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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 243 289
Rank change year-on-year -79 +46 +129
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 303 621 492
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.21% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.70% 3.45% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 203 283 431
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,881 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £60,517 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,600 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +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 17,869 17,982 13,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.80% 34.94% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7,080 7,394 9,591
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,199 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% +2.95% +0.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,112 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.36% +1.06% -

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -3 77 £52,500 -7.90% 44
South West +59 60 £32,000 -29.67% 8
London -31 53 £65,000 +8.33% 17
North of England -31 44 £46,750 -1.58% 28
Midlands -104 36 £32,500 -35.00% 25
East of England +25 31 £40,000 -21.57% 9
East Midlands -28 29 £32,500 -18.75% 7
North West -9 27 £50,000 +5.26% 20
North East 0 9 £31,000 -52.31% 2
Yorkshire -30 8 £26,000 -54.78% 7
West Midlands -104 7 £51,000 -2.86% 18
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 19 (6.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.66%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (23.76%) Azure
2 43 (14.19%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (9.57%) AWS
4 25 (8.25%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.98%) IaaS
6 5 (1.65%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.32%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.32%) SaaS
8 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.99%) Dropbox
8 3 (0.99%) GitHub
8 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.66%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.66%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.66%) SecurityScorecard
9 2 (0.66%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.33%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 151 (49.83%) Firewall
2 81 (26.73%) LAN
2 81 (26.73%) WAN
3 68 (22.44%) VPN
4 50 (16.50%) VSAT
5 48 (15.84%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (13.53%) Network Security
7 35 (11.55%) TCP/IP
8 29 (9.57%) VLAN
9 26 (8.58%) MPLS
10 23 (7.59%) Wireless
11 22 (7.26%) BGP
11 22 (7.26%) DNS
12 20 (6.60%) Cisco ASA
13 18 (5.94%) Intrusion Detection
14 17 (5.61%) DHCP
14 17 (5.61%) LTE
14 17 (5.61%) OSPF
14 17 (5.61%) SD-WAN
15 16 (5.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Burp Suite
1 3 (0.99%) GitLab
1 3 (0.99%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 92 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.15%) Finance
3 22 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.61%) Manufacturing
4 17 (5.61%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.30%) Aerospace
7 10 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (2.31%) Automotive
9 7 (2.31%) Billing
9 7 (2.31%) Electronics
10 5 (1.65%) Legal
10 5 (1.65%) Retail
11 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Law
11 4 (1.32%) Military
12 3 (0.99%) Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (23.43%) Support Engineer
2 67 (22.11%) Network Engineer
3 61 (20.13%) Technical Engineer
4 59 (19.47%) Technical Support
5 51 (16.83%) Technical Support Engineer
6 33 (10.89%) Administrator
7 32 (10.56%) Analyst
8 29 (9.57%) Senior
8 29 (9.57%) Systems Administrator
9 26 (8.58%) IT Engineer
10 21 (6.93%) IT Support
11 20 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (6.27%) Cisco Engineer
13 18 (5.94%) Support Analyst
14 17 (5.61%) LAN Engineer
14 17 (5.61%) LAN/WAN Engineer
14 17 (5.61%) WAN Engineer
15 15 (4.95%) Senior Network Engineer
16 13 (4.29%) NOC Engineer
16 13 (4.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.64%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.32%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.66%) Middleware
4 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.33%) LAMP
4 1 (0.33%) React
4 1 (0.33%) Svelte
4 1 (0.33%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.53%) Data Centre
2 26 (8.58%) e-Learning
3 24 (7.92%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.30%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.31%) CCTV
6 7 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.98%) Handset
8 5 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.65%) LIMS
8 5 (1.65%) SCADA
8 5 (1.65%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.99%) Insider Threat
10 3 (0.99%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 61 (20.13%) Windows
2 57 (18.81%) Linux
3 44 (14.52%) Windows Server
4 32 (10.56%) Unix
5 15 (4.95%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.65%) Android
8 4 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (30.69%) Customer Service
2 64 (21.12%) Mentoring
3 60 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (18.48%) ITIL
5 44 (14.52%) High Availability
6 40 (13.20%) Commercial Awareness
7 37 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (10.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (10.89%) Kalman Filter
9 26 (8.58%) Innovative Thinking
9 26 (8.58%) Project Delivery
10 24 (7.92%) Web Filtering
11 23 (7.59%) Presales
12 22 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (7.26%) Proactive Monitoring
13 20 (6.60%) Regulatory Change
13 20 (6.60%) Requirements Gathering
14 19 (6.27%) Network Monitoring
14 19 (6.27%) Security Operations
15 17 (5.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.58%) Python
2 24 (7.92%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.99%) Bash
3 3 (0.99%) Bicep
4 2 (0.66%) R
4 2 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.33%) Go
5 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 303 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 123 (40.59%) CCNP
3 88 (29.04%) Security Cleared
4 74 (24.42%) JNCIA
4 74 (24.42%) SC Cleared
5 56 (18.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (17.49%) Degree
7 47 (15.51%) DV Cleared
8 41 (13.53%) MCSE
9 32 (10.56%) MCSA
10 30 (9.90%) Network+ Certification
11 24 (7.92%) MCP
12 22 (7.26%) DBS Check
13 14 (4.62%) CCIE
13 14 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (4.29%) CISSP
14 13 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (3.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 10 (3.30%) CCSE
16 10 (3.30%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.96%) GDPR
3 12 (3.96%) SLA
4 11 (3.63%) NIST
5 7 (2.31%) GxP
6 5 (1.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.99%) ITGC
7 3 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 46 (15.18%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.28%) Hyper-V
4 11 (3.63%) vSphere
5 9 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.65%) Firmware
7 4 (1.32%) Docker
8 3 (0.99%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.99%) KVM
8 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.66%) pfSense
9 2 (0.66%) RHEV
9 2 (0.66%) Squid
9 2 (0.66%) Xen
10 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (9.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.61%) FortiGate
3 13 (4.29%) Ansible
4 7 (2.31%) SCCM
5 6 (1.98%) Terraform
6 5 (1.65%) Autotask
7 4 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.32%) Grafana
7 4 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.99%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.99%) Nmap
8 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.99%) QRadar
9 2 (0.66%) Nagios
9 2 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) VxRail
10 1 (0.33%) OpenView
10 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 182 (60.07%) Cisco
2 78 (25.74%) Microsoft
3 61 (20.13%) Fortinet
4 47 (15.51%) Juniper
5 44 (14.52%) VMware
6 33 (10.89%) Meraki
7 23 (7.59%) Aruba
8 22 (7.26%) CheckPoint
9 21 (6.93%) Palo Alto
10 15 (4.95%) Citrix
11 13 (4.29%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.29%) Starlink
12 11 (3.63%) Freshdesk
12 11 (3.63%) ServiceNow
13 10 (3.30%) Apple
13 10 (3.30%) Dell
14 9 (2.97%) Arista
15 8 (2.64%) F5
15 8 (2.64%) Mitel
16 7 (2.31%) HP