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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 317 323
Rank change year-on-year -28 +6 -35
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 537 377 531
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 0.88% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.93% 2.48% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 201 268 251
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,039 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -19.00% +10.63%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +10.63%

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 18,306 15,176 18,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.80% 35.45% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10,429 6,690 8,504
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £37,000 £42,004
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.67% -5.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% -3.42%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +13 122 £42,500 +4.94% 64
South East -28 119 £47,500 +11.76% 67
Midlands +9 105 £41,000 +17.14% 43
London -57 88 £70,000 +16.67% 73
Yorkshire +17 71 £42,500 +63.46% 24
South West -102 63 £50,000 +56.25% 43
East Midlands -5 58 £38,847 +10.99% 13
West Midlands -1 47 £53,162 +29.66% 30
East of England -20 45 £55,000 +37.50% 39
North West -13 39 £52,500 -2.33% 26
North East -67 12 - - 14
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 27 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 384 (71.51%) Azure
2 65 (12.10%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (9.87%) AWS
4 48 (8.94%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.68%) GCP
6 6 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (0.93%) OneDrive
7 5 (0.93%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.74%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.74%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.74%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.74%) Serverless
9 3 (0.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.37%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 155 (28.86%) Firewall
2 109 (20.30%) WAN
3 99 (18.44%) VPN
4 92 (17.13%) LAN
5 78 (14.53%) Network Security
6 71 (13.22%) TCP/IP
7 70 (13.04%) DHCP
7 70 (13.04%) DNS
7 70 (13.04%) VLAN
8 63 (11.73%) Wireless
9 46 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (7.64%) SD-WAN
11 33 (6.15%) BGP
12 28 (5.21%) OSPF
13 24 (4.47%) VoIP
14 18 (3.35%) Internet
15 17 (3.17%) MPLS
15 17 (3.17%) SAN
16 14 (2.61%) WLAN
17 13 (2.42%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (4.84%) JIRA
2 15 (2.79%) GitLab
3 10 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.49%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.49%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 400 (74.49%) Social Skills
2 44 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (4.28%) Telecoms
4 17 (3.17%) Finance
5 15 (2.79%) Public Sector
6 13 (2.42%) Law
7 12 (2.23%) Aerospace
8 10 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.86%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.86%) Retail
9 9 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.49%) Banking
11 7 (1.30%) Digital Health
11 7 (1.30%) Military
12 6 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.93%) Automotive
13 5 (0.93%) Legal
14 4 (0.74%) Electronics
15 3 (0.56%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 373 (69.46%) Network Engineer
2 50 (9.31%) IT Engineer
3 36 (6.70%) Senior
4 34 (6.33%) IT Support
5 28 (5.21%) Support Engineer
6 26 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (4.66%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (3.54%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (3.17%) Security Engineer
10 16 (2.98%) 3rd Line Support
10 16 (2.98%) Field Engineer
10 16 (2.98%) Field Service Engineer
11 14 (2.61%) Analyst
12 13 (2.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (2.42%) Lead
13 12 (2.23%) Senior Security Engineer
13 12 (2.23%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (2.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 10 (1.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 9 (1.68%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.72%) Terraform
2 4 (0.74%) boto
3 3 (0.56%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.56%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.37%) LDAP
4 2 (0.37%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.37%) SAML
5 1 (0.19%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.19%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.19%) YAML
5 1 (0.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.99%) Data Centre
2 41 (7.64%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.35%) Security Posture
4 16 (2.98%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.42%) CCTV
7 12 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.68%) PKI
10 8 (1.49%) Replication
11 7 (1.30%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.93%) Smartphone
14 4 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
15 3 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
15 3 (0.56%) Fibre Optics
15 3 (0.56%) FMCG
16 2 (0.37%) Operational Technology
17 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 108 (20.11%) Windows
2 81 (15.08%) Windows Server
3 47 (8.75%) Linux
4 12 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.56%) Android
9 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (13.97%) ITIL
3 66 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 64 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (8.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 44 (8.19%) Project Delivery
7 41 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (7.45%) Network Design
9 39 (7.26%) Business Continuity
10 35 (6.52%) High Availability
11 31 (5.77%) Customer Service
12 29 (5.40%) Computer Science
13 28 (5.21%) Network Monitoring
14 24 (4.47%) Incident Response
14 24 (4.47%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (4.10%) Infrastructure as Code
16 21 (3.91%) SIEM
17 20 (3.72%) Incident Management
17 20 (3.72%) Network Architecture
18 19 (3.54%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.26%) PowerShell
2 34 (6.33%) Python
3 11 (2.05%) Bash
4 8 (1.49%) Java
5 2 (0.37%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) Bicep
6 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 537 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 316 (58.85%) Azure Certification
2 316 (58.85%) Network+ Certification
3 117 (21.79%) CCNP
4 71 (13.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 70 (13.04%) Degree
6 36 (6.70%) MCSE
7 34 (6.33%) Security Cleared
8 22 (4.10%) SC Cleared
9 21 (3.91%) AWS Certification
10 20 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (3.17%) CISSP
11 17 (3.17%) DV Cleared
12 16 (2.98%) MCSA
13 15 (2.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (2.05%) CCIE
15 10 (1.86%) A+ Certification
15 10 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (1.68%) CEH
16 9 (1.68%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.35%) SLA
3 11 (2.05%) GDPR
4 6 (1.12%) QA
5 5 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.93%) NIST
6 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.56%) COBIT
8 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 77 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 43 (8.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (6.15%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.17%) vSphere
5 11 (2.05%) Docker
5 11 (2.05%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.49%) Squid
8 6 (1.12%) Firmware
9 3 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.56%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.10%) FortiGate
3 17 (3.17%) Ansible
4 10 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.68%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.49%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.49%) Packer
7 4 (0.74%) Iperf
8 3 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.56%) Control-M
9 2 (0.37%) SCCM
9 2 (0.37%) VxRail
10 1 (0.19%) Nagios
10 1 (0.19%) OpenView
10 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.19%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 405 (75.42%) Cisco
2 373 (69.46%) Microsoft
3 282 (52.51%) ForeScout
4 71 (13.22%) VMware
5 49 (9.12%) Fortinet
6 39 (7.26%) Palo Alto
7 25 (4.66%) Meraki
8 17 (3.17%) WatchGuard
9 16 (2.98%) F5
10 15 (2.79%) Aruba
11 14 (2.61%) Dell
11 14 (2.61%) Juniper
11 14 (2.61%) Splunk
12 13 (2.42%) SolarWinds
12 13 (2.42%) Sophos
12 13 (2.42%) Veeam
13 12 (2.23%) Ruckus Wireless
14 11 (2.05%) CheckPoint
14 11 (2.05%) HP
14 11 (2.05%) Red Hat