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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 228 288
Rank change year-on-year -140 +60 +128
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 264 635 586
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 1.34% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.50% 3.51% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 178 303 518
10th Percentile £26,100 £33,881 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,107 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £56,875 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.36% +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 17,557 18,083 17,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.54% 38.28% 28.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,160 7,007 12,370
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,747
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 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,275 £93,750 £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 29 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 29 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
North of England -38 57 £50,000 +5.26% 26
South East -36 56 £52,500 -12.50% 42
London -32 51 £50,000 -18.37% 26
North West -4 42 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Midlands -122 38 £32,500 -48.00% 19
East Midlands -33 33 £32,500 -12.16% 9
East of England +29 30 £40,000 -20.00% 17
South West +13 29 £32,000 -31.18% 24
Yorkshire -30 10 £36,500 -25.13% 14
North East -9 5 £31,000 -52.31% 3
West Midlands -106 5 £51,000 -18.40% 10
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 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.76%) Confluence
2 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (26.89%) Azure
2 36 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (13.26%) AWS
4 21 (7.95%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.89%) IaaS
6 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.52%) SaaS
7 2 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.76%) GitHub
7 2 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.38%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.38%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 148 (56.06%) Firewall
2 100 (37.88%) WAN
3 97 (36.74%) LAN
4 65 (24.62%) VPN
5 42 (15.91%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 32 (12.12%) Network Security
8 31 (11.74%) VLAN
9 24 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (8.33%) MPLS
10 22 (8.33%) VSAT
11 21 (7.95%) DNS
11 21 (7.95%) Wireless
12 20 (7.58%) BGP
13 19 (7.20%) DHCP
14 16 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (6.06%) VoIP
14 16 (6.06%) WLAN
15 15 (5.68%) Cisco Firepower
15 15 (5.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.65%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.65%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.52%) GitLab
3 2 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.38%) Git
General
1 87 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.42%) Finance
3 21 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.92%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.41%) Retail
9 7 (2.65%) Law
10 6 (2.27%) Legal
10 6 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.14%) Banking
13 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.76%) Automotive
13 2 (0.76%) Billing
13 2 (0.76%) Electronics
14 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (25.76%) Network Engineer
2 42 (15.91%) Support Engineer
3 40 (15.15%) Technical Engineer
4 34 (12.88%) Cisco Engineer
5 32 (12.12%) LAN Engineer
5 32 (12.12%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 32 (12.12%) WAN Engineer
6 30 (11.36%) IT Engineer
7 28 (10.61%) Technical Support
8 26 (9.85%) Senior
9 23 (8.71%) Analyst
9 23 (8.71%) Technical Support Engineer
10 21 (7.95%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (7.20%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (7.20%) Juniper Engineer
12 17 (6.44%) Administrator
12 17 (6.44%) IT Support
13 16 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
14 15 (5.68%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (5.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.76%) Middleware
1 2 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.38%) React
2 1 (0.38%) Svelte
2 1 (0.38%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.82%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.68%) e-Learning
4 13 (4.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (4.92%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.65%) CCTV
6 7 (2.65%) Insider Threat
7 6 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.27%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.27%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.14%) Handset
9 3 (1.14%) iPad
9 3 (1.14%) LIMS
9 3 (1.14%) PKI
9 3 (1.14%) SCADA
9 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (19.32%) Windows
2 37 (14.02%) Linux
3 34 (12.88%) Windows Server
4 21 (7.95%) Unix
5 8 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.52%) Android
6 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.86%) Customer Service
2 51 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (17.80%) ITIL
4 39 (14.77%) Mentoring
5 36 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (11.74%) High Availability
6 31 (11.74%) Presales
7 26 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (8.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
10 21 (7.95%) Project Delivery
11 20 (7.58%) Computer Science
12 19 (7.20%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (6.82%) Information Security
13 18 (6.82%) Kalman Filter
13 18 (6.82%) Process Improvement
14 16 (6.06%) Network Design
14 16 (6.06%) Requirements Gathering
14 16 (6.06%) Security Operations
15 15 (5.68%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.82%) Python
2 16 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.14%) Bicep
4 2 (0.76%) SQL
5 1 (0.38%) Bash
5 1 (0.38%) Go
5 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 264 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 114 (43.18%) CCNP
3 64 (24.24%) Security Cleared
4 55 (20.83%) Degree
4 55 (20.83%) SC Cleared
5 54 (20.45%) JNCIA
6 46 (17.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (14.02%) MCSE
8 34 (12.88%) DV Cleared
9 29 (10.98%) Network+ Certification
10 28 (10.61%) MCP
11 27 (10.23%) MCSA
12 21 (7.95%) CCIE
12 21 (7.95%) DBS Check
13 18 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (5.68%) CCSA
14 15 (5.68%) CCSE
15 14 (5.30%) CISSP
16 13 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (3.79%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.06%) GDPR
3 15 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (5.30%) SLA
5 12 (4.55%) NIST
6 7 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.52%) GxP
8 3 (1.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (1.14%) ITGC
9 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 38 (14.39%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.30%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.89%) Firmware
4 5 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.52%) vSphere
6 3 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.76%) Docker
7 2 (0.76%) KVM
7 2 (0.76%) RHEV
7 2 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.76%) Xen
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 25 (9.47%) FortiGate
1 25 (9.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.41%) Ansible
3 7 (2.65%) Nmap
4 6 (2.27%) SCCM
5 5 (1.89%) Autotask
5 5 (1.89%) Terraform
6 3 (1.14%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.14%) QRadar
7 2 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.76%) Nagios
7 2 (0.76%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.76%) WSUS
8 1 (0.38%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.38%) OpenView
8 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 166 (62.88%) Cisco
2 69 (26.14%) Microsoft
3 68 (25.76%) Fortinet
4 56 (21.21%) Juniper
5 33 (12.50%) VMware
6 30 (11.36%) Aruba
7 25 (9.47%) Meraki
8 23 (8.71%) CheckPoint
9 21 (7.95%) Palo Alto
10 14 (5.30%) Citrix
11 13 (4.92%) Dell
11 13 (4.92%) SolarWinds
12 9 (3.41%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (3.41%) ServiceNow
12 9 (3.41%) Starlink
13 8 (3.03%) Arista
13 8 (3.03%) Draytek
13 8 (3.03%) WatchGuard
14 7 (2.65%) HP
14 7 (2.65%) Mitel