CCNA Job Trends in the South East

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 189 225
Rank change year-on-year -64 +36 -63
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 85 101 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.45% 1.13% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.25% 2.87% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 53 82 58
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £36,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -11.36% +30.95%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.46% -22.86% +16.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,776 3,520 4,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.98% 39.44% 33.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,277 1,611 1,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% +9.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £86,075
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCNA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CCNA job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the South East over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the South East

CCNA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Thames Valley -4 34 £47,500 -17.39% 10
Berkshire +3 17 £47,500 -19.15% 3
Hampshire -57 16 £55,000 -5.17% 9
Surrey -59 16 £65,000 +91.18% 6
Kent -9 14 £35,000 -2.78% 5
Oxfordshire -27 12 £51,250 -6.82% 2
Buckinghamshire - 5 £42,500 - 5
East Sussex - 3 £47,500 - 3
West Sussex -27 2 - - 4
CCNA
England

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (10.59%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (52.94%) Azure
2 14 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.94%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.06%) AWS
5 4 (4.71%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.35%) GCP
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (57.65%) Firewall
2 36 (42.35%) WAN
3 35 (41.18%) VLAN
4 34 (40.00%) VPN
5 32 (37.65%) LAN
6 27 (31.76%) TCP/IP
7 25 (29.41%) DHCP
7 25 (29.41%) DNS
8 24 (28.24%) Network Security
9 23 (27.06%) Wireless
10 19 (22.35%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (16.47%) OSPF
12 13 (15.29%) SD-WAN
13 10 (11.76%) BGP
14 9 (10.59%) Internet
15 7 (8.24%) VoIP
16 5 (5.88%) WLAN
17 3 (3.53%) 3G
17 3 (3.53%) Broadband
17 3 (3.53%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 56 (65.88%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.24%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Military
4 4 (4.71%) Retail
4 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Finance
5 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.35%) French Language
6 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 50 (58.82%) Network Engineer
2 7 (8.24%) Senior
3 6 (7.06%) Field Engineer
3 6 (7.06%) Field Service Engineer
3 6 (7.06%) IT Engineer
3 6 (7.06%) IT Support
3 6 (7.06%) Support Engineer
4 5 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 5 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Lead
5 4 (4.71%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.41%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.24%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.53%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (27.06%) Windows
2 15 (17.65%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.41%) Linux
4 1 (1.18%) Android
4 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.71%) ITIL
2 15 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (15.29%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (14.12%) Mentoring
6 10 (11.76%) Network Design
6 10 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (10.59%) Business Continuity
7 9 (10.59%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (9.41%) High Availability
8 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (9.41%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.06%) Computer Science
9 6 (7.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (7.06%) Service Delivery
10 5 (5.88%) Migration
10 5 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (5.88%) Security Operations
10 5 (5.88%) SIEM
10 5 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 85 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (32.94%) Network+ Certification
3 27 (31.76%) CCNP
4 20 (23.53%) Azure Certification
5 18 (21.18%) Degree
6 14 (16.47%) Security Cleared
7 13 (15.29%) DV Cleared
8 9 (10.59%) SC Cleared
9 7 (8.24%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (5.88%) CISSP
11 3 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.35%) GCIA
12 2 (2.35%) SANS
13 1 (1.18%) CCDP
13 1 (1.18%) GSEC
13 1 (1.18%) MCDST
13 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (1.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.53%) SLA
3 2 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.24%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.35%) Docker
6 2 (2.35%) Firmware
7 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (10.59%) FortiGate
2 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (67.06%) Cisco
2 45 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 20 (23.53%) ForeScout
4 19 (22.35%) Fortinet
5 15 (17.65%) VMware
6 12 (14.12%) Aruba
7 6 (7.06%) Juniper
7 6 (7.06%) Palo Alto
8 4 (4.71%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.53%) F5
9 3 (3.53%) Meraki
9 3 (3.53%) MikroTik
9 3 (3.53%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (3.53%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (2.35%) Citrix
10 2 (2.35%) Ekahau
10 2 (2.35%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.35%) Veeam
10 2 (2.35%) WatchGuard