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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 257 230
Rank change year-on-year +37 -27 +30
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 128 55 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.61% 0.58% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.81% 1.43% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 29 42 115
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,513 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +26.47% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,500 £61,925 £60,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - +5.56%

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 3,358 3,841 3,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.12% 40.81% 20.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,692 1,233 2,467
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,525 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,875 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,835 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% +1.01% -9.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +19 71 £42,500 +30.77% 16
North West +7 45 £52,500 -8.70% 19
North East -51 12 - - 11
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 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 102 (79.69%) Azure
2 9 (7.03%) Entra ID
2 9 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.91%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.34%) AWS
4 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.31%) Firewall
2 22 (17.19%) WAN
3 18 (14.06%) LAN
4 13 (10.16%) SD-WAN
5 12 (9.38%) VPN
6 10 (7.81%) VoIP
7 9 (7.03%) BGP
7 9 (7.03%) MPLS
8 7 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.69%) Network Security
9 6 (4.69%) Wireless
10 5 (3.91%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (3.91%) VLAN
11 4 (3.13%) ADSL
11 4 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (3.13%) DHCP
11 4 (3.13%) DNS
11 4 (3.13%) WebEx
12 3 (2.34%) Asterisk PBX
Development Applications
1 3 (2.34%) GitLab
General
1 107 (83.59%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (1.56%) Law
3 2 (1.56%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.56%) Spanish Language
4 1 (0.78%) French Language
4 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 105 (82.03%) Network Engineer
2 10 (7.81%) IT Engineer
3 8 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (6.25%) IT Support
3 8 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (6.25%) Support Engineer
4 6 (4.69%) Analyst
4 6 (4.69%) Network Analyst
5 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Engineer
5 5 (3.91%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (3.13%) Junior
6 4 (3.13%) Junior Analyst
6 4 (3.13%) Junior Network Analyst
6 4 (3.13%) Junior Network Support
6 4 (3.13%) Junior Support Analyst
6 4 (3.13%) Network Support
6 4 (3.13%) Network Support Analyst
6 4 (3.13%) Support Analyst
7 2 (1.56%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (1.56%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.34%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.78%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.59%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.69%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.34%) PKI
3 3 (2.34%) Social Media
4 1 (0.78%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.38%) Windows
2 9 (7.03%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.34%) Linux
5 3 (2.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (11.72%) ITIL
2 13 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (7.03%) Customer Service
4 9 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (5.47%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (4.69%) Business Continuity
6 6 (4.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (4.69%) High Availability
6 6 (4.69%) Network Design
7 5 (3.91%) Cloud Security
7 5 (3.91%) Identity Management
7 5 (3.91%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (3.91%) Service Management
7 5 (3.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (3.13%) Change Management
8 4 (3.13%) Incident Management
8 4 (3.13%) Load Balancing
8 4 (3.13%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (2.34%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 128 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 97 (75.78%) Azure Certification
3 96 (75.00%) Network+ Certification
4 14 (10.94%) CCNP
5 10 (7.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (6.25%) Security Cleared
7 6 (4.69%) Degree
8 5 (3.91%) MCSA
8 5 (3.91%) SC Cleared
9 4 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (2.34%) DBS Check
10 3 (2.34%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.56%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.78%) CCIE
12 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.78%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (8.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.34%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.34%) VMware NSX
2 3 (2.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.91%) Ansible
3 3 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (2.34%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 108 (84.38%) Cisco
2 99 (77.34%) Microsoft
3 90 (70.31%) ForeScout
4 7 (5.47%) Meraki
5 6 (4.69%) Aruba
5 6 (4.69%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.91%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.91%) Veeam
7 4 (3.13%) HP
7 4 (3.13%) Huawei
7 4 (3.13%) Polycom
8 3 (2.34%) Apple
8 3 (2.34%) Juniper
8 3 (2.34%) Splunk
8 3 (2.34%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (2.34%) VMware
9 1 (0.78%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.78%) Ekahau