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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 244 281
Rank change year-on-year -99 +37 +134
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 304 629 486
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.24% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.71% 3.49% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 207 289 425
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 £28,700
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +17.02% -1.05%
75th Percentile £61,033 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,900 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -

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 17,741 18,040 13,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.23% 35.71% 31.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,084 7,353 9,508
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,908 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +4.19% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,351 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.33% +3.22% -

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025. 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
South East 0 75 £52,500 -7.90% 36
South West +48 58 £32,000 -29.67% 5
London -22 54 £60,000 - 17
North of England -31 46 £46,750 -1.58% 26
Midlands -111 37 £32,500 -35.80% 19
East of England +21 31 £40,000 -21.57% 11
East Midlands -36 30 £32,500 -18.75% 4
North West +7 28 £50,000 +5.26% 17
North East +2 9 £31,000 -52.31% 2
Yorkshire -23 9 £26,000 -54.78% 8
West Midlands -94 7 £51,000 -2.86% 15
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 18 (5.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.66%) Confluence
2 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 73 (24.01%) Azure
2 41 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (9.87%) AWS
4 24 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.97%) IaaS
6 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.32%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.32%) SaaS
7 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.99%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.66%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.66%) Dropbox
8 2 (0.66%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.66%) SecurityScorecard
8 2 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.33%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 156 (51.32%) Firewall
2 84 (27.63%) WAN
3 83 (27.30%) LAN
4 69 (22.70%) VPN
5 49 (16.12%) Wi-Fi
6 48 (15.79%) VSAT
7 41 (13.49%) Network Security
8 35 (11.51%) TCP/IP
9 29 (9.54%) VLAN
10 27 (8.88%) MPLS
11 23 (7.57%) BGP
12 22 (7.24%) Wireless
13 20 (6.58%) Cisco ASA
13 20 (6.58%) DNS
14 18 (5.92%) Intrusion Detection
14 18 (5.92%) SD-WAN
15 17 (5.59%) OSPF
15 17 (5.59%) VoIP
15 17 (5.59%) WLAN
16 16 (5.26%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.32%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.99%) GitLab
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 96 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.09%) Finance
3 23 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.92%) Telecoms
5 16 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 15 (4.93%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.96%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.97%) Automotive
10 6 (1.97%) Billing
10 6 (1.97%) Electronics
10 6 (1.97%) Legal
10 6 (1.97%) Retail
11 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Law
11 4 (1.32%) Military
12 3 (0.99%) Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (22.70%) Support Engineer
2 66 (21.71%) Network Engineer
3 59 (19.41%) Technical Engineer
4 57 (18.75%) Technical Support
5 49 (16.12%) Technical Support Engineer
6 32 (10.53%) Administrator
6 32 (10.53%) Analyst
7 29 (9.54%) Senior
8 28 (9.21%) Systems Administrator
9 27 (8.88%) IT Engineer
10 20 (6.58%) Cisco Engineer
10 20 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.58%) IT Support
11 19 (6.25%) Support Analyst
12 18 (5.92%) LAN Engineer
12 18 (5.92%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 18 (5.92%) WAN Engineer
13 15 (4.93%) Senior Network Engineer
14 13 (4.28%) NOC Engineer
14 13 (4.28%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.30%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.32%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.66%) Middleware
4 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.33%) LAMP
4 1 (0.33%) React
4 1 (0.33%) Svelte
4 1 (0.33%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.82%) Data Centre
2 26 (8.55%) e-Learning
3 23 (7.57%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.96%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (2.63%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.30%) CCTV
6 7 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.97%) Handset
7 6 (1.97%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.97%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.64%) LIMS
8 5 (1.64%) SCADA
9 4 (1.32%) Insider Threat
9 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.99%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 59 (19.41%) Windows
2 56 (18.42%) Linux
3 44 (14.47%) Windows Server
4 32 (10.53%) Unix
5 14 (4.61%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.64%) Android
8 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.58%) Customer Service
2 66 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (20.39%) Mentoring
4 56 (18.42%) ITIL
5 44 (14.47%) High Availability
6 38 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
7 37 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (11.18%) Kalman Filter
9 33 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (8.88%) Project Delivery
11 26 (8.55%) Innovative Thinking
12 24 (7.89%) Presales
12 24 (7.89%) Web Filtering
13 23 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (6.91%) Proactive Monitoring
15 20 (6.58%) Requirements Gathering
16 19 (6.25%) Regulatory Change
16 19 (6.25%) Security Operations
17 18 (5.92%) Network Monitoring
17 18 (5.92%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.21%) Python
2 25 (8.22%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.99%) Bash
3 3 (0.99%) Bicep
4 2 (0.66%) R
4 2 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.33%) Go
5 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 304 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 124 (40.79%) CCNP
3 87 (28.62%) Security Cleared
4 75 (24.67%) JNCIA
4 75 (24.67%) SC Cleared
5 56 (18.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 55 (18.09%) Degree
7 45 (14.80%) DV Cleared
8 41 (13.49%) MCSE
9 33 (10.86%) Network+ Certification
10 31 (10.20%) MCSA
11 25 (8.22%) MCP
12 22 (7.24%) DBS Check
13 14 (4.61%) CCIE
13 14 (4.61%) CISSP
13 14 (4.61%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (3.62%) A+ Certification
15 10 (3.29%) CCSA
15 10 (3.29%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.95%) GDPR
3 12 (3.95%) SLA
4 11 (3.62%) NIST
5 7 (2.30%) GxP
6 5 (1.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.99%) ITGC
8 3 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 45 (14.80%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.93%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.29%) vSphere
5 8 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.97%) Firmware
7 4 (1.32%) Docker
8 3 (0.99%) KVM
8 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.66%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.66%) pfSense
9 2 (0.66%) RHEV
9 2 (0.66%) Squid
9 2 (0.66%) Xen
10 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (9.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.59%) FortiGate
3 15 (4.93%) Ansible
4 7 (2.30%) SCCM
5 6 (1.97%) Terraform
6 5 (1.64%) Autotask
7 4 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.32%) Grafana
7 4 (1.32%) Nmap
7 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.99%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.99%) QRadar
9 2 (0.66%) Nagios
9 2 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) VxRail
10 1 (0.33%) OpenView
10 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 185 (60.86%) Cisco
2 78 (25.66%) Microsoft
3 65 (21.38%) Fortinet
4 49 (16.12%) Juniper
5 43 (14.14%) VMware
6 35 (11.51%) Meraki
7 24 (7.89%) Aruba
8 22 (7.24%) CheckPoint
9 21 (6.91%) Palo Alto
10 15 (4.93%) Citrix
11 13 (4.28%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.28%) Starlink
12 11 (3.62%) Dell
12 11 (3.62%) ServiceNow
13 10 (3.29%) Freshdesk
14 9 (2.96%) Apple
14 9 (2.96%) Arista
15 8 (2.63%) F5
15 8 (2.63%) Mitel
16 7 (2.30%) WatchGuard