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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 176 186
Rank change year-on-year -66 +10 +92
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 46 101 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.40% 1.26% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 2.64% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 41 71 139
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £42,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +55.84% -26.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £47,675
90th Percentile £73,500 £66,250 £59,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -5.26%

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 3,261 3,823 4,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.27% 47.71% 35.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,449 1,579 3,032
10th Percentile £27,789 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,663 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.52% +2.24%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 21 February 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 21 February 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
Hampshire -32 20 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Surrey -3 12 £31,000 -6.06% 4
Thames Valley -22 8 £65,000 +4.00% 6
Berkshire -20 7 £65,000 +4.00% 3
Kent - 6 £34,500 - 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 £39,000 - 2
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 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) Azure
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.52%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 22 (47.83%) Firewall
2 17 (36.96%) LAN
3 16 (34.78%) VPN
4 15 (32.61%) WAN
5 12 (26.09%) VSAT
6 9 (19.57%) Network Security
7 8 (17.39%) Junos
7 8 (17.39%) TCP/IP
8 6 (13.04%) MPLS
9 5 (10.87%) BGP
10 4 (8.70%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (8.70%) IPsec
10 4 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (6.52%) SAN
11 3 (6.52%) VLAN
11 3 (6.52%) VoIP
12 2 (4.35%) ATM
12 2 (4.35%) DHCP
12 2 (4.35%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Finance
3 3 (6.52%) Legal
4 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Military
4 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 13 (28.26%) Senior
3 12 (26.09%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (26.09%) Technical Support
3 12 (26.09%) Technical Support Engineer
4 10 (21.74%) Network Engineer
5 8 (17.39%) Design Engineer
5 8 (17.39%) Network Design Engineer
6 7 (15.22%) NOC Engineer
6 7 (15.22%) Senior Design Engineer
6 7 (15.22%) Senior Network Design Engineer
6 7 (15.22%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (13.04%) IT Engineer
8 5 (10.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (10.87%) Security Engineer
8 5 (10.87%) Senior Security Engineer
9 4 (8.70%) Consultant
10 3 (6.52%) Field Engineer
10 3 (6.52%) Field Service Engineer
11 2 (4.35%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.52%) Smartphone
4 2 (4.35%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) CMDB
5 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 14 (30.43%) Mentoring
3 12 (26.09%) Commercial Awareness
4 11 (23.91%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (17.39%) Network Design
7 7 (15.22%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (15.22%) Proactive Management
7 7 (15.22%) Web Filtering
8 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
8 6 (13.04%) ITIL
8 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (10.87%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (10.87%) Regulatory Change
9 5 (10.87%) Security Operations
9 5 (10.87%) SIEM
9 5 (10.87%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (8.70%) Coaching
10 4 (8.70%) Presales
10 4 (8.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 46 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (45.65%) CCNP
3 20 (43.48%) Security Cleared
4 19 (41.30%) SC Cleared
5 17 (36.96%) JNCIA
6 12 (26.09%) DV Cleared
7 8 (17.39%) JNCIS
8 5 (10.87%) CISSP
8 5 (10.87%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (10.87%) GCIA
8 5 (10.87%) MCSE
8 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (10.87%) SANS
9 4 (8.70%) Degree
10 3 (6.52%) A+ Certification
10 3 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (6.52%) CCIE
10 3 (6.52%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (4.35%) MCSA
12 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Hyper-V
2 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.17%) KVM
4 1 (2.17%) RHEV
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) OpenView
2 2 (4.35%) Terraform
2 2 (4.35%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.17%) Nagios
3 1 (2.17%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Cisco
2 13 (28.26%) Juniper
3 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 7 (15.22%) Starlink
5 5 (10.87%) VMware
6 4 (8.70%) Citrix
6 4 (8.70%) Dell
6 4 (8.70%) F5
7 3 (6.52%) Google
7 3 (6.52%) HP
8 2 (4.35%) ArcSight
8 2 (4.35%) EMC
8 2 (4.35%) ExtraHop
8 2 (4.35%) Fortinet
8 2 (4.35%) Riverbed
8 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
8 2 (4.35%) Veeam
9 1 (2.17%) 3PAR
9 1 (2.17%) Meraki
9 1 (2.17%) Palo Alto