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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 269 325
Rank change year-on-year -23 +56 +88
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 490 458 711
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.21% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.40% 2.95% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 138 297 610
10th Percentile £27,200 £30,950 £30,225
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 20,412 15,544 23,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.39% 40.91% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 7,083 15,750
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% -5.98%
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% -7.01%

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 3 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 3 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 +13 136 £50,000 - 40
South East -24 84 £45,000 - 56
London -44 83 £74,500 +24.17% 34
Midlands -85 81 £48,930 +3.01% 33
North West +10 62 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Yorkshire -16 62 £50,000 +33.33% 16
South West -31 60 £40,000 -5.88% 47
East of England +20 48 £34,000 -36.45% 27
East Midlands -37 47 £51,058 +51.28% 8
West Midlands -83 34 £40,901 -37.08% 25
North East -24 12 - - 10
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 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.82%) Confluence
2 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 351 (71.63%) Azure
2 41 (8.37%) AWS
3 35 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (1.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (1.63%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.22%) GCP
9 5 (1.02%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.41%) 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%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.20%) GitHub
11 1 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.20%) IaaS
11 1 (0.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 123 (25.10%) Firewall
2 101 (20.61%) WAN
3 81 (16.53%) LAN
4 59 (12.04%) VPN
5 41 (8.37%) Network Security
6 36 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
7 30 (6.12%) TCP/IP
8 24 (4.90%) DNS
8 24 (4.90%) SD-WAN
8 24 (4.90%) VLAN
8 24 (4.90%) Wireless
9 23 (4.69%) DHCP
10 21 (4.29%) VoIP
11 15 (3.06%) MPLS
12 14 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
12 14 (2.86%) SAN
13 13 (2.65%) BGP
13 13 (2.65%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (2.65%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (2.65%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.84%) GitLab
2 8 (1.63%) JIRA
3 5 (1.02%) Git
3 5 (1.02%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.82%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.82%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 365 (74.49%) Social Skills
2 26 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (4.49%) Finance
5 16 (3.27%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.63%) Legal
7 8 (1.63%) Retail
8 7 (1.43%) Law
9 6 (1.22%) Banking
9 6 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.22%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.82%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.82%) Automotive
10 4 (0.82%) Electronics
11 3 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Military
13 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 341 (69.59%) Network Engineer
2 39 (7.96%) Cisco Engineer
3 36 (7.35%) IT Engineer
4 29 (5.92%) LAN Engineer
4 29 (5.92%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 29 (5.92%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.69%) Presales Engineer
6 20 (4.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 19 (3.88%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (3.88%) Firewall Engineer
7 19 (3.88%) Juniper Engineer
7 19 (3.88%) Lead
8 18 (3.67%) IT Support
8 18 (3.67%) Senior
8 18 (3.67%) Support Engineer
9 15 (3.06%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (2.45%) Field Engineer
12 11 (2.24%) Field Service Engineer
13 10 (2.04%) 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 46 (9.39%) Data Centre
2 13 (2.65%) Security Posture
3 12 (2.45%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.63%) Smartphone
8 6 (1.22%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.02%) PKI
9 5 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Insider Threat
10 4 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.82%) Social Media
11 3 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.61%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 61 (12.45%) Windows
2 33 (6.73%) Linux
3 32 (6.53%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.41%) Unix
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (7.35%) Customer Service
4 35 (7.14%) ITIL
5 30 (6.12%) Presales
6 27 (5.51%) Incident Response
7 26 (5.31%) Computer Science
7 26 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (4.90%) High Availability
8 24 (4.90%) Network Monitoring
9 22 (4.49%) SIEM
10 21 (4.29%) Process Improvement
11 20 (4.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (3.88%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (3.88%) Network Architecture
13 18 (3.67%) Penetration Testing
14 14 (2.86%) Network Segmentation
15 12 (2.45%) Decision-Making
15 12 (2.45%) Infrastructure as Code
15 12 (2.45%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.69%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.47%) Python
3 5 (1.02%) Bash
4 4 (0.82%) Java
5 2 (0.41%) Bicep
5 2 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 490 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 312 (63.67%) Network+ Certification
3 302 (61.63%) Azure Certification
4 86 (17.55%) CCNP
5 58 (11.84%) Degree
6 51 (10.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (6.94%) MCSE
8 28 (5.71%) Security Cleared
9 24 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (4.90%) JNCIA
10 18 (3.67%) CCIE
10 18 (3.67%) DBS Check
11 13 (2.65%) SC Cleared
12 12 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (2.45%) CCSA
12 12 (2.45%) CCSE
12 12 (2.45%) MCSA
13 11 (2.24%) A+ Certification
13 11 (2.24%) CISSP
14 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.67%) GDPR
3 15 (3.06%) NIST
4 14 (2.86%) SLA
5 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.61%) ITGC
8 2 (0.41%) COBIT
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) QA
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (8.78%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.47%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.65%) vSphere
5 8 (1.63%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.43%) Docker
6 7 (1.43%) Firmware
6 7 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.82%) Squid
8 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.41%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (4.49%) FortiGate
2 15 (3.06%) Ansible
3 13 (2.65%) Terraform
4 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.04%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (1.02%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.82%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.82%) Nmap
7 4 (0.82%) Packer
7 4 (0.82%) WSUS
8 3 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.61%) QRadar
9 2 (0.41%) Control-M
9 2 (0.41%) OpenView
9 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.41%) VxRail
10 1 (0.20%) SCCM
10 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 397 (81.02%) Cisco
2 349 (71.22%) Microsoft
3 282 (57.55%) ForeScout
4 58 (11.84%) Fortinet
5 37 (7.55%) VMware
6 31 (6.33%) Juniper
7 29 (5.92%) Meraki
8 26 (5.31%) Aruba
9 23 (4.69%) SolarWinds
10 20 (4.08%) CheckPoint
11 19 (3.88%) Dell
12 17 (3.47%) Splunk
13 12 (2.45%) Palo Alto
14 10 (2.04%) Sophos
15 8 (1.63%) Citrix
16 7 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.43%) HP
17 6 (1.22%) Zscaler
18 5 (1.02%) ArcSight
18 5 (1.02%) Ubiquiti