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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 310 336
Rank change year-on-year +12 +26 +65
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 492 386 687
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.99% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.60% 2.41% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 144 296 595
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £33,200 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,125 £67,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £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 18,907 16,011 23,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.49% 40.96% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,285 7,089 15,718
10th Percentile £29,625 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £42,215 £41,250 £38,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -8.79%

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 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 12 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 +44 138 £50,000 - 44
South East -3 87 £42,500 -2.86% 44
Midlands -31 81 £51,058 +22.29% 22
London -48 81 £74,000 +23.33% 28
Yorkshire -8 64 £50,000 +33.33% 11
North West +23 62 £50,000 -9.09% 24
South West -24 62 £40,000 -8.57% 39
East of England +23 45 £34,000 -34.62% 23
East Midlands -16 44 £51,058 +45.88% 3
West Midlands -41 37 £53,401 -17.85% 19
North East -28 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 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.02%) Confluence
2 5 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 354 (71.95%) Azure
2 44 (8.94%) AWS
3 35 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (2.03%) GCP
6 9 (1.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.02%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.41%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.41%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.20%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.20%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 122 (24.80%) Firewall
2 99 (20.12%) WAN
3 79 (16.06%) LAN
4 63 (12.80%) VPN
5 47 (9.55%) Network Security
6 38 (7.72%) Wi-Fi
7 29 (5.89%) TCP/IP
8 27 (5.49%) Wireless
9 25 (5.08%) DNS
9 25 (5.08%) SD-WAN
10 24 (4.88%) DHCP
11 23 (4.67%) VLAN
12 21 (4.27%) VoIP
13 16 (3.25%) BGP
13 16 (3.25%) SAN
14 15 (3.05%) Cisco Firepower
15 14 (2.85%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (2.85%) Cisco ISE
16 13 (2.64%) MPLS
16 13 (2.64%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (2.03%) GitLab
2 9 (1.83%) JIRA
3 6 (1.22%) Git
3 6 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.02%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.81%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.81%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 367 (74.59%) Social Skills
2 32 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (4.27%) Finance
3 21 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (3.46%) Public Sector
5 13 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.83%) Legal
7 7 (1.42%) Law
7 7 (1.42%) Retail
8 6 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.02%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.02%) Banking
10 4 (0.81%) Automotive
10 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.81%) Electronics
10 4 (0.81%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Military
13 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 350 (71.14%) Network Engineer
2 40 (8.13%) IT Engineer
3 38 (7.72%) Cisco Engineer
4 28 (5.69%) LAN Engineer
4 28 (5.69%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 28 (5.69%) WAN Engineer
5 22 (4.47%) Presales Engineer
6 20 (4.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 19 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (3.86%) Lead
8 18 (3.66%) Firewall Engineer
8 18 (3.66%) IT Support
8 18 (3.66%) Juniper Engineer
8 18 (3.66%) Support Engineer
9 17 (3.46%) Senior
10 15 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (3.05%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (2.64%) Field Engineer
11 13 (2.64%) Field Service Engineer
12 10 (2.03%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.81%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.41%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.41%) Middleware
3 1 (0.20%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.16%) Data Centre
2 14 (2.85%) Security Posture
3 13 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.44%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.83%) Smartphone
7 8 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.02%) PKI
10 4 (0.81%) Insider Threat
10 4 (0.81%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.61%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.61%) Replication
11 3 (0.61%) Social Media
12 2 (0.41%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 63 (12.80%) Windows
2 34 (6.91%) Linux
3 31 (6.30%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (7.52%) ITIL
4 35 (7.11%) Customer Service
5 32 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 30 (6.10%) High Availability
7 28 (5.69%) Presales
8 27 (5.49%) Computer Science
8 27 (5.49%) Network Monitoring
9 25 (5.08%) Incident Response
10 24 (4.88%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (4.47%) Process Improvement
12 21 (4.27%) SIEM
13 20 (4.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (4.07%) Network Architecture
14 16 (3.25%) Business Continuity
15 15 (3.05%) Network Design
15 15 (3.05%) Penetration Testing
16 14 (2.85%) Network Segmentation
17 12 (2.44%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 25 (5.08%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.25%) Python
3 6 (1.22%) Bash
4 5 (1.02%) Java
5 2 (0.41%) Bicep
5 2 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 492 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 313 (63.62%) Network+ Certification
3 307 (62.40%) Azure Certification
4 87 (17.68%) CCNP
5 57 (11.59%) Degree
6 52 (10.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (6.71%) MCSE
8 31 (6.30%) Security Cleared
9 23 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (4.67%) JNCIA
10 18 (3.66%) CCIE
11 15 (3.05%) DBS Check
11 15 (3.05%) SC Cleared
12 13 (2.64%) A+ Certification
12 13 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (2.44%) CCSA
13 12 (2.44%) CCSE
14 11 (2.24%) CISSP
15 9 (1.83%) MCSA
15 9 (1.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.05%) GDPR
3 14 (2.85%) SLA
4 12 (2.44%) NIST
5 8 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.41%) COBIT
7 2 (0.41%) 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 44 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.25%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.64%) vSphere
5 9 (1.83%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.63%) Docker
6 8 (1.63%) Firmware
7 7 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.02%) Squid
9 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.41%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (4.67%) FortiGate
2 16 (3.25%) Ansible
3 13 (2.64%) Terraform
4 10 (2.03%) Cisco Prime
4 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.22%) ZABBIX
6 5 (1.02%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.02%) Packer
7 4 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.81%) Nmap
7 4 (0.81%) WSUS
8 3 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.41%) Control-M
9 2 (0.41%) OpenView
9 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.41%) VxRail
10 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 393 (79.88%) Cisco
2 347 (70.53%) Microsoft
3 282 (57.32%) ForeScout
4 56 (11.38%) Fortinet
5 35 (7.11%) VMware
6 28 (5.69%) Juniper
7 27 (5.49%) Meraki
8 26 (5.28%) Aruba
9 22 (4.47%) SolarWinds
10 21 (4.27%) Dell
11 19 (3.86%) CheckPoint
12 15 (3.05%) Splunk
13 14 (2.85%) Palo Alto
14 10 (2.03%) Sophos
15 8 (1.63%) Citrix
15 8 (1.63%) HP
16 7 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.42%) Red Hat
16 7 (1.42%) Veeam
17 6 (1.22%) Zscaler