CCNA Job Trends in Scotland

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 136 202
Rank change year-on-year +32 +66 -71
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 43 13 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.21% 0.51% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.58% 2.66% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 15 9 22
10th Percentile - £25,000 £36,075
25th Percentile £25,375 £25,375 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £36,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -28.00% +29.87%
75th Percentile £32,750 £37,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £47,500 £42,100 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.46% -19.00% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 653 489 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.38% 19.36% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 184 180 399
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,313 £29,666
25th Percentile £38,938 £31,563 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,894 £44,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -11.55% +0.48%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,501 £78,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in Scotland

CCNA
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in Scotland

CCNA
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Glasgow +23 13 £26,150 -27.36% 10
Edinburgh +4 8 £42,500 -29.17% 11
Aberdeen -8 8 £55,000 +110.33%
Dundee - 6 - -
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 - 1
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (62.79%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.98%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) Firewall
2 8 (18.60%) DHCP
2 8 (18.60%) DNS
2 8 (18.60%) VoIP
3 6 (13.95%) SAN
4 5 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (6.98%) Broadband
5 3 (6.98%) LAN
5 3 (6.98%) PBX
5 3 (6.98%) VLAN
5 3 (6.98%) VPN
5 3 (6.98%) WAN
6 1 (2.33%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) JIRA
General
1 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Legal
4 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing
5 4 (9.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (65.12%) Network Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) IT Engineer
3 8 (18.60%) IT Support
4 6 (13.95%) Field Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Field Service Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 3 (6.98%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
6 3 (6.98%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (6.98%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 3 (6.98%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (6.98%) IT Technician
6 3 (6.98%) Support Technician
7 1 (2.33%) CCTV Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (13.95%) Data Centre
1 6 (13.95%) Smartphone
2 5 (11.63%) FMCG
3 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) CCTV
5 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.60%) Windows
2 5 (11.63%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.95%) Coaching
1 6 (13.95%) Customer Service
1 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (11.63%) Supply Chain Management
3 3 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (6.98%) Mentoring
3 3 (6.98%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (6.98%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 3 (6.98%) Task Automation
4 2 (4.65%) ITIL
4 2 (4.65%) Problem Management
4 2 (4.65%) Project Delivery
4 2 (4.65%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.33%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.33%) High Availability
5 1 (2.33%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.33%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (2.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (81.40%) Network+ Certification
3 27 (62.79%) Azure Certification
4 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (13.95%) A+ Certification
5 6 (13.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (13.95%) MCSE
6 4 (9.30%) CCNP
7 3 (6.98%) MCSA
8 2 (4.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) SLA
2 3 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.98%) Hyper-V
1 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 36 (83.72%) Cisco
2 27 (62.79%) Microsoft
3 24 (55.81%) ForeScout
4 6 (13.95%) Dell
5 3 (6.98%) VMware
6 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.33%) F5
7 1 (2.33%) Fortinet