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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 272 320
Rank change year-on-year -17 +48 +93
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 487 459 705
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.19% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.39% 2.92% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 135 297 608
10th Percentile £26,900 £30,950 £30,175
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.94%
75th Percentile £61,033 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%

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 20,339 15,727 23,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.30% 40.92% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,124 7,087 15,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,745 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +3.17% -6.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,014 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.19%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +14 136 £50,000 - 34
South East -32 84 £45,000 - 46
London -37 83 £74,500 +24.17% 35
Midlands -84 80 £51,058 +7.49% 26
North West 0 62 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Yorkshire -15 62 £50,000 +33.33% 12
South West -25 60 £40,000 -5.88% 43
East Midlands -45 47 £51,058 +51.28% 3
East of England +20 46 £34,000 -36.45% 23
West Midlands -78 33 £46,801 -28.00% 23
North East -27 12 - - 9
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 22 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.82%) Confluence
2 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 349 (71.66%) Azure
2 41 (8.42%) AWS
3 34 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (1.44%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.23%) GCP
8 5 (1.03%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.41%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.41%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.21%) Datadog
10 1 (0.21%) GitHub
10 1 (0.21%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.21%) IaaS
10 1 (0.21%) PaaS
10 1 (0.21%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 121 (24.85%) Firewall
2 100 (20.53%) WAN
3 80 (16.43%) LAN
4 58 (11.91%) VPN
5 40 (8.21%) Network Security
6 36 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
7 29 (5.95%) TCP/IP
8 24 (4.93%) SD-WAN
8 24 (4.93%) VLAN
9 23 (4.72%) DNS
9 23 (4.72%) Wireless
10 22 (4.52%) DHCP
11 21 (4.31%) VoIP
12 15 (3.08%) MPLS
13 14 (2.87%) Intrusion Detection
14 13 (2.67%) BGP
14 13 (2.67%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (2.67%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (2.67%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (2.67%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.85%) GitLab
2 8 (1.64%) JIRA
3 5 (1.03%) Git
3 5 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.82%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.82%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.21%) Chocolatey
General
1 363 (74.54%) Social Skills
2 26 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (4.52%) Finance
3 22 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (3.29%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (1.64%) Legal
6 8 (1.64%) Retail
7 7 (1.44%) Law
8 6 (1.23%) Banking
8 6 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.82%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.82%) Automotive
10 4 (0.82%) Electronics
11 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Military
13 1 (0.21%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.21%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 341 (70.02%) Network Engineer
2 39 (8.01%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (7.19%) IT Engineer
4 29 (5.95%) LAN Engineer
4 29 (5.95%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 29 (5.95%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.72%) Presales Engineer
6 20 (4.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 19 (3.90%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (3.90%) Firewall Engineer
7 19 (3.90%) Juniper Engineer
7 19 (3.90%) Lead
8 17 (3.49%) IT Support
8 17 (3.49%) Senior
8 17 (3.49%) Support Engineer
9 14 (2.87%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (2.26%) Field Engineer
11 11 (2.26%) Field Service Engineer
12 10 (2.05%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.82%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.41%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.41%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.24%) Data Centre
2 13 (2.67%) Security Posture
3 11 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (2.26%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.64%) Smartphone
7 7 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.23%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.03%) PKI
9 5 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Insider Threat
10 4 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.82%) Social Media
11 3 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.62%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.41%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 59 (12.11%) Windows
2 33 (6.78%) Linux
3 30 (6.16%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.41%) Unix
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (13.35%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (7.19%) Customer Service
3 35 (7.19%) ITIL
4 29 (5.95%) Presales
5 27 (5.54%) Incident Response
6 26 (5.34%) Computer Science
7 25 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (4.93%) High Availability
8 24 (4.93%) Network Monitoring
9 22 (4.52%) SIEM
10 21 (4.31%) Process Improvement
11 19 (3.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (3.90%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (3.90%) Network Architecture
12 18 (3.70%) Penetration Testing
13 14 (2.87%) Network Segmentation
14 12 (2.46%) Decision-Making
14 12 (2.46%) Infrastructure as Code
14 12 (2.46%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.52%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.49%) Python
3 5 (1.03%) Bash
4 4 (0.82%) Java
5 2 (0.41%) Bicep
5 2 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 487 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 311 (63.86%) Network+ Certification
3 302 (62.01%) Azure Certification
4 85 (17.45%) CCNP
5 58 (11.91%) Degree
6 50 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (6.78%) MCSE
8 28 (5.75%) Security Cleared
9 24 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (4.93%) JNCIA
10 18 (3.70%) CCIE
11 17 (3.49%) DBS Check
12 13 (2.67%) SC Cleared
13 12 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (2.46%) CCSA
13 12 (2.46%) CCSE
13 12 (2.46%) MCSA
14 11 (2.26%) A+ Certification
14 11 (2.26%) CISSP
15 9 (1.85%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.70%) GDPR
3 15 (3.08%) NIST
4 14 (2.87%) SLA
5 6 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.62%) ITGC
8 2 (0.41%) COBIT
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.21%) QA
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.29%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.67%) vSphere
5 8 (1.64%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.44%) Docker
6 7 (1.44%) Firmware
6 7 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.82%) Squid
8 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.41%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (4.52%) FortiGate
2 15 (3.08%) Ansible
3 13 (2.67%) Terraform
4 10 (2.05%) Cisco Prime
4 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.03%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.82%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.82%) Nmap
6 4 (0.82%) Packer
6 4 (0.82%) WSUS
7 3 (0.62%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.62%) QRadar
8 2 (0.41%) Control-M
8 2 (0.41%) OpenView
8 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.41%) VxRail
9 1 (0.21%) SCCM
9 1 (0.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 396 (81.31%) Cisco
2 347 (71.25%) Microsoft
3 282 (57.91%) ForeScout
4 57 (11.70%) Fortinet
5 35 (7.19%) VMware
6 31 (6.37%) Juniper
7 29 (5.95%) Meraki
8 25 (5.13%) Aruba
9 23 (4.72%) SolarWinds
10 20 (4.11%) CheckPoint
11 18 (3.70%) Dell
12 17 (3.49%) Splunk
13 12 (2.46%) Palo Alto
14 10 (2.05%) Sophos
15 8 (1.64%) Citrix
16 7 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.44%) HP
17 6 (1.23%) Zscaler
18 5 (1.03%) Red Hat
18 5 (1.03%) Ubiquiti