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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 304 339
Rank change year-on-year +7 +35 +45
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 506 363 679
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.95% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.67% 2.30% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 160 264 579
10th Percentile £31,800 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £67,813 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%

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 18,967 15,783 23,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.81% 41.39% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,643 6,542 15,701
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,620 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,988 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 28 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 28 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 +42 139 £50,000 -9.09% 36
South East -1 92 £45,000 +9.09% 52
London -65 86 £74,500 +24.17% 29
Midlands -27 83 £51,058 +32.62% 24
Yorkshire -2 67 £47,750 +23.70% 10
South West -35 65 £40,000 -5.88% 36
North West +25 60 £50,000 -9.09% 17
East Midlands -13 46 £51,058 +45.88% 3
East of England +11 43 £34,000 -18.43% 25
West Midlands -39 37 £53,401 -17.85% 21
North East -36 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.38%) Confluence
2 7 (1.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 364 (71.94%) Azure
2 49 (9.68%) AWS
3 38 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (2.17%) GCP
5 10 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 9 (1.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.99%) Mimecast
8 4 (0.79%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.59%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.59%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.59%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (0.59%) AWS Fargate
9 3 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.59%) Rubrik
9 3 (0.59%) Serverless
10 2 (0.40%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 134 (26.48%) Firewall
2 103 (20.36%) WAN
3 82 (16.21%) LAN
4 73 (14.43%) VPN
5 56 (11.07%) Network Security
6 48 (9.49%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (6.13%) TCP/IP
8 27 (5.34%) SD-WAN
8 27 (5.34%) VLAN
8 27 (5.34%) Wireless
9 24 (4.74%) VoIP
10 23 (4.55%) DNS
11 22 (4.35%) DHCP
12 20 (3.95%) Cisco Firepower
13 19 (3.75%) BGP
14 18 (3.56%) Cisco ASA
15 15 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
15 15 (2.96%) MPLS
16 14 (2.77%) OSPF
16 14 (2.77%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (2.57%) JIRA
2 12 (2.37%) GitLab
3 8 (1.58%) Git
3 8 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.38%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 373 (73.72%) Social Skills
2 31 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (3.95%) Finance
4 17 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (3.16%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.78%) Retail
8 8 (1.58%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.38%) Law
9 7 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.19%) Banking
10 6 (1.19%) Legal
10 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Automotive
12 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Electronics
12 4 (0.79%) Military
13 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 362 (71.54%) Network Engineer
2 39 (7.71%) IT Engineer
3 33 (6.52%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (4.94%) Senior
5 24 (4.74%) LAN Engineer
5 24 (4.74%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 24 (4.74%) WAN Engineer
6 20 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (3.95%) IT Support
7 19 (3.75%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (3.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 19 (3.75%) Lead
7 19 (3.75%) Presales Engineer
8 18 (3.56%) Support Engineer
9 16 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (2.77%) Firewall Engineer
10 14 (2.77%) Juniper Engineer
10 14 (2.77%) Senior Network Engineer
11 11 (2.17%) Field Engineer
11 11 (2.17%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.79%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.59%) boto
3 2 (0.40%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.47%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.36%) Security Posture
3 14 (2.77%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.58%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.19%) Smartphone
8 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.99%) PKI
8 5 (0.99%) Replication
9 4 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (0.79%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.79%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.59%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.59%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.43%) Windows
2 42 (8.30%) Linux
3 39 (7.71%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (8.70%) ITIL
4 40 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
5 33 (6.52%) High Availability
6 32 (6.32%) Computer Science
7 30 (5.93%) Customer Service
8 27 (5.34%) Incident Response
8 27 (5.34%) Network Monitoring
9 26 (5.14%) Presales
10 25 (4.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (4.94%) SIEM
11 23 (4.55%) Network Architecture
12 22 (4.35%) Process Improvement
13 21 (4.15%) Business Continuity
14 20 (3.95%) Network Design
15 17 (3.36%) Penetration Testing
16 14 (2.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 14 (2.77%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.93%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.36%) Python
3 8 (1.58%) Bash
4 7 (1.38%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) Bicep
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
6 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 506 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 311 (61.46%) Azure Certification
3 309 (61.07%) Network+ Certification
4 98 (19.37%) CCNP
5 64 (12.65%) Degree
6 54 (10.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (7.31%) Security Cleared
8 32 (6.32%) MCSE
9 27 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (4.15%) CCIE
11 20 (3.95%) SC Cleared
12 18 (3.56%) JNCIA
13 13 (2.57%) CISSP
14 12 (2.37%) CCSA
14 12 (2.37%) CCSE
15 11 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (2.17%) DBS Check
15 11 (2.17%) OSCP
15 11 (2.17%) RHCSA
16 10 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (3.16%) GDPR
3 14 (2.77%) SLA
4 13 (2.57%) NIST
5 12 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.59%) COBIT
7 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.59%) QA
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (9.49%) Active Directory
2 33 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.96%) vSphere
5 11 (2.17%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.98%) Docker
7 7 (1.38%) Firmware
7 7 (1.38%) Squid
7 7 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (4.35%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.36%) Ansible
3 15 (2.96%) Terraform
4 12 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
6 8 (1.58%) ZABBIX
7 7 (1.38%) Kubernetes
7 7 (1.38%) Packer
8 4 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.79%) Nmap
8 4 (0.79%) WSUS
9 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.59%) OpenView
9 3 (0.59%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.59%) VxRail
10 2 (0.40%) Control-M
11 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 399 (78.85%) Cisco
2 354 (69.96%) Microsoft
3 282 (55.73%) ForeScout
4 56 (11.07%) Fortinet
5 44 (8.70%) VMware
6 27 (5.34%) Aruba
7 26 (5.14%) Meraki
8 24 (4.74%) Juniper
9 20 (3.95%) CheckPoint
10 19 (3.75%) SolarWinds
11 18 (3.56%) Dell
11 18 (3.56%) Splunk
12 17 (3.36%) Palo Alto
13 12 (2.37%) HP
13 12 (2.37%) Sophos
14 10 (1.98%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.98%) Veeam
15 8 (1.58%) Citrix
16 7 (1.38%) Oracle
16 7 (1.38%) Zscaler