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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 324 325
Rank change year-on-year +30 +1 +35
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 515 362 751
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 0.92% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.21% 2.30% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 170 291 558
10th Percentile £31,925 £30,500 £30,675
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% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £66,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £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 16,065 15,708 24,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.49% 39.95% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,753 6,691 15,725
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,951
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,988 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,924
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.00% -10.13%

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 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 12 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 +45 139 £50,000 -9.09% 49
South East -6 97 £45,000 +5.88% 41
London -51 91 £74,000 +32.74% 28
Midlands +6 80 £51,058 +32.62% 17
Yorkshire +12 68 £45,500 +17.88% 14
South West -45 68 £40,000 -11.11% 37
North West +42 59 £50,000 -9.09% 25
East of England +20 43 £34,000 -28.42% 28
East Midlands -19 43 £51,058 +45.88% 2
West Midlands -11 37 £53,401 -17.85% 15
North East -32 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 25 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 373 (72.43%) Azure
2 53 (10.29%) AWS
3 42 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (2.72%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (2.14%) GCP
6 9 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.97%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.97%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.78%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.78%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.78%) Serverless
9 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.58%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 142 (27.57%) Firewall
2 112 (21.75%) WAN
3 90 (17.48%) LAN
4 86 (16.70%) VPN
5 61 (11.84%) Network Security
6 53 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
7 40 (7.77%) TCP/IP
8 36 (6.99%) VLAN
9 33 (6.41%) SD-WAN
10 31 (6.02%) Wireless
11 28 (5.44%) DNS
12 27 (5.24%) DHCP
13 25 (4.85%) VoIP
14 23 (4.47%) BGP
15 21 (4.08%) Cisco Firepower
16 18 (3.50%) MPLS
16 18 (3.50%) OSPF
17 16 (3.11%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (3.11%) WLAN
18 15 (2.91%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.72%) JIRA
2 13 (2.52%) GitLab
3 9 (1.75%) Git
3 9 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.55%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.78%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.78%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 381 (73.98%) Social Skills
2 35 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (3.88%) Finance
4 18 (3.50%) Public Sector
5 14 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (2.14%) Retail
7 10 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.55%) Banking
9 8 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.55%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.36%) Law
10 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.17%) Legal
11 6 (1.17%) Military
12 4 (0.78%) Automotive
12 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.78%) Electronics
13 3 (0.58%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 367 (71.26%) Network Engineer
2 41 (7.96%) IT Engineer
3 29 (5.63%) Senior
4 28 (5.44%) Cisco Engineer
5 23 (4.47%) IT Support
6 20 (3.88%) Lead
7 19 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (3.69%) LAN Engineer
7 19 (3.69%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 19 (3.69%) Support Engineer
7 19 (3.69%) WAN Engineer
8 18 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (3.50%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (3.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 17 (3.30%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (2.72%) Presales Engineer
11 13 (2.52%) Field Engineer
11 13 (2.52%) Field Service Engineer
12 12 (2.33%) Security Engineer
13 11 (2.14%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.78%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.78%) boto
1 4 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.39%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.49%) Data Centre
2 18 (3.50%) Driving Licence
2 18 (3.50%) Security Posture
3 11 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.17%) Smartphone
9 5 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.97%) PKI
9 5 (0.97%) Replication
10 4 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.78%) Insider Threat
10 4 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.58%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.58%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.73%) Windows
2 48 (9.32%) Windows Server
3 44 (8.54%) Linux
4 12 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (9.71%) ITIL
4 40 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (7.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 36 (6.99%) High Availability
7 34 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (6.41%) Computer Science
9 29 (5.63%) Network Monitoring
10 28 (5.44%) Incident Response
11 26 (5.05%) Business Continuity
12 25 (4.85%) Customer Service
12 25 (4.85%) SIEM
13 24 (4.66%) Network Architecture
14 23 (4.47%) Network Design
15 22 (4.27%) Presales
16 20 (3.88%) Process Improvement
17 17 (3.30%) Penetration Testing
18 15 (2.91%) Infrastructure as Code
18 15 (2.91%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.41%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.50%) Python
3 9 (1.75%) Bash
4 8 (1.55%) Java
5 3 (0.58%) SQL
6 2 (0.39%) Bicep
7 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 515 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 317 (61.55%) Azure Certification
3 308 (59.81%) Network+ Certification
4 105 (20.39%) CCNP
5 65 (12.62%) Degree
6 60 (11.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (7.38%) Security Cleared
8 33 (6.41%) MCSE
9 28 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (4.08%) CCIE
10 21 (4.08%) SC Cleared
11 14 (2.72%) CISSP
12 13 (2.52%) AWS Certification
12 13 (2.52%) JNCIA
13 12 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (2.33%) DV Cleared
13 12 (2.33%) OSCP
13 12 (2.33%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.94%) CCSA
14 10 (1.94%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.30%) GDPR
2 17 (3.30%) SLA
3 13 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.33%) NIST
5 5 (0.97%) QA
6 4 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.58%) COBIT
8 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (11.07%) Active Directory
2 36 (6.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.08%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.11%) vSphere
5 13 (2.52%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.14%) Docker
7 8 (1.55%) Squid
8 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.97%) Firmware
10 3 (0.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.58%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.88%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.50%) Ansible
3 16 (3.11%) Terraform
4 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.94%) Cisco Prime
6 9 (1.75%) ZABBIX
7 8 (1.55%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.55%) Packer
8 5 (0.97%) Control-M
9 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.78%) Nmap
9 4 (0.78%) WSUS
10 3 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.58%) OpenView
10 3 (0.58%) Tivoli
10 3 (0.58%) VxRail
11 1 (0.19%) Iperf
11 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 398 (77.28%) Cisco
2 363 (70.49%) Microsoft
3 282 (54.76%) ForeScout
4 53 (10.29%) Fortinet
5 51 (9.90%) VMware
6 27 (5.24%) Aruba
7 26 (5.05%) Meraki
8 24 (4.66%) Palo Alto
9 21 (4.08%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.88%) CheckPoint
10 20 (3.88%) Juniper
11 19 (3.69%) Splunk
12 18 (3.50%) Dell
13 12 (2.33%) HP
13 12 (2.33%) Sophos
14 11 (2.14%) Red Hat
14 11 (2.14%) Veeam
15 10 (1.94%) Citrix
16 8 (1.55%) Oracle
17 7 (1.36%) Zscaler