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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 253 321
Rank change year-on-year -33 +68 +88
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 494 464 708
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 1.24% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.41% 3.05% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 139 308 619
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,625 £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 20,495 15,204 23,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.20% 40.59% 27.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,199 7,114 15,666
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,497 £57,500 £54,151
% change year-on-year +1.73% +6.19% -6.33%

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 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 23 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 +10 137 £50,000 +2.56% 28
Midlands -83 86 £35,000 -31.71% 30
South East -35 85 £45,000 -5.26% 39
London -51 79 £76,250 +27.08% 25
North West -4 62 £50,000 - 13
Yorkshire -9 62 £50,000 +33.33% 10
South West -20 61 £40,000 -12.09% 15
East Midlands -40 53 £33,750 +3.85% 11
East of England +3 48 £34,000 -36.45% 12
West Midlands -88 33 £35,000 -45.82% 19
North East -34 13 £65,000 +73.33% 5
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 (4.66%) 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
1 351 (71.05%) Azure
2 43 (8.70%) AWS
3 34 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (2.02%) Entra ID
6 9 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.21%) GCP
9 5 (1.01%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.40%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.40%) SaaS
11 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.20%) GitHub
11 1 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 128 (25.91%) Firewall
2 105 (21.26%) WAN
3 85 (17.21%) LAN
4 61 (12.35%) VPN
5 41 (8.30%) Network Security
6 37 (7.49%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (6.48%) TCP/IP
8 25 (5.06%) VLAN
9 24 (4.86%) SD-WAN
9 24 (4.86%) Wireless
10 23 (4.66%) DNS
11 22 (4.45%) DHCP
12 19 (3.85%) VoIP
13 16 (3.24%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (3.24%) MPLS
14 15 (3.04%) Intrusion Detection
15 14 (2.83%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (2.43%) BGP
16 12 (2.43%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (2.43%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.61%) 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
General
1 363 (73.48%) Social Skills
2 26 (5.26%) Finance
3 25 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (3.44%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.82%) Retail
8 8 (1.62%) Law
8 8 (1.62%) Legal
8 8 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.42%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.81%) Banking
12 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.61%) Automotive
12 3 (0.61%) Electronics
13 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Military
14 1 (0.20%) French Language
14 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 340 (68.83%) Network Engineer
2 40 (8.10%) Cisco Engineer
3 34 (6.88%) IT Engineer
4 30 (6.07%) LAN Engineer
4 30 (6.07%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 30 (6.07%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.66%) Presales Engineer
6 21 (4.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 20 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
7 20 (4.05%) IT Support
7 20 (4.05%) Support Engineer
8 19 (3.85%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (3.85%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (3.64%) Lead
10 17 (3.44%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (3.24%) Senior
12 13 (2.63%) Analyst
13 11 (2.23%) Field Engineer
13 11 (2.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (2.23%) 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 44 (8.91%) Data Centre
2 14 (2.83%) Security Posture
3 13 (2.63%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.62%) Smartphone
8 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.01%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.01%) PKI
10 5 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.81%) Social Media
12 3 (0.61%) CCTV
12 3 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.61%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.61%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 57 (11.54%) Windows
2 32 (6.48%) Linux
3 30 (6.07%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.81%) Unix
5 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (9.11%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (7.49%) Customer Service
4 34 (6.88%) ITIL
5 30 (6.07%) Presales
6 27 (5.47%) Incident Response
7 25 (5.06%) Computer Science
8 23 (4.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (4.66%) High Availability
8 23 (4.66%) Network Monitoring
9 22 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (4.45%) Process Improvement
10 20 (4.05%) SIEM
11 19 (3.85%) Penetration Testing
12 18 (3.64%) Network Architecture
13 16 (3.24%) Disaster Recovery
14 14 (2.83%) Network Segmentation
15 13 (2.63%) Decision-Making
16 12 (2.43%) Project Delivery
16 12 (2.43%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.45%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.44%) Python
3 4 (0.81%) Bash
4 3 (0.61%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) Bicep
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 494 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 313 (63.36%) Network+ Certification
3 300 (60.73%) Azure Certification
4 88 (17.81%) CCNP
5 58 (11.74%) Degree
6 49 (9.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (6.68%) MCSE
8 29 (5.87%) Security Cleared
9 25 (5.06%) JNCIA
10 23 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (3.64%) CCIE
11 18 (3.64%) DBS Check
12 16 (3.24%) SC Cleared
13 15 (3.04%) MCSA
14 13 (2.63%) CCSA
14 13 (2.63%) CCSE
14 13 (2.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 12 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (2.43%) CISSP
16 10 (2.02%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.64%) GDPR
3 15 (3.04%) NIST
4 12 (2.43%) SLA
5 7 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.61%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.64%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.43%) vSphere
5 7 (1.42%) Firmware
5 7 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.42%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.01%) Docker
7 3 (0.61%) Squid
8 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 22 (4.45%) FortiGate
2 14 (2.83%) Ansible
3 12 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.43%) 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
7 3 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.61%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.61%) Packer
7 3 (0.61%) QRadar
7 3 (0.61%) ZABBIX
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%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 407 (82.39%) Cisco
2 346 (70.04%) Microsoft
3 282 (57.09%) ForeScout
4 61 (12.35%) Fortinet
5 35 (7.09%) Juniper
5 35 (7.09%) VMware
6 31 (6.28%) Meraki
7 26 (5.26%) Aruba
8 23 (4.66%) CheckPoint
9 22 (4.45%) SolarWinds
10 18 (3.64%) Dell
11 16 (3.24%) Splunk
12 12 (2.43%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.82%) Citrix
13 9 (1.82%) Sophos
14 7 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
15 6 (1.21%) WatchGuard
15 6 (1.21%) Zscaler
16 5 (1.01%) Draytek
16 5 (1.01%) Google