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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 216 305
Rank change year-on-year -199 +89 +108
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 231 581 657
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 1.47% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 3.64% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 149 317 589
10th Percentile £26,150 £33,200 £29,200
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +4.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +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 18,114 15,972 20,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.41% 40.34% 28.31%
Number of salaries quoted 7,361 6,914 14,692
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,033 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,813 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
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 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 9 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 -36 65 £50,000 -20.00% 25
North of England -81 51 £50,000 +5.26% 22
North West -41 40 £50,000 +5.26% 14
Midlands -135 35 £32,500 -49.69% 15
South East -76 33 £45,000 -18.18% 29
East Midlands -45 30 £32,500 -22.16% 7
South West -25 22 £38,212 -19.55% 14
East of England +6 21 £36,500 -28.43% 12
Yorkshire -55 9 £50,000 +29.03% 5
West Midlands -116 5 £47,500 -26.47% 8
North East -27 2 £55,500 -14.62% 3
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 20 (8.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 73 (31.60%) Azure
2 45 (19.48%) AWS
3 36 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (7.79%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.60%) GCP
5 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.73%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.30%) IaaS
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.87%) SaaS
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.43%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 138 (59.74%) Firewall
2 106 (45.89%) WAN
3 97 (41.99%) LAN
4 62 (26.84%) VPN
5 35 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (13.85%) Network Security
7 28 (12.12%) TCP/IP
7 28 (12.12%) VLAN
8 25 (10.82%) Cisco ASA
9 22 (9.52%) Wireless
10 19 (8.23%) MPLS
10 19 (8.23%) SD-WAN
11 18 (7.79%) DNS
12 17 (7.36%) Cisco Firepower
12 17 (7.36%) DHCP
13 16 (6.93%) Intrusion Detection
13 16 (6.93%) VoIP
13 16 (6.93%) WLAN
14 13 (5.63%) BGP
15 11 (4.76%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Burp Suite
1 7 (3.03%) Metasploit
2 5 (2.16%) JIRA
3 4 (1.73%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Git
General
1 79 (34.20%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.88%) Finance
3 21 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.79%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.63%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.33%) Retail
9 8 (3.46%) Legal
10 6 (2.60%) Law
11 5 (2.16%) Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Military
13 1 (0.43%) Marketing
13 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (26.84%) Network Engineer
2 38 (16.45%) Cisco Engineer
3 35 (15.15%) IT Engineer
4 33 (14.29%) LAN Engineer
4 33 (14.29%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 33 (14.29%) WAN Engineer
5 32 (13.85%) Support Engineer
6 23 (9.96%) IT Support
7 21 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (9.09%) Presales Engineer
8 19 (8.23%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (8.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 19 (8.23%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (8.23%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (7.79%) Analyst
9 18 (7.79%) Senior
10 15 (6.49%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (6.06%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.19%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.73%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.87%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.91%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.93%) Driving Licence
3 14 (6.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (5.19%) Security Posture
5 10 (4.33%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.46%) Smartphone
7 7 (3.03%) CCTV
7 7 (3.03%) e-Learning
7 7 (3.03%) Insider Threat
8 5 (2.16%) PKI
9 4 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.73%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.30%) Social Media
11 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.87%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (23.81%) Windows
2 35 (15.15%) Linux
3 29 (12.55%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.63%) Unix
5 6 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.73%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (16.88%) Customer Service
4 38 (16.45%) ITIL
5 28 (12.12%) Presales
6 27 (11.69%) High Availability
7 26 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (10.82%) Process Improvement
9 23 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (9.52%) Computer Science
11 20 (8.66%) Mentoring
12 19 (8.23%) Incident Response
12 19 (8.23%) Penetration Testing
12 19 (8.23%) Project Delivery
13 17 (7.36%) Network Monitoring
13 17 (7.36%) SIEM
14 15 (6.49%) Information Security
15 14 (6.06%) Change Control
15 14 (6.06%) Kalman Filter
15 14 (6.06%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.93%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.06%) Python
3 2 (0.87%) SQL
4 1 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 231 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (43.29%) CCNP
3 53 (22.94%) Degree
4 46 (19.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 37 (16.02%) MCSE
7 32 (13.85%) SC Cleared
8 31 (13.42%) JNCIA
9 28 (12.12%) Network+ Certification
10 25 (10.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 24 (10.39%) CCIE
12 22 (9.52%) MCSA
13 20 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (8.23%) DV Cleared
15 17 (7.36%) CCSA
15 17 (7.36%) CCSE
15 17 (7.36%) DBS Check
16 12 (5.19%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (4.33%) Azure Certification
17 10 (4.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.49%) SLA
3 13 (5.63%) GDPR
4 12 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (4.33%) NIST
6 7 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.30%) ITGC
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 22 (9.52%) Hyper-V
3 19 (8.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.03%) vSphere
5 5 (2.16%) Firmware
6 4 (1.73%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.43%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (9.96%) FortiGate
2 19 (8.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.33%) Ansible
4 7 (3.03%) Nmap
5 5 (2.16%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.16%) Terraform
6 4 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.73%) WSUS
7 3 (1.30%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.30%) Autotask
7 3 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.30%) QRadar
8 2 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.87%) Control-M
8 2 (0.87%) OpenView
8 2 (0.87%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.43%) Grafana
9 1 (0.43%) SCCM
9 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 148 (64.07%) Cisco
2 69 (29.87%) Fortinet
3 68 (29.44%) Microsoft
4 42 (18.18%) Juniper
5 39 (16.88%) VMware
6 28 (12.12%) CheckPoint
7 27 (11.69%) Aruba
7 27 (11.69%) Meraki
8 18 (7.79%) Palo Alto
9 17 (7.36%) SolarWinds
10 14 (6.06%) Citrix
10 14 (6.06%) Dell
11 11 (4.76%) Splunk
12 10 (4.33%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (3.46%) Arista
13 8 (3.46%) Draytek
13 8 (3.46%) WatchGuard
14 7 (3.03%) Mitel
15 6 (2.60%) Sophos
16 5 (2.16%) HP