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 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 301 281
Rank change year-on-year -8 -20 +210
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 377 587 575
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.88% 0.92% 1.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.47% 3.18% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 259 228 438
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,208 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £52,500 £45,196
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +16.16% -4.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,300 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +12.90% -2.11%

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 15,282 18,473 15,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.65% 29.01% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,681 7,749 10,459
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +5.45%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

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 14 October 2025.

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 14 October 2025. 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 +19 101 £48,750 -11.36% 42
South West +108 87 £32,000 -39.05% 10
London +14 75 £60,000 +9.09% 32
North of England -39 50 £40,500 -14.74% 24
Midlands -82 38 £35,000 -28.21% 35
East Midlands +7 30 £35,000 -12.50% 18
East of England 0 28 £40,000 -21.57% 7
North West -36 25 £53,750 +26.47% 10
Yorkshire -10 14 £26,000 -54.78% 9
North East +16 11 £31,000 -52.31% 5
West Midlands -75 8 £41,000 -21.90% 17
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 27 (7.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.80%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 103 (27.32%) Azure
2 63 (16.71%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (10.08%) AWS
4 20 (5.31%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.98%) IaaS
6 11 (2.92%) GCP
7 9 (2.39%) SaaS
8 8 (2.12%) PaaS
9 6 (1.59%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.59%) Rubrik
10 5 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.33%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.06%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.06%) Dropbox
11 4 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.80%) GitHub
12 3 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.80%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.53%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 178 (47.21%) Firewall
2 109 (28.91%) VPN
3 104 (27.59%) WAN
4 99 (26.26%) LAN
5 70 (18.57%) VSAT
6 69 (18.30%) Wi-Fi
7 62 (16.45%) Network Security
8 39 (10.34%) BGP
9 38 (10.08%) MPLS
9 38 (10.08%) TCP/IP
10 37 (9.81%) VLAN
11 34 (9.02%) DNS
12 31 (8.22%) OSPF
12 31 (8.22%) Wireless
13 26 (6.90%) WLAN
14 25 (6.63%) SD-WAN
15 22 (5.84%) DHCP
15 22 (5.84%) IPsec
15 22 (5.84%) Junos
16 20 (5.31%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.80%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.86%) GitLab
1 7 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 95 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.83%) Finance
3 26 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 24 (6.37%) Telecoms
5 22 (5.84%) Banking
6 19 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.98%) Aerospace
7 15 (3.98%) Billing
8 11 (2.92%) Electronics
8 11 (2.92%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.65%) Automotive
9 10 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (2.12%) Law
12 6 (1.59%) Military
12 6 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.33%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.80%) Retail
Job Titles
1 113 (29.97%) Network Engineer
2 97 (25.73%) Support Engineer
3 86 (22.81%) Technical Engineer
4 84 (22.28%) Technical Support
5 76 (20.16%) Technical Support Engineer
6 39 (10.34%) Administrator
7 34 (9.02%) Senior
8 33 (8.75%) IT Support
9 30 (7.96%) Systems Administrator
10 27 (7.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (6.10%) Analyst
11 23 (6.10%) IT Engineer
11 23 (6.10%) NOC Engineer
12 20 (5.31%) Architect
13 19 (5.04%) Senior Network Engineer
14 15 (3.98%) 2nd Line Support
15 14 (3.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 14 (3.71%) Support Analyst
16 13 (3.45%) Security Engineer
17 12 (3.18%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.51%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.59%) SAML
3 5 (1.33%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.27%) JSON
4 1 (0.27%) LAMP
4 1 (0.27%) React
4 1 (0.27%) Svelte
4 1 (0.27%) SvelteKit
4 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.47%) Data Centre
2 33 (8.75%) Driving Licence
3 26 (6.90%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.65%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.59%) Handset
9 6 (1.59%) PKI
10 5 (1.33%) CCTV
10 5 (1.33%) IPTV
10 5 (1.33%) LIMS
10 5 (1.33%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.33%) SCADA
11 4 (1.06%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.06%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 97 (25.73%) Windows
2 71 (18.83%) Linux
3 66 (17.51%) Windows Server
4 28 (7.43%) Unix
5 20 (5.31%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.33%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (29.18%) Customer Service
2 100 (26.53%) Mentoring
3 68 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (16.45%) ITIL
5 60 (15.92%) Commercial Awareness
6 55 (14.59%) High Availability
7 43 (11.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 39 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (9.81%) Kalman Filter
10 33 (8.75%) Web Filtering
11 31 (8.22%) Innovative Thinking
11 31 (8.22%) Project Delivery
12 27 (7.16%) Proactive Monitoring
12 27 (7.16%) Regulatory Change
13 26 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
14 25 (6.63%) Presales
15 23 (6.10%) Proactive Management
16 22 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (5.84%) Network Design
17 20 (5.31%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.08%) PowerShell
2 30 (7.96%) Python
3 9 (2.39%) Bash
4 3 (0.80%) Bicep
5 2 (0.53%) R
5 2 (0.53%) VB
6 1 (0.27%) Go
6 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 377 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 168 (44.56%) CCNP
3 113 (29.97%) Security Cleared
4 100 (26.53%) JNCIA
5 95 (25.20%) SC Cleared
6 61 (16.18%) Degree
7 57 (15.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 51 (13.53%) DV Cleared
9 35 (9.28%) MCSE
10 30 (7.96%) MCSA
11 25 (6.63%) Network+ Certification
12 22 (5.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 19 (5.04%) Azure Certification
13 19 (5.04%) MCP
14 17 (4.51%) CCIE
14 17 (4.51%) DBS Check
15 14 (3.71%) CISSP
16 12 (3.18%) JNCIS
17 10 (2.65%) GCSC
17 10 (2.65%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.37%) SLA
2 17 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.65%) GDPR
4 10 (2.65%) NIST
5 7 (1.86%) GxP
6 5 (1.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 68 (18.04%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.10%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.04%) vSphere
5 13 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 5 (1.33%) Firmware
9 4 (1.06%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.06%) Docker
10 3 (0.80%) KVM
10 3 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.53%) pfSense
11 2 (0.53%) RHEV
11 2 (0.53%) Squid
11 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.53%) Xen
12 1 (0.27%) NFS
Systems Management
1 30 (7.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.37%) Ansible
3 14 (3.71%) Terraform
4 12 (3.18%) SCCM
5 11 (2.92%) FortiGate
6 10 (2.65%) Autotask
7 9 (2.39%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (2.12%) Nagios
9 6 (1.59%) Kubernetes
9 6 (1.59%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.59%) VxRail
10 5 (1.33%) CASB
10 5 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.80%) Grafana
12 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.53%) Proxmox
14 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.27%) Podman
Vendors
1 218 (57.82%) Cisco
2 110 (29.18%) Microsoft
3 59 (15.65%) VMware
4 57 (15.12%) Fortinet
5 56 (14.85%) Juniper
6 50 (13.26%) Meraki
7 30 (7.96%) CheckPoint
8 28 (7.43%) SolarWinds
9 27 (7.16%) Starlink
10 26 (6.90%) Palo Alto
11 19 (5.04%) Aruba
12 14 (3.71%) F5
12 14 (3.71%) Freshdesk
12 14 (3.71%) HP
12 14 (3.71%) ServiceNow
13 13 (3.45%) Citrix
14 12 (3.18%) Arista
15 10 (2.65%) Apple
16 9 (2.39%) Sophos
16 9 (2.39%) Veeam