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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 129 127
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +93
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 15 18 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.55% 0.55% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.57% 2.41% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 11
10th Percentile - £36,525 £36,250
25th Percentile £25,375 £37,500 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £53,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.39% +33.13% -6.49%
75th Percentile £37,000 £65,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 - -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £45,173
% change year-on-year -23.81% +16.22% -4.90%

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 583 746 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.21% 22.79% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 224 288 386
10th Percentile £26,325 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - +8.01%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,531 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,125 £81,625 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +3.60%

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 7 November 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 7 November 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 -10 8 £36,000 -44.62% 4
Edinburgh +6 5 £60,000 +29.03% 4
Aberdeen - 2 £26,150 - 1
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 (20.00%) nginx
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) AWS
3 3 (20.00%) GCP
3 3 (20.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) WAN
2 5 (33.33%) LAN
3 4 (26.67%) DNS
3 4 (26.67%) Network Security
3 4 (26.67%) SAN
4 3 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (13.33%) Firewall
5 2 (13.33%) SD-WAN
5 2 (13.33%) VPN
6 1 (6.67%) 802.11
6 1 (6.67%) BGP
6 1 (6.67%) DHCP
6 1 (6.67%) HSRP
6 1 (6.67%) IPsec
6 1 (6.67%) OSPF
6 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
6 1 (6.67%) VLAN
6 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Legal
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Billing
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) CCTV Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Field Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Network Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Network Technical Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Technical Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Design Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Field Hardware Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Driving Licence
2 5 (33.33%) CCTV
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (26.67%) Data Centre
3 4 (26.67%) Smartphone
4 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (20.00%) Private Cloud
4 3 (20.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (6.67%) Mainframe
5 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Coaching
2 5 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
4 3 (20.00%) Community of Practice
4 3 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (20.00%) DevOps
4 3 (20.00%) High Availability
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (20.00%) Observability
4 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
5 1 (6.67%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Bash
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (40.00%) CCNP
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (26.67%) A+ Certification
4 4 (26.67%) MCSE
5 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (13.33%) Degree
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
7 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
1 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (6.67%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Dell
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) F5
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) Datto
4 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.67%) Veeam
4 1 (6.67%) VMware