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

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 141 132
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +89
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 14 17 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.52% 0.51% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.43% 2.35% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 9
10th Percentile £25,338 £36,525 £36,850
25th Percentile £25,375 £37,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £53,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.39% +33.13% -7.09%
75th Percentile £37,000 £65,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £39,550 - £56,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -

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 576 724 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.53% 21.78% 23.07%
Number of salaries quoted 211 283 392
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,025
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £39,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £62,750 £67,563 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,300 £74,900
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,513 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +0.02% +4.55%

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 24 October 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 24 October 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 +2 7 £36,000 -44.62% 3
Edinburgh +5 5 £60,000 +29.03% 1
Aberdeen - 2 £26,150 -
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 (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%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 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%) 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
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%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) Observability
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
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%) Configuration Management
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