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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 131 187
Rank change year-on-year +41 +56 -45
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 48 14 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.22% 0.55% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.61% 2.97% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 20 10 13
10th Percentile £25,375 £25,000 £36,150
25th Percentile £26,244 £25,375 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £36,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -28.00% +29.87%
75th Percentile £30,625 £37,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £39,550 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +25.00% -17.95% +8.15%

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 631 471 770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 16.04% 18.61% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 199 178 311
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,250 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% -14.03% +0.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -3.45%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +17 15 £26,150 -27.36% 6
South Lanarkshire - 9 £28,000 - 1
Aberdeen -10 8 £55,000 +110.33%
Edinburgh +8 7 - - 12
Dundee - 6 - -
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 4 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 27 (56.25%) Azure
2 13 (27.08%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.25%) Firewall
2 13 (27.08%) VoIP
3 12 (25.00%) DHCP
3 12 (25.00%) DNS
4 10 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (8.33%) LAN
5 4 (8.33%) SAN
5 4 (8.33%) VLAN
5 4 (8.33%) VPN
5 4 (8.33%) WAN
6 3 (6.25%) Broadband
6 3 (6.25%) PBX
7 1 (2.08%) 4G
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.08%) SDH
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 24 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 7 (14.58%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
5 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (56.25%) Network Engineer
2 14 (29.17%) IT Engineer
3 12 (25.00%) IT Support
4 9 (18.75%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (18.75%) Support Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Field Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Field Service Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) IT Technician
6 3 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 3 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
6 3 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 3 (6.25%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (6.25%) Support Technician
7 1 (2.08%) CCTV Engineer
7 1 (2.08%) Commissioning Engineer
7 1 (2.08%) Field Service Technician
7 1 (2.08%) Hardware Technician
7 1 (2.08%) Project Engineer
7 1 (2.08%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) FMCG
2 6 (12.50%) Smartphone
3 5 (10.42%) Driving Licence
4 4 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (8.33%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.08%) CCTV
6 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (25.00%) Windows
2 9 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.75%) Supply Chain Management
2 6 (12.50%) Coaching
3 4 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 4 (8.33%) ITIL
3 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 3 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (6.25%) Project Delivery
4 3 (6.25%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 3 (6.25%) Task Automation
5 2 (4.17%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.17%) Problem Management
5 2 (4.17%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.08%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (2.08%) Customer Experience
6 1 (2.08%) High Availability
6 1 (2.08%) IT Audit
6 1 (2.08%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.08%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (79.17%) Network+ Certification
3 27 (56.25%) Azure Certification
4 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (12.50%) A+ Certification
5 6 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (12.50%) MCSE
6 5 (10.42%) CCNP
7 3 (6.25%) MCSA
8 2 (4.17%) Degree
9 1 (2.08%) CCDA
9 1 (2.08%) CCDP
9 1 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.75%) SLA
2 3 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.25%) Hyper-V
1 3 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (85.42%) Cisco
2 28 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 24 (50.00%) ForeScout
4 4 (8.33%) Dell
5 3 (6.25%) VMware
6 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto