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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 214 315
Rank change year-on-year -179 +101 +88
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 272 530 685
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 1.46% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.44% 3.59% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 150 299 610
10th Percentile £26,200 £32,500 £28,900
25th Percentile £32,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,275 £73,750 £66,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% +15.26% +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 18,910 14,758 21,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.51% 40.64% 27.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,738 6,912 15,127
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,415 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% +8.03% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £91,400 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +5.51% -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 27 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 27 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 -48 75 £60,000 -4.00% 32
North of England -66 63 £50,000 +5.26% 38
Midlands -135 44 £32,500 -49.69% 32
North West -33 42 £50,000 +5.26% 18
East Midlands -61 35 £32,500 -20.73% 14
South East -82 35 £45,000 -18.18% 31
East of England -5 26 £34,000 -36.45% 16
South West -34 26 £40,000 -15.79% 18
Yorkshire -60 17 £50,000 +33.33% 14
West Midlands -122 9 £47,500 -26.47% 18
North East -32 4 £55,500 +13.85% 6
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 (8.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 124 (45.59%) Azure
2 48 (17.65%) AWS
3 38 (13.97%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (2.57%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (2.21%) GCP
8 5 (1.84%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.74%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.74%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.74%) SaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.37%) GitHub
10 1 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 139 (51.10%) Firewall
2 108 (39.71%) WAN
3 91 (33.46%) LAN
4 60 (22.06%) VPN
5 40 (14.71%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (13.24%) Network Security
7 30 (11.03%) TCP/IP
8 29 (10.66%) VLAN
9 25 (9.19%) Wireless
10 23 (8.46%) Cisco ASA
11 22 (8.09%) SD-WAN
12 20 (7.35%) DNS
13 19 (6.99%) DHCP
13 19 (6.99%) VoIP
14 18 (6.62%) Cisco Firepower
14 18 (6.62%) MPLS
15 16 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (4.41%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (4.41%) WLAN
17 11 (4.04%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.57%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.21%) JIRA
3 5 (1.84%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Git
4 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 130 (47.79%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.13%) Finance
3 23 (8.46%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.62%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.04%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.31%) Retail
10 8 (2.94%) Law
10 8 (2.94%) Legal
11 5 (1.84%) Banking
12 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.74%) Military
13 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
13 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 107 (39.34%) Network Engineer
2 42 (15.44%) Cisco Engineer
3 37 (13.60%) IT Engineer
4 34 (12.50%) LAN Engineer
4 34 (12.50%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 34 (12.50%) WAN Engineer
5 27 (9.93%) Support Engineer
6 25 (9.19%) IT Support
7 23 (8.46%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (8.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 22 (8.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (8.09%) Presales Engineer
9 19 (6.99%) Analyst
9 19 (6.99%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (6.99%) Juniper Engineer
10 15 (5.51%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (4.78%) Security Specialist
11 13 (4.78%) Senior
12 12 (4.41%) Lead
13 11 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.47%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.74%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.18%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.62%) Driving Licence
3 16 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 15 (5.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.94%) Smartphone
6 7 (2.57%) CCTV
6 7 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.57%) Insider Threat
7 6 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.84%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.84%) PKI
8 5 (1.84%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.47%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.47%) Social Media
10 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.10%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (22.06%) Windows
2 36 (13.24%) Linux
3 30 (11.03%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.94%) Unix
5 7 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.47%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (13.60%) Customer Service
4 36 (13.24%) ITIL
5 30 (11.03%) Presales
6 26 (9.56%) Computer Science
6 26 (9.56%) High Availability
6 26 (9.56%) Process Improvement
7 24 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (8.82%) Incident Response
8 22 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (7.35%) Network Monitoring
10 19 (6.99%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (6.62%) SIEM
12 16 (5.88%) Project Delivery
13 15 (5.51%) Network Architecture
14 14 (5.15%) Mentoring
15 13 (4.78%) Disaster Recovery
15 13 (4.78%) Information Security
15 13 (4.78%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.99%) PowerShell
2 14 (5.15%) Python
3 3 (1.10%) SQL
4 2 (0.74%) Bicep
5 1 (0.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 272 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (34.19%) CCNP
3 79 (29.04%) Network+ Certification
4 63 (23.16%) Azure Certification
5 62 (22.79%) Degree
6 51 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (14.71%) MCSE
8 29 (10.66%) Security Cleared
9 25 (9.19%) CCIE
9 25 (9.19%) JNCIA
10 24 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (8.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 22 (8.09%) MCSA
12 20 (7.35%) SC Cleared
13 18 (6.62%) DBS Check
14 17 (6.25%) CCSA
14 17 (6.25%) CCSE
15 12 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (4.04%) CISSP
17 10 (3.68%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.51%) GDPR
3 13 (4.78%) NIST
3 13 (4.78%) SLA
4 9 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.10%) ITGC
7 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 24 (8.82%) Hyper-V
3 22 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.31%) vSphere
5 7 (2.57%) Firmware
5 7 (2.57%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.47%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.74%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (8.09%) FortiGate
2 18 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (4.04%) Ansible
4 8 (2.94%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (2.94%) Terraform
5 7 (2.57%) Nmap
6 4 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.47%) WSUS
7 3 (1.10%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.10%) OpenView
7 3 (1.10%) QRadar
7 3 (1.10%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.74%) Control-M
8 2 (0.74%) VxRail
9 1 (0.37%) Autotask
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.37%) Grafana
9 1 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 190 (69.85%) Cisco
2 114 (41.91%) Microsoft
3 68 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 47 (17.28%) ForeScout
5 41 (15.07%) VMware
6 39 (14.34%) Juniper
7 32 (11.76%) Meraki
8 31 (11.40%) CheckPoint
9 27 (9.93%) Aruba
10 19 (6.99%) SolarWinds
11 16 (5.88%) Palo Alto
12 15 (5.51%) Dell
13 13 (4.78%) Citrix
13 13 (4.78%) Splunk
14 10 (3.68%) WatchGuard
15 9 (3.31%) Draytek
15 9 (3.31%) Sophos
16 8 (2.94%) Arista
17 7 (2.57%) CrowdStrike
17 7 (2.57%) Mitel