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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 220 314
Rank change year-on-year -107 +94 +89
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 406 528 709
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 1.43% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.05% 3.54% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 145 307 629
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,500 £27,900
25th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +12.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £73,000 £66,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%

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 19,840 14,929 22,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.35% 40.55% 27.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,070 7,011 15,590
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,674 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,591 £57,500 £54,850
% change year-on-year +0.16% +4.83% -4.61%

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 13 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 13 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 -26 107 £50,000 - 34
London -48 79 £70,000 +16.67% 29
Midlands -127 71 £33,750 -46.00% 33
South East -56 63 £43,750 -11.58% 36
North West -24 53 £50,000 - 16
East Midlands -54 47 £32,500 - 11
South West -24 46 £40,000 -12.09% 15
Yorkshire -32 44 £50,000 +33.33% 12
East of England +4 40 £34,000 -36.45% 12
West Midlands -111 24 £47,500 -26.47% 22
North East -25 10 £55,500 +13.85% 6
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 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.99%) Confluence
2 4 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 262 (64.53%) Azure
2 47 (11.58%) AWS
3 36 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.20%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.48%) GCP
8 5 (1.23%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.49%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.49%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.49%) SaaS
10 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.25%) GitHub
10 1 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 132 (32.51%) Firewall
2 108 (26.60%) WAN
3 88 (21.67%) LAN
4 60 (14.78%) VPN
5 40 (9.85%) Network Security
5 40 (9.85%) Wi-Fi
6 30 (7.39%) TCP/IP
7 26 (6.40%) VLAN
8 25 (6.16%) Wireless
9 24 (5.91%) SD-WAN
10 22 (5.42%) DNS
11 21 (5.17%) DHCP
12 19 (4.68%) Cisco ASA
13 18 (4.43%) VoIP
14 16 (3.94%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (3.94%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (3.94%) MPLS
15 12 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (2.96%) WLAN
16 11 (2.71%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.97%) JIRA
2 7 (1.72%) Burp Suite
2 7 (1.72%) GitLab
2 7 (1.72%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.74%) Git
3 3 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
General
1 270 (66.50%) Social Skills
2 28 (6.90%) Finance
3 24 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (4.19%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.46%) Retail
8 8 (1.97%) Law
8 8 (1.97%) Legal
8 8 (1.97%) Telecoms
9 4 (0.99%) Banking
9 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.49%) Automotive
10 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.49%) Electronics
10 2 (0.49%) Military
11 1 (0.25%) French Language
11 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 248 (61.08%) Network Engineer
2 42 (10.34%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (8.62%) IT Engineer
4 32 (7.88%) LAN Engineer
4 32 (7.88%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 32 (7.88%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (5.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 23 (5.67%) Presales Engineer
6 22 (5.42%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (5.42%) IT Support
6 22 (5.42%) Support Engineer
7 19 (4.68%) Firewall Engineer
7 19 (4.68%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (4.68%) Juniper Engineer
8 17 (4.19%) Lead
9 15 (3.69%) Analyst
10 14 (3.45%) Senior
11 13 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (3.20%) Security Specialist
12 10 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.49%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.49%) Middleware
3 1 (0.25%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.08%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.94%) Driving Licence
2 16 (3.94%) Security Posture
3 13 (3.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.97%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.72%) Insider Threat
6 7 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.23%) CCTV
7 5 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (1.23%) PKI
7 5 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.99%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.99%) Social Media
9 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.74%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 58 (14.29%) Windows
2 33 (8.13%) Linux
3 31 (7.64%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.23%) Unix
6 4 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (9.11%) Customer Service
4 36 (8.87%) ITIL
5 30 (7.39%) Presales
6 27 (6.65%) Incident Response
7 26 (6.40%) Computer Science
8 24 (5.91%) High Availability
8 24 (5.91%) Process Improvement
9 23 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (5.42%) Network Monitoring
11 20 (4.93%) Penetration Testing
12 19 (4.68%) SIEM
13 18 (4.43%) Network Architecture
14 15 (3.69%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (3.69%) Network Segmentation
15 14 (3.45%) Decision-Making
15 14 (3.45%) Project Delivery
16 12 (2.96%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.94%) Python
3 3 (0.74%) Bash
4 2 (0.49%) Bicep
4 2 (0.49%) Java
4 2 (0.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 406 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 220 (54.19%) Network+ Certification
3 205 (50.49%) Azure Certification
4 90 (22.17%) CCNP
5 62 (15.27%) Degree
6 52 (12.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (9.11%) MCSE
8 29 (7.14%) Security Cleared
9 25 (6.16%) JNCIA
10 24 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (4.93%) CCIE
12 18 (4.43%) DBS Check
12 18 (4.43%) MCSA
12 18 (4.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 18 (4.43%) SC Cleared
13 15 (3.69%) CCSA
13 15 (3.69%) CCSE
14 13 (3.20%) CISSP
15 12 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.43%) GDPR
3 15 (3.69%) NIST
4 12 (2.96%) SLA
5 8 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.74%) ITGC
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (9.11%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.93%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.71%) vSphere
5 7 (1.72%) Firmware
5 7 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.48%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.74%) Docker
8 2 (0.49%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.49%) Squid
Systems Management
1 23 (5.67%) FortiGate
2 14 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.20%) Ansible
4 10 (2.46%) Cisco Prime
4 10 (2.46%) Terraform
5 7 (1.72%) Nmap
6 4 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.99%) WSUS
7 3 (0.74%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.74%) QRadar
8 2 (0.49%) Control-M
8 2 (0.49%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.49%) OpenView
8 2 (0.49%) Packer
8 2 (0.49%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.49%) VxRail
8 2 (0.49%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.25%) Grafana
9 1 (0.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 321 (79.06%) Cisco
2 255 (62.81%) Microsoft
3 188 (46.31%) ForeScout
4 65 (16.01%) Fortinet
5 37 (9.11%) VMware
6 36 (8.87%) Juniper
7 32 (7.88%) Meraki
8 27 (6.65%) Aruba
9 26 (6.40%) CheckPoint
10 22 (5.42%) SolarWinds
11 17 (4.19%) Dell
12 15 (3.69%) Splunk
13 14 (3.45%) Palo Alto
14 10 (2.46%) Citrix
15 9 (2.22%) Sophos
16 8 (1.97%) WatchGuard
17 7 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
17 7 (1.72%) Draytek
18 6 (1.48%) HP
18 6 (1.48%) Zscaler