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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 224 288
Rank change year-on-year -153 +64 +116
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 265 639 598
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 1.36% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.51% 3.56% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 179 307 529
10th Percentile £26,150 £34,143 £27,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,213 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £56,250 £64,375 £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 17,568 17,934 17,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.47% 38.12% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,171 6,990 12,731
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,500
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 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 30 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 30 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 -46 57 £50,000 +5.26% 29
South East -30 56 £52,500 -12.50% 40
London -40 52 £50,000 -18.37% 24
North West -10 42 £50,000 +5.26% 12
Midlands -112 38 £32,500 -48.00% 19
East Midlands -29 33 £32,500 -12.16% 9
East of England +32 30 £40,000 -20.00% 17
South West +17 29 £32,250 -30.65% 25
Yorkshire -34 10 £36,500 -25.13% 15
North East -7 5 £31,000 -52.31% 3
West Midlands -110 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 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.75%) Confluence
2 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.51%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (26.79%) Azure
2 36 (13.58%) AWS
2 36 (13.58%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (7.92%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.89%) IaaS
5 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (1.51%) SaaS
6 2 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (0.75%) GitHub
6 2 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.38%) GCP
7 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.38%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 150 (56.60%) Firewall
2 102 (38.49%) WAN
3 97 (36.60%) LAN
4 66 (24.91%) VPN
5 43 (16.23%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (12.45%) Network Security
6 33 (12.45%) TCP/IP
7 31 (11.70%) VLAN
8 25 (9.43%) Cisco ASA
9 23 (8.68%) MPLS
10 22 (8.30%) DNS
10 22 (8.30%) VSAT
10 22 (8.30%) Wireless
11 21 (7.92%) BGP
12 19 (7.17%) DHCP
13 17 (6.42%) SD-WAN
13 17 (6.42%) WLAN
14 16 (6.04%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (6.04%) OSPF
14 16 (6.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.64%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.64%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.51%) GitLab
3 2 (0.75%) JIRA
4 1 (0.38%) Git
General
1 87 (32.83%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.36%) Finance
3 21 (7.92%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.91%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.40%) Retail
10 7 (2.64%) Law
11 6 (2.26%) Legal
11 6 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.13%) Banking
14 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.75%) Automotive
14 2 (0.75%) Billing
14 2 (0.75%) Electronics
15 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 70 (26.42%) Network Engineer
2 42 (15.85%) Support Engineer
3 40 (15.09%) Technical Engineer
4 34 (12.83%) Cisco Engineer
5 32 (12.08%) LAN Engineer
5 32 (12.08%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 32 (12.08%) WAN Engineer
6 30 (11.32%) IT Engineer
7 28 (10.57%) Technical Support
8 26 (9.81%) Senior
9 23 (8.68%) Analyst
9 23 (8.68%) Technical Support Engineer
10 21 (7.92%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (7.17%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (7.17%) Juniper Engineer
12 17 (6.42%) IT Support
13 16 (6.04%) Administrator
13 16 (6.04%) Senior Network Engineer
14 15 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (5.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.75%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.75%) Middleware
1 2 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.38%) React
2 1 (0.38%) Svelte
2 1 (0.38%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.36%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.79%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.28%) e-Learning
4 13 (4.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (4.91%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.64%) CCTV
6 7 (2.64%) Insider Threat
7 6 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.26%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.26%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.13%) Handset
9 3 (1.13%) iPad
9 3 (1.13%) LIMS
9 3 (1.13%) PKI
9 3 (1.13%) SCADA
9 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (19.25%) Windows
2 36 (13.58%) Linux
3 34 (12.83%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.55%) Unix
5 8 (3.02%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.51%) Android
6 4 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.77%) Customer Service
2 52 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (18.11%) ITIL
4 40 (15.09%) Mentoring
5 36 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (11.70%) Presales
7 30 (11.32%) High Availability
8 28 (10.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 25 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (8.30%) Commercial Awareness
11 21 (7.92%) Computer Science
11 21 (7.92%) Project Delivery
12 19 (7.17%) Penetration Testing
12 19 (7.17%) Process Improvement
13 18 (6.79%) Information Security
13 18 (6.79%) Kalman Filter
14 16 (6.04%) Decision-Making
14 16 (6.04%) Network Design
14 16 (6.04%) Requirements Gathering
14 16 (6.04%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.79%) Python
2 16 (6.04%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.13%) Bicep
4 2 (0.75%) SQL
5 1 (0.38%) Bash
5 1 (0.38%) Go
5 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 265 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 115 (43.40%) CCNP
3 63 (23.77%) Security Cleared
4 56 (21.13%) Degree
5 54 (20.38%) JNCIA
5 54 (20.38%) SC Cleared
6 46 (17.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (13.96%) MCSE
8 33 (12.45%) DV Cleared
9 29 (10.94%) Network+ Certification
10 28 (10.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 27 (10.19%) MCSA
12 22 (8.30%) CCIE
13 21 (7.92%) DBS Check
14 19 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (6.04%) CCSA
15 16 (6.04%) CCSE
16 14 (5.28%) CISSP
17 13 (4.91%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (3.77%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.04%) GDPR
3 15 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (5.28%) SLA
5 12 (4.53%) NIST
6 7 (2.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.51%) GxP
8 3 (1.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (1.13%) ITGC
9 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 38 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.28%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.89%) Firmware
4 5 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.51%) vSphere
6 3 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.75%) Docker
7 2 (0.75%) KVM
7 2 (0.75%) RHEV
7 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.75%) Xen
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 25 (9.43%) FortiGate
1 25 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.40%) Ansible
3 7 (2.64%) Nmap
4 6 (2.26%) SCCM
5 5 (1.89%) Autotask
5 5 (1.89%) Terraform
6 3 (1.13%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.13%) QRadar
7 2 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.75%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.75%) Nagios
7 2 (0.75%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.75%) 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
1 167 (63.02%) Cisco
2 70 (26.42%) Fortinet
3 69 (26.04%) Microsoft
4 56 (21.13%) Juniper
5 33 (12.45%) VMware
6 30 (11.32%) Aruba
7 26 (9.81%) Meraki
8 24 (9.06%) CheckPoint
9 21 (7.92%) Palo Alto
10 14 (5.28%) Citrix
10 14 (5.28%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.91%) Dell
12 9 (3.40%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (3.40%) ServiceNow
12 9 (3.40%) Starlink
13 8 (3.02%) Arista
13 8 (3.02%) Draytek
13 8 (3.02%) WatchGuard
14 7 (2.64%) HP
14 7 (2.64%) Mitel