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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 240 243
Rank change year-on-year +34 +3 +33
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 135 57 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.66% 0.64% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.06% 1.49% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 34 45 116
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +27.22% -1.74%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £54,688
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,700 £63,750
England median annual salary £51,058 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.49% - +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 3,329 3,822 3,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.22% 43.16% 19.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,235 2,590
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,480 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,563 £33,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% -11.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,576 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,922 £74,703 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,818
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.20% -10.30%

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 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 1 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 +17 69 £44,000 +13.99% 14
North West +13 54 £50,000 -9.09% 9
North East -44 12 - - 3
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 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (5.93%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 102 (75.56%) Azure
2 9 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.22%) AWS
4 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (21.48%) Firewall
2 28 (20.74%) WAN
3 26 (19.26%) LAN
4 12 (8.89%) SD-WAN
5 11 (8.15%) VPN
6 9 (6.67%) VoIP
7 8 (5.93%) BGP
7 8 (5.93%) MPLS
8 7 (5.19%) Network Security
8 7 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (5.19%) Wireless
9 5 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (3.70%) DHCP
9 5 (3.70%) DNS
9 5 (3.70%) VLAN
10 4 (2.96%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (2.96%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (2.96%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (2.96%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (2.96%) VPLS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.96%) GitLab
General
1 110 (81.48%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (2.22%) Law
5 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.48%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.74%) French Language
6 1 (0.74%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 105 (77.78%) Network Engineer
2 11 (8.15%) IT Engineer
3 9 (6.67%) IT Support
3 9 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 8 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (4.44%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (4.44%) Firewall Engineer
5 6 (4.44%) Juniper Engineer
5 6 (4.44%) LAN Engineer
5 6 (4.44%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 6 (4.44%) Presales Engineer
5 6 (4.44%) WAN Engineer
6 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (2.96%) Analyst
7 4 (2.96%) Network Analyst
8 3 (2.22%) Senior
8 3 (2.22%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.96%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.74%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.44%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.96%) PKI
4 3 (2.22%) Social Media
5 1 (0.74%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.37%) Windows
2 9 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.93%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.96%) Linux
6 3 (2.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (9.63%) ITIL
1 13 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (5.19%) Customer Service
4 7 (5.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (4.44%) Business Continuity
5 6 (4.44%) Cloud Security
5 6 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (4.44%) High Availability
5 6 (4.44%) Network Design
5 6 (4.44%) Presales
5 6 (4.44%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (3.70%) Identity Management
6 5 (3.70%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (3.70%) Service Management
6 5 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (2.96%) Change Management
7 4 (2.96%) Load Balancing
7 4 (2.96%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 135 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 97 (71.85%) Azure Certification
3 92 (68.15%) Network+ Certification
4 16 (11.85%) CCNP
5 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (6.67%) Security Cleared
7 6 (4.44%) Degree
7 6 (4.44%) JNCIA
8 5 (3.70%) MCSA
8 5 (3.70%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.96%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.22%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.48%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.48%) CCIE
11 2 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.96%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.96%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.96%) vSphere
3 3 (2.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.44%) Ansible
3 4 (2.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (2.96%) WSUS
4 3 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 113 (83.70%) Cisco
2 99 (73.33%) Microsoft
3 90 (66.67%) ForeScout
4 11 (8.15%) Aruba
5 10 (7.41%) Fortinet
6 9 (6.67%) Juniper
7 6 (4.44%) Meraki
8 5 (3.70%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.70%) Veeam
9 4 (2.96%) HP
9 4 (2.96%) Splunk
9 4 (2.96%) VMware
10 3 (2.22%) Apple
10 3 (2.22%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (1.48%) Huawei
11 2 (1.48%) Polycom
12 1 (0.74%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.74%) Ekahau