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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 217 329
Rank change year-on-year -126 +112 +72
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 364 532 682
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 1.45% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.88% 3.60% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 150 306 610
10th Percentile £26,200 £32,500 £27,950
25th Percentile £32,313 £40,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,875 £73,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +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 19,413 14,768 21,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.77% 40.31% 27.77%
Number of salaries quoted 7,945 6,967 15,329
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% +4.85% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% +4.65% -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 6 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 6 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 -43 91 £50,000 +5.26% 38
London -41 78 £62,500 +4.17% 32
Midlands -118 65 £32,500 -48.00% 32
South East -67 53 £43,750 -20.45% 31
North West -29 48 £50,000 - 18
East Midlands -48 46 £32,500 - 14
South West -28 40 £40,000 -15.79% 18
East of England -3 36 £34,000 -36.45% 16
Yorkshire -35 35 £50,000 +33.33% 14
West Midlands -115 19 £47,500 -26.47% 18
North East -24 8 £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 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 217 (59.62%) Azure
2 47 (12.91%) AWS
3 38 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.12%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.65%) GCP
9 5 (1.37%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.55%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.55%) SaaS
11 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.27%) GitHub
11 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 139 (38.19%) Firewall
2 108 (29.67%) WAN
3 88 (24.18%) LAN
4 61 (16.76%) VPN
5 41 (11.26%) Wi-Fi
6 39 (10.71%) Network Security
7 29 (7.97%) TCP/IP
8 28 (7.69%) VLAN
9 25 (6.87%) SD-WAN
10 24 (6.59%) Wireless
11 21 (5.77%) Cisco ASA
11 21 (5.77%) DNS
12 20 (5.49%) DHCP
13 17 (4.67%) MPLS
13 17 (4.67%) VoIP
14 16 (4.40%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (4.40%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (3.30%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (3.30%) WLAN
16 11 (3.02%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Burp Suite
1 7 (1.92%) JIRA
1 7 (1.92%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.55%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
General
1 222 (60.99%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.97%) Finance
3 23 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (4.67%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.47%) Retail
7 9 (2.47%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.20%) Law
8 8 (2.20%) Legal
9 5 (1.37%) Banking
10 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.55%) Military
12 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.27%) Automotive
12 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Electronics
12 1 (0.27%) Marketing
12 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 201 (55.22%) Network Engineer
2 42 (11.54%) Cisco Engineer
3 38 (10.44%) IT Engineer
4 32 (8.79%) LAN Engineer
4 32 (8.79%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 32 (8.79%) WAN Engineer
5 26 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 25 (6.87%) IT Support
7 23 (6.32%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (6.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 23 (6.32%) Presales Engineer
8 22 (6.04%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (5.22%) Analyst
9 19 (5.22%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (5.22%) Juniper Engineer
10 16 (4.40%) Lead
11 13 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (3.57%) Security Specialist
11 13 (3.57%) Senior
12 11 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.10%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.55%) Middleware
3 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.81%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.95%) Driving Licence
3 16 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 13 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.20%) Smartphone
7 7 (1.92%) CCTV
7 7 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.92%) Insider Threat
7 7 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.37%) PKI
8 5 (1.37%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.10%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.10%) Social Media
10 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.82%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.55%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 60 (16.48%) Windows
2 35 (9.62%) Linux
3 31 (8.52%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.92%) Unix
4 7 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (10.44%) Customer Service
4 36 (9.89%) ITIL
5 30 (8.24%) Presales
6 26 (7.14%) Incident Response
7 25 (6.87%) Computer Science
8 24 (6.59%) Process Improvement
9 23 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (6.32%) High Availability
10 22 (6.04%) Network Monitoring
11 21 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (5.22%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (4.95%) SIEM
14 17 (4.67%) Network Architecture
15 15 (4.12%) Network Segmentation
15 15 (4.12%) Project Delivery
16 13 (3.57%) Decision-Making
16 13 (3.57%) Disaster Recovery
17 12 (3.30%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.49%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.12%) Python
3 3 (0.82%) SQL
4 2 (0.55%) Bash
4 2 (0.55%) Bicep
5 1 (0.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 364 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 174 (47.80%) Network+ Certification
3 159 (43.68%) Azure Certification
4 89 (24.45%) CCNP
5 63 (17.31%) Degree
6 53 (14.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (11.26%) MCSE
8 28 (7.69%) Security Cleared
9 25 (6.87%) JNCIA
10 23 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (6.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 21 (5.77%) CCIE
11 21 (5.77%) MCSA
12 19 (5.22%) SC Cleared
13 18 (4.95%) DBS Check
14 15 (4.12%) CCSA
14 15 (4.12%) CCSE
15 12 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (3.30%) CISSP
16 10 (2.75%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.67%) GDPR
3 15 (4.12%) NIST
4 12 (3.30%) SLA
5 9 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.82%) ITGC
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (10.16%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.59%) Hyper-V
3 23 (6.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.75%) vSphere
5 7 (1.92%) Firmware
5 7 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.37%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.55%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.27%) Docker
8 1 (0.27%) Squid
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (5.77%) FortiGate
2 17 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.30%) Ansible
4 10 (2.75%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (2.47%) Terraform
6 7 (1.92%) Nmap
7 4 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.10%) WSUS
8 3 (0.82%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.82%) QRadar
9 2 (0.55%) Control-M
9 2 (0.55%) OpenView
9 2 (0.55%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.55%) VxRail
10 1 (0.27%) Grafana
10 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.27%) Packer
10 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 280 (76.92%) Cisco
2 208 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 141 (38.74%) ForeScout
4 67 (18.41%) Fortinet
5 41 (11.26%) VMware
6 39 (10.71%) Juniper
7 34 (9.34%) Meraki
8 29 (7.97%) CheckPoint
9 27 (7.42%) Aruba
10 21 (5.77%) SolarWinds
11 16 (4.40%) Dell
11 16 (4.40%) Palo Alto
12 14 (3.85%) Splunk
13 12 (3.30%) Citrix
14 10 (2.75%) WatchGuard
15 9 (2.47%) Draytek
15 9 (2.47%) Sophos
16 8 (2.20%) Arista
17 7 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
17 7 (1.92%) Mitel