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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 213 315
Rank change year-on-year -215 +102 +88
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 236 581 660
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 1.48% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 3.64% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 154 317 592
10th Percentile £25,900 £33,200 £29,025
25th Percentile £32,063 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +4.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,200 £72,500 £67,375
UK median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +15.79% +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 18,484 15,940 20,864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.41% 40.64% 28.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,550 6,916 14,689
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,110 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,505 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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
London -25 70 £55,000 -12.00% 26
North of England -87 52 £50,000 +5.26% 20
North West -38 41 £50,000 +5.26% 12
Midlands -140 35 £32,500 -49.69% 14
South East -78 34 £45,000 -18.18% 20
East Midlands -56 30 £32,500 -22.16% 6
South West -27 22 £40,000 -15.79% 12
East of England +3 19 £36,500 -29.81% 12
Yorkshire -62 9 £50,000 +29.03% 5
West Midlands -119 5 £47,500 -26.47% 8
North East -27 2 £55,500 -11.20% 3
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 22 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 74 (31.36%) Azure
2 46 (19.49%) AWS
3 37 (15.68%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (7.20%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 6 (2.54%) GCP
5 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.69%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.27%) IaaS
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.85%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.85%) SaaS
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 141 (59.75%) Firewall
2 110 (46.61%) WAN
3 99 (41.95%) LAN
4 63 (26.69%) VPN
5 37 (15.68%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (14.83%) Network Security
7 30 (12.71%) TCP/IP
8 29 (12.29%) VLAN
9 25 (10.59%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (9.75%) Wireless
11 21 (8.90%) SD-WAN
12 20 (8.47%) MPLS
13 18 (7.63%) Cisco Firepower
13 18 (7.63%) DNS
14 17 (7.20%) DHCP
14 17 (7.20%) VoIP
15 16 (6.78%) Intrusion Detection
16 15 (6.36%) WLAN
17 13 (5.51%) BGP
18 11 (4.66%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.97%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.54%) JIRA
3 4 (1.69%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) Git
General
1 83 (35.17%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.53%) Finance
3 23 (9.75%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.24%) Retail
8 8 (3.39%) Legal
9 6 (2.54%) Law
10 5 (2.12%) Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Military
12 1 (0.42%) Marketing
12 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (26.27%) Network Engineer
2 40 (16.95%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (14.83%) IT Engineer
4 34 (14.41%) LAN Engineer
4 34 (14.41%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 34 (14.41%) WAN Engineer
5 33 (13.98%) Support Engineer
6 24 (10.17%) IT Support
7 22 (9.32%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (9.32%) Presales Engineer
8 21 (8.90%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (8.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 19 (8.05%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (8.05%) Juniper Engineer
10 18 (7.63%) Analyst
10 18 (7.63%) Senior
11 15 (6.36%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (6.36%) Technical Engineer
12 12 (5.08%) Security Specialist
12 12 (5.08%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.85%) Middleware
3 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.92%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.78%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (5.93%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.39%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.97%) CCTV
7 7 (2.97%) Insider Threat
8 5 (2.12%) e-Learning
8 5 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.12%) PKI
9 4 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.27%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.27%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.27%) Social Media
11 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (24.15%) Windows
2 36 (15.25%) Linux
3 29 (12.29%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.08%) Unix
5 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (25.85%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (19.49%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (16.53%) Customer Service
4 37 (15.68%) ITIL
5 29 (12.29%) Presales
6 28 (11.86%) High Availability
7 26 (11.02%) Computer Science
7 26 (11.02%) Process Improvement
8 25 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (9.32%) Mentoring
10 21 (8.90%) Incident Response
11 20 (8.47%) Penetration Testing
12 19 (8.05%) Project Delivery
13 18 (7.63%) Network Monitoring
13 18 (7.63%) SIEM
14 15 (6.36%) Information Security
15 14 (5.93%) Change Control
15 14 (5.93%) Kalman Filter
15 14 (5.93%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 14 (5.93%) Python
3 3 (1.27%) SQL
4 1 (0.42%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 236 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 101 (42.80%) CCNP
3 58 (24.58%) Degree
4 47 (19.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (17.37%) Security Cleared
6 38 (16.10%) MCSE
7 32 (13.56%) SC Cleared
8 31 (13.14%) JNCIA
9 28 (11.86%) Network+ Certification
10 26 (11.02%) CCIE
11 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 24 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 23 (9.75%) MCSA
14 18 (7.63%) CCSA
14 18 (7.63%) CCSE
15 17 (7.20%) DV Cleared
16 16 (6.78%) DBS Check
17 12 (5.08%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (4.66%) Azure Certification
18 11 (4.66%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.36%) SLA
3 14 (5.93%) GDPR
4 12 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (4.66%) NIST
6 7 (2.97%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.27%) ITGC
8 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (14.83%) Active Directory
2 23 (9.75%) Hyper-V
3 20 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.97%) vSphere
5 5 (2.12%) Firmware
6 4 (1.69%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.85%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (10.17%) FortiGate
2 19 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.24%) Ansible
4 7 (2.97%) Nmap
5 6 (2.54%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (2.12%) Terraform
7 4 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.69%) WSUS
8 3 (1.27%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.27%) Autotask
8 3 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.27%) OpenView
8 3 (1.27%) QRadar
8 3 (1.27%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.85%) Control-M
9 2 (0.85%) VxRail
10 1 (0.42%) Grafana
10 1 (0.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 150 (63.56%) Cisco
2 71 (30.08%) Fortinet
3 68 (28.81%) Microsoft
4 43 (18.22%) Juniper
5 41 (17.37%) VMware
6 31 (13.14%) CheckPoint
7 28 (11.86%) Aruba
7 28 (11.86%) Meraki
8 18 (7.63%) Palo Alto
8 18 (7.63%) SolarWinds
9 15 (6.36%) Citrix
9 15 (6.36%) Dell
10 12 (5.08%) Splunk
11 9 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (3.81%) Draytek
11 9 (3.81%) WatchGuard
12 8 (3.39%) Arista
13 7 (2.97%) Mitel
13 7 (2.97%) Sophos
14 6 (2.54%) HP