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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 218 307
Rank change year-on-year -211 +89 +102
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 232 570 667
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 1.47% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.25% 3.63% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 153 316 599
10th Percentile £26,300 £33,200 £29,200
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £66,500
UK median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +15.79% +5.56%

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 18,583 15,713 21,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.15% 40.61% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,632 7,011 14,794
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -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 March 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 March 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 -44 70 £55,000 -10.20% 25
North of England -92 50 £50,000 +5.26% 25
North West -43 40 £50,000 +5.26% 12
Midlands -136 35 £32,500 -49.69% 21
South East -67 32 £45,000 -18.18% 25
East Midlands -56 30 £32,500 -22.16% 8
South West -37 21 £40,000 -15.79% 12
East of England -1 20 £34,000 -34.62% 15
Yorkshire -60 8 £50,000 +29.03% 7
West Midlands -126 5 £47,500 -26.47% 13
North East -33 2 £55,500 -11.20% 6
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 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 76 (32.76%) Azure
2 47 (20.26%) AWS
3 38 (16.38%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (7.33%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (2.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (2.59%) GCP
7 5 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.72%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.86%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.86%) IaaS
9 2 (0.86%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.86%) SaaS
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 139 (59.91%) Firewall
2 110 (47.41%) WAN
3 96 (41.38%) LAN
4 61 (26.29%) VPN
5 37 (15.95%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (13.79%) Network Security
7 30 (12.93%) TCP/IP
8 29 (12.50%) VLAN
9 25 (10.78%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (9.48%) Wireless
11 20 (8.62%) SD-WAN
12 19 (8.19%) DNS
12 19 (8.19%) MPLS
12 19 (8.19%) VoIP
13 18 (7.76%) Cisco Firepower
13 18 (7.76%) DHCP
14 16 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
15 14 (6.03%) WLAN
16 12 (5.17%) BGP
17 11 (4.74%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.02%) Burp Suite
1 7 (3.02%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.59%) JIRA
3 4 (1.72%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Git
General
1 83 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.38%) Finance
3 23 (9.91%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.19%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.17%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.88%) Retail
9 8 (3.45%) Legal
10 6 (2.59%) Law
11 5 (2.16%) Banking
12 2 (0.86%) Military
13 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.43%) Marketing
13 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 40 (17.24%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (15.09%) IT Engineer
4 34 (14.66%) LAN Engineer
4 34 (14.66%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 34 (14.66%) WAN Engineer
5 33 (14.22%) Support Engineer
6 25 (10.78%) IT Support
7 22 (9.48%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (9.48%) Presales Engineer
8 21 (9.05%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (9.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 19 (8.19%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (8.19%) Juniper Engineer
10 18 (7.76%) Analyst
11 16 (6.90%) Senior
12 15 (6.47%) AWS Engineer
13 14 (6.03%) Technical Engineer
14 12 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (5.17%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.72%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.86%) Middleware
3 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 47 (20.26%) Data Centre
2 17 (7.33%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (6.03%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.45%) Smartphone
7 7 (3.02%) CCTV
7 7 (3.02%) Insider Threat
8 5 (2.16%) PKI
9 4 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.72%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.72%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.72%) Social Media
10 3 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.29%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 59 (25.43%) Windows
2 36 (15.52%) Linux
3 30 (12.93%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.74%) Unix
5 7 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.72%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (19.40%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (17.67%) Customer Service
4 38 (16.38%) ITIL
5 29 (12.50%) Presales
6 28 (12.07%) High Availability
7 26 (11.21%) Computer Science
7 26 (11.21%) Process Improvement
8 25 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (9.48%) Mentoring
11 21 (9.05%) Incident Response
12 19 (8.19%) Penetration Testing
12 19 (8.19%) Project Delivery
13 18 (7.76%) Network Monitoring
14 17 (7.33%) SIEM
15 15 (6.47%) Kalman Filter
16 14 (6.03%) Information Security
17 13 (5.60%) Network Architecture
17 13 (5.60%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.33%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.03%) Python
3 3 (1.29%) SQL
4 1 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 232 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 96 (41.38%) CCNP
3 58 (25.00%) Degree
4 51 (21.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (17.24%) MCSE
6 39 (16.81%) Security Cleared
7 31 (13.36%) JNCIA
8 30 (12.93%) SC Cleared
9 28 (12.07%) Network+ Certification
10 26 (11.21%) CCIE
10 26 (11.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 24 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (10.34%) MCSA
12 18 (7.76%) DBS Check
13 17 (7.33%) CCSA
13 17 (7.33%) CCSE
14 15 (6.47%) DV Cleared
15 12 (5.17%) Azure Certification
15 12 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (4.31%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.47%) SLA
3 13 (5.60%) GDPR
4 10 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (4.31%) NIST
5 7 (3.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.29%) ITGC
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (15.52%) Active Directory
2 24 (10.34%) Hyper-V
3 21 (9.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.45%) vSphere
5 7 (3.02%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.16%) Firmware
7 4 (1.72%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.86%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (10.34%) FortiGate
2 19 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.31%) Ansible
4 7 (3.02%) Nmap
5 6 (2.59%) Cisco Prime
5 6 (2.59%) Terraform
6 4 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.72%) WSUS
7 3 (1.29%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.29%) OpenView
7 3 (1.29%) QRadar
7 3 (1.29%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.86%) Autotask
8 2 (0.86%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.86%) Control-M
8 2 (0.86%) VxRail
9 1 (0.43%) Grafana
9 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 148 (63.79%) Cisco
2 71 (30.60%) Microsoft
3 70 (30.17%) Fortinet
4 42 (18.10%) Juniper
4 42 (18.10%) VMware
5 30 (12.93%) CheckPoint
6 29 (12.50%) Meraki
7 28 (12.07%) Aruba
8 18 (7.76%) Palo Alto
8 18 (7.76%) SolarWinds
9 15 (6.47%) Citrix
9 15 (6.47%) Dell
10 12 (5.17%) Splunk
11 9 (3.88%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (3.88%) Draytek
11 9 (3.88%) WatchGuard
12 8 (3.45%) Arista
12 8 (3.45%) Sophos
13 7 (3.02%) Mitel
14 6 (2.59%) ArcSight