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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 325 334
Rank change year-on-year +29 +9 +31
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 516 361 750
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.90% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.17% 2.27% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 171 290 543
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £30,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +7.34%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +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 16,271 15,922 24,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.34% 39.79% 25.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,932 6,778 15,741
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,745
25th Percentile £42,765 £39,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +44 139 £50,000 -8.05% 43
South East -4 100 £45,000 +5.88% 43
London -45 91 £75,000 +36.99% 30
Midlands -1 80 £51,058 +32.62% 20
Yorkshire +18 68 £45,500 +17.88% 14
South West -52 67 £50,000 +17.65% 40
North West +27 59 £50,000 -9.09% 19
East of England +22 44 £34,000 -18.56% 30
East Midlands -9 43 £51,058 +45.88% 3
West Midlands -3 37 £53,401 -17.85% 17
North East -42 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 28 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 375 (72.67%) Azure
2 55 (10.66%) AWS
3 44 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (3.10%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (2.13%) GCP
6 9 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.97%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.97%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.78%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.78%) Rubrik
8 4 (0.78%) Serverless
9 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 145 (28.10%) Firewall
2 115 (22.29%) WAN
3 93 (18.02%) VPN
4 92 (17.83%) LAN
5 66 (12.79%) Network Security
6 55 (10.66%) Wi-Fi
7 43 (8.33%) TCP/IP
8 42 (8.14%) VLAN
9 35 (6.78%) DNS
9 35 (6.78%) SD-WAN
10 34 (6.59%) DHCP
11 32 (6.20%) Wireless
12 26 (5.04%) VoIP
13 25 (4.84%) BGP
14 21 (4.07%) Cisco Firepower
15 20 (3.88%) OSPF
16 19 (3.68%) MPLS
17 16 (3.10%) Cisco ISE
18 15 (2.91%) Cisco ASA
18 15 (2.91%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (3.10%) JIRA
2 14 (2.71%) GitLab
3 9 (1.74%) Git
3 9 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.58%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.58%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 384 (74.42%) Social Skills
2 33 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (3.68%) Finance
4 15 (2.91%) Public Sector
5 12 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (1.94%) Retail
7 9 (1.74%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.55%) Banking
8 8 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.55%) Law
8 8 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.16%) Military
11 4 (0.78%) Automotive
11 4 (0.78%) Digital Health
11 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.78%) Electronics
11 4 (0.78%) Legal
12 2 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 368 (71.32%) Network Engineer
2 42 (8.14%) IT Engineer
3 32 (6.20%) Senior
4 25 (4.84%) Cisco Engineer
5 24 (4.65%) IT Support
6 22 (4.26%) Lead
7 21 (4.07%) Senior Network Engineer
8 20 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (3.88%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.49%) IT Support Engineer
10 17 (3.29%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (3.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 16 (3.10%) LAN Engineer
11 16 (3.10%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 16 (3.10%) WAN Engineer
12 13 (2.52%) Security Engineer
13 12 (2.33%) Analyst
13 12 (2.33%) Presales Engineer
14 11 (2.13%) Field Engineer
14 11 (2.13%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.78%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.78%) boto
1 4 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.39%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.47%) Data Centre
2 21 (4.07%) Security Posture
3 19 (3.68%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.16%) PKI
9 5 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.97%) Replication
10 4 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.78%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.58%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.58%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 85 (16.47%) Windows
2 51 (9.88%) Windows Server
3 45 (8.72%) Linux
4 13 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (10.08%) ITIL
4 42 (8.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 41 (7.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (7.75%) High Availability
7 39 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (6.40%) Computer Science
9 31 (6.01%) Incident Response
10 30 (5.81%) Business Continuity
10 30 (5.81%) Network Monitoring
11 27 (5.23%) SIEM
12 23 (4.46%) Network Architecture
12 23 (4.46%) Network Design
13 21 (4.07%) Customer Service
14 20 (3.88%) Presales
15 19 (3.68%) Process Improvement
16 17 (3.29%) Penetration Testing
17 16 (3.10%) Infrastructure as Code
17 16 (3.10%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.49%) Python
3 9 (1.74%) Bash
4 8 (1.55%) Java
5 3 (0.58%) SQL
6 2 (0.39%) Bicep
7 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 516 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 318 (61.63%) Azure Certification
3 305 (59.11%) Network+ Certification
4 111 (21.51%) CCNP
5 66 (12.79%) Degree
6 60 (11.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (6.78%) Security Cleared
8 31 (6.01%) MCSE
9 28 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (4.07%) CCIE
11 18 (3.49%) SC Cleared
12 15 (2.91%) AWS Certification
13 14 (2.71%) CISSP
14 12 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (2.33%) DV Cleared
14 12 (2.33%) RHCSA
15 11 (2.13%) MCSA
15 11 (2.13%) OSCP
16 10 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (1.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.49%) SLA
3 17 (3.29%) GDPR
4 14 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.33%) NIST
6 6 (1.16%) QA
7 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) COBIT
9 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (12.02%) Active Directory
2 39 (7.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.65%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.29%) vSphere
5 13 (2.52%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.13%) Docker
7 8 (1.55%) Squid
8 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.58%) Firmware
10 3 (0.58%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (3.88%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.29%) Ansible
2 17 (3.29%) Terraform
3 14 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.94%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (1.74%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.55%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.55%) Packer
7 5 (0.97%) Control-M
8 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.78%) VxRail
8 4 (0.78%) WSUS
9 3 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.58%) Nmap
9 3 (0.58%) OpenView
9 3 (0.58%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.39%) Iperf
11 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 399 (77.33%) Cisco
2 366 (70.93%) Microsoft
3 282 (54.65%) ForeScout
4 56 (10.85%) VMware
5 51 (9.88%) Fortinet
6 29 (5.62%) Palo Alto
7 27 (5.23%) Aruba
8 24 (4.65%) Meraki
9 21 (4.07%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.88%) CheckPoint
10 20 (3.88%) Splunk
11 17 (3.29%) Juniper
12 16 (3.10%) Dell
13 13 (2.52%) Sophos
14 12 (2.33%) HP
15 11 (2.13%) Red Hat
15 11 (2.13%) Veeam
16 10 (1.94%) Citrix
17 8 (1.55%) Oracle
17 8 (1.55%) Zscaler