 50 (17.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (14.43%) DV Cleared
9 39 (13.40%) MCSE
10 32 (11.00%) Network+ Certification
11 28 (9.62%) MCP
11 28 (9.62%) MCSA
12 22 (7.56%) DBS Check
13 17 (5.84%) CISSP
13 17 (5.84%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (5.15%) CCIE
16 11 (3.78%) A+ Certification
16 11 (3.78%) CCSA
16 11 (3.78%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.81%) SLA
3 12 (4.12%) GDPR
4 11 (3.78%) NIST
5 7 (2.41%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (2.41%) GxP
6 5 (1.72%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (1.03%) ITGC
7 3 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
System Software
1 40 (13.75%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.47%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.06%) Firmware
5 4 (1.37%) Docker
5 4 (1.37%) vSphere
6 3 (1.03%) KVM
6 3 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.69%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.69%) pfSense
7 2 (0.69%) RHEV
7 2 (0.69%) Squid
7 2 (0.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (8.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.53%) FortiGate
3 11 (3.78%) Ansible
4 7 (2.41%) Nmap
4 7 (2.41%) SCCM
5 6 (2.06%) Terraform
6 5 (1.72%) Autotask
7 4 (1.37%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (1.03%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.03%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.03%) QRadar
9 2 (0.69%) Grafana
9 2 (0.69%) Nagios
9 2 (0.69%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.69%) VxRail
10 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.34%) Podman
10 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 176 (60.48%) Cisco
2 70 (24.05%) Microsoft
3 66 (22.68%) Fortinet
4 52 (17.87%) Juniper
5 36 (12.37%) VMware
6 29 (9.97%) Aruba
7 28 (9.62%) Meraki
8 21 (7.22%) CheckPoint
9 20 (6.87%) Palo Alto
10 14 (4.81%) Citrix
11 13 (4.47%) SolarWinds
12 12 (4.12%) Starlink
13 11 (3.78%) Dell
14 10 (3.44%) ServiceNow
15 9 (3.09%) Freshdesk
16 8 (2.75%) Arista
17 7 (2.41%) Apple
17 7 (2.41%) HP
17 7 (2.41%) Huawei
17 7 (2.41%) Mitel