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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 322 299
Rank change year-on-year -5 -23 +195
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 372 552 593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.86% 0.80% 1.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.43% 2.92% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 271 281 452
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -5.26%

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 15,335 18,923 17,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.35% 27.48% 31.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,815 9,025 11,293
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,732 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £58,952
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -5.85% +7.18%
75th Percentile £73,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,214 £58,000
% change year-on-year -0.39% -4.80% +5.45%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA 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 13 September 2025.

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 13 September 2025. 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
South East +23 96 £41,250 -17.50% 44
South West +124 87 £32,000 -36.63% 6
London +26 85 £60,000 +9.09% 33
North of England -33 45 £40,500 +1.25% 22
Midlands -41 36 £35,000 -30.00% 25
East Midlands +24 29 £35,000 -20.86% 11
East of England -8 25 £40,000 -17.53% 13
North West -33 21 £53,750 +34.38% 13
Yorkshire +10 14 £26,000 -40.57% 8
North East +23 10 £31,000 -41.51% 1
West Midlands -61 7 £41,000 -21.90% 14
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.81%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (2.69%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.27%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 105 (28.23%) Azure
2 68 (18.28%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (10.22%) AWS
4 17 (4.57%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.76%) GCP
6 12 (3.23%) IaaS
7 11 (2.96%) SaaS
8 10 (2.69%) PaaS
9 6 (1.61%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.61%) Rubrik
10 5 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.34%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.08%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.08%) Dropbox
11 4 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.81%) GitHub
12 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.81%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.54%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 170 (45.70%) Firewall
2 108 (29.03%) VPN
3 101 (27.15%) WAN
4 94 (25.27%) LAN
5 69 (18.55%) VSAT
5 69 (18.55%) Wi-Fi
6 65 (17.47%) Network Security
7 46 (12.37%) BGP
8 40 (10.75%) OSPF
9 37 (9.95%) VLAN
10 36 (9.68%) MPLS
11 35 (9.41%) DNS
11 35 (9.41%) TCP/IP
12 30 (8.06%) Wireless
13 26 (6.99%) SD-WAN
14 24 (6.45%) WLAN
15 23 (6.18%) DHCP
16 22 (5.91%) IPsec
17 20 (5.38%) LTE
18 19 (5.11%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.81%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.88%) GitLab
1 7 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 94 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.09%) Finance
3 29 (7.80%) Banking
4 28 (7.53%) Manufacturing
5 25 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.91%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.03%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.03%) Billing
8 14 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.96%) Automotive
9 11 (2.96%) Electronics
10 10 (2.69%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.42%) Law
11 9 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.88%) Military
13 6 (1.61%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 111 (29.84%) Network Engineer
2 100 (26.88%) Support Engineer
3 87 (23.39%) Technical Engineer
4 86 (23.12%) Technical Support
5 78 (20.97%) Technical Support Engineer
6 37 (9.95%) IT Support
7 34 (9.14%) Administrator
8 33 (8.87%) Senior
9 27 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (6.72%) Systems Administrator
11 24 (6.45%) NOC Engineer
12 23 (6.18%) IT Engineer
13 20 (5.38%) Architect
14 19 (5.11%) Analyst
15 17 (4.57%) Lead
16 16 (4.30%) Senior Network Engineer
17 15 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support
17 15 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 15 (4.03%) Team Leader
18 13 (3.49%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.57%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.61%) SAML
3 5 (1.34%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.27%) JSON
4 1 (0.27%) LAMP
4 1 (0.27%) React
4 1 (0.27%) Svelte
4 1 (0.27%) SvelteKit
4 1 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.29%) Data Centre
2 32 (8.60%) Driving Licence
3 21 (5.65%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.69%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.69%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.61%) Handset
7 6 (1.61%) IPTV
7 6 (1.61%) PKI
8 5 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.34%) LIMS
8 5 (1.34%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.34%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.34%) SCADA
9 4 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.81%) CCTV
10 3 (0.81%) iPad
10 3 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 101 (27.15%) Windows
2 70 (18.82%) Windows Server
3 65 (17.47%) Linux
4 23 (6.18%) Windows 10
5 21 (5.65%) Unix
6 11 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.34%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.30%) Customer Service
2 96 (25.81%) Mentoring
3 80 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (18.01%) ITIL
5 59 (15.86%) Commercial Awareness
6 53 (14.25%) High Availability
7 38 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (10.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (10.22%) Kalman Filter
8 34 (9.14%) Web Filtering
9 29 (7.80%) Proactive Monitoring
10 27 (7.26%) Project Delivery
11 26 (6.99%) Innovative Thinking
12 25 (6.72%) Incident Management
12 25 (6.72%) Regulatory Change
13 24 (6.45%) Presales
13 24 (6.45%) Proactive Management
14 23 (6.18%) Network Management
14 23 (6.18%) Root Cause Analysis
15 21 (5.65%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.22%) PowerShell
2 31 (8.33%) Python
3 12 (3.23%) Bash
4 3 (0.81%) Bicep
4 3 (0.81%) R
5 2 (0.54%) VB
6 1 (0.27%) C
6 1 (0.27%) Go
6 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 372 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 158 (42.47%) CCNP
3 104 (27.96%) Security Cleared
4 101 (27.15%) JNCIA
5 86 (23.12%) SC Cleared
6 57 (15.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 56 (15.05%) Degree
8 40 (10.75%) DV Cleared
9 31 (8.33%) MCSE
10 27 (7.26%) Network+ Certification
11 26 (6.99%) MCSA
12 22 (5.91%) Azure Certification
12 22 (5.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 15 (4.03%) CISSP
14 14 (3.76%) DBS Check
14 14 (3.76%) MCP
15 11 (2.96%) CCIE
16 10 (2.69%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (2.69%) GCSC
17 9 (2.42%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.72%) SLA
2 13 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.42%) GDPR
4 9 (2.42%) NIST
5 7 (1.88%) GxP
6 5 (1.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.27%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 76 (20.43%) Active Directory
2 32 (8.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.65%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.11%) vSphere
5 12 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 5 (1.34%) Firmware
9 4 (1.08%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.08%) Docker
10 3 (0.81%) KVM
11 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.54%) pfSense
11 2 (0.54%) RHEV
11 2 (0.54%) Squid
11 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.54%) Xen
12 1 (0.27%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.45%) Ansible
3 13 (3.49%) Terraform
4 12 (3.23%) SCCM
5 11 (2.96%) Nagios
6 9 (2.42%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (1.88%) Autotask
8 6 (1.61%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.61%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.61%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.61%) VxRail
9 5 (1.34%) CASB
9 5 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.81%) Grafana
11 3 (0.81%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.54%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.27%) Podman
Vendors
1 207 (55.65%) Cisco
2 110 (29.57%) Microsoft
3 58 (15.59%) Fortinet
4 56 (15.05%) Juniper
5 53 (14.25%) VMware
6 52 (13.98%) Meraki
7 32 (8.60%) SolarWinds
8 30 (8.06%) Starlink
9 27 (7.26%) CheckPoint
10 24 (6.45%) Palo Alto
11 17 (4.57%) Aruba
12 15 (4.03%) ServiceNow
13 14 (3.76%) Freshdesk
14 12 (3.23%) F5
14 12 (3.23%) HP
15 11 (2.96%) Apple
15 11 (2.96%) Arista
16 9 (2.42%) Sophos
16 9 (2.42%) Veeam
17 8 (2.15%) Citrix