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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 223 301
Rank change year-on-year -161 +78 +109
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 251 632 607
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 1.41% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 3.65% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 165 310 530
10th Percentile £27,375 £33,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,344 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,125 £65,000
UK median annual salary £46,750 £55,000 £46,900
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.27% -1.26%

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 17,857 17,307 19,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.37% 38.58% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,309 6,946 13,598
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 February 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 February 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
London -33 58 £55,000 -10.20% 27
North of England -55 52 £50,000 +5.26% 15
South East -30 48 £52,500 -8.70% 41
North West -23 41 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Midlands -123 36 £32,500 -49.69% 13
East Midlands -36 32 £32,500 -12.16% 2
East of England +17 28 £40,000 -20.79% 14
South West -9 25 £40,000 -17.95% 15
Yorkshire -47 9 £50,000 +11.86% 4
West Midlands -116 4 £35,000 -45.82% 11
North East -15 2 £55,500 -14.62% 1
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 16 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.80%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.59%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (27.49%) Azure
2 39 (15.54%) AWS
3 35 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.37%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.99%) IaaS
6 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.20%) SaaS
8 2 (0.80%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.80%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.40%) GCP
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.40%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 145 (57.77%) Firewall
2 103 (41.04%) WAN
3 100 (39.84%) LAN
4 66 (26.29%) VPN
5 43 (17.13%) Wi-Fi
6 34 (13.55%) Network Security
7 32 (12.75%) TCP/IP
8 31 (12.35%) VLAN
9 26 (10.36%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (9.16%) DNS
11 22 (8.76%) Wireless
12 21 (8.37%) MPLS
13 20 (7.97%) DHCP
14 19 (7.57%) BGP
15 17 (6.77%) Cisco Firepower
15 17 (6.77%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (6.77%) WLAN
16 16 (6.37%) SD-WAN
16 16 (6.37%) VoIP
17 15 (5.98%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.79%) Metasploit
2 5 (1.99%) GitLab
3 4 (1.59%) JIRA
4 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 84 (33.47%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.73%) Finance
3 21 (8.37%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.18%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.98%) Retail
8 7 (2.79%) Law
9 6 (2.39%) Legal
10 4 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.20%) Banking
12 2 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.40%) Marketing
13 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (27.49%) Network Engineer
2 35 (13.94%) Cisco Engineer
2 35 (13.94%) Support Engineer
3 33 (13.15%) LAN Engineer
3 33 (13.15%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 33 (13.15%) WAN Engineer
4 31 (12.35%) IT Engineer
5 28 (11.16%) Technical Engineer
6 26 (10.36%) Senior
7 21 (8.37%) Presales Engineer
8 19 (7.57%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (7.57%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (7.17%) Analyst
10 17 (6.77%) Senior Network Engineer
11 16 (6.37%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (6.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 16 (6.37%) IT Support
11 16 (6.37%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (5.98%) Technical Support
13 14 (5.58%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.80%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.40%) React
3 1 (0.40%) Svelte
3 1 (0.40%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.52%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.77%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.78%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.59%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.79%) CCTV
7 7 (2.79%) Insider Threat
8 6 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.39%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.39%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.39%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.99%) PKI
10 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.20%) iPad
11 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.12%) Windows
2 34 (13.55%) Linux
3 29 (11.55%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.98%) Unix
5 4 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.20%) Android
7 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (18.73%) Customer Service
3 43 (17.13%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (17.13%) ITIL
4 33 (13.15%) Mentoring
5 29 (11.55%) Presales
6 27 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (10.36%) High Availability
8 24 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (9.16%) Project Delivery
10 22 (8.76%) Process Improvement
11 21 (8.37%) Computer Science
12 20 (7.97%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (7.17%) Network Design
14 17 (6.77%) Information Security
14 17 (6.77%) SIEM
15 16 (6.37%) Change Control
15 16 (6.37%) Decision-Making
15 16 (6.37%) Kalman Filter
15 16 (6.37%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.77%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.37%) Python
3 2 (0.80%) Bicep
3 2 (0.80%) SQL
4 1 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 251 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 112 (44.62%) CCNP
3 58 (23.11%) Security Cleared
4 55 (21.91%) Degree
5 46 (18.33%) SC Cleared
6 45 (17.93%) JNCIA
7 42 (16.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (14.74%) MCSE
9 29 (11.55%) DV Cleared
10 28 (11.16%) Network+ Certification
11 27 (10.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 24 (9.56%) MCSA
13 23 (9.16%) CCIE
14 19 (7.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (7.57%) DBS Check
15 17 (6.77%) CCSA
15 17 (6.77%) CCSE
16 13 (5.18%) CISSP
16 13 (5.18%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.37%) SLA
3 15 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (5.58%) GDPR
5 10 (3.98%) NIST
6 7 (2.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.20%) ITGC
8 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.40%) GxP
9 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 35 (13.94%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.58%) Hyper-V
2 14 (5.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.99%) Firmware
4 5 (1.99%) vSphere
5 4 (1.59%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.80%) KVM
7 2 (0.80%) RHEV
7 2 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.80%) Xen
8 1 (0.40%) Docker
8 1 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 26 (10.36%) FortiGate
2 24 (9.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (4.38%) Ansible
4 7 (2.79%) Nmap
5 5 (1.99%) Autotask
6 4 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.59%) SCCM
6 4 (1.59%) Terraform
6 4 (1.59%) WSUS
7 3 (1.20%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.20%) QRadar
8 2 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.80%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.80%) Nagios
8 2 (0.80%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.40%) Grafana
9 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.40%) OpenView
9 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 158 (62.95%) Cisco
2 70 (27.89%) Fortinet
3 66 (26.29%) Microsoft
4 53 (21.12%) Juniper
5 36 (14.34%) VMware
6 28 (11.16%) Aruba
7 26 (10.36%) CheckPoint
8 23 (9.16%) Meraki
9 21 (8.37%) Palo Alto
10 14 (5.58%) SolarWinds
11 13 (5.18%) Citrix
11 13 (5.18%) Dell
12 11 (4.38%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (3.59%) Splunk
14 8 (3.19%) Arista
14 8 (3.19%) Draytek
14 8 (3.19%) ServiceNow
14 8 (3.19%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.79%) F5
15 7 (2.79%) Mitel