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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 315 327
Rank change year-on-year -73 +12 -43
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 445 376 542
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.87% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.46% 2.39% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 202 261 250
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,039 £31,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -22.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +10.63%

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 18,068 15,718 19,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.37% 36.23% 28.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,506 6,743 8,236
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.95%

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 4 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 4 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
South East -47 100 £47,500 +5.56% 70
North of England -16 94 £42,500 +4.94% 63
Midlands +6 87 £41,000 +17.14% 50
London -54 87 £70,000 +23.89% 100
Yorkshire -3 54 £42,500 +63.46% 28
East Midlands -24 50 £38,847 +10.99% 18
South West -108 48 £44,189 +38.09% 48
West Midlands -10 37 £53,162 +29.66% 32
East of England -30 32 £63,750 +59.38% 40
North West -13 31 £52,500 -2.33% 21
North East -61 9 £38,378 +23.80% 14
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 25 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.22%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 293 (65.84%) Azure
2 68 (15.28%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (12.13%) AWS
4 52 (11.69%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.02%) GCP
6 5 (1.12%) OneDrive
6 5 (1.12%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (0.90%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (0.90%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (0.90%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.90%) Serverless
8 2 (0.45%) ChatGPT
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.45%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 158 (35.51%) Firewall
2 115 (25.84%) WAN
3 102 (22.92%) VPN
4 100 (22.47%) LAN
5 79 (17.75%) Network Security
6 74 (16.63%) VLAN
7 72 (16.18%) TCP/IP
8 71 (15.96%) DHCP
8 71 (15.96%) DNS
9 69 (15.51%) Wireless
10 46 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
11 41 (9.21%) SD-WAN
12 36 (8.09%) BGP
13 31 (6.97%) OSPF
14 21 (4.72%) VoIP
15 18 (4.04%) Internet
16 17 (3.82%) MPLS
16 17 (3.82%) SAN
17 16 (3.60%) WLAN
18 15 (3.37%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (5.84%) JIRA
2 14 (3.15%) GitLab
3 9 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.80%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.80%) Git
5 1 (0.22%) Chocolatey
General
1 305 (68.54%) Social Skills
2 42 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (5.62%) Telecoms
4 18 (4.04%) Finance
5 16 (3.60%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 12 (2.70%) Law
7 11 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.47%) Retail
8 9 (2.02%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.80%) Banking
10 7 (1.57%) Digital Health
10 7 (1.57%) Military
10 7 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.35%) Legal
12 5 (1.12%) Automotive
13 4 (0.90%) Electronics
14 3 (0.67%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 283 (63.60%) Network Engineer
2 50 (11.24%) IT Engineer
3 38 (8.54%) Senior
4 37 (8.31%) IT Support
5 32 (7.19%) Support Engineer
6 26 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (5.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (4.72%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (3.60%) 3rd Line Support
8 16 (3.60%) Field Engineer
8 16 (3.60%) Field Service Engineer
8 16 (3.60%) Security Engineer
9 13 (2.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (2.92%) Analyst
10 12 (2.70%) Senior Security Engineer
10 12 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (2.47%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (2.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 9 (2.02%) Lead
13 9 (2.02%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.04%) Terraform
2 4 (0.90%) boto
3 3 (0.67%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.67%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.45%) LDAP
4 2 (0.45%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.45%) SAML
5 1 (0.22%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.22%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.22%) YAML
5 1 (0.22%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.48%) Data Centre
2 43 (9.66%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.82%) Security Posture
4 15 (3.37%) CCTV
4 15 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.02%) PKI
9 8 (1.80%) Replication
10 7 (1.57%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.35%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.67%) FMCG
14 2 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
15 1 (0.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 1 (0.22%) Fibre Optics
15 1 (0.22%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 110 (24.72%) Windows
2 83 (18.65%) Windows Server
3 46 (10.34%) Linux
4 12 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (1.57%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.67%) Android
8 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (17.53%) ITIL
1 78 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 63 (14.16%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
5 45 (10.11%) Project Delivery
6 42 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (9.44%) Network Design
7 40 (8.99%) Business Continuity
8 34 (7.64%) High Availability
9 33 (7.42%) Customer Service
10 28 (6.29%) Computer Science
10 28 (6.29%) Network Monitoring
11 24 (5.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (4.94%) Incident Management
12 22 (4.94%) Incident Response
13 21 (4.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (4.72%) SIEM
14 20 (4.49%) ITSM
14 20 (4.49%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.54%) PowerShell
2 35 (7.87%) Python
3 10 (2.25%) Bash
4 8 (1.80%) Java
5 2 (0.45%) SQL
6 1 (0.22%) C
Qualifications
1 445 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 220 (49.44%) Network+ Certification
3 218 (48.99%) Azure Certification
4 119 (26.74%) CCNP
5 70 (15.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 64 (14.38%) Degree
7 35 (7.87%) MCSE
8 33 (7.42%) Security Cleared
9 21 (4.72%) AWS Certification
9 21 (4.72%) SC Cleared
10 19 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (4.04%) MCSA
11 18 (4.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 17 (3.82%) DV Cleared
13 15 (3.37%) CISSP
14 11 (2.47%) CCIE
15 10 (2.25%) A+ Certification
16 9 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (1.80%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.04%) SLA
3 9 (2.02%) GDPR
4 6 (1.35%) QA
5 5 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.12%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.67%) COBIT
6 3 (0.67%) NIST
7 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.45%) GRC
System Software
1 77 (17.30%) Active Directory
2 43 (9.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (7.87%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.82%) vSphere
5 11 (2.47%) Docker
5 11 (2.47%) VMware NSX
6 10 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.80%) Squid
8 6 (1.35%) Firmware
9 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.67%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.45%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (7.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.17%) FortiGate
3 17 (3.82%) Ansible
4 10 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (2.02%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.80%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.80%) Packer
7 4 (0.90%) Iperf
8 3 (0.67%) Control-M
9 2 (0.45%) SCCM
9 2 (0.45%) VxRail
10 1 (0.22%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.22%) Nagios
10 1 (0.22%) OpenView
10 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.22%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 310 (69.66%) Cisco
2 280 (62.92%) Microsoft
3 188 (42.25%) ForeScout
4 73 (16.40%) VMware
5 52 (11.69%) Fortinet
6 40 (8.99%) Palo Alto
7 24 (5.39%) Meraki
8 20 (4.49%) WatchGuard
9 17 (3.82%) F5
10 16 (3.60%) Aruba
11 14 (3.15%) Dell
11 14 (3.15%) Juniper
11 14 (3.15%) Ruckus Wireless
11 14 (3.15%) Splunk
12 13 (2.92%) Sophos
12 13 (2.92%) Veeam
13 12 (2.70%) Draytek
14 11 (2.47%) Mitel
14 11 (2.47%) Red Hat
14 11 (2.47%) SolarWinds