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 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 325 324
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 -25
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 528 372 552
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.86% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.95% 2.43% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 194 271 281
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,822 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -19.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +11.11%

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 17,869 15,334 18,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.85% 35.34% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10,092 6,813 9,024
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £37,000 £41,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -5.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,357
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.64% -4.56%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +15 120 £42,500 +4.94% 39
South East -19 119 £47,500 +15.15% 42
Midlands +10 102 £41,000 +17.14% 23
London -46 84 £70,000 +16.67% 52
Yorkshire +10 68 £42,500 +63.46% 14
South West -90 61 £50,000 +56.25% 36
East Midlands -7 55 £38,847 +10.99% 8
West Midlands +1 47 £53,162 +29.66% 15
East of England -8 47 £55,000 +37.50% 34
North West +5 40 £52,500 -2.33% 14
North East -58 12 - - 11
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 29 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 382 (72.35%) Azure
2 64 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (9.66%) AWS
4 45 (8.52%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.70%) GCP
6 7 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (0.95%) OneDrive
7 5 (0.95%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.76%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.76%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (0.76%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.76%) Serverless
9 3 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.38%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.38%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 156 (29.55%) Firewall
2 108 (20.45%) WAN
3 99 (18.75%) VPN
4 90 (17.05%) LAN
5 79 (14.96%) Network Security
6 69 (13.07%) TCP/IP
6 69 (13.07%) VLAN
7 67 (12.69%) DHCP
7 67 (12.69%) DNS
8 61 (11.55%) Wireless
9 45 (8.52%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (7.95%) SD-WAN
11 31 (5.87%) BGP
12 26 (4.92%) OSPF
12 26 (4.92%) VoIP
13 19 (3.60%) Internet
14 17 (3.22%) MPLS
15 15 (2.84%) SAN
16 13 (2.46%) WLAN
17 12 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (4.92%) JIRA
2 15 (2.84%) GitLab
3 10 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.52%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.52%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 399 (75.57%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (3.98%) Telecoms
4 16 (3.03%) Finance
5 14 (2.65%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.27%) Law
7 11 (2.08%) Aerospace
7 11 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.89%) Retail
9 8 (1.52%) Banking
10 7 (1.33%) Digital Health
10 7 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.33%) Military
11 5 (0.95%) Automotive
12 4 (0.76%) Electronics
13 3 (0.57%) Legal
13 3 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 369 (69.89%) Network Engineer
2 47 (8.90%) IT Engineer
3 32 (6.06%) IT Support
3 32 (6.06%) Senior
4 27 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (4.73%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (3.03%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (2.84%) Lead
9 14 (2.65%) Analyst
9 14 (2.65%) Field Engineer
9 14 (2.65%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (2.65%) Security Engineer
10 13 (2.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (2.27%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (2.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (1.89%) Cisco Engineer
13 10 (1.89%) Senior Security Engineer
14 9 (1.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.79%) Terraform
2 4 (0.76%) boto
3 3 (0.57%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.38%) LDAP
4 2 (0.38%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.38%) SAML
5 1 (0.19%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.19%) YAML
5 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.61%) Data Centre
2 40 (7.58%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.22%) Security Posture
3 17 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.08%) CCTV
7 8 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.52%) PKI
7 8 (1.52%) Replication
8 7 (1.33%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.57%) FMCG
11 3 (0.57%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.57%) Smartphone
12 2 (0.38%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 105 (19.89%) Windows
2 78 (14.77%) Windows Server
3 44 (8.33%) Linux
4 12 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.33%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.57%) Android
8 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (13.83%) ITIL
3 63 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
3 63 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 48 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 44 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (7.95%) Project Delivery
7 38 (7.20%) Network Design
8 37 (7.01%) Business Continuity
8 37 (7.01%) High Availability
9 31 (5.87%) Customer Service
10 30 (5.68%) Network Monitoring
11 29 (5.49%) Computer Science
12 24 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (4.17%) Incident Response
14 21 (3.98%) Infrastructure as Code
15 20 (3.79%) Network Architecture
15 20 (3.79%) SIEM
16 19 (3.60%) Project Management
17 18 (3.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.77%) PowerShell
2 33 (6.25%) Python
3 11 (2.08%) Bash
4 8 (1.52%) Java
5 2 (0.38%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) Bicep
6 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 528 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 317 (60.04%) Azure Certification
3 316 (59.85%) Network+ Certification
4 117 (22.16%) CCNP
5 73 (13.83%) Degree
6 69 (13.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (6.25%) MCSE
8 32 (6.06%) Security Cleared
9 21 (3.98%) AWS Certification
9 21 (3.98%) SC Cleared
10 20 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (3.22%) DV Cleared
12 15 (2.84%) CISSP
12 15 (2.84%) MCSA
13 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (2.08%) CCIE
15 10 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (1.70%) RHCSA
17 8 (1.52%) OSCP
17 8 (1.52%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.87%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.41%) SLA
4 12 (2.27%) GDPR
5 7 (1.33%) NIST
6 6 (1.14%) QA
7 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.57%) COBIT
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 75 (14.20%) Active Directory
2 43 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.03%) vSphere
5 11 (2.08%) Docker
5 11 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.52%) Squid
8 7 (1.33%) Firmware
9 3 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (3.98%) FortiGate
3 16 (3.03%) Ansible
4 9 (1.70%) ZABBIX
5 8 (1.52%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.52%) Packer
5 8 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (0.76%) Iperf
7 3 (0.57%) Control-M
8 2 (0.38%) SCCM
8 2 (0.38%) VxRail
9 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.19%) OpenView
9 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.19%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 404 (76.52%) Cisco
2 374 (70.83%) Microsoft
3 282 (53.41%) ForeScout
4 68 (12.88%) VMware
5 49 (9.28%) Fortinet
6 37 (7.01%) Palo Alto
7 27 (5.11%) Meraki
8 15 (2.84%) F5
8 15 (2.84%) Sophos
8 15 (2.84%) Splunk
8 15 (2.84%) WatchGuard
9 14 (2.65%) Aruba
9 14 (2.65%) Juniper
10 13 (2.46%) SolarWinds
10 13 (2.46%) Veeam
11 12 (2.27%) Dell
12 11 (2.08%) CheckPoint
12 11 (2.08%) HP
12 11 (2.08%) Red Hat
12 11 (2.08%) Ruckus Wireless