CCNA Job Trends in London

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 272 388
Rank change year-on-year -48 +116 +8
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 86 118 126
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.41% 0.98% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.97% 3.06% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 45 78 112
10th Percentile £40,500 £33,200 £36,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £55,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.74% +1.36% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £83,750 £78,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,372 3,850 6,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.62% 31.82% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,626 1,817 4,157
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £101,375 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCNA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

CCNA job vacancy trend in London

CCNA
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in London

CCNA
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
East London -1 8 - - 1
Central London -1 5 £60,000 +7.62% 6
South London +12 4 - - 1
West London -16 2 £77,500 -11.43%
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (4.65%) Confluence
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 51 (59.30%) Azure
2 26 (30.23%) AWS
3 12 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (12.79%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (10.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (4.65%) GCP
6 4 (4.65%) Mimecast
7 3 (3.49%) Rubrik
8 2 (2.33%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (2.33%) ChatGPT
8 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.16%) Datadog
9 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.16%) IaaS
9 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.16%) PaaS
9 1 (1.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (53.49%) Firewall
2 36 (41.86%) WAN
3 32 (37.21%) VPN
4 26 (30.23%) Network Security
5 25 (29.07%) LAN
5 25 (29.07%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (16.28%) SD-WAN
7 13 (15.12%) Cisco Firepower
8 12 (13.95%) Cisco ISE
9 11 (12.79%) TCP/IP
10 10 (11.63%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (9.30%) BGP
11 8 (9.30%) Wireless
12 6 (6.98%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (6.98%) OSPF
12 6 (6.98%) VoIP
13 5 (5.81%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (5.81%) VLAN
14 4 (4.65%) Software-Defined Networking
14 4 (4.65%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (11.63%) JIRA
2 5 (5.81%) Git
3 4 (4.65%) Bitbucket
3 4 (4.65%) GitLab
3 4 (4.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.16%) Chocolatey
General
1 38 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.26%) Finance
3 7 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.14%) Banking
4 4 (4.65%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.65%) Automotive
4 4 (4.65%) Electronics
4 4 (4.65%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.33%) Military
5 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.16%) Law
6 1 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (47.67%) Network Engineer
2 18 (20.93%) Azure Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) Cisco Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 16 (18.60%) Lead
5 10 (11.63%) Senior
6 9 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) Lead Cisco Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) Lead Network Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) IT Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) LAN Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) WAN Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) Data Centre Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) Network Security Specialist
8 7 (8.14%) Network Specialist
8 7 (8.14%) Security Specialist
9 5 (5.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 30 (34.88%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (8.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (5.81%) Replication
5 4 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (4.65%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.65%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.49%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.33%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.16%) Home Automation
8 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 34 (39.53%) Windows
2 23 (26.74%) Windows Server
3 20 (23.26%) Linux
4 3 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.42%) High Availability
2 20 (23.26%) Incident Response
2 20 (23.26%) ITIL
3 18 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (19.77%) Computer Science
5 15 (17.44%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (17.44%) Network Architecture
6 12 (13.95%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (12.79%) Network Segmentation
7 11 (12.79%) SIEM
8 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (11.63%) Process Improvement
8 10 (11.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 9 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (9.30%) AI
10 8 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (8.14%) Agile
11 7 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (8.14%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) PowerShell
2 10 (11.63%) Python
3 4 (4.65%) Bash
3 4 (4.65%) Java
4 1 (1.16%) C
4 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (61.63%) CCNP
3 35 (40.70%) Degree
4 31 (36.05%) Azure Certification
5 22 (25.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (18.60%) CCIE
6 16 (18.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (16.28%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (13.95%) MCSE
9 10 (11.63%) CCSA
9 10 (11.63%) CCSE
10 8 (9.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (9.30%) RHCSA
10 8 (9.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (6.98%) Security Cleared
12 4 (4.65%) AWS Certification
12 4 (4.65%) ISTQB
12 4 (4.65%) LPIC
12 4 (4.65%) OSCP
12 4 (4.65%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.12%) GDPR
1 13 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.95%) SLA
3 10 (11.63%) NIST
4 3 (3.49%) COBIT
4 3 (3.49%) QA
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.16%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (20.93%) Active Directory
1 18 (20.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.30%) vSphere
3 4 (4.65%) Docker
3 4 (4.65%) Squid
3 4 (4.65%) VMware NSX
4 3 (3.49%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (3.49%) Firmware
4 3 (3.49%) VMware Server
5 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (13.95%) FortiGate
2 10 (11.63%) Cisco Prime
2 10 (11.63%) Terraform
3 8 (9.30%) Ansible
4 5 (5.81%) ZABBIX
5 4 (4.65%) Control-M
5 4 (4.65%) Kubernetes
5 4 (4.65%) Packer
6 3 (3.49%) VxRail
7 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (2.33%) OpenView
7 2 (2.33%) Tivoli
8 1 (1.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (66.28%) Cisco
2 34 (39.53%) Microsoft
3 22 (25.58%) VMware
4 19 (22.09%) SolarWinds
5 18 (20.93%) CheckPoint
6 17 (19.77%) Fortinet
7 14 (16.28%) Meraki
8 11 (12.79%) Splunk
9 9 (10.47%) Sophos
10 7 (8.14%) Red Hat
10 7 (8.14%) Zscaler
11 6 (6.98%) ForeScout
12 5 (5.81%) HP
12 5 (5.81%) Palo Alto
13 4 (4.65%) Juniper
13 4 (4.65%) Okta
13 4 (4.65%) Oracle
14 3 (3.49%) Arista
14 3 (3.49%) Dynatrace
14 3 (3.49%) Veeam