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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 236 231
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +87
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 47 103 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.50% 0.73% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.33% 3.07% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 37 54 50
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £31,138
25th Percentile £27,000 £34,500 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £40,000 £41,375
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -3.32% +3.44%
75th Percentile £55,625 £57,500 £52,875
90th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £40,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.50% +11.11% -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 3,528 3,360 2,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 37.74% 23.91% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 1,383 1,430
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,238
25th Percentile £33,250 £36,950 £40,086
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,777 £79,525 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £58,627
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.89% +6.59%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 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
North West -40 22 £53,750 +34.38% 11
Yorkshire +1 15 £26,000 -30.67% 7
North East +23 10 £31,000 -41.51% 3
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Azure
2 10 (21.28%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.64%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.38%) IaaS
5 1 (2.13%) AWS
5 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 26 (55.32%) Firewall
1 26 (55.32%) LAN
1 26 (55.32%) WAN
2 20 (42.55%) VPN
3 14 (29.79%) Network Security
4 12 (25.53%) WLAN
5 9 (19.15%) Wireless
6 8 (17.02%) SD-WAN
6 8 (17.02%) TCP/IP
6 8 (17.02%) VLAN
6 8 (17.02%) VoIP
7 7 (14.89%) MPLS
8 6 (12.77%) ADSL
8 6 (12.77%) BGP
8 6 (12.77%) Broadband
8 6 (12.77%) WebEx
8 6 (12.77%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (10.64%) DNS
9 5 (10.64%) Junos
10 3 (6.38%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Manufacturing
3 5 (10.64%) Aerospace
3 5 (10.64%) Finance
3 5 (10.64%) Military
3 5 (10.64%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Automotive
5 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.13%) Retail
5 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Network Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) Analyst
2 12 (25.53%) Support Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) IT Support
3 7 (14.89%) Support Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Technical Support
4 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Support
4 6 (12.77%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Architect
5 5 (10.64%) Core Network Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) IT Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Senior
6 4 (8.51%) IT Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.77%) Handset
2 6 (12.77%) Onboarding
3 5 (10.64%) LIMS
3 5 (10.64%) SCADA
4 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.13%) Educational Technology
6 1 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.13%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 21 (44.68%) Windows
2 14 (29.79%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.89%) Linux
4 6 (12.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (12.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (10.64%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) Customer Service
2 12 (25.53%) ITIL
3 10 (21.28%) Validation
4 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (14.89%) Migration
5 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (12.77%) Supplier Management
7 5 (10.64%) Biotechnology
7 5 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (10.64%) Network Management
7 5 (10.64%) Patch Management
7 5 (10.64%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (10.64%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (10.64%) Service Management
7 5 (10.64%) Storage Management
7 5 (10.64%) User Experience
7 5 (10.64%) Verification and Validation
7 5 (10.64%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (40.43%) CCNP
3 17 (36.17%) Degree
4 14 (29.79%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (17.02%) JNCIA
7 6 (12.77%) A+ Certification
7 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
8 5 (10.64%) MCSA
8 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
8 5 (10.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (8.51%) DBS Check
10 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
10 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (4.26%) DV Cleared
10 2 (4.26%) JNCIS
11 1 (2.13%) CCSA
11 1 (2.13%) CCSE
11 1 (2.13%) CISSP
11 1 (2.13%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 5 (10.64%) GxP
2 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (31.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.64%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (10.64%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (10.64%) vSphere
4 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) vCenter Server
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.38%) Autotask
4 2 (4.26%) Ansible
4 2 (4.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (85.11%) Cisco
2 23 (48.94%) Microsoft
3 19 (40.43%) Meraki
4 10 (21.28%) Aruba
5 9 (19.15%) Fortinet
6 6 (12.77%) Huawei
6 6 (12.77%) Juniper
6 6 (12.77%) Polycom
6 6 (12.77%) VMware
7 5 (10.64%) CheckPoint
8 4 (8.51%) Palo Alto
9 3 (6.38%) Veeam
9 3 (6.38%) Zerto
10 2 (4.26%) Arista
11 1 (2.13%) Acronis
11 1 (2.13%) Fujitsu
11 1 (2.13%) Kaseya
11 1 (2.13%) SonicWALL
11 1 (2.13%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (2.13%) WatchGuard