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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 236 284
Rank change year-on-year -97 +48 +126
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 308 626 483
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.24% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.74% 3.47% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 207 288 422
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 £28,550
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 £61,033 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,900 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% +4.29%

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 17,740 18,016 13,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.12% 35.82% 31.62%
Number of salaries quoted 7,114 7,324 9,429
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,713 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £75,188 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,199 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.09% +2.95% -

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 23 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 23 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 -6 75 £52,500 -7.90% 54
South West +43 58 £32,000 -29.67% 16
London -32 55 £60,000 - 30
North of England -32 49 £46,750 -1.58% 42
Midlands -101 37 £32,500 -35.80% 31
East of England +27 31 £40,000 -21.57% 17
North West +6 31 £50,000 +5.26% 25
East Midlands -33 30 £32,500 -18.75% 6
North East +6 9 £31,000 -52.31% 3
Yorkshire -26 9 £26,000 -54.78% 15
West Midlands -96 7 £51,000 -2.86% 25
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 18 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.65%) Confluence
2 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 74 (24.03%) Azure
2 41 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (10.06%) AWS
4 24 (7.79%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.95%) IaaS
6 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.30%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.30%) SaaS
7 3 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.97%) GitHub
7 3 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.65%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.65%) Dropbox
8 2 (0.65%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.65%) SecurityScorecard
8 2 (0.65%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.32%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 159 (51.62%) Firewall
2 86 (27.92%) WAN
3 85 (27.60%) LAN
4 69 (22.40%) VPN
5 50 (16.23%) Wi-Fi
6 48 (15.58%) VSAT
7 42 (13.64%) Network Security
8 35 (11.36%) TCP/IP
9 30 (9.74%) VLAN
10 27 (8.77%) MPLS
11 23 (7.47%) BGP
12 22 (7.14%) Wireless
13 21 (6.82%) Cisco ASA
14 20 (6.49%) DNS
15 18 (5.84%) Intrusion Detection
15 18 (5.84%) SD-WAN
16 17 (5.52%) OSPF
16 17 (5.52%) VoIP
16 17 (5.52%) WLAN
17 16 (5.19%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.97%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.30%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.97%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 97 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 56 (18.18%) Finance
3 23 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.84%) Telecoms
5 16 (5.19%) Manufacturing
6 15 (4.87%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.60%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.95%) Automotive
11 6 (1.95%) Billing
11 6 (1.95%) Electronics
11 6 (1.95%) Legal
11 6 (1.95%) Retail
12 4 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.30%) Law
13 3 (0.97%) Banking
13 3 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (22.08%) Network Engineer
1 68 (22.08%) Support Engineer
2 61 (19.81%) Technical Engineer
3 57 (18.51%) Technical Support
4 49 (15.91%) Technical Support Engineer
5 32 (10.39%) Administrator
5 32 (10.39%) Analyst
6 29 (9.42%) Senior
7 28 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
8 27 (8.77%) IT Engineer
9 22 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
10 20 (6.49%) IT Support
10 20 (6.49%) LAN Engineer
10 20 (6.49%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 20 (6.49%) WAN Engineer
11 19 (6.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (6.17%) Support Analyst
12 15 (4.87%) Senior Network Engineer
13 13 (4.22%) NOC Engineer
13 13 (4.22%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.27%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.30%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.65%) Middleware
4 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.32%) LAMP
4 1 (0.32%) React
4 1 (0.32%) Svelte
4 1 (0.32%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 26 (8.44%) e-Learning
3 23 (7.47%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (2.60%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.27%) CCTV
6 7 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.95%) Handset
7 6 (1.95%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.95%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.62%) LIMS
8 5 (1.62%) SCADA
9 4 (1.30%) Insider Threat
9 4 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.97%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.83%) Windows
2 55 (17.86%) Linux
3 43 (13.96%) Windows Server
4 32 (10.39%) Unix
5 14 (4.55%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.62%) Android
8 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.17%) Customer Service
2 66 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (20.13%) Mentoring
4 56 (18.18%) ITIL
5 45 (14.61%) High Availability
6 38 (12.34%) Commercial Awareness
7 37 (12.01%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (11.04%) Kalman Filter
9 32 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (8.77%) Project Delivery
11 26 (8.44%) Innovative Thinking
12 25 (8.12%) Presales
13 24 (7.79%) Web Filtering
14 23 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (6.82%) Proactive Monitoring
16 20 (6.49%) Requirements Gathering
17 19 (6.17%) Network Monitoring
17 19 (6.17%) Regulatory Change
17 19 (6.17%) Security Operations
18 18 (5.84%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.09%) Python
2 24 (7.79%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.97%) Bash
3 3 (0.97%) Bicep
4 2 (0.65%) R
4 2 (0.65%) VB
5 1 (0.32%) Go
5 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 308 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 126 (40.91%) CCNP
3 88 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 76 (24.68%) JNCIA
4 76 (24.68%) SC Cleared
5 55 (17.86%) Degree
5 55 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (14.61%) DV Cleared
7 41 (13.31%) MCSE
8 32 (10.39%) Network+ Certification
9 31 (10.06%) MCSA
10 25 (8.12%) MCP
11 22 (7.14%) DBS Check
12 15 (4.87%) CCIE
12 15 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (4.55%) CISSP
13 14 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (3.57%) A+ Certification
14 11 (3.57%) CCSA
14 11 (3.57%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.90%) GDPR
3 12 (3.90%) SLA
4 11 (3.57%) NIST
5 7 (2.27%) GxP
6 5 (1.62%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.97%) ITGC
8 3 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
System Software
1 44 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.87%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.92%) vSphere
5 7 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.95%) Firmware
7 4 (1.30%) Docker
8 3 (0.97%) KVM
8 3 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.65%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.65%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.65%) pfSense
9 2 (0.65%) RHEV
9 2 (0.65%) Squid
9 2 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.65%) Xen
10 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.84%) FortiGate
3 15 (4.87%) Ansible
4 7 (2.27%) SCCM
5 6 (1.95%) Terraform
6 5 (1.62%) Autotask
7 4 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.30%) Grafana
7 4 (1.30%) Nmap
8 3 (0.97%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.97%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.97%) QRadar
8 3 (0.97%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.65%) Nagios
9 2 (0.65%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.65%) VxRail
10 1 (0.32%) Podman
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 187 (60.71%) Cisco
2 77 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 67 (21.75%) Fortinet
4 50 (16.23%) Juniper
5 42 (13.64%) VMware
6 35 (11.36%) Meraki
7 25 (8.12%) Aruba
8 23 (7.47%) CheckPoint
9 22 (7.14%) Palo Alto
10 15 (4.87%) Citrix
11 13 (4.22%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.22%) Starlink
12 11 (3.57%) Dell
12 11 (3.57%) ServiceNow
13 10 (3.25%) Freshdesk
14 9 (2.92%) Apple
14 9 (2.92%) Arista
15 8 (2.60%) F5
15 8 (2.60%) Mitel
16 7 (2.27%) Draytek