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 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 201 206
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 -35
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 121 88 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.70% 0.98% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.42% 2.43% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 53 72 109
10th Percentile £32,250 £30,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,875 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +28.05% -18.00% +11.11%

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 3,538 3,614 4,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.56% 40.44% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,077 1,653 2,554
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,128
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £52,973
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -3.72% +0.90%
75th Percentile £76,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +31 39 £48,750 -11.36% 12
Kent +7 25 £34,500 -4.17% 1
Hampshire -37 24 £60,000 +11.63% 2
Surrey -47 20 £65,000 +91.18% 5
Oxfordshire -9 15 £51,250 -6.82% 1
Berkshire +15 14 £47,500 -16.30% 2
Buckinghamshire +8 10 £43,750 +2.94% 9
East Sussex - 7 £47,500 -
West Sussex -15 6 - -
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 11 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.31%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 81 (66.94%) Azure
2 12 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (9.09%) AWS
4 7 (5.79%) GCP
5 4 (3.31%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.31%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 46 (38.02%) Firewall
2 36 (29.75%) WAN
3 35 (28.93%) VPN
4 32 (26.45%) LAN
5 31 (25.62%) VLAN
6 26 (21.49%) TCP/IP
7 22 (18.18%) DHCP
7 22 (18.18%) DNS
8 21 (17.36%) Network Security
9 19 (15.70%) Wireless
10 15 (12.40%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (10.74%) OSPF
12 10 (8.26%) VoIP
13 9 (7.44%) BGP
13 9 (7.44%) Internet
14 8 (6.61%) SD-WAN
15 5 (4.13%) WLAN
16 4 (3.31%) IPsec
16 4 (3.31%) MPLS
16 4 (3.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.83%) JIRA
General
1 96 (79.34%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.79%) Military
3 6 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.13%) Retail
4 5 (4.13%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.48%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.48%) Finance
6 3 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.65%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 87 (71.90%) Network Engineer
2 10 (8.26%) IT Engineer
2 10 (8.26%) Support Engineer
3 9 (7.44%) IT Support
4 8 (6.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (4.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (4.96%) Field Engineer
5 6 (4.96%) Field Service Engineer
5 6 (4.96%) Security Engineer
5 6 (4.96%) Senior
5 6 (4.96%) Senior Security Engineer
6 5 (4.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (4.13%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (3.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (3.31%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (3.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (2.48%) Junior Network Engineer
8 3 (2.48%) Senior Network Security Engineer
8 3 (2.48%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.48%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.44%) Driving Licence
2 8 (6.61%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.83%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (0.83%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.53%) Windows
2 12 (9.92%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.26%) Linux
4 1 (0.83%) Android
4 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.05%) Cybersecurity
1 17 (14.05%) ITIL
2 14 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (10.74%) Business Continuity
3 13 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (8.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (8.26%) Mentoring
4 10 (8.26%) Network Design
4 10 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (6.61%) Computer Science
6 7 (5.79%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (4.96%) High Availability
7 6 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (4.96%) Process Improvement
7 6 (4.96%) Security Operations
7 6 (4.96%) Service Delivery
7 6 (4.96%) SIEM
7 6 (4.96%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (4.13%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (3.31%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.13%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.31%) Python
3 1 (0.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (56.20%) Network+ Certification
3 60 (49.59%) Azure Certification
4 24 (19.83%) CCNP
5 16 (13.22%) Security Cleared
6 14 (11.57%) DV Cleared
7 13 (10.74%) Degree
8 10 (8.26%) SC Cleared
9 7 (5.79%) CISSP
10 6 (4.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.48%) GCIA
12 3 (2.48%) SANS
13 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.83%) CISM
14 1 (0.83%) HNC
14 1 (0.83%) HND
14 1 (0.83%) MCSA
14 1 (0.83%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.31%) SLA
4 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.65%) NIST
5 1 (0.83%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (14.05%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.92%) Hyper-V
3 9 (7.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.48%) Docker
5 3 (2.48%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.83%) OpenView
3 1 (0.83%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 93 (76.86%) Cisco
2 80 (66.12%) Microsoft
3 60 (49.59%) ForeScout
4 19 (15.70%) VMware
5 16 (13.22%) Fortinet
6 8 (6.61%) Aruba
7 7 (5.79%) Citrix
7 7 (5.79%) Juniper
8 6 (4.96%) Google
9 4 (3.31%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.31%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (3.31%) WatchGuard
10 3 (2.48%) MikroTik
10 3 (2.48%) Veeam
11 2 (1.65%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.65%) HP
11 2 (1.65%) Ruckus Wireless
11 2 (1.65%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.83%) F5
12 1 (0.83%) Meraki