CCNA Job Trends in the North of England

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 237 240
Rank change year-on-year +40 +3 +74
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 139 57 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.72% 0.72% 0.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.19% 1.61% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 36 47 132
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 - £57,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +6.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,362 3,530 3,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.72% 44.69% 20.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,544 1,298 2,621
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.45%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,900 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in the North of England

CCNA
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the North of England

CCNA
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Yorkshire +1 65 £47,750 +31.72% 11
North West +31 62 £50,000 -9.09% 19
North East -32 12 - - 9
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 98 (70.50%) Azure
2 6 (4.32%) Entra ID
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.72%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (25.18%) Firewall
2 32 (23.02%) WAN
3 31 (22.30%) LAN
4 8 (5.76%) SD-WAN
4 8 (5.76%) VoIP
4 8 (5.76%) VPN
5 6 (4.32%) Network Security
5 6 (4.32%) VLAN
6 5 (3.60%) BGP
6 5 (3.60%) DHCP
6 5 (3.60%) DNS
6 5 (3.60%) MPLS
7 4 (2.88%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (2.88%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (2.88%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (2.88%) VPLS
7 4 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.88%) Wireless
8 3 (2.16%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (2.16%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 4 (2.88%) GitLab
General
1 115 (82.73%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.23%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.16%) Law
5 1 (0.72%) French Language
5 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.72%) Spanish Language
5 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (72.66%) Network Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) Cisco Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) Firewall Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) Juniper Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) LAN Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) LAN/WAN Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) Presales Engineer
2 17 (12.23%) WAN Engineer
3 9 (6.47%) IT Engineer
3 9 (6.47%) Technical Engineer
4 7 (5.04%) IT Support
4 7 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (5.04%) Support Engineer
5 6 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Engineer
6 3 (2.16%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (2.16%) Senior
6 3 (2.16%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (1.44%) Network Operations Engineer
7 2 (1.44%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.72%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.32%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.88%) PKI
3 3 (2.16%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.16%) Social Media
4 1 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.91%) Windows
2 6 (4.32%) Windows Server
2 6 (4.32%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (2.88%) Linux
4 3 (2.16%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.23%) Presales
2 9 (6.47%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (5.76%) ITIL
4 6 (4.32%) Cloud Security
4 6 (4.32%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (3.60%) Customer Service
5 5 (3.60%) Network Design
5 5 (3.60%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (2.88%) Observability
6 4 (2.88%) Proactive Maintenance
6 4 (2.88%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (2.88%) Process Improvement
6 4 (2.88%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (2.88%) Security Patching
6 4 (2.88%) Service Delivery
6 4 (2.88%) SIEM
6 4 (2.88%) Threat Detection
7 3 (2.16%) Mentoring
7 3 (2.16%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 139 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 94 (67.63%) Azure Certification
3 90 (64.75%) Network+ Certification
4 17 (12.23%) JNCIA
5 10 (7.19%) CCNP
6 9 (6.47%) Security Cleared
7 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (3.60%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.88%) Degree
9 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.88%) MCSA
10 3 (2.16%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.72%) CCIE
11 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.88%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.88%) vSphere
3 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (2.88%) Ansible
2 4 (2.88%) WSUS
3 3 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 120 (86.33%) Cisco
2 96 (69.06%) Microsoft
3 90 (64.75%) ForeScout
4 21 (15.11%) Aruba
5 19 (13.67%) Fortinet
5 19 (13.67%) Juniper
6 5 (3.60%) Meraki
7 4 (2.88%) Splunk
7 4 (2.88%) VMware
8 3 (2.16%) Apple
8 3 (2.16%) HP
8 3 (2.16%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (2.16%) Veeam
9 2 (1.44%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.72%) Ekahau
10 1 (0.72%) Huawei
10 1 (0.72%) Polycom