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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 302 336
Rank change year-on-year +1 +34 +57
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 494 382 685
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.60% 0.97% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.62% 2.34% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 147 287 589
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £31,150
25th Percentile £39,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,750 £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 18,865 16,299 23,449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.01% 41.41% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,383 7,005 15,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -9.28%

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 May 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 May 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 +49 139 £50,000 - 40
South East -13 86 £42,500 - 43
London -59 83 £70,000 +16.67% 24
Midlands -27 81 £51,058 +32.62% 20
Yorkshire -3 65 £47,750 +31.72% 11
South West -34 63 £40,000 -8.57% 41
North West +33 62 £50,000 -9.09% 20
East of England +22 44 £34,000 -18.43% 22
East Midlands -13 44 £51,058 +45.88% 3
West Midlands -29 37 £53,401 -17.85% 17
North East -31 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 23 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.21%) Confluence
2 6 (1.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 357 (72.27%) Azure
2 46 (9.31%) AWS
3 36 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (2.23%) GCP
5 9 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (1.62%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.01%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.61%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.40%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.40%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.40%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.40%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 122 (24.70%) Firewall
2 98 (19.84%) WAN
3 78 (15.79%) LAN
4 63 (12.75%) VPN
5 48 (9.72%) Network Security
6 39 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
7 29 (5.87%) TCP/IP
8 26 (5.26%) Wireless
9 25 (5.06%) SD-WAN
10 24 (4.86%) DNS
11 23 (4.66%) DHCP
12 22 (4.45%) VoIP
13 21 (4.25%) VLAN
14 17 (3.44%) SAN
15 16 (3.24%) BGP
15 16 (3.24%) Cisco Firepower
16 15 (3.04%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (2.83%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (2.63%) MPLS
19 12 (2.43%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.23%) GitLab
1 11 (2.23%) JIRA
2 7 (1.42%) Git
2 7 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.21%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.81%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.81%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 368 (74.49%) Social Skills
2 33 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (4.25%) Finance
4 20 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (3.44%) Public Sector
6 13 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.82%) Legal
8 7 (1.42%) Law
8 7 (1.42%) Retail
9 6 (1.21%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.01%) Banking
10 5 (1.01%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.81%) Automotive
11 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.81%) Electronics
12 3 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Military
14 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 350 (70.85%) Network Engineer
2 42 (8.50%) IT Engineer
3 36 (7.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 27 (5.47%) LAN Engineer
4 27 (5.47%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 27 (5.47%) WAN Engineer
5 21 (4.25%) Presales Engineer
6 19 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (3.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 19 (3.85%) IT Support
6 19 (3.85%) Lead
7 18 (3.64%) Support Engineer
8 17 (3.44%) Firewall Engineer
8 17 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (3.44%) Juniper Engineer
8 17 (3.44%) Senior
9 16 (3.24%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (2.63%) Field Engineer
10 13 (2.63%) Field Service Engineer
11 10 (2.02%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.81%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.40%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.40%) boto
2 2 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.73%) Data Centre
2 14 (2.83%) Security Posture
3 13 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.43%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.82%) Smartphone
7 7 (1.42%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.01%) PKI
8 5 (1.01%) Replication
9 4 (0.81%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.81%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.61%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.61%) Social Media
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 66 (13.36%) Windows
2 37 (7.49%) Linux
3 33 (6.68%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (7.89%) ITIL
4 35 (7.09%) Customer Service
4 35 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 31 (6.28%) High Availability
6 28 (5.67%) Computer Science
7 27 (5.47%) Presales
8 26 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
8 26 (5.26%) Network Monitoring
9 25 (5.06%) Incident Response
10 22 (4.45%) Process Improvement
10 22 (4.45%) SIEM
11 21 (4.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (4.05%) Network Architecture
13 17 (3.44%) Business Continuity
13 17 (3.44%) Network Design
14 15 (3.04%) Penetration Testing
15 14 (2.83%) Network Segmentation
16 13 (2.63%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.47%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.44%) Python
3 7 (1.42%) Bash
4 6 (1.21%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) Bicep
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
6 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 494 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 312 (63.16%) Network+ Certification
3 309 (62.55%) Azure Certification
4 87 (17.61%) CCNP
5 59 (11.94%) Degree
6 55 (11.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (6.88%) MCSE
8 32 (6.48%) Security Cleared
9 24 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (4.45%) JNCIA
11 18 (3.64%) CCIE
12 16 (3.24%) SC Cleared
13 14 (2.83%) DBS Check
14 13 (2.63%) A+ Certification
14 13 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (2.43%) CCSA
15 12 (2.43%) CCSE
16 11 (2.23%) CISSP
17 10 (2.02%) OSCP
17 10 (2.02%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.04%) GDPR
3 14 (2.83%) SLA
4 12 (2.43%) NIST
5 9 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.40%) COBIT
7 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) QA
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (9.11%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.24%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.83%) vSphere
5 10 (2.02%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.82%) Docker
7 8 (1.62%) Firmware
8 7 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.21%) Squid
10 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.40%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (4.45%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.44%) Ansible
3 14 (2.83%) Terraform
4 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.02%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (1.42%) ZABBIX
7 6 (1.21%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.21%) Packer
8 4 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.81%) Nmap
8 4 (0.81%) WSUS
9 3 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.40%) Control-M
10 2 (0.40%) OpenView
10 2 (0.40%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.40%) VxRail
11 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 391 (79.15%) Cisco
2 348 (70.45%) Microsoft
3 282 (57.09%) ForeScout
4 54 (10.93%) Fortinet
5 37 (7.49%) VMware
6 27 (5.47%) Juniper
7 26 (5.26%) Aruba
7 26 (5.26%) Meraki
8 21 (4.25%) Dell
8 21 (4.25%) SolarWinds
9 19 (3.85%) CheckPoint
10 16 (3.24%) Splunk
11 14 (2.83%) Palo Alto
12 10 (2.02%) Sophos
13 9 (1.82%) HP
13 9 (1.82%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.82%) Veeam
14 8 (1.62%) Citrix
15 7 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
16 6 (1.21%) Zscaler