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 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 210 314
Rank change year-on-year -184 +104 +97
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 246 612 611
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 1.46% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.36% 3.66% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 161 310 544
10th Percentile £26,500 £33,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £73,500 £72,500 £67,125
UK median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.36% +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 18,078 16,732 19,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.21% 39.82% 28.56%
Number of salaries quoted 7,355 6,783 14,051
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
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 £75,900 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,750 £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 1 March 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 1 March 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
London -37 63 £50,000 -20.00% 33
North of England -78 52 £50,000 +5.26% 22
North West -30 41 £50,000 +5.26% 16
South East -68 41 £52,500 -8.70% 36
Midlands -127 37 £32,500 -49.69% 13
East Midlands -51 32 £32,500 - 2
South West -15 25 £38,212 -19.55% 24
East of England +9 24 £40,000 -20.79% 11
Yorkshire -54 9 £50,000 +25.00% 4
West Midlands -112 5 £47,500 -26.47% 11
North East -19 2 £55,500 -14.62% 2
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 20 (8.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.81%) Confluence
2 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 74 (30.08%) Azure
2 44 (17.89%) AWS
3 38 (15.45%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.13%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.03%) GCP
5 5 (2.03%) IaaS
6 4 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.22%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.81%) SaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.41%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.41%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 144 (58.54%) Firewall
2 103 (41.87%) WAN
3 98 (39.84%) LAN
4 66 (26.83%) VPN
5 36 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (13.41%) Network Security
7 32 (13.01%) TCP/IP
8 30 (12.20%) VLAN
9 26 (10.57%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (8.94%) Wireless
11 21 (8.54%) MPLS
12 19 (7.72%) DNS
13 18 (7.32%) SD-WAN
14 17 (6.91%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (6.91%) DHCP
14 17 (6.91%) WLAN
15 16 (6.50%) BGP
15 16 (6.50%) Intrusion Detection
16 15 (6.10%) VoIP
17 12 (4.88%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.85%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.85%) Metasploit
2 5 (2.03%) GitLab
2 5 (2.03%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) Git
General
1 85 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 39 (15.85%) Finance
3 21 (8.54%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.28%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.07%) Retail
9 8 (3.25%) Legal
10 7 (2.85%) Law
11 4 (1.63%) Banking
12 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Military
14 1 (0.41%) Marketing
14 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (27.24%) Network Engineer
2 37 (15.04%) Cisco Engineer
2 37 (15.04%) Support Engineer
3 36 (14.63%) IT Engineer
4 33 (13.41%) LAN Engineer
4 33 (13.41%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 33 (13.41%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (9.35%) Senior
6 22 (8.94%) IT Support
6 22 (8.94%) Technical Engineer
7 21 (8.54%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (8.54%) Presales Engineer
8 19 (7.72%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (7.72%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (7.32%) Analyst
9 18 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (7.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 15 (6.10%) Senior Network Engineer
11 14 (5.69%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.63%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.81%) Middleware
3 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.41%) React
3 1 (0.41%) Svelte
3 1 (0.41%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 48 (19.51%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.50%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.25%) e-Learning
6 8 (3.25%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.85%) CCTV
7 7 (2.85%) Insider Threat
8 6 (2.44%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.03%) PKI
9 5 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.81%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (21.95%) Windows
2 35 (14.23%) Linux
3 29 (11.79%) Windows Server
4 14 (5.69%) Unix
5 5 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.81%) Android
7 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (18.70%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (17.89%) Customer Service
4 38 (15.45%) ITIL
5 29 (11.79%) Presales
6 28 (11.38%) Mentoring
7 26 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (10.16%) High Availability
8 25 (10.16%) Process Improvement
9 24 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (8.94%) Computer Science
11 21 (8.54%) Project Delivery
12 20 (8.13%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (7.32%) SIEM
14 17 (6.91%) Information Security
14 17 (6.91%) Network Design
14 17 (6.91%) Network Monitoring
15 16 (6.50%) Change Control
15 16 (6.50%) Incident Response
16 14 (5.69%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.50%) PowerShell
1 16 (6.50%) Python
2 2 (0.81%) Bicep
2 2 (0.81%) SQL
3 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 246 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 107 (43.50%) CCNP
3 55 (22.36%) Degree
4 49 (19.92%) Security Cleared
5 44 (17.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 39 (15.85%) MCSE
6 39 (15.85%) SC Cleared
7 36 (14.63%) JNCIA
8 29 (11.79%) Network+ Certification
9 27 (10.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 24 (9.76%) CCIE
11 23 (9.35%) MCSA
12 22 (8.94%) DV Cleared
13 20 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (7.32%) DBS Check
15 17 (6.91%) CCSA
15 17 (6.91%) CCSE
16 12 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (4.88%) CISSP
16 12 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.50%) SLA
3 14 (5.69%) GDPR
4 11 (4.47%) NIST
5 7 (2.85%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.22%) ITGC
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.13%) Hyper-V
3 19 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.85%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.44%) vSphere
6 5 (2.03%) Firmware
7 4 (1.63%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.41%) Docker
8 1 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.41%) KVM
8 1 (0.41%) RHEV
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (10.16%) FortiGate
2 21 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (4.47%) Ansible
4 7 (2.85%) Nmap
5 5 (2.03%) Autotask
5 5 (2.03%) Terraform
6 4 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.63%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (1.63%) WSUS
7 3 (1.22%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.22%) QRadar
8 2 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.81%) OpenView
8 2 (0.81%) SCCM
8 2 (0.81%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.41%) Control-M
9 1 (0.41%) Grafana
9 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.41%) Nagios
Vendors
1 153 (62.20%) Cisco
2 71 (28.86%) Microsoft
3 70 (28.46%) Fortinet
4 45 (18.29%) Juniper
5 41 (16.67%) VMware
6 28 (11.38%) Aruba
7 27 (10.98%) CheckPoint
8 23 (9.35%) Meraki
9 19 (7.72%) Palo Alto
10 16 (6.50%) SolarWinds
11 15 (6.10%) Citrix
12 14 (5.69%) Dell
13 11 (4.47%) CrowdStrike
14 10 (4.07%) Splunk
15 8 (3.25%) Arista
15 8 (3.25%) Draytek
15 8 (3.25%) WatchGuard
16 7 (2.85%) Mitel
17 6 (2.44%) HP
18 5 (2.03%) Google