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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 169 197
Rank change year-on-year -56 +28 +41
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 63 85 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.46% 1.26% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.79% 2.62% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 22 79 165
10th Percentile £25,838 £31,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £37,500 £24,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £49,479 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +28.52% -18.95%
75th Percentile £52,188 £63,125 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,625 £67,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +12.63% +5.56%

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 3,511 3,250 5,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.50% 48.09% 34.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 1,472 3,627
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,562 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,661 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.28% +4.55% -4.35%

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

CCNA
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 April 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 April 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 -7 17 £48,750 -22.00% 9
Hampshire -50 17 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Kent - 16 £34,500 - 1
Berkshire +2 6 £61,250 -5.77% 5
Buckinghamshire -14 6 £42,000 -1.18% 3
Oxfordshire -9 5 - - 2
Surrey -35 5 £45,000 +36.36% 6
West Sussex - 4 - - 1
East Sussex - 4 - - 1
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 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 49 (77.78%) Azure
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.94%) AWS
3 5 (7.94%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.46%) Firewall
2 10 (15.87%) VPN
3 9 (14.29%) WAN
4 8 (12.70%) LAN
5 3 (4.76%) Network Security
5 3 (4.76%) SAN
5 3 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.76%) VLAN
5 3 (4.76%) VoIP
5 3 (4.76%) Wireless
6 2 (3.17%) BGP
6 2 (3.17%) DHCP
6 2 (3.17%) DNS
6 2 (3.17%) MPLS
6 2 (3.17%) OSPF
6 2 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.59%) Multicast
7 1 (1.59%) SNMP
7 1 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
General
1 45 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Finance
4 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.59%) Military
4 1 (1.59%) Retail
4 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) IT Engineer
3 6 (9.52%) Support Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) IT Support
4 4 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Field Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Field Service Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Junior
5 3 (4.76%) Junior Network Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Senior
6 2 (3.17%) Presales Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Presales Network Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Cisco Support Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Network Security Architect
7 1 (1.59%) Sales Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
1 3 (4.76%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.59%) PKI
2 1 (1.59%) Private Cloud
2 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Windows
2 3 (4.76%) Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (7.94%) Business Continuity
3 5 (7.94%) Process Improvement
4 4 (6.35%) Coaching
4 4 (6.35%) Customer Service
4 4 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (4.76%) Computer Science
5 3 (4.76%) Decision-Making
5 3 (4.76%) Presales
5 3 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (3.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (3.17%) ITIL
6 2 (3.17%) Network Design
6 2 (3.17%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (3.17%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (3.17%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (1.59%) Application Security
7 1 (1.59%) Product Strategy
7 1 (1.59%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.17%) SQL
2 1 (1.59%) Bicep
2 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 63 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (69.84%) Network+ Certification
3 40 (63.49%) Azure Certification
4 7 (11.11%) CCNP
5 5 (7.94%) Degree
5 5 (7.94%) MCSE
5 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.76%) A+ Certification
7 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.17%) CCIE
8 2 (3.17%) CISSP
8 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.17%) MCSA
9 1 (1.59%) CISM
9 1 (1.59%) GCIA
9 1 (1.59%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.59%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.17%) NIST
3 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (12.70%) Hyper-V
2 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.59%) Docker
4 1 (1.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.17%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.59%) OpenView
3 1 (1.59%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (79.37%) Microsoft
2 48 (76.19%) Cisco
3 40 (63.49%) ForeScout
4 7 (11.11%) Citrix
4 7 (11.11%) VMware
5 5 (7.94%) Dell
5 5 (7.94%) Google
6 4 (6.35%) Fortinet
6 4 (6.35%) Juniper
7 3 (4.76%) HP
7 3 (4.76%) Veeam
7 3 (4.76%) WatchGuard
8 2 (3.17%) Adobe
8 2 (3.17%) Draytek
8 2 (3.17%) Meraki
8 2 (3.17%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.59%) EMC
9 1 (1.59%) ExtraHop
9 1 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.59%) Ubiquiti