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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 215 300
Rank change year-on-year -176 +85 +94
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 251 634 616
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.40% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 3.63% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 166 306 540
10th Percentile £26,813 £33,350 £27,725
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £55,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,250 £55,000 £46,700
% change year-on-year -17.73% +17.77% -1.68%

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 17,814 17,470 19,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.89% 38.50% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,184 6,871 13,618
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,125 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -36 56 £55,000 -12.00% 27
North of England -58 53 £50,000 +5.26% 16
South East -48 48 £52,500 -12.50% 35
North West -13 41 £50,000 +5.26% 11
Midlands -118 36 £32,500 -48.86% 16
East Midlands -36 32 £32,500 -12.16% 4
East of England +23 28 £40,000 -20.79% 14
South West -6 26 £40,000 -15.79% 16
Yorkshire -44 9 £50,000 +2.56% 5
West Midlands -106 4 £35,000 -45.82% 12
North East -11 3 £46,000 -29.23%
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 16 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.80%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.59%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (27.09%) Azure
2 38 (15.14%) AWS
3 35 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.37%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.99%) IaaS
6 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.20%) SaaS
8 2 (0.80%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.80%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.40%) GCP
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.40%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.40%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 145 (57.77%) Firewall
2 101 (40.24%) WAN
3 98 (39.04%) LAN
4 65 (25.90%) VPN
5 43 (17.13%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (13.15%) Network Security
7 32 (12.75%) TCP/IP
8 31 (12.35%) VLAN
9 26 (10.36%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (8.76%) DNS
10 22 (8.76%) Wireless
11 21 (8.37%) MPLS
12 19 (7.57%) BGP
12 19 (7.57%) DHCP
13 17 (6.77%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (6.77%) Intrusion Detection
13 17 (6.77%) WLAN
14 16 (6.37%) SD-WAN
14 16 (6.37%) VoIP
15 15 (5.98%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.79%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.59%) GitLab
3 3 (1.20%) JIRA
4 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 85 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.13%) Finance
3 21 (8.37%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.18%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.98%) Retail
9 7 (2.79%) Law
10 6 (2.39%) Legal
11 4 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Banking
12 3 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.40%) Marketing
13 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (27.09%) Network Engineer
2 35 (13.94%) Cisco Engineer
3 34 (13.55%) Support Engineer
4 33 (13.15%) LAN Engineer
4 33 (13.15%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 33 (13.15%) WAN Engineer
5 30 (11.95%) IT Engineer
6 29 (11.55%) Technical Engineer
7 25 (9.96%) Senior
8 21 (8.37%) Presales Engineer
9 20 (7.97%) Analyst
10 19 (7.57%) Firewall Engineer
10 19 (7.57%) Juniper Engineer
11 16 (6.37%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (6.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 16 (6.37%) IT Support
11 16 (6.37%) Senior Network Engineer
11 16 (6.37%) Technical Support
12 15 (5.98%) IT Support Engineer
13 14 (5.58%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.80%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.40%) React
3 1 (0.40%) Svelte
3 1 (0.40%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 48 (19.12%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.77%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.78%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.98%) e-Learning
5 10 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.79%) CCTV
6 7 (2.79%) Insider Threat
7 6 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.39%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.39%) Smartphone
8 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.59%) PKI
9 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.20%) iPad
9 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.12%) Windows
2 34 (13.55%) Linux
3 30 (11.95%) Windows Server
4 16 (6.37%) Unix
5 5 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.20%) Android
8 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (19.52%) Customer Service
3 43 (17.13%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (17.13%) ITIL
4 33 (13.15%) Mentoring
5 30 (11.95%) Presales
6 27 (10.76%) High Availability
6 27 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 23 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (8.76%) Project Delivery
9 21 (8.37%) Computer Science
9 21 (8.37%) Process Improvement
10 20 (7.97%) Penetration Testing
11 17 (6.77%) Information Security
11 17 (6.77%) Network Design
11 17 (6.77%) Security Operations
12 16 (6.37%) Change Control
12 16 (6.37%) Decision-Making
12 16 (6.37%) Kalman Filter
12 16 (6.37%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.37%) PowerShell
1 16 (6.37%) Python
2 2 (0.80%) Bicep
2 2 (0.80%) SQL
3 1 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 251 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 112 (44.62%) CCNP
3 57 (22.71%) Security Cleared
4 55 (21.91%) Degree
5 47 (18.73%) SC Cleared
6 45 (17.93%) JNCIA
7 43 (17.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (14.74%) MCSE
9 29 (11.55%) DV Cleared
10 28 (11.16%) Network+ Certification
11 27 (10.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 25 (9.96%) MCSA
13 23 (9.16%) CCIE
14 19 (7.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (7.57%) DBS Check
15 17 (6.77%) CCSA
15 17 (6.77%) CCSE
16 13 (5.18%) CISSP
16 13 (5.18%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (3.98%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (5.98%) GDPR
2 15 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.98%) SLA
3 11 (4.38%) NIST
4 7 (2.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.20%) ITGC
6 2 (0.80%) GxP
6 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 35 (13.94%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.58%) Hyper-V
3 13 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.99%) Firmware
6 4 (1.59%) vSphere
7 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.20%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.80%) KVM
8 2 (0.80%) RHEV
8 2 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.80%) Xen
9 1 (0.40%) Docker
9 1 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 26 (10.36%) FortiGate
2 24 (9.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.98%) Ansible
4 7 (2.79%) Nmap
5 5 (1.99%) Autotask
6 4 (1.59%) SCCM
6 4 (1.59%) Terraform
7 3 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.20%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.20%) QRadar
7 3 (1.20%) WSUS
8 2 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.80%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.80%) Nagios
8 2 (0.80%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.40%) Grafana
9 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.40%) OpenView
9 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 158 (62.95%) Cisco
2 70 (27.89%) Fortinet
3 66 (26.29%) Microsoft
4 53 (21.12%) Juniper
5 35 (13.94%) VMware
6 28 (11.16%) Aruba
7 26 (10.36%) CheckPoint
8 24 (9.56%) Meraki
9 20 (7.97%) Palo Alto
10 14 (5.58%) SolarWinds
11 13 (5.18%) Citrix
11 13 (5.18%) Dell
12 10 (3.98%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (3.19%) Arista
13 8 (3.19%) Draytek
13 8 (3.19%) ServiceNow
13 8 (3.19%) Splunk
13 8 (3.19%) WatchGuard
14 7 (2.79%) F5
14 7 (2.79%) Mitel