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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 239 276
Rank change year-on-year -82 +37 +158
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 312 684 506
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 1.17% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.04% 3.69% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 209 280 440
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,339 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,705 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,196
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +21.69% -4.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,075 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +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 15,288 18,535 14,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.53% 31.61% 31.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,050 7,641 9,850
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,431
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.68%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,269 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.34% +0.75%

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 November 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 30 November 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 +12 81 £52,500 -7.90% 49
South West +73 65 £32,000 -29.67% 8
London -14 54 £70,000 +18.64% 24
North of England -8 45 £43,250 -8.95% 21
Midlands -94 37 £32,500 -35.80% 22
East of England +34 32 £40,000 -21.57% 11
East Midlands -10 30 £32,500 -18.75% 11
North West +15 27 £50,000 +5.26% 14
North East +7 9 £31,000 -52.31% 1
Yorkshire -14 9 £26,000 -54.78% 6
West Midlands -85 7 £51,000 -2.86% 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 20 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (25.64%) Azure
2 49 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (9.94%) AWS
4 26 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.24%) IaaS
6 6 (1.92%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.60%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.28%) Dropbox
8 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.28%) SaaS
9 3 (0.96%) GCP
9 3 (0.96%) GitHub
9 3 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.64%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.64%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.64%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (0.64%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 151 (48.40%) Firewall
2 82 (26.28%) LAN
3 80 (25.64%) WAN
4 72 (23.08%) VPN
5 54 (17.31%) VSAT
6 50 (16.03%) Wi-Fi
7 44 (14.10%) Network Security
8 35 (11.22%) TCP/IP
9 32 (10.26%) VLAN
10 27 (8.65%) MPLS
11 26 (8.33%) DNS
12 25 (8.01%) Wireless
13 23 (7.37%) BGP
14 19 (6.09%) LTE
14 19 (6.09%) SD-WAN
15 18 (5.77%) Cisco ASA
15 18 (5.77%) OSPF
16 17 (5.45%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (5.45%) VoIP
16 17 (5.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.96%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (1.28%) GitLab
2 3 (0.96%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.96%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
General
1 90 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 57 (18.27%) Finance
3 21 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (6.73%) Telecoms
4 20 (6.41%) Manufacturing
5 14 (4.49%) Aerospace
6 13 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.85%) Billing
8 11 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.88%) Automotive
9 9 (2.88%) Electronics
9 9 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.92%) Military
12 5 (1.60%) Banking
12 5 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.60%) Retail
13 4 (1.28%) Law
13 4 (1.28%) Legal
Job Titles
1 80 (25.64%) Support Engineer
2 70 (22.44%) Network Engineer
3 66 (21.15%) Technical Engineer
4 64 (20.51%) Technical Support
5 56 (17.95%) Technical Support Engineer
6 35 (11.22%) Administrator
7 32 (10.26%) Analyst
7 32 (10.26%) Senior
8 30 (9.62%) Systems Administrator
9 28 (8.97%) IT Engineer
10 25 (8.01%) IT Support
11 22 (7.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (5.77%) Senior Network Engineer
12 18 (5.77%) Support Analyst
13 14 (4.49%) Cisco Engineer
13 14 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (4.17%) NOC Engineer
14 13 (4.17%) Security Engineer
15 12 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 12 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.21%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.28%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.32%) LAMP
3 1 (0.32%) React
3 1 (0.32%) Svelte
3 1 (0.32%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.86%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.62%) Driving Licence
3 26 (8.33%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.88%) CCTV
5 9 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.92%) Handset
8 6 (1.92%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.60%) LIMS
9 5 (1.60%) SCADA
10 4 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.28%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.96%) Insider Threat
11 3 (0.96%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 70 (22.44%) Windows
2 61 (19.55%) Linux
3 49 (15.71%) Windows Server
4 32 (10.26%) Unix
5 17 (5.45%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.60%) Android
9 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (29.17%) Customer Service
2 67 (21.47%) Mentoring
3 58 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (17.95%) ITIL
5 46 (14.74%) High Availability
6 44 (14.10%) Commercial Awareness
7 39 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (10.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 32 (10.26%) Kalman Filter
10 26 (8.33%) Innovative Thinking
10 26 (8.33%) Project Delivery
11 25 (8.01%) Proactive Monitoring
12 24 (7.69%) Web Filtering
13 23 (7.37%) Requirements Gathering
14 22 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (7.05%) Regulatory Change
15 20 (6.41%) Service Delivery
16 19 (6.09%) Network Monitoring
16 19 (6.09%) Security Operations
17 17 (5.45%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.62%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.65%) Python
3 4 (1.28%) Bash
4 3 (0.96%) Bicep
5 2 (0.64%) R
5 2 (0.64%) VB
6 1 (0.32%) Go
6 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 312 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 127 (40.71%) CCNP
3 92 (29.49%) Security Cleared
4 78 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 76 (24.36%) JNCIA
6 59 (18.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (16.35%) Degree
8 49 (15.71%) DV Cleared
9 43 (13.78%) MCSE
10 32 (10.26%) MCSA
11 31 (9.94%) Network+ Certification
12 24 (7.69%) MCP
13 20 (6.41%) DBS Check
14 15 (4.81%) CCIE
14 15 (4.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 13 (4.17%) CISSP
15 13 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (3.53%) JNCIS
18 10 (3.21%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.85%) GDPR
3 12 (3.85%) SLA
4 10 (3.21%) NIST
5 7 (2.24%) GxP
6 5 (1.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.96%) ITGC
7 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
System Software
1 51 (16.35%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.41%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.81%) vSphere
5 12 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.28%) BitLocker
7 4 (1.28%) Docker
8 3 (0.96%) Firmware
8 3 (0.96%) KVM
8 3 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.64%) pfSense
9 2 (0.64%) RHEV
9 2 (0.64%) Squid
9 2 (0.64%) Xen
10 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.81%) FortiGate
3 13 (4.17%) Ansible
4 10 (3.21%) SCCM
5 8 (2.56%) Autotask
5 8 (2.56%) Terraform
6 6 (1.92%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.28%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.28%) Grafana
8 4 (1.28%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.96%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.96%) Nagios
9 3 (0.96%) Nmap
9 3 (0.96%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.96%) QRadar
10 2 (0.64%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.64%) VxRail
11 1 (0.32%) Podman
11 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 188 (60.26%) Cisco
2 86 (27.56%) Microsoft
3 53 (16.99%) Fortinet
4 49 (15.71%) VMware
5 44 (14.10%) Juniper
6 35 (11.22%) Meraki
7 23 (7.37%) Palo Alto
8 22 (7.05%) Aruba
9 20 (6.41%) CheckPoint
10 15 (4.81%) Citrix
11 14 (4.49%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.17%) Freshdesk
12 13 (4.17%) Starlink
13 11 (3.53%) Apple
13 11 (3.53%) ServiceNow
14 10 (3.21%) Arista
14 10 (3.21%) HP
15 9 (2.88%) Dell
15 9 (2.88%) F5
16 8 (2.56%) Mitel