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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 333 324
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 +32
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 514 361 746
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.90% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 2.27% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 172 290 539
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,500 £30,700
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% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +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 16,287 15,933 24,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.33% 39.79% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8,937 6,778 15,673
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,525
25th Percentile £42,700 £39,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,818
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.20% -10.30%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,738
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.29% -12.10%

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 23 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 23 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 +46 137 £50,000 -8.05% 44
South East -4 100 £45,000 +5.88% 44
London -52 90 £75,000 +36.99% 30
Midlands -8 81 £51,058 +32.62% 20
Yorkshire +17 68 £45,500 +17.88% 15
South West -46 67 £50,000 +17.65% 40
North West +30 57 £50,000 -9.09% 19
East of England +20 44 £34,000 -18.56% 30
East Midlands -10 43 £51,058 +45.88% 3
West Midlands -6 38 £46,801 -28.00% 17
North East -43 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 28 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 374 (72.76%) Azure
2 54 (10.51%) AWS
3 44 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (3.11%) 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%) Rubrik
8 4 (0.78%) Serverless
9 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 144 (28.02%) Firewall
2 115 (22.37%) WAN
3 93 (18.09%) VPN
4 92 (17.90%) LAN
5 66 (12.84%) Network Security
6 55 (10.70%) Wi-Fi
7 44 (8.56%) TCP/IP
8 41 (7.98%) VLAN
9 36 (7.00%) SD-WAN
10 35 (6.81%) DNS
11 34 (6.61%) DHCP
12 33 (6.42%) Wireless
13 26 (5.06%) BGP
13 26 (5.06%) VoIP
14 20 (3.89%) Cisco Firepower
14 20 (3.89%) OSPF
15 19 (3.70%) MPLS
16 16 (3.11%) Cisco ISE
17 15 (2.92%) WLAN
18 14 (2.72%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (3.11%) JIRA
2 14 (2.72%) GitLab
3 9 (1.75%) Git
3 9 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.58%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.58%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
General
1 383 (74.51%) Social Skills
2 34 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (3.50%) Finance
4 16 (3.11%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (1.95%) Retail
7 9 (1.75%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.56%) Banking
8 8 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.56%) Law
8 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.17%) Military
11 4 (0.78%) Automotive
11 4 (0.78%) Digital Health
11 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.78%) Electronics
11 4 (0.78%) Legal
12 2 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 368 (71.60%) Network Engineer
2 42 (8.17%) IT Engineer
3 32 (6.23%) Senior
4 24 (4.67%) IT Support
5 23 (4.47%) Cisco Engineer
6 22 (4.28%) Lead
7 21 (4.09%) Senior Network Engineer
8 20 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (3.89%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.50%) IT Support Engineer
10 16 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
11 15 (2.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 14 (2.72%) LAN Engineer
12 14 (2.72%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 14 (2.72%) WAN Engineer
13 13 (2.53%) Security Engineer
14 12 (2.33%) Analyst
15 11 (2.14%) Field Engineer
15 11 (2.14%) Field Service Engineer
15 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 52 (10.12%) Data Centre
2 21 (4.09%) Security Posture
3 19 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.17%) PKI
8 5 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.97%) Replication
9 4 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (0.78%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.78%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.58%) Insider Threat
10 3 (0.58%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 85 (16.54%) Windows
2 51 (9.92%) Windows Server
3 45 (8.75%) Linux
4 13 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (10.12%) ITIL
4 42 (8.17%) Disaster Recovery
5 41 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (7.78%) High Availability
7 39 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (6.23%) Computer Science
9 31 (6.03%) Incident Response
10 30 (5.84%) Business Continuity
11 29 (5.64%) Network Monitoring
12 27 (5.25%) SIEM
13 23 (4.47%) Network Architecture
13 23 (4.47%) Network Design
14 21 (4.09%) Customer Service
15 19 (3.70%) Presales
16 18 (3.50%) Process Improvement
17 17 (3.31%) Penetration Testing
18 16 (3.11%) Infrastructure as Code
18 16 (3.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.81%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.50%) Python
3 9 (1.75%) Bash
4 8 (1.56%) Java
5 3 (0.58%) SQL
6 2 (0.39%) Bicep
7 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 514 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 318 (61.87%) Azure Certification
3 305 (59.34%) Network+ Certification
4 111 (21.60%) CCNP
5 65 (12.65%) Degree
6 60 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (6.61%) Security Cleared
8 31 (6.03%) MCSE
9 27 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (4.09%) CCIE
11 17 (3.31%) SC Cleared
12 15 (2.92%) AWS Certification
13 14 (2.72%) CISSP
14 12 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (2.33%) DV Cleared
14 12 (2.33%) RHCSA
15 11 (2.14%) MCSA
15 11 (2.14%) OSCP
16 10 (1.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (1.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.50%) SLA
3 17 (3.31%) GDPR
4 14 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.33%) NIST
6 6 (1.17%) QA
7 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) COBIT
9 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (12.06%) Active Directory
2 39 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.67%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.31%) vSphere
5 13 (2.53%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.14%) Docker
7 8 (1.56%) Squid
8 7 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.58%) Firmware
10 3 (0.58%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (3.89%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.31%) Ansible
2 17 (3.31%) Terraform
3 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.95%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (1.75%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.56%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.56%) Packer
7 5 (0.97%) Control-M
8 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.78%) VxRail
8 4 (0.78%) WSUS
9 3 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.58%) Nmap
9 3 (0.58%) OpenView
9 3 (0.58%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.39%) Iperf
11 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 398 (77.43%) Cisco
2 366 (71.21%) Microsoft
3 282 (54.86%) ForeScout
4 56 (10.89%) VMware
5 50 (9.73%) Fortinet
6 30 (5.84%) Palo Alto
7 26 (5.06%) Aruba
8 25 (4.86%) Meraki
9 21 (4.09%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.89%) Splunk
11 19 (3.70%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.31%) Juniper
13 16 (3.11%) Dell
14 13 (2.53%) Sophos
15 12 (2.33%) HP
16 11 (2.14%) Red Hat
16 11 (2.14%) Veeam
17 10 (1.95%) Citrix
18 8 (1.56%) Oracle
18 8 (1.56%) Zscaler