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 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 303 293
Rank change year-on-year -145 -10 -22
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 325 376 583
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.88% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.82% 2.51% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 212 259 233
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,900 £34,423
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -22.86% +16.16%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £70,300 £68,750
UK median annual salary £49,250 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.13% -23.81% +12.42%

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 17,852 15,001 18,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.03% 35.23% 28.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10,732 6,646 7,748
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 16 October 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 16 October 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
London -67 83 £65,000 +8.33% 22
South East -76 78 £47,500 -2.56% 19
Midlands -28 59 £41,000 +17.14% 20
North of England -62 52 £42,500 +4.94% 17
East Midlands -35 35 £38,500 +10.00% 13
Yorkshire -17 30 £42,500 +63.46% 9
South West -125 28 £44,189 +38.09% 11
East of England -50 25 £58,750 +46.88% 9
West Midlands -28 24 £47,500 +15.85% 7
North West -36 19 £52,500 -2.33% 6
North East -79 3 £38,378 +23.80% 2
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 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.85%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.31%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 162 (49.85%) Azure
2 79 (24.31%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (19.08%) Entra ID
4 51 (15.69%) AWS
5 10 (3.08%) GCP
6 5 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (1.54%) OneDrive
6 5 (1.54%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.23%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.23%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.23%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.23%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.23%) Serverless
8 3 (0.92%) SaaS
9 2 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.62%) Azure Stack
9 2 (0.62%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 169 (52.00%) Firewall
2 126 (38.77%) WAN
3 112 (34.46%) LAN
4 108 (33.23%) VPN
5 85 (26.15%) Network Security
6 82 (25.23%) VLAN
7 80 (24.62%) TCP/IP
8 79 (24.31%) Wireless
9 78 (24.00%) DHCP
9 78 (24.00%) DNS
10 54 (16.62%) Wi-Fi
11 47 (14.46%) SD-WAN
12 38 (11.69%) BGP
13 33 (10.15%) OSPF
14 23 (7.08%) VoIP
15 19 (5.85%) Internet
15 19 (5.85%) SAN
16 18 (5.54%) MPLS
17 16 (4.92%) WLAN
18 15 (4.62%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (8.31%) JIRA
2 12 (3.69%) GitLab
3 7 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.85%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.85%) Git
5 1 (0.31%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 171 (52.62%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 18 (5.54%) Finance
4 18 (5.54%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.00%) Law
6 11 (3.38%) Aerospace
6 11 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (3.38%) Retail
7 9 (2.77%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.46%) Banking
9 7 (2.15%) Digital Health
9 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.15%) Military
9 7 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.85%) Legal
11 4 (1.23%) French Language
12 3 (0.92%) Automotive
12 3 (0.92%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 152 (46.77%) Network Engineer
2 54 (16.62%) IT Engineer
3 42 (12.92%) IT Support
4 40 (12.31%) Senior
5 35 (10.77%) Support Engineer
6 27 (8.31%) IT Support Engineer
7 25 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (7.08%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (5.23%) Field Engineer
9 17 (5.23%) Field Service Engineer
10 16 (4.92%) 3rd Line Support
11 15 (4.62%) Security Engineer
12 14 (4.31%) Analyst
13 13 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (3.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 11 (3.38%) Senior Security Engineer
16 10 (3.08%) IT Technician
16 10 (3.08%) Network Support
17 9 (2.77%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.62%) Terraform
2 4 (1.23%) boto
3 2 (0.62%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.62%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.62%) LDAP
3 2 (0.62%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.62%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.62%) SAML
4 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.31%) YAML
4 1 (0.31%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 66 (20.31%) Data Centre
2 50 (15.38%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.54%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.92%) CCTV
4 16 (4.92%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (2.77%) PKI
7 8 (2.46%) Replication
8 7 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.85%) Smartphone
10 5 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.92%) FMCG
12 2 (0.62%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.62%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.62%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
13 1 (0.31%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 120 (36.92%) Windows
2 90 (27.69%) Windows Server
3 46 (14.15%) Linux
4 12 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (3.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (3.08%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.92%) Android
9 2 (0.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.69%) ITIL
2 81 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (22.15%) Cybersecurity
4 66 (20.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 52 (16.00%) Project Delivery
6 48 (14.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 45 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (13.85%) Network Design
8 39 (12.00%) Business Continuity
9 38 (11.69%) High Availability
10 37 (11.38%) Customer Service
11 30 (9.23%) Network Monitoring
12 27 (8.31%) Computer Science
12 27 (8.31%) ITSM
13 25 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (7.08%) Mentoring
14 23 (7.08%) SIEM
15 22 (6.77%) Incident Management
15 22 (6.77%) Incident Response
16 21 (6.46%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.77%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.85%) Python
3 9 (2.77%) Bash
4 6 (1.85%) Java
5 2 (0.62%) SQL
6 1 (0.31%) C
6 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 325 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 124 (38.15%) CCNP
3 81 (24.92%) Network+ Certification
4 74 (22.77%) Azure Certification
5 72 (22.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 67 (20.62%) Degree
7 38 (11.69%) MCSE
8 32 (9.85%) Security Cleared
9 24 (7.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 21 (6.46%) SC Cleared
11 19 (5.85%) MCSA
12 18 (5.54%) AWS Certification
12 18 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (5.23%) DV Cleared
14 16 (4.92%) CISSP
15 12 (3.69%) A+ Certification
15 12 (3.69%) CCIE
15 12 (3.69%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (2.77%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (5.85%) SLA
3 16 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (2.15%) GDPR
5 6 (1.85%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.85%) QA
6 3 (0.92%) COBIT
6 3 (0.92%) NIST
7 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.62%) GRC
System Software
1 84 (25.85%) Active Directory
2 42 (12.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (11.38%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.92%) vSphere
5 10 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.77%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.46%) Docker
8 6 (1.85%) Firmware
8 6 (1.85%) Squid
9 3 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.92%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (12.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.69%) FortiGate
3 16 (4.92%) Ansible
4 11 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.15%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.85%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.85%) Packer
7 4 (1.23%) Iperf
8 3 (0.92%) Control-M
9 2 (0.62%) Nagios
9 2 (0.62%) SCCM
9 2 (0.62%) VxRail
10 1 (0.31%) OpenView
10 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 183 (56.31%) Cisco
2 149 (45.85%) Microsoft
3 74 (22.77%) VMware
4 57 (17.54%) Fortinet
5 47 (14.46%) ForeScout
6 45 (13.85%) Palo Alto
7 27 (8.31%) Meraki
8 23 (7.08%) Aruba
9 22 (6.77%) WatchGuard
10 21 (6.46%) F5
11 16 (4.92%) Juniper
12 15 (4.62%) CheckPoint
12 15 (4.62%) Dell
12 15 (4.62%) Ruckus Wireless
13 13 (4.00%) Draytek
13 13 (4.00%) Sophos
13 13 (4.00%) Veeam
14 12 (3.69%) Mitel
14 12 (3.69%) Splunk
15 11 (3.38%) HP