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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 311 322
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 +48
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 512 364 753
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 0.92% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.18% 2.30% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 167 292 548
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £30,675
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £73,625 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +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 16,100 15,837 24,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.35% 40.04% 26.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,829 6,723 15,704
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,634 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +50 141 £50,000 -9.09% 45
South East +4 97 £45,000 +5.88% 47
London -59 90 £74,000 +34.55% 30
Midlands +6 79 £51,058 +32.62% 18
Yorkshire +8 68 £45,500 +17.88% 13
South West -42 66 £50,000 +11.11% 42
North West +25 61 £50,000 -9.09% 21
East of England +23 43 £34,000 -18.56% 28
East Midlands -18 42 £51,058 +45.88% 2
West Midlands -2 37 £53,401 -17.85% 16
North East -40 12 - - 11
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 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 371 (72.46%) Azure
2 52 (10.16%) AWS
3 42 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (2.73%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (2.15%) GCP
6 9 (1.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.98%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.98%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.78%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.78%) Serverless
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.59%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 140 (27.34%) Firewall
2 112 (21.88%) WAN
3 90 (17.58%) LAN
4 88 (17.19%) VPN
5 62 (12.11%) Network Security
6 52 (10.16%) Wi-Fi
7 40 (7.81%) TCP/IP
8 37 (7.23%) VLAN
9 34 (6.64%) SD-WAN
10 31 (6.05%) Wireless
11 29 (5.66%) DNS
12 28 (5.47%) DHCP
13 25 (4.88%) VoIP
14 24 (4.69%) BGP
15 20 (3.91%) Cisco Firepower
16 19 (3.71%) MPLS
16 19 (3.71%) OSPF
17 16 (3.13%) WLAN
18 15 (2.93%) Cisco ASA
18 15 (2.93%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.73%) JIRA
2 13 (2.54%) GitLab
3 9 (1.76%) Git
3 9 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.59%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.59%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 381 (74.41%) Social Skills
2 33 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (3.71%) Finance
4 16 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 13 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (1.95%) Retail
7 9 (1.76%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.56%) Banking
8 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.37%) Law
10 6 (1.17%) Military
11 4 (0.78%) Automotive
11 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.78%) Electronics
11 4 (0.78%) Legal
12 3 (0.59%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 367 (71.68%) Network Engineer
2 40 (7.81%) IT Engineer
3 29 (5.66%) Senior
4 26 (5.08%) Cisco Engineer
5 23 (4.49%) IT Support
6 21 (4.10%) Lead
7 19 (3.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (3.71%) Support Engineer
8 18 (3.52%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
9 17 (3.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (3.32%) LAN Engineer
9 17 (3.32%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 17 (3.32%) WAN Engineer
10 16 (3.13%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 13 (2.54%) Presales Engineer
12 12 (2.34%) Security Engineer
13 11 (2.15%) Analyst
13 11 (2.15%) Field Engineer
13 11 (2.15%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.78%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.78%) boto
1 4 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.39%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.96%) Data Centre
2 19 (3.71%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.52%) Security Posture
4 11 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.37%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.98%) PKI
9 5 (0.98%) Replication
10 4 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.78%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.59%) Insider Threat
11 3 (0.59%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.59%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.82%) Windows
2 48 (9.38%) Windows Server
3 44 (8.59%) Linux
4 12 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (9.96%) ITIL
4 39 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (7.42%) Disaster Recovery
6 37 (7.23%) High Availability
7 35 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (6.05%) Computer Science
9 29 (5.66%) Incident Response
9 29 (5.66%) Network Monitoring
10 27 (5.27%) Business Continuity
11 25 (4.88%) SIEM
12 23 (4.49%) Customer Service
12 23 (4.49%) Network Architecture
13 22 (4.30%) Network Design
14 21 (4.10%) Presales
15 19 (3.71%) Process Improvement
16 16 (3.13%) Penetration Testing
17 15 (2.93%) Infrastructure as Code
17 15 (2.93%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.71%) Python
3 9 (1.76%) Bash
4 8 (1.56%) Java
5 3 (0.59%) SQL
6 2 (0.39%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 512 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 317 (61.91%) Azure Certification
3 306 (59.77%) Network+ Certification
4 107 (20.90%) CCNP
5 63 (12.30%) Degree
6 58 (11.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (7.03%) Security Cleared
8 30 (5.86%) MCSE
9 27 (5.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (3.91%) CCIE
11 19 (3.71%) SC Cleared
12 13 (2.54%) AWS Certification
12 13 (2.54%) CISSP
13 12 (2.34%) DV Cleared
13 12 (2.34%) JNCIA
13 12 (2.34%) RHCSA
14 11 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (2.15%) OSCP
15 10 (1.95%) MCSA
16 9 (1.76%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.32%) GDPR
2 17 (3.32%) SLA
3 13 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.34%) NIST
5 5 (0.98%) QA
6 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.59%) COBIT
8 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (11.33%) Active Directory
2 36 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.30%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.13%) vSphere
5 13 (2.54%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.15%) Docker
7 8 (1.56%) Squid
8 7 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.98%) Firmware
10 3 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (3.71%) Ansible
1 19 (3.71%) FortiGate
2 16 (3.13%) Terraform
3 14 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.95%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (1.76%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.56%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.56%) Packer
7 5 (0.98%) Control-M
8 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.78%) WSUS
9 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.59%) Nmap
9 3 (0.59%) OpenView
9 3 (0.59%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.59%) VxRail
10 1 (0.20%) Iperf
10 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 396 (77.34%) Cisco
2 362 (70.70%) Microsoft
3 282 (55.08%) ForeScout
4 52 (10.16%) Fortinet
4 52 (10.16%) VMware
5 27 (5.27%) Aruba
6 26 (5.08%) Palo Alto
7 25 (4.88%) Meraki
8 21 (4.10%) SolarWinds
9 19 (3.71%) CheckPoint
9 19 (3.71%) Juniper
9 19 (3.71%) Splunk
10 16 (3.13%) Dell
11 12 (2.34%) HP
11 12 (2.34%) Sophos
12 11 (2.15%) Red Hat
12 11 (2.15%) Veeam
13 10 (1.95%) Citrix
14 8 (1.56%) Oracle
15 7 (1.37%) CrowdStrike