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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 327 331
Rank change year-on-year +19 +4 +35
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 513 358 742
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.89% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 2.24% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 173 286 539
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £30,700
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% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,125 £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 16,373 15,951 24,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.39% 39.72% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 9,005 6,802 15,633
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,646
25th Percentile £43,000 £39,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +38 136 £50,000 -8.05% 40
South East -6 101 £45,000 +5.88% 44
London -61 90 £76,250 +38.64% 42
Midlands +8 80 £51,058 +32.62% 20
Yorkshire +19 68 £45,500 +17.88% 14
South West -47 67 £50,000 +17.65% 42
North West +18 56 £50,000 -9.09% 16
East of England +24 44 £34,000 -18.56% 29
East Midlands -19 42 £51,058 +45.88% 3
West Midlands -1 38 £46,801 -28.00% 17
North East -38 12 - - 10
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 28 (5.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 374 (72.90%) Azure
2 54 (10.53%) AWS
3 45 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (3.12%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (2.14%) GCP
7 9 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (0.97%) Mimecast
8 5 (0.97%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.78%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
9 4 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.78%) Rubrik
9 4 (0.78%) Serverless
10 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 145 (28.27%) Firewall
2 116 (22.61%) WAN
3 94 (18.32%) VPN
4 93 (18.13%) LAN
5 66 (12.87%) Network Security
6 55 (10.72%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (8.77%) TCP/IP
8 41 (7.99%) VLAN
9 36 (7.02%) DNS
9 36 (7.02%) SD-WAN
10 35 (6.82%) DHCP
11 33 (6.43%) Wireless
12 26 (5.07%) BGP
12 26 (5.07%) VoIP
13 20 (3.90%) Cisco Firepower
13 20 (3.90%) OSPF
14 19 (3.70%) MPLS
15 16 (3.12%) Cisco ISE
16 15 (2.92%) WLAN
17 14 (2.73%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (3.12%) JIRA
2 14 (2.73%) GitLab
3 9 (1.75%) Git
3 9 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.39%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 383 (74.66%) Social Skills
2 34 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (3.51%) Finance
4 16 (3.12%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (1.95%) Retail
7 9 (1.75%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.56%) Banking
8 8 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.56%) Law
8 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.17%) Military
11 4 (0.78%) Automotive
11 4 (0.78%) Digital Health
11 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.78%) Electronics
11 4 (0.78%) Legal
12 2 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 368 (71.73%) Network Engineer
2 42 (8.19%) IT Engineer
3 33 (6.43%) Senior
4 24 (4.68%) IT Support
5 23 (4.48%) Cisco Engineer
6 22 (4.29%) Lead
7 21 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (4.09%) Senior Network Engineer
8 20 (3.90%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.51%) IT Support Engineer
10 16 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
11 15 (2.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 14 (2.73%) LAN Engineer
12 14 (2.73%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 14 (2.73%) WAN Engineer
13 13 (2.53%) Security Engineer
14 12 (2.34%) Analyst
15 11 (2.14%) Field Engineer
15 11 (2.14%) Field Service Engineer
15 11 (2.14%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.78%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.78%) boto
1 4 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.58%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.94%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.90%) Security Posture
3 19 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 12 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.17%) PKI
9 5 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.97%) Replication
10 4 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.78%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.58%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.58%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 86 (16.76%) Windows
2 52 (10.14%) Windows Server
3 45 (8.77%) Linux
4 13 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (12.48%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (10.14%) ITIL
4 43 (8.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 42 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 41 (7.99%) High Availability
7 39 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (6.24%) Computer Science
9 31 (6.04%) Business Continuity
9 31 (6.04%) Incident Response
10 29 (5.65%) Network Monitoring
11 27 (5.26%) SIEM
12 23 (4.48%) Network Architecture
12 23 (4.48%) Network Design
13 21 (4.09%) Customer Service
14 19 (3.70%) Presales
15 18 (3.51%) Process Improvement
16 17 (3.31%) Infrastructure as Code
16 17 (3.31%) Project Delivery
17 16 (3.12%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.02%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.70%) Python
3 9 (1.75%) Bash
4 8 (1.56%) Java
5 3 (0.58%) SQL
6 2 (0.39%) Bicep
7 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 513 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 318 (61.99%) Azure Certification
3 305 (59.45%) Network+ Certification
4 112 (21.83%) CCNP
5 64 (12.48%) Degree
6 59 (11.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (6.43%) Security Cleared
8 30 (5.85%) MCSE
9 27 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (4.09%) CCIE
11 16 (3.12%) SC Cleared
12 15 (2.92%) AWS Certification
13 13 (2.53%) CISSP
14 12 (2.34%) DV Cleared
14 12 (2.34%) RHCSA
15 11 (2.14%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (2.14%) MCSA
16 10 (1.95%) OSCP
17 9 (1.75%) DBS Check
17 9 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.51%) GDPR
3 17 (3.31%) SLA
4 14 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.34%) NIST
6 6 (1.17%) QA
7 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) COBIT
9 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (12.28%) Active Directory
2 39 (7.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.68%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.31%) vSphere
5 13 (2.53%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.14%) Docker
7 8 (1.56%) Squid
8 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.58%) Firmware
10 3 (0.58%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (4.09%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.51%) Terraform
3 17 (3.31%) Ansible
4 14 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.95%) Cisco Prime
6 9 (1.75%) ZABBIX
7 8 (1.56%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.56%) Packer
8 5 (0.97%) Control-M
9 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.78%) VxRail
9 4 (0.78%) WSUS
10 3 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.58%) OpenView
10 3 (0.58%) Tivoli
11 2 (0.39%) Iperf
11 2 (0.39%) Nmap
12 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 396 (77.19%) Cisco
2 366 (71.35%) Microsoft
3 282 (54.97%) ForeScout
4 56 (10.92%) VMware
5 50 (9.75%) Fortinet
6 30 (5.85%) Palo Alto
7 26 (5.07%) Aruba
8 25 (4.87%) Meraki
9 22 (4.29%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.90%) Splunk
11 19 (3.70%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.31%) Juniper
13 16 (3.12%) Dell
14 13 (2.53%) Sophos
15 12 (2.34%) HP
16 11 (2.14%) Red Hat
16 11 (2.14%) Veeam
17 10 (1.95%) Citrix
18 8 (1.56%) Oracle
18 8 (1.56%) Zscaler