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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 232 292
Rank change year-on-year -136 +60 +113
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 273 636 538
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 1.33% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.56% 3.50% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 185 304 473
10th Percentile £25,950 £33,946 £27,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,551 £55,000 £46,900
Median % change year-on-year -24.45% +17.27% -1.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,500
UK median annual salary £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.36% +15.79% +4.97%

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 17,556 18,164 16,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.23% 37.96% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,138 7,106 11,342
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £93,250 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -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 22 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 22 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
South East -25 58 £52,500 -12.50% 36
North of England -28 57 £50,000 +5.26% 31
London -39 51 £50,000 -16.67% 23
North West -3 41 £50,000 +5.26% 16
Midlands -113 39 £32,500 -47.58% 16
South West +26 35 £32,000 -31.18% 21
East Midlands -24 33 £32,500 -12.16% 5
East of England +23 30 £40,000 -20.79% 14
Yorkshire -29 10 £26,750 -45.13% 11
North East -1 6 £31,000 -52.31% 5
West Midlands -107 6 £41,000 -34.14% 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 15 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.73%) Confluence
2 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 70 (25.64%) Azure
2 35 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (12.45%) AWS
4 21 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.83%) IaaS
6 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.47%) SaaS
7 2 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.73%) GCP
7 2 (0.73%) GitHub
7 2 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.73%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.37%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.37%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.37%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.37%) SecurityScorecard
Communications & Networking
1 150 (54.95%) Firewall
2 97 (35.53%) WAN
3 95 (34.80%) LAN
4 64 (23.44%) VPN
5 42 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (11.72%) TCP/IP
7 31 (11.36%) Network Security
8 30 (10.99%) VLAN
9 27 (9.89%) VSAT
10 23 (8.42%) Cisco ASA
11 22 (8.06%) MPLS
11 22 (8.06%) Wireless
12 20 (7.33%) BGP
13 19 (6.96%) DNS
14 17 (6.23%) DHCP
14 17 (6.23%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (5.86%) VoIP
15 16 (5.86%) WLAN
16 15 (5.49%) OSPF
17 14 (5.13%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.56%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.56%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.10%) GitLab
3 2 (0.73%) JIRA
4 1 (0.37%) Git
General
1 89 (32.60%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.58%) Finance
3 21 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.86%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.30%) Retail
9 8 (2.93%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.56%) Law
11 6 (2.20%) Legal
12 5 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.10%) Automotive
14 3 (1.10%) Banking
14 3 (1.10%) Billing
14 3 (1.10%) Electronics
15 2 (0.73%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 67 (24.54%) Network Engineer
2 46 (16.85%) Support Engineer
3 44 (16.12%) Technical Engineer
4 34 (12.45%) Technical Support
5 32 (11.72%) Cisco Engineer
6 31 (11.36%) LAN Engineer
6 31 (11.36%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 31 (11.36%) WAN Engineer
7 28 (10.26%) Technical Support Engineer
8 27 (9.89%) IT Engineer
9 26 (9.52%) Senior
10 25 (9.16%) Analyst
11 21 (7.69%) Administrator
11 21 (7.69%) Presales Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) Firewall Engineer
12 19 (6.96%) Juniper Engineer
13 17 (6.23%) IT Support
13 17 (6.23%) Systems Administrator
14 15 (5.49%) Senior Network Engineer
14 15 (5.49%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.10%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.73%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.37%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.37%) React
3 1 (0.37%) Svelte
3 1 (0.37%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.12%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.59%) Driving Licence
2 18 (6.59%) e-Learning
3 12 (4.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 8 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.56%) CCTV
5 7 (2.56%) Insider Threat
5 7 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.20%) Smartphone
7 5 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.47%) Handset
8 4 (1.47%) LIMS
8 4 (1.47%) SCADA
9 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.10%) iPad
9 3 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (19.05%) Windows
2 39 (14.29%) Linux
3 38 (13.92%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.79%) Unix
5 10 (3.66%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.83%) Android
7 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (25.64%) Customer Service
2 54 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (17.95%) ITIL
4 43 (15.75%) Mentoring
5 35 (12.82%) High Availability
6 34 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (11.36%) Presales
8 27 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (9.52%) Commercial Awareness
10 24 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (7.69%) Computer Science
11 21 (7.69%) Project Delivery
12 20 (7.33%) Kalman Filter
13 19 (6.96%) Information Security
13 19 (6.96%) Penetration Testing
14 18 (6.59%) Innovative Thinking
15 16 (5.86%) Network Design
15 16 (5.86%) Process Improvement
15 16 (5.86%) Requirements Gathering
15 16 (5.86%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.33%) Python
2 17 (6.23%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.10%) Bicep
4 2 (0.73%) Bash
4 2 (0.73%) VB
5 1 (0.37%) Go
5 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 273 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 115 (42.12%) CCNP
3 69 (25.27%) Security Cleared
4 61 (22.34%) SC Cleared
5 59 (21.61%) JNCIA
6 56 (20.51%) Degree
7 47 (17.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (13.92%) DV Cleared
9 37 (13.55%) MCSE
10 30 (10.99%) Network+ Certification
11 28 (10.26%) MCP
12 27 (9.89%) MCSA
13 22 (8.06%) DBS Check
14 20 (7.33%) CCIE
15 18 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (5.13%) CCSA
16 14 (5.13%) CCSE
16 14 (5.13%) CISSP
16 14 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (3.66%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (5.13%) GDPR
2 14 (5.13%) SLA
3 13 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.03%) NIST
5 7 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.83%) GxP
7 4 (1.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (1.10%) ITGC
9 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
System Software
1 41 (15.02%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 12 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.83%) Firmware
4 5 (1.83%) vSphere
5 3 (1.10%) KVM
5 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.73%) Docker
6 2 (0.73%) RHEV
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.73%) Xen
7 1 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.37%) pfSense
7 1 (0.37%) Squid
7 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (9.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (8.42%) FortiGate
3 9 (3.30%) Ansible
4 7 (2.56%) Nmap
4 7 (2.56%) SCCM
5 6 (2.20%) Terraform
6 5 (1.83%) Autotask
7 3 (1.10%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.10%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (1.10%) QRadar
8 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.73%) Nagios
8 2 (0.73%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.37%) OpenView
9 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.37%) VxRail
9 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 172 (63.00%) Cisco
2 69 (25.27%) Microsoft
3 68 (24.91%) Fortinet
4 57 (20.88%) Juniper
5 33 (12.09%) VMware
6 30 (10.99%) Aruba
7 25 (9.16%) Meraki
8 23 (8.42%) CheckPoint
9 20 (7.33%) Palo Alto
10 13 (4.76%) Citrix
11 12 (4.40%) Dell
11 12 (4.40%) SolarWinds
12 10 (3.66%) ServiceNow
12 10 (3.66%) Starlink
13 8 (2.93%) Arista
14 7 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (2.56%) Draytek
14 7 (2.56%) HP
14 7 (2.56%) Mitel
14 7 (2.56%) WatchGuard