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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 313 320
Rank change year-on-year -25 +7 -20
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 527 373 556
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.86% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.95% 2.43% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 192 274 285
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,039 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.83% -18.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £71,050 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -18.37% +8.89%

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 17,873 15,357 18,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.92% 35.31% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 10,177 6,881 9,059
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,214
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.39% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.25%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +18 120 £42,500 +4.94% 13
South East -1 119 £47,500 +18.75% 26
Midlands +19 101 £41,000 +17.14% 18
London -64 85 £70,000 +16.67% 50
Yorkshire +9 68 £42,500 +63.46% 6
South West -98 62 £50,000 +56.25% 9
East Midlands +1 54 £39,194 +11.98% 11
West Midlands +11 47 £53,162 +29.66% 7
East of England -4 46 £55,000 +37.50% 14
North West +5 40 £52,500 -2.33% 5
North East -57 12 - - 2
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 30 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 381 (72.30%) Azure
2 64 (12.14%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (9.68%) AWS
4 42 (7.97%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.71%) GCP
6 7 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (0.95%) OneDrive
7 5 (0.95%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.76%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.76%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.76%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (0.76%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.76%) Serverless
9 3 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.38%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.38%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 153 (29.03%) Firewall
2 108 (20.49%) WAN
3 97 (18.41%) VPN
4 88 (16.70%) LAN
5 78 (14.80%) Network Security
6 69 (13.09%) TCP/IP
7 67 (12.71%) VLAN
8 64 (12.14%) DHCP
8 64 (12.14%) DNS
9 58 (11.01%) Wireless
10 44 (8.35%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (8.16%) SD-WAN
12 31 (5.88%) BGP
13 28 (5.31%) VoIP
14 26 (4.93%) OSPF
15 19 (3.61%) Internet
16 18 (3.42%) MPLS
17 15 (2.85%) SAN
18 12 (2.28%) Wireshark
18 12 (2.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (4.74%) JIRA
2 14 (2.66%) GitLab
3 10 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.52%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.52%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 399 (75.71%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (3.80%) Telecoms
4 17 (3.23%) Finance
5 15 (2.85%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.09%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.09%) Manufacturing
7 10 (1.90%) Law
7 10 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (1.90%) Retail
8 9 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.52%) Banking
9 8 (1.52%) Military
10 7 (1.33%) Digital Health
10 7 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.95%) Automotive
12 4 (0.76%) Electronics
13 3 (0.57%) Legal
13 3 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 368 (69.83%) Network Engineer
2 47 (8.92%) IT Engineer
3 32 (6.07%) IT Support
3 32 (6.07%) Senior
4 26 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (4.55%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (3.04%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (3.04%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (2.85%) Security Engineer
9 14 (2.66%) Analyst
9 14 (2.66%) Field Engineer
9 14 (2.66%) Field Service Engineer
9 14 (2.66%) Lead
10 13 (2.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (2.47%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (2.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (1.90%) Senior Security Engineer
13 9 (1.71%) Cisco Engineer
13 9 (1.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.80%) Terraform
2 4 (0.76%) boto
3 3 (0.57%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.38%) LDAP
4 2 (0.38%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.38%) SAML
5 1 (0.19%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.19%) YAML
5 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.44%) Data Centre
2 38 (7.21%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.04%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.04%) Security Posture
5 12 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.90%) CCTV
7 8 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.52%) Replication
8 7 (1.33%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.33%) PKI
9 6 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.57%) FMCG
11 3 (0.57%) Smartphone
12 2 (0.38%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 104 (19.73%) Windows
2 76 (14.42%) Windows Server
3 45 (8.54%) Linux
4 12 (2.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.33%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.57%) Android
8 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (13.47%) ITIL
3 63 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 47 (8.92%) Disaster Recovery
6 44 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (7.40%) Project Delivery
8 37 (7.02%) High Availability
8 37 (7.02%) Network Design
9 36 (6.83%) Business Continuity
10 31 (5.88%) Computer Science
11 30 (5.69%) Customer Service
11 30 (5.69%) Network Monitoring
12 23 (4.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (3.98%) Incident Response
13 21 (3.98%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (3.80%) SIEM
15 18 (3.42%) Agile
15 18 (3.42%) Migration
15 18 (3.42%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.59%) PowerShell
2 32 (6.07%) Python
3 11 (2.09%) Bash
4 8 (1.52%) Java
5 3 (0.57%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) Bicep
6 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 527 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 318 (60.34%) Azure Certification
3 316 (59.96%) Network+ Certification
4 116 (22.01%) CCNP
5 74 (14.04%) Degree
6 69 (13.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (6.26%) MCSE
7 33 (6.26%) Security Cleared
8 22 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (4.17%) SC Cleared
9 21 (3.98%) AWS Certification
10 17 (3.23%) DV Cleared
11 15 (2.85%) CISSP
11 15 (2.85%) MCSA
12 11 (2.09%) CCIE
12 11 (2.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 10 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (1.90%) RHCSA
14 8 (1.52%) OSCP
14 8 (1.52%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.23%) SLA
4 12 (2.28%) GDPR
5 7 (1.33%) NIST
6 6 (1.14%) QA
7 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.57%) COBIT
8 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 74 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 43 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (6.07%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.04%) vSphere
5 11 (2.09%) Docker
5 11 (2.09%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.52%) Squid
8 7 (1.33%) Firmware
9 3 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (3.98%) FortiGate
3 16 (3.04%) Ansible
4 9 (1.71%) ZABBIX
5 8 (1.52%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.52%) Packer
6 7 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (0.76%) Iperf
8 3 (0.57%) Control-M
9 2 (0.38%) OpenView
9 2 (0.38%) SCCM
9 2 (0.38%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.38%) VxRail
10 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.19%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 405 (76.85%) Cisco
2 375 (71.16%) Microsoft
3 282 (53.51%) ForeScout
4 68 (12.90%) VMware
5 51 (9.68%) Fortinet
6 37 (7.02%) Palo Alto
7 25 (4.74%) Meraki
8 15 (2.85%) F5
8 15 (2.85%) Juniper
8 15 (2.85%) Sophos
8 15 (2.85%) Splunk
8 15 (2.85%) WatchGuard
9 14 (2.66%) Veeam
10 13 (2.47%) Aruba
10 13 (2.47%) Dell
10 13 (2.47%) SolarWinds
11 12 (2.28%) HP
12 11 (2.09%) CheckPoint
12 11 (2.09%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.71%) Ruckus Wireless