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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 133 145
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +70
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 14 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.51% 0.49% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.49% 2.08% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 10
10th Percentile - £40,950 £35,088
25th Percentile £25,375 £45,750 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £65,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.62% +52.94% +5.52%
75th Percentile £37,000 - £52,500
90th Percentile £55,500 - -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -

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 563 721 559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.38% 23.59% 22.48%
Number of salaries quoted 229 268 376
10th Percentile £26,450 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £39,714
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,114 £65,063
90th Percentile £83,000 £80,000 £78,857
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

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 December 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 December 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 +13 9 £36,000 -44.62% 4
Edinburgh -5 3 £56,875 +22.31% 4
Aberdeen - 2 £26,150 - 5
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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) LAN
2 5 (35.71%) SAN
3 2 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 2 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (7.14%) 802.11
4 1 (7.14%) BGP
4 1 (7.14%) DHCP
4 1 (7.14%) DNS
4 1 (7.14%) HSRP
4 1 (7.14%) IPsec
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security
4 1 (7.14%) OSPF
4 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.14%) VLAN
4 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Legal
1 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
1 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Billing
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) CCTV Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Field Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Field Service Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) IT Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (35.71%) CCTV
2 5 (35.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (35.71%) Smartphone
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.14%) Mainframe
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.14%) Robotics
4 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Ubuntu
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 5 (35.71%) Coaching
3 5 (35.71%) ITIL
3 5 (35.71%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (7.14%) Change Management
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
6 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) ITSM
6 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.14%) Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
6 1 (7.14%) Service Management
6 1 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (35.71%) A+ Certification
4 5 (35.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (35.71%) MCSE
5 3 (21.43%) CCNP
5 3 (21.43%) Degree
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Firmware
1 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Ansible
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Dell
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Datto
4 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.14%) Veeam
4 1 (7.14%) VMware