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 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 257 316
Rank change year-on-year -56 +59 +97
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 451 459 708
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 1.23% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.23% 3.00% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 142 303 620
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +6.13%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £72,250 £66,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £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 20,223 15,279 23,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.10% 40.90% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,170 7,078 15,657
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,728 £57,500 £54,043
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.40% -6.21%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 0 122 £50,000 +5.26% 31
London -42 80 £75,000 +25.00% 23
Midlands -87 77 £35,000 -38.19% 29
South East -47 75 £45,000 -5.26% 40
North West -11 58 £50,000 - 15
South West -23 54 £40,000 -12.09% 13
Yorkshire -24 53 £50,000 +33.33% 11
East Midlands -46 49 £33,750 +3.85% 10
East of England +2 44 £34,000 -36.45% 12
West Midlands -99 28 £35,000 -45.82% 19
North East -30 11 £65,000 +73.33% 5
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 23 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.11%) Confluence
3 4 (0.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 308 (68.29%) Azure
2 47 (10.42%) AWS
3 36 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.66%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.33%) GCP
9 5 (1.11%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.44%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.44%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.44%) SaaS
11 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.22%) GitHub
11 1 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 131 (29.05%) Firewall
2 107 (23.73%) WAN
3 87 (19.29%) LAN
4 62 (13.75%) VPN
5 42 (9.31%) Network Security
6 38 (8.43%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (7.10%) TCP/IP
8 26 (5.76%) VLAN
9 25 (5.54%) Wireless
10 24 (5.32%) DNS
10 24 (5.32%) SD-WAN
11 23 (5.10%) DHCP
12 19 (4.21%) VoIP
13 17 (3.77%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (3.55%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (3.55%) MPLS
15 15 (3.33%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (2.66%) BGP
16 12 (2.66%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (2.66%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.00%) JIRA
2 8 (1.77%) GitLab
3 6 (1.33%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.33%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.89%) Git
4 4 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
General
1 317 (70.29%) Social Skills
2 27 (5.99%) Finance
3 25 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.22%) Retail
8 9 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.77%) Law
9 8 (1.77%) Legal
9 8 (1.77%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.11%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.89%) Banking
12 3 (0.67%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.67%) Automotive
12 3 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.67%) Electronics
13 2 (0.44%) Military
14 1 (0.22%) French Language
14 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 295 (65.41%) Network Engineer
2 41 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (7.76%) IT Engineer
4 31 (6.87%) LAN Engineer
4 31 (6.87%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 31 (6.87%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (5.10%) Presales Engineer
6 22 (4.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 21 (4.66%) Azure Engineer
7 21 (4.66%) IT Support
7 21 (4.66%) Support Engineer
8 19 (4.21%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (4.21%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (3.99%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (3.99%) Lead
10 16 (3.55%) Senior
11 13 (2.88%) Analyst
12 12 (2.66%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (2.66%) Security Specialist
13 11 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.89%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.67%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.44%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.98%) Data Centre
2 15 (3.33%) Security Posture
3 14 (3.10%) Driving Licence
4 12 (2.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.77%) Smartphone
8 7 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.33%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.11%) PKI
10 5 (1.11%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.89%) CCTV
11 4 (0.89%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.89%) Social Media
12 3 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.67%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.67%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.86%) Windows
2 33 (7.32%) Linux
3 31 (6.87%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.89%) Unix
5 4 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (8.20%) Customer Service
4 36 (7.98%) ITIL
5 30 (6.65%) Presales
6 27 (5.99%) Incident Response
7 26 (5.76%) Computer Science
8 24 (5.32%) High Availability
9 23 (5.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (5.10%) Network Monitoring
9 23 (5.10%) Process Improvement
10 20 (4.43%) Penetration Testing
10 20 (4.43%) SIEM
11 18 (3.99%) Network Architecture
12 16 (3.55%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (3.33%) Network Segmentation
14 14 (3.10%) Decision-Making
15 13 (2.88%) Project Delivery
16 12 (2.66%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.10%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.99%) Python
3 4 (0.89%) Bash
4 3 (0.67%) Java
5 2 (0.44%) Bicep
5 2 (0.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 451 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 267 (59.20%) Network+ Certification
3 253 (56.10%) Azure Certification
4 91 (20.18%) CCNP
5 60 (13.30%) Degree
6 51 (11.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (7.76%) MCSE
8 30 (6.65%) Security Cleared
9 25 (5.54%) JNCIA
10 24 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (4.21%) CCIE
12 18 (3.99%) DBS Check
13 17 (3.77%) SC Cleared
14 16 (3.55%) MCSA
15 15 (3.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 14 (3.10%) CCSA
16 14 (3.10%) CCSE
17 13 (2.88%) CISSP
18 12 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
19 10 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.21%) GDPR
3 15 (3.33%) NIST
4 12 (2.66%) SLA
5 8 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.67%) ITGC
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.21%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.66%) vSphere
5 7 (1.55%) Firmware
5 7 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.55%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.11%) Docker
7 3 (0.67%) Squid
8 2 (0.44%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 23 (5.10%) FortiGate
2 14 (3.10%) Ansible
3 13 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.66%) Terraform
5 10 (2.22%) Cisco Prime
6 6 (1.33%) Nmap
7 4 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.89%) WSUS
8 3 (0.67%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.67%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.67%) Packer
8 3 (0.67%) QRadar
8 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.44%) Control-M
9 2 (0.44%) OpenView
9 2 (0.44%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.44%) VxRail
10 1 (0.22%) Grafana
10 1 (0.22%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 363 (80.49%) Cisco
2 301 (66.74%) Microsoft
3 235 (52.11%) ForeScout
4 63 (13.97%) Fortinet
5 36 (7.98%) VMware
6 35 (7.76%) Juniper
7 31 (6.87%) Meraki
8 26 (5.76%) Aruba
9 24 (5.32%) CheckPoint
10 23 (5.10%) SolarWinds
11 18 (3.99%) Dell
12 16 (3.55%) Splunk
13 13 (2.88%) Palo Alto
14 9 (2.00%) Citrix
14 9 (2.00%) Sophos
15 7 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (1.55%) WatchGuard
16 6 (1.33%) Draytek
16 6 (1.33%) Zscaler
17 5 (1.11%) Google