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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 254 317
Rank change year-on-year -35 +63 +95
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 496 459 706
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 1.23% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.42% 3.01% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 141 303 618
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,250 £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 20,486 15,260 22,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.30% 40.84% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 7,083 15,598
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +6.48% -6.29%

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 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 21 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 +7 137 £50,000 +5.26% 30
Midlands -79 88 £35,000 -38.19% 30
South East -40 85 £45,000 -5.26% 39
London -51 79 £76,250 +27.08% 24
North West -14 62 £50,000 - 14
Yorkshire -15 62 £50,000 +33.33% 11
South West -26 61 £40,000 -12.09% 13
East Midlands -47 55 £33,750 +3.85% 11
East of England +6 48 £34,000 -36.45% 13
West Midlands -89 33 £35,000 -45.82% 19
North East -28 13 £65,000 +73.33% 5
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 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.01%) Confluence
3 4 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 353 (71.17%) Azure
2 45 (9.07%) AWS
3 35 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.21%) GCP
8 5 (1.01%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.40%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.40%) SaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.20%) GitHub
10 1 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 129 (26.01%) Firewall
2 105 (21.17%) WAN
3 85 (17.14%) LAN
4 61 (12.30%) VPN
5 41 (8.27%) Network Security
6 37 (7.46%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (6.45%) TCP/IP
8 25 (5.04%) VLAN
9 24 (4.84%) SD-WAN
9 24 (4.84%) Wireless
10 23 (4.64%) DNS
11 22 (4.44%) DHCP
12 19 (3.83%) VoIP
13 16 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (3.23%) MPLS
14 15 (3.02%) Intrusion Detection
15 14 (2.82%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (2.42%) BGP
16 12 (2.42%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (2.42%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.81%) JIRA
2 8 (1.61%) GitLab
3 6 (1.21%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.21%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.81%) Git
4 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
General
1 364 (73.39%) Social Skills
2 26 (5.24%) Finance
3 25 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (3.43%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.02%) Retail
8 8 (1.61%) Law
8 8 (1.61%) Legal
8 8 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.81%) Banking
11 3 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.60%) Automotive
11 3 (0.60%) Electronics
12 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.40%) Military
13 1 (0.20%) French Language
13 1 (0.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 340 (68.55%) Network Engineer
2 40 (8.06%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (7.06%) IT Engineer
4 30 (6.05%) LAN Engineer
4 30 (6.05%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 30 (6.05%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.64%) Presales Engineer
6 21 (4.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 21 (4.23%) IT Support
6 21 (4.23%) Support Engineer
7 20 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (3.83%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (3.83%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (3.63%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (3.63%) Lead
10 16 (3.23%) Senior
11 13 (2.62%) Analyst
12 12 (2.42%) Security Specialist
13 11 (2.22%) AWS Engineer
13 11 (2.22%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.60%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.40%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.87%) Data Centre
2 15 (3.02%) Security Posture
3 14 (2.82%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.61%) Smartphone
8 7 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.21%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.01%) PKI
10 5 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.81%) CCTV
11 4 (0.81%) Social Media
12 3 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.60%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.60%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 58 (11.69%) Windows
2 33 (6.65%) Linux
3 31 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.81%) Unix
5 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (7.46%) Customer Service
4 35 (7.06%) ITIL
5 30 (6.05%) Presales
6 27 (5.44%) Incident Response
7 25 (5.04%) Computer Science
8 23 (4.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (4.64%) High Availability
8 23 (4.64%) Network Monitoring
9 22 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (4.44%) Process Improvement
10 20 (4.03%) Penetration Testing
10 20 (4.03%) SIEM
11 18 (3.63%) Network Architecture
12 16 (3.23%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (2.82%) Decision-Making
13 14 (2.82%) Network Segmentation
14 12 (2.42%) Project Delivery
14 12 (2.42%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.44%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.43%) Python
3 4 (0.81%) Bash
4 3 (0.60%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) Bicep
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 496 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 313 (63.10%) Network+ Certification
3 300 (60.48%) Azure Certification
4 89 (17.94%) CCNP
5 59 (11.90%) Degree
6 51 (10.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (7.06%) MCSE
8 30 (6.05%) Security Cleared
9 25 (5.04%) JNCIA
10 23 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (3.63%) CCIE
11 18 (3.63%) DBS Check
12 17 (3.43%) SC Cleared
13 16 (3.23%) MCSA
14 15 (3.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 13 (2.62%) CCSA
15 13 (2.62%) CCSE
15 13 (2.62%) CISSP
16 12 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (2.02%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.63%) GDPR
3 15 (3.02%) NIST
4 12 (2.42%) SLA
5 8 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.60%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.83%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.42%) vSphere
5 7 (1.41%) Firmware
5 7 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.41%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.01%) Docker
7 3 (0.60%) Squid
8 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 22 (4.44%) FortiGate
2 14 (2.82%) Ansible
3 13 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.42%) Terraform
5 10 (2.02%) Cisco Prime
6 6 (1.21%) Nmap
7 4 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.81%) WSUS
8 3 (0.60%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.60%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.60%) Packer
8 3 (0.60%) QRadar
8 3 (0.60%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.40%) Control-M
9 2 (0.40%) OpenView
9 2 (0.40%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.40%) VxRail
10 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 408 (82.26%) Cisco
2 347 (69.96%) Microsoft
3 282 (56.85%) ForeScout
4 61 (12.30%) Fortinet
5 36 (7.26%) VMware
6 35 (7.06%) Juniper
7 31 (6.25%) Meraki
8 26 (5.24%) Aruba
9 23 (4.64%) CheckPoint
10 22 (4.44%) SolarWinds
11 18 (3.63%) Dell
12 16 (3.23%) Splunk
13 12 (2.42%) Palo Alto
14 9 (1.81%) Citrix
14 9 (1.81%) Sophos
15 7 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (1.41%) WatchGuard
16 6 (1.21%) Draytek
16 6 (1.21%) Zscaler
17 5 (1.01%) Google