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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 239 278
Rank change year-on-year -99 +39 +130
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 304 628 492
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 1.25% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.72% 3.48% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 206 289 427
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,700 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £60,775 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% +1.06%

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 17,665 18,047 13,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.54% 35.97% 30.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7,097 7,304 9,621
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,954 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +4.27% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 26 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 26 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 -14 74 £52,500 -7.09% 45
South West +46 54 £32,000 -29.67% 20
London -30 53 £60,000 - 20
North of England -16 51 £47,500 - 40
Midlands -106 38 £32,500 -36.59% 30
North West +6 33 £50,000 +5.26% 26
East of England +27 31 £40,000 -21.57% 17
East Midlands -31 31 £32,500 -18.75% 7
North East +10 9 £31,000 -52.31% 3
Yorkshire -31 9 £26,000 -54.78% 12
West Midlands -94 7 £51,000 -2.86% 22
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 72 (23.68%) Azure
2 40 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (9.87%) AWS
4 23 (7.57%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.97%) IaaS
6 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.32%) SaaS
7 3 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.99%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.66%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.66%) Google Workspace
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%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.33%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 156 (51.32%) Firewall
2 86 (28.29%) WAN
3 85 (27.96%) LAN
4 67 (22.04%) VPN
5 48 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (14.47%) VSAT
7 41 (13.49%) Network Security
8 35 (11.51%) TCP/IP
9 29 (9.54%) VLAN
10 26 (8.55%) MPLS
11 21 (6.91%) BGP
11 21 (6.91%) Wireless
12 20 (6.58%) Cisco ASA
13 19 (6.25%) DNS
14 18 (5.92%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (5.59%) SD-WAN
15 17 (5.59%) VoIP
16 16 (5.26%) DHCP
16 16 (5.26%) WLAN
17 15 (4.93%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Burp Suite
1 5 (1.64%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.99%) GitLab
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 96 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.09%) Finance
3 22 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.92%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.93%) Manufacturing
5 15 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (2.30%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.30%) Retail
9 6 (1.97%) Legal
10 5 (1.64%) Automotive
10 5 (1.64%) Billing
10 5 (1.64%) Electronics
11 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Law
12 3 (0.99%) Banking
12 3 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 66 (21.71%) Network Engineer
2 64 (21.05%) Support Engineer
3 58 (19.08%) Technical Engineer
4 53 (17.43%) Technical Support
5 45 (14.80%) Technical Support Engineer
6 31 (10.20%) Administrator
6 31 (10.20%) Analyst
7 29 (9.54%) Senior
8 27 (8.88%) IT Engineer
8 27 (8.88%) Systems Administrator
9 22 (7.24%) Cisco Engineer
10 21 (6.91%) LAN Engineer
10 21 (6.91%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 21 (6.91%) WAN Engineer
11 20 (6.58%) IT Support
12 19 (6.25%) Support Analyst
13 18 (5.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (4.93%) Senior Network Engineer
15 14 (4.61%) Presales Engineer
16 13 (4.28%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.97%) 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 44 (14.47%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.22%) e-Learning
3 23 (7.57%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (2.96%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.30%) CCTV
6 7 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.30%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.97%) Handset
7 6 (1.97%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.64%) Insider Threat
8 5 (1.64%) LIMS
8 5 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.64%) SCADA
9 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (18.75%) Windows
2 54 (17.76%) Linux
3 43 (14.14%) Windows Server
4 31 (10.20%) Unix
5 14 (4.61%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.64%) Android
8 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.26%) Customer Service
2 64 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (19.41%) Mentoring
4 56 (18.42%) ITIL
5 44 (14.47%) High Availability
6 37 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (11.84%) Commercial Awareness
8 31 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (10.20%) Kalman Filter
9 27 (8.88%) Project Delivery
10 26 (8.55%) Presales
11 25 (8.22%) Innovative Thinking
12 23 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (7.24%) Web Filtering
14 20 (6.58%) Requirements Gathering
15 19 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
15 19 (6.25%) Penetration Testing
15 19 (6.25%) Security Operations
16 18 (5.92%) Information Security
16 18 (5.92%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.88%) Python
2 23 (7.57%) 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
2 123 (40.46%) CCNP
3 87 (28.62%) Security Cleared
4 75 (24.67%) SC Cleared
5 73 (24.01%) JNCIA
6 55 (18.09%) Degree
6 55 (18.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 44 (14.47%) DV Cleared
8 41 (13.49%) MCSE
9 33 (10.86%) Network+ Certification
10 30 (9.87%) MCSA
11 26 (8.55%) MCP
12 22 (7.24%) DBS Check
13 15 (4.93%) CISSP
13 15 (4.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (4.61%) CCIE
15 11 (3.62%) A+ Certification
16 10 (3.29%) CCSA
16 10 (3.29%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.28%) SLA
4 12 (3.95%) GDPR
5 11 (3.62%) NIST
6 7 (2.30%) GxP
7 5 (1.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (1.64%) 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 43 (14.14%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.61%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.96%) vSphere
5 6 (1.97%) Firmware
5 6 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.32%) Docker
7 3 (0.99%) KVM
7 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.66%) pfSense
8 2 (0.66%) RHEV
8 2 (0.66%) Squid
8 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.66%) Xen
9 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (8.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.92%) FortiGate
3 14 (4.61%) Ansible
4 7 (2.30%) SCCM
5 6 (1.97%) Terraform
6 5 (1.64%) Autotask
6 5 (1.64%) Nmap
7 4 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.32%) Grafana
8 3 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.99%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.99%) QRadar
8 3 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.66%) Nagios
9 2 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.66%) VxRail
10 1 (0.33%) Podman
10 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 187 (61.51%) Cisco
2 77 (25.33%) Microsoft
3 66 (21.71%) Fortinet
4 51 (16.78%) Juniper
5 42 (13.82%) VMware
6 34 (11.18%) Meraki
7 26 (8.55%) Aruba
8 22 (7.24%) CheckPoint
8 22 (7.24%) Palo Alto
9 15 (4.93%) Citrix
10 13 (4.28%) Starlink
11 12 (3.95%) SolarWinds
12 11 (3.62%) Dell
13 10 (3.29%) ServiceNow
14 9 (2.96%) Arista
14 9 (2.96%) Freshdesk
15 8 (2.63%) Apple
15 8 (2.63%) F5
15 8 (2.63%) Mitel
16 7 (2.30%) Huawei