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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 251 322
Rank change year-on-year -39 +71 +89
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 495 463 713
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 1.24% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.42% 3.05% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 141 307 617
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,784 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,251 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.90% +9.20%
75th Percentile £61,033 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £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 20,467 15,170 23,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.12% 40.58% 27.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 7,109 15,693
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,003 £42,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +2.17% +5.90% -6.08%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +15 137 £50,000 +2.56% 22
South East -40 85 £45,000 -5.26% 29
Midlands -88 84 £35,000 -31.71% 22
London -44 82 £76,250 +27.08% 18
North West -4 62 £50,000 - 12
Yorkshire -19 62 £50,000 +33.33% 6
South West -29 61 £40,000 -12.09% 11
East Midlands -52 51 £43,029 +32.40% 6
East of England +1 48 £34,000 -36.45% 8
West Midlands -82 33 £35,000 -45.82% 16
North East -25 13 £65,000 +73.33% 4
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 23 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.01%) Confluence
3 4 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 353 (71.31%) Azure
2 43 (8.69%) AWS
3 35 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (1.82%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.21%) GCP
8 5 (1.01%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.61%) SaaS
10 2 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.40%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.20%) Datadog
11 1 (0.20%) GitHub
11 1 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.20%) IaaS
11 1 (0.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (25.66%) Firewall
2 105 (21.21%) WAN
3 85 (17.17%) LAN
4 61 (12.32%) VPN
5 42 (8.48%) Network Security
6 39 (7.88%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (6.26%) TCP/IP
8 25 (5.05%) VLAN
9 24 (4.85%) DNS
9 24 (4.85%) SD-WAN
9 24 (4.85%) Wireless
10 23 (4.65%) DHCP
11 20 (4.04%) VoIP
12 15 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
12 15 (3.03%) MPLS
13 14 (2.83%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (2.63%) SAN
15 12 (2.42%) BGP
15 12 (2.42%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.82%) JIRA
2 8 (1.62%) GitLab
3 5 (1.01%) Burp Suite
3 5 (1.01%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.81%) Git
4 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 365 (73.74%) Social Skills
2 26 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (5.25%) Finance
3 23 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (3.43%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.82%) Retail
7 8 (1.62%) Law
7 8 (1.62%) Legal
8 7 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.21%) Banking
9 6 (1.21%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.61%) Automotive
11 3 (0.61%) Electronics
12 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.40%) Military
13 1 (0.20%) Marketing
13 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 341 (68.89%) Network Engineer
2 40 (8.08%) Cisco Engineer
3 34 (6.87%) IT Engineer
4 30 (6.06%) LAN Engineer
4 30 (6.06%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 30 (6.06%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.65%) Presales Engineer
6 21 (4.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 20 (4.04%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (3.84%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (3.84%) IT Support
8 19 (3.84%) Juniper Engineer
8 19 (3.84%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.64%) Lead
9 18 (3.64%) Senior
10 16 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (2.22%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (2.22%) Field Engineer
12 11 (2.22%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.61%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.40%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 14 (2.83%) Security Posture
3 12 (2.42%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.62%) Smartphone
8 7 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.01%) Insider Threat
9 5 (1.01%) PKI
9 5 (1.01%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.81%) Social Media
11 3 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.61%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 59 (11.92%) Windows
2 31 (6.26%) Linux
2 31 (6.26%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.61%) Unix
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (7.27%) Customer Service
3 36 (7.27%) ITIL
4 30 (6.06%) Presales
5 27 (5.45%) Incident Response
6 26 (5.25%) Computer Science
7 24 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (4.85%) Network Monitoring
8 23 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (4.65%) High Availability
9 22 (4.44%) Process Improvement
10 21 (4.24%) SIEM
11 19 (3.84%) Network Architecture
11 19 (3.84%) Penetration Testing
12 18 (3.64%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (2.83%) Network Segmentation
14 13 (2.63%) Decision-Making
15 12 (2.42%) Network Design
15 12 (2.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.44%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.23%) Python
3 4 (0.81%) Bash
4 3 (0.61%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) Bicep
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 495 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 312 (63.03%) Network+ Certification
3 301 (60.81%) Azure Certification
4 90 (18.18%) CCNP
5 59 (11.92%) Degree
6 50 (10.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (6.87%) MCSE
8 29 (5.86%) Security Cleared
9 25 (5.05%) JNCIA
10 24 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (3.84%) CCIE
12 18 (3.64%) DBS Check
13 16 (3.23%) SC Cleared
14 14 (2.83%) MCSA
15 13 (2.63%) CCSA
15 13 (2.63%) CCSE
16 12 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (2.42%) CISSP
16 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 10 (2.02%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.64%) GDPR
3 15 (3.03%) NIST
4 14 (2.83%) SLA
5 6 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.61%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) COBIT
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) QA
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (8.08%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.43%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.42%) vSphere
5 7 (1.41%) Firmware
5 7 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.41%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.01%) Docker
7 3 (0.61%) Squid
8 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 22 (4.44%) FortiGate
2 14 (2.83%) Ansible
3 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.42%) Terraform
4 10 (2.02%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.01%) Nmap
6 4 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.81%) WSUS
6 4 (0.81%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.61%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.61%) Packer
7 3 (0.61%) QRadar
8 2 (0.40%) Control-M
8 2 (0.40%) OpenView
8 2 (0.40%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.40%) VxRail
9 1 (0.20%) SCCM
9 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 405 (81.82%) Cisco
2 348 (70.30%) Microsoft
3 282 (56.97%) ForeScout
4 60 (12.12%) Fortinet
5 37 (7.47%) VMware
6 34 (6.87%) Juniper
7 30 (6.06%) Meraki
8 26 (5.25%) Aruba
9 23 (4.65%) SolarWinds
10 22 (4.44%) CheckPoint
11 18 (3.64%) Dell
12 16 (3.23%) Splunk
13 11 (2.22%) Palo Alto
14 10 (2.02%) Sophos
15 9 (1.82%) Citrix
16 7 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
17 6 (1.21%) HP
17 6 (1.21%) Zscaler
18 5 (1.01%) Google
18 5 (1.01%) WatchGuard