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 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 155 246
Rank change year-on-year -78 +91 +63
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 52 114 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.39% 1.53% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% 3.71% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 38 85 94
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,750 £30,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £48,625
90th Percentile £56,500 £65,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -5.26%

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 4,442 3,071 2,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 33.47% 41.20% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 1,210 2,175
10th Percentile - £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £35,056
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 West -30 41 £50,000 +5.26% 16
Yorkshire -54 9 £50,000 +25.00% 4
North East -19 2 £55,500 -14.62% 2
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 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.38%) Azure
2 7 (13.46%) Entra ID
2 7 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.62%) IaaS
4 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 35 (67.31%) WAN
2 34 (65.38%) Firewall
2 34 (65.38%) LAN
3 12 (23.08%) VPN
4 9 (17.31%) SD-WAN
5 8 (15.38%) VoIP
6 7 (13.46%) VLAN
7 5 (9.62%) BGP
7 5 (9.62%) MPLS
7 5 (9.62%) SSL
7 5 (9.62%) TCP/IP
8 4 (7.69%) Asterisk PBX
8 4 (7.69%) DHCP
8 4 (7.69%) DNS
8 4 (7.69%) Network Security
8 4 (7.69%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (7.69%) VPLS
8 4 (7.69%) Wireless
9 3 (5.77%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (5.77%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 28 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (36.54%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.77%) Law
4 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.85%) Finance
6 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (36.54%) Cisco Engineer
1 19 (36.54%) Firewall Engineer
1 19 (36.54%) Juniper Engineer
1 19 (36.54%) LAN Engineer
1 19 (36.54%) LAN/WAN Engineer
1 19 (36.54%) Presales Engineer
1 19 (36.54%) WAN Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Network Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Technical Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) IT Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (9.62%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 5 (9.62%) IT Support
4 5 (9.62%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) Support Technician
5 3 (5.77%) Senior
5 3 (5.77%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Network Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.69%) PKI
3 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.92%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.92%) Windows
2 7 (13.46%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.69%) Linux
4 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Presales
2 9 (17.31%) Service Delivery
3 7 (13.46%) Customer Service
3 7 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (11.54%) Cloud Security
4 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (11.54%) Information Security
4 6 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (9.62%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (9.62%) Data Protection
5 5 (9.62%) Information Security Management
5 5 (9.62%) ISMS
5 5 (9.62%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (9.62%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (9.62%) Security Management
6 4 (7.69%) Observability
6 4 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
6 4 (7.69%) Security Patching
6 4 (7.69%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (36.54%) JNCIA
3 10 (19.23%) CCNP
4 7 (13.46%) DBS Check
4 7 (13.46%) Degree
5 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
6 4 (7.69%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.77%) CCIE
8 1 (1.92%) MCSA
8 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 11 (21.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (7.69%) VMware NSX
3 4 (7.69%) vSphere
4 2 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (9.62%) Autotask
3 4 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (7.69%) Ansible
3 4 (7.69%) WSUS
4 2 (3.85%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 31 (59.62%) Cisco
2 22 (42.31%) Fortinet
3 21 (40.38%) Aruba
3 21 (40.38%) Juniper
4 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 5 (9.62%) VMware
6 4 (7.69%) Meraki
6 4 (7.69%) Splunk
7 2 (3.85%) Apple
7 2 (3.85%) HP
7 2 (3.85%) Oracle
8 1 (1.92%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) Huawei
8 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.92%) Polycom
8 1 (1.92%) Ubiquiti