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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 225 296
Rank change year-on-year -143 +71 +103
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 264 635 577
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 1.34% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.51% 3.52% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 179 303 511
10th Percentile £26,150 £33,881 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,375 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.36% +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 17,495 18,058 17,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.72% 38.10% 29.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,101 6,981 12,355
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 £75,900 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 26 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 26 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 -29 57 £52,500 -12.50% 44
North of England -36 57 £50,000 +5.26% 35
London -39 50 £50,000 -16.67% 21
North West 0 42 £50,000 +5.26% 14
Midlands -111 38 £32,500 -48.00% 22
East Midlands -33 33 £32,500 -12.16% 10
South West +9 30 £32,000 -31.18% 27
East of England +20 29 £40,000 -20.00% 23
Yorkshire -25 10 £36,500 -25.13% 16
North East -7 5 £31,000 -52.31% 6
West Midlands -107 5 £51,000 -18.40% 12
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 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.76%) Confluence
2 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (26.14%) Azure
2 35 (13.26%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (12.50%) AWS
4 21 (7.95%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.89%) IaaS
6 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.52%) SaaS
7 2 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.76%) GitHub
7 2 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.38%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.38%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 145 (54.92%) Firewall
2 97 (36.74%) WAN
3 94 (35.61%) LAN
4 63 (23.86%) VPN
5 40 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (12.12%) TCP/IP
7 31 (11.74%) Network Security
8 30 (11.36%) VLAN
9 23 (8.71%) Cisco ASA
9 23 (8.71%) VSAT
10 22 (8.33%) MPLS
11 21 (7.95%) Wireless
12 20 (7.58%) BGP
12 20 (7.58%) DNS
13 18 (6.82%) DHCP
14 16 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (6.06%) VoIP
15 15 (5.68%) OSPF
15 15 (5.68%) SD-WAN
15 15 (5.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.65%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.65%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.52%) GitLab
3 2 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.38%) Git
General
1 86 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.42%) Finance
3 21 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.92%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.41%) Retail
9 7 (2.65%) Law
10 6 (2.27%) Legal
10 6 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.14%) Banking
13 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.76%) Automotive
13 2 (0.76%) Billing
13 2 (0.76%) Electronics
14 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 43 (16.29%) Support Engineer
3 41 (15.53%) Technical Engineer
4 33 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
5 31 (11.74%) LAN Engineer
5 31 (11.74%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 31 (11.74%) WAN Engineer
6 29 (10.98%) IT Engineer
6 29 (10.98%) Technical Support
7 25 (9.47%) Senior
8 24 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
9 23 (8.71%) Analyst
10 21 (7.95%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (7.20%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (7.20%) Juniper Engineer
12 18 (6.82%) Administrator
13 17 (6.44%) IT Support
14 15 (5.68%) Senior Network Engineer
14 15 (5.68%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (5.30%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.76%) Middleware
1 2 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.38%) React
2 1 (0.38%) Svelte
2 1 (0.38%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.29%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.82%) Driving Licence
3 16 (6.06%) e-Learning
4 12 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.55%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.65%) CCTV
6 7 (2.65%) Insider Threat
7 6 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.27%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.27%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.14%) Handset
9 3 (1.14%) iPad
9 3 (1.14%) LIMS
9 3 (1.14%) PKI
9 3 (1.14%) SCADA
9 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (18.94%) Windows
2 37 (14.02%) Linux
3 34 (12.88%) Windows Server
4 22 (8.33%) Unix
5 8 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.52%) Android
6 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.24%) Customer Service
2 51 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (17.80%) ITIL
4 40 (15.15%) Mentoring
5 34 (12.88%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (11.74%) High Availability
6 31 (11.74%) Presales
7 26 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (8.71%) Commercial Awareness
9 22 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (7.95%) Project Delivery
11 19 (7.20%) Computer Science
12 18 (6.82%) Information Security
12 18 (6.82%) Kalman Filter
12 18 (6.82%) Penetration Testing
13 17 (6.44%) Process Improvement
14 16 (6.06%) Innovative Thinking
14 16 (6.06%) Network Design
14 16 (6.06%) Requirements Gathering
14 16 (6.06%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.82%) Python
2 16 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.14%) Bicep
4 2 (0.76%) SQL
5 1 (0.38%) Bash
5 1 (0.38%) Go
5 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 264 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 112 (42.42%) CCNP
3 65 (24.62%) Security Cleared
4 56 (21.21%) SC Cleared
5 55 (20.83%) JNCIA
6 54 (20.45%) Degree
7 46 (17.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (14.02%) MCSE
9 36 (13.64%) DV Cleared
10 29 (10.98%) Network+ Certification
11 28 (10.61%) MCP
12 27 (10.23%) MCSA
13 21 (7.95%) DBS Check
14 20 (7.58%) CCIE
15 17 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (5.30%) CCSA
16 14 (5.30%) CCSE
16 14 (5.30%) CISSP
17 13 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (3.79%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (5.68%) GDPR
3 14 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.30%) SLA
4 12 (4.55%) NIST
5 7 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.52%) GxP
7 3 (1.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (1.14%) ITGC
8 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 37 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.30%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.89%) Firmware
5 4 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.52%) vSphere
6 3 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.76%) Docker
7 2 (0.76%) KVM
7 2 (0.76%) RHEV
7 2 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.76%) Xen
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 25 (9.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (8.71%) FortiGate
3 9 (3.41%) Ansible
4 7 (2.65%) Nmap
5 6 (2.27%) SCCM
6 5 (1.89%) Autotask
6 5 (1.89%) Terraform
7 3 (1.14%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.14%) QRadar
8 2 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.76%) Nagios
8 2 (0.76%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.76%) WSUS
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.38%) Grafana
9 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.38%) OpenView
9 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 166 (62.88%) Cisco
2 67 (25.38%) Microsoft
3 66 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 57 (21.59%) Juniper
5 32 (12.12%) VMware
6 29 (10.98%) Aruba
7 25 (9.47%) Meraki
8 22 (8.33%) CheckPoint
9 20 (7.58%) Palo Alto
10 14 (5.30%) Citrix
11 13 (4.92%) SolarWinds
12 12 (4.55%) Dell
13 9 (3.41%) ServiceNow
13 9 (3.41%) Starlink
14 8 (3.03%) Arista
14 8 (3.03%) Draytek
14 8 (3.03%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (2.65%) HP
15 7 (2.65%) Mitel