CCNA Job Trends in the North East

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 85 47
Rank change year-on-year +19 -38 +51
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 10 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.02% 0.82% 2.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.79% 4.51% 11.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 14
10th Percentile - £44,750 £36,400
25th Percentile £30,500 £56,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £65,000 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -52.31% +66.65% -7.41%
75th Percentile £52,500 £76,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £52,950 £83,125 £67,750
England median annual salary £40,500 £52,500 £45,173
% change year-on-year -22.86% +16.22% -4.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 359 244 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 36.71% 18.29% 23.96%
Number of salaries quoted 129 108 115
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,475 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,500 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,285 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -10.39% +28.06%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,758 £95,000 £79,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +5.45%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in the North East

CCNA
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the North East over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the North East

CCNA
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the North East region over the 6 months to 13 October 2025. 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
Northumberland - 5 £31,000 -
Durham +6 4 £50,000 -5.66%
Tyne and Wear +10 1 £54,000 -16.92% 5
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) VLAN
3 1 (10.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) LIMS
1 5 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 5 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Biotechnology
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) Service Management
1 5 (50.00%) User Experience
1 5 (50.00%) Validation
2 4 (40.00%) Energy Management
2 4 (40.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 5 (50.00%) CCNP
2 5 (50.00%) MCSA
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 5 (50.00%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (40.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) Mitel