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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 178 134
Rank change year-on-year +40 -44 +84
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 14 17 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.55% 0.39% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.97% 2.22% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 10
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £25,375 £45,750 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £50,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +29.87% -9.41%
75th Percentile £37,000 £60,000 £49,375
90th Percentile £39,550 £77,500 £54,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,750 £45,150
% change year-on-year -17.95% +7.97% -4.95%

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 471 767 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.44% 17.78% 24.27%
Number of salaries quoted 178 312 416
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,017
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £38,849
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £50,309 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year -14.03% +0.34% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,750 £67,178
90th Percentile £78,625 £84,975 £77,607
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% -4.27% +6.36%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 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
Glasgow +64 7 £36,000 -28.00%
Edinburgh +5 5 £60,000 -11.11% 2
Aberdeen - 2 £26,150 - 4
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (21.43%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) GCP
2 3 (21.43%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) LAN
3 4 (28.57%) SAN
4 3 (21.43%) DNS
4 3 (21.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (21.43%) Network Security
5 2 (14.29%) Firewall
6 1 (7.14%) 802.11
6 1 (7.14%) BGP
6 1 (7.14%) HSRP
6 1 (7.14%) IPsec
6 1 (7.14%) OSPF
6 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (7.14%) VPN
6 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) GitLab
General
1 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Legal
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Billing
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) CCTV Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) IT Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Network Security Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Network Technical Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Security Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Security Technical Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Design Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Field Hardware Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Driving Licence
2 5 (35.71%) CCTV
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 4 (28.57%) Smartphone
4 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
4 3 (21.43%) Public Cloud
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (7.14%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Coaching
2 5 (35.71%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Community of Practice
4 3 (21.43%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (21.43%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) High Availability
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) Observability
4 3 (21.43%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Thought Leadership
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (35.71%) CCNP
3 4 (28.57%) A+ Certification
3 4 (28.57%) MCSE
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.14%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Dell
2 3 (21.43%) F5
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft