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 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 308 337
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 +34
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 506 386 683
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.99% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.82% 2.42% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 161 284 571
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%

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 17,957 15,959 23,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 21.72% 40.99% 26.60%
Number of salaries quoted 8,604 6,654 15,648
10th Percentile £30,409 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +32 139 £50,000 -9.09% 45
South East -6 93 £45,000 +5.88% 58
London -56 86 £74,500 +35.45% 36
Midlands -38 81 £51,058 +32.62% 28
Yorkshire +7 68 £45,500 +17.88% 15
South West -34 67 £40,000 -13.51% 47
North West +27 59 £50,000 -9.09% 20
East Midlands -16 44 £51,058 +45.88% 9
East of England +12 43 £34,000 -30.26% 33
West Midlands -43 37 £53,401 -17.85% 19
North East -29 12 - - 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 24 (4.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.58%) Confluence
2 8 (1.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 366 (72.33%) Azure
2 49 (9.68%) AWS
3 39 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 11 (2.17%) GCP
5 9 (1.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (0.99%) Mimecast
6 5 (0.99%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.79%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.79%) Serverless
8 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.59%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.40%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 133 (26.28%) Firewall
2 103 (20.36%) WAN
3 82 (16.21%) LAN
4 77 (15.22%) VPN
5 57 (11.26%) Network Security
6 49 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
7 34 (6.72%) TCP/IP
8 29 (5.73%) SD-WAN
9 28 (5.53%) VLAN
10 27 (5.34%) Wireless
11 24 (4.74%) VoIP
12 23 (4.55%) DNS
13 22 (4.35%) DHCP
14 19 (3.75%) BGP
14 19 (3.75%) Cisco Firepower
15 17 (3.36%) Cisco ASA
16 16 (3.16%) MPLS
17 15 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
17 15 (2.96%) OSPF
18 14 (2.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.77%) JIRA
2 13 (2.57%) GitLab
3 9 (1.78%) Git
3 9 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.58%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 374 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 35 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (4.15%) Finance
4 17 (3.36%) Public Sector
5 16 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (1.98%) Retail
8 9 (1.78%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.38%) Banking
9 7 (1.38%) Law
9 7 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.19%) Legal
10 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.79%) Automotive
11 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.79%) Electronics
11 4 (0.79%) Military
12 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 361 (71.34%) Network Engineer
2 40 (7.91%) IT Engineer
3 31 (6.13%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (4.94%) Senior
5 22 (4.35%) IT Support
5 22 (4.35%) LAN Engineer
5 22 (4.35%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 22 (4.35%) WAN Engineer
6 20 (3.95%) Lead
7 19 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (3.75%) Support Engineer
8 18 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (3.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (3.56%) Presales Engineer
9 17 (3.36%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (2.77%) Senior Network Engineer
11 13 (2.57%) Firewall Engineer
11 13 (2.57%) Juniper Engineer
12 11 (2.17%) Field Service Engineer
12 11 (2.17%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.79%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.79%) boto
1 4 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.40%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.08%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.16%) Security Posture
3 15 (2.96%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.19%) Smartphone
9 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.99%) PKI
9 5 (0.99%) Replication
10 4 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.79%) Insider Threat
10 4 (0.79%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.59%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.59%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 76 (15.02%) Windows
2 43 (8.50%) Windows Server
3 42 (8.30%) Linux
4 11 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (9.09%) ITIL
4 39 (7.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (6.72%) Disaster Recovery
6 33 (6.52%) High Availability
7 31 (6.13%) Computer Science
8 28 (5.53%) Customer Service
8 28 (5.53%) Network Monitoring
9 27 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (5.34%) Incident Response
10 25 (4.94%) Presales
11 24 (4.74%) SIEM
12 22 (4.35%) Business Continuity
12 22 (4.35%) Network Architecture
13 21 (4.15%) Process Improvement
14 20 (3.95%) Network Design
15 17 (3.36%) Penetration Testing
16 15 (2.96%) Infrastructure as Code
17 14 (2.77%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.32%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.36%) Python
3 9 (1.78%) Bash
4 8 (1.58%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) Bicep
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
6 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 506 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 314 (62.06%) Azure Certification
3 309 (61.07%) Network+ Certification
4 96 (18.97%) CCNP
5 62 (12.25%) Degree
6 58 (11.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (7.11%) Security Cleared
8 32 (6.32%) MCSE
9 26 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (3.95%) CCIE
11 19 (3.75%) SC Cleared
12 16 (3.16%) JNCIA
13 13 (2.57%) CISSP
14 12 (2.37%) OSCP
14 12 (2.37%) RHCSA
15 11 (2.17%) CCSA
15 11 (2.17%) CCSE
15 11 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (2.17%) DBS Check
16 10 (1.98%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (3.16%) GDPR
2 16 (3.16%) SLA
3 12 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.37%) NIST
4 4 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.59%) COBIT
5 3 (0.59%) QA
6 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (10.28%) Active Directory
2 34 (6.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.16%) vSphere
5 12 (2.37%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.17%) Docker
7 8 (1.58%) Squid
8 7 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.19%) Firmware
10 3 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (4.15%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.36%) Ansible
3 16 (3.16%) Terraform
4 13 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
6 9 (1.78%) ZABBIX
7 8 (1.58%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.58%) Packer
8 4 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.79%) Control-M
8 4 (0.79%) Nmap
8 4 (0.79%) WSUS
9 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.59%) OpenView
9 3 (0.59%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.59%) VxRail
10 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 396 (78.26%) Cisco
2 358 (70.75%) Microsoft
3 282 (55.73%) ForeScout
4 54 (10.67%) Fortinet
5 45 (8.89%) VMware
6 27 (5.34%) Aruba
7 25 (4.94%) Meraki
8 22 (4.35%) Juniper
9 21 (4.15%) SolarWinds
10 19 (3.75%) CheckPoint
10 19 (3.75%) Splunk
11 18 (3.56%) Dell
12 17 (3.36%) Palo Alto
13 12 (2.37%) HP
13 12 (2.37%) Sophos
14 11 (2.17%) Red Hat
14 11 (2.17%) Veeam
15 8 (1.58%) Citrix
15 8 (1.58%) Oracle
16 7 (1.38%) Zscaler