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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 323 334
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 +4
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 533 382 685
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 0.88% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 2.41% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 190 294 476
10th Percentile £31,925 £29,825 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -2.63% +5.56%
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 16,845 15,864 22,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.05% 36.55% 26.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,284 7,130 13,976
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £29,613
25th Percentile £43,000 £38,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,688 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 +36 129 £50,000 -6.98% 36
South East -4 113 £45,000 +9.09% 43
London -62 93 £70,000 +27.27% 32
Midlands +8 83 £46,801 +21.56% 19
Yorkshire +19 72 £42,500 +30.77% 13
South West -68 68 £50,000 +25.00% 34
East of England +27 52 £38,250 -19.47% 23
North West +4 45 £52,500 -8.70% 14
East Midlands -1 42 £40,097 +14.56% 4
West Midlands +7 41 £53,162 -18.21% 15
North East -42 12 - - 9
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 35 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 388 (72.80%) Azure
2 57 (10.69%) AWS
2 57 (10.69%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (4.69%) Entra ID
4 13 (2.44%) GCP
5 12 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.94%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.94%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.75%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.75%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.75%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.75%) Rubrik
8 4 (0.75%) Serverless
9 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.56%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 159 (29.83%) Firewall
2 126 (23.64%) WAN
3 111 (20.83%) VPN
4 101 (18.95%) LAN
5 73 (13.70%) Network Security
6 60 (11.26%) TCP/IP
7 58 (10.88%) VLAN
8 56 (10.51%) Wi-Fi
9 50 (9.38%) Wireless
10 49 (9.19%) DNS
11 48 (9.01%) DHCP
12 47 (8.82%) SD-WAN
13 34 (6.38%) BGP
14 32 (6.00%) VoIP
15 24 (4.50%) OSPF
16 23 (4.32%) MPLS
17 18 (3.38%) Cisco Firepower
17 18 (3.38%) Internet
18 17 (3.19%) WLAN
19 16 (3.00%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (3.56%) JIRA
2 13 (2.44%) GitLab
3 10 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.50%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.50%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 395 (74.11%) Social Skills
2 35 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (3.75%) Finance
4 18 (3.38%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.06%) Telecoms
6 10 (1.88%) Manufacturing
6 10 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (1.88%) Retail
7 9 (1.69%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.69%) Banking
7 9 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.50%) Military
9 7 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.13%) Law
11 5 (0.94%) Automotive
12 4 (0.75%) Digital Health
12 4 (0.75%) Electronics
12 4 (0.75%) Legal
12 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 377 (70.73%) Network Engineer
2 49 (9.19%) IT Engineer
3 33 (6.19%) Senior
4 29 (5.44%) IT Support
5 24 (4.50%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (4.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (4.13%) Lead
8 21 (3.94%) Senior Network Engineer
9 16 (3.00%) Cisco Engineer
10 15 (2.81%) Analyst
10 15 (2.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 14 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (2.44%) Field Engineer
12 13 (2.44%) Field Service Engineer
12 13 (2.44%) Security Engineer
13 12 (2.25%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (2.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 9 (1.69%) Lead Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.75%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.75%) boto
2 3 (0.56%) ARM Templates
2 3 (0.56%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.19%) NETCONF
3 1 (0.19%) YAML
3 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.32%) Data Centre
2 25 (4.69%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.19%) Security Posture
4 12 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.50%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.13%) Replication
9 5 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.94%) PKI
10 4 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.75%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.75%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.75%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.56%) CCTV
11 3 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 97 (18.20%) Windows
2 64 (12.01%) Windows Server
3 45 (8.44%) Linux
4 16 (3.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.13%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Android
10 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (13.13%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (11.44%) ITIL
4 53 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 49 (9.19%) Disaster Recovery
6 47 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (7.88%) High Availability
8 35 (6.57%) Network Monitoring
9 33 (6.19%) Business Continuity
10 32 (6.00%) Computer Science
11 31 (5.82%) Incident Response
12 28 (5.25%) Project Delivery
13 27 (5.07%) Network Design
13 27 (5.07%) SIEM
14 26 (4.88%) Customer Service
15 22 (4.13%) Network Architecture
16 18 (3.38%) Infrastructure as Code
17 15 (2.81%) Mentoring
17 15 (2.81%) Network Segmentation
17 15 (2.81%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.88%) PowerShell
2 24 (4.50%) Python
3 10 (1.88%) Bash
4 8 (1.50%) Java
5 3 (0.56%) SQL
6 2 (0.38%) Bicep
7 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 533 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 322 (60.41%) Azure Certification
3 312 (58.54%) Network+ Certification
4 124 (23.26%) CCNP
5 67 (12.57%) Degree
6 64 (12.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (6.57%) Security Cleared
8 27 (5.07%) MCSE
9 25 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (3.19%) AWS Certification
10 17 (3.19%) CCIE
10 17 (3.19%) SC Cleared
11 15 (2.81%) DV Cleared
12 12 (2.25%) MCSA
12 12 (2.25%) RHCSA
13 11 (2.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 10 (1.88%) CISSP
15 9 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (1.69%) DBS Check
16 8 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (3.19%) GDPR
3 17 (3.19%) SLA
4 13 (2.44%) NIST
5 6 (1.13%) QA
6 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.56%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 74 (13.88%) Active Directory
2 45 (8.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (6.00%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.00%) vSphere
5 14 (2.63%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.06%) Docker
7 8 (1.50%) Squid
8 6 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.75%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 4 (0.75%) Firmware
9 4 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.56%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.75%) FortiGate
2 19 (3.56%) Terraform
3 18 (3.38%) Ansible
3 18 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.88%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (1.69%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.50%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.50%) Packer
7 5 (0.94%) Control-M
8 4 (0.75%) Iperf
8 4 (0.75%) VxRail
9 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.56%) OpenView
9 3 (0.56%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.56%) WSUS
10 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 412 (77.30%) Cisco
2 378 (70.92%) Microsoft
3 282 (52.91%) ForeScout
4 64 (12.01%) VMware
5 58 (10.88%) Fortinet
6 33 (6.19%) Meraki
6 33 (6.19%) Palo Alto
7 21 (3.94%) SolarWinds
7 21 (3.94%) Splunk
8 20 (3.75%) CheckPoint
9 19 (3.56%) Aruba
10 18 (3.38%) Sophos
11 17 (3.19%) Juniper
12 15 (2.81%) Dell
13 14 (2.63%) Citrix
14 12 (2.25%) HP
14 12 (2.25%) Veeam
15 11 (2.06%) Red Hat
16 9 (1.69%) F5
16 9 (1.69%) Zscaler