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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 207 238
Rank change year-on-year +2 +31 -32
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 98 78 172
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.67% 1.00% 0.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.10% 2.12% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 37 71 142
10th Percentile £31,350 £30,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,500 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%

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 3,162 3,686 5,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.56% 47.15% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 1,521 3,652
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,020
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.90% -1.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 +21 31 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Kent -7 23 £34,500 -4.17% 1
Hampshire -45 17 £60,000 +26.32% 3
Surrey -27 15 £65,000 +96.97% 7
Oxfordshire +6 11 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Berkshire +9 10 £70,000 +14.29% 4
Buckinghamshire -1 10 £42,500 - 8
East Sussex - 6 - - 1
West Sussex - 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 9 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 74 (75.51%) Azure
2 10 (10.20%) AWS
3 9 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (7.14%) GCP
5 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.02%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 30 (30.61%) Firewall
2 23 (23.47%) VPN
3 22 (22.45%) WAN
4 20 (20.41%) LAN
5 15 (15.31%) VLAN
6 13 (13.27%) Network Security
6 13 (13.27%) TCP/IP
7 9 (9.18%) DHCP
7 9 (9.18%) DNS
7 9 (9.18%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (9.18%) Wireless
8 8 (8.16%) OSPF
9 7 (7.14%) VoIP
10 6 (6.12%) BGP
10 6 (6.12%) Internet
11 4 (4.08%) IPsec
11 4 (4.08%) MPLS
11 4 (4.08%) WLAN
12 3 (3.06%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (3.06%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.04%) SQL Server
General
1 80 (81.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.08%) Military
2 4 (4.08%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (3.06%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.06%) Retail
4 2 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.02%) Digital Health
5 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 77 (78.57%) Network Engineer
2 6 (6.12%) Senior
2 6 (6.12%) Support Engineer
3 5 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (5.10%) IT Engineer
3 5 (5.10%) Security Engineer
3 5 (5.10%) Senior Security Engineer
4 4 (4.08%) IT Support
4 4 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (3.06%) Field Engineer
5 3 (3.06%) Field Service Engineer
5 3 (3.06%) Junior
5 3 (3.06%) Junior Network Engineer
6 2 (2.04%) Network Manager
6 2 (2.04%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (2.04%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (2.04%) Senior Network Security Engineer
6 2 (2.04%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.02%) Head of IT
7 1 (1.02%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.12%) Driving Licence
1 6 (6.12%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.02%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.02%) PKI
2 1 (1.02%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.24%) Windows
2 9 (9.18%) Linux
3 4 (4.08%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (11.22%) Business Continuity
4 10 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (9.18%) Computer Science
5 9 (9.18%) ITIL
6 8 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (6.12%) Network Design
7 6 (6.12%) Process Improvement
7 6 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (5.10%) Security Operations
8 5 (5.10%) SIEM
8 5 (5.10%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (5.10%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (4.08%) High Availability
9 4 (4.08%) Mentoring
9 4 (4.08%) Network Monitoring
10 3 (3.06%) Change Control
10 3 (3.06%) OWASP
10 3 (3.06%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.06%) Python
2 2 (2.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.04%) SQL
3 1 (1.02%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 98 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (67.35%) Network+ Certification
3 60 (61.22%) Azure Certification
4 16 (16.33%) CCNP
5 9 (9.18%) Degree
6 8 (8.16%) Security Cleared
7 7 (7.14%) DV Cleared
8 6 (6.12%) CISSP
9 5 (5.10%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (4.08%) SC Cleared
11 3 (3.06%) GCIA
11 3 (3.06%) SANS
12 2 (2.04%) CCIE
12 2 (2.04%) MCSA
12 2 (2.04%) MCSE
12 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (1.02%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.08%) SLA
3 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.04%) NIST
5 1 (1.02%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (12.24%) Hyper-V
2 10 (10.20%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.06%) Docker
5 1 (1.02%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.06%) FortiGate
1 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.02%) OpenView
2 1 (1.02%) Terraform
2 1 (1.02%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 77 (78.57%) Cisco
2 73 (74.49%) Microsoft
3 60 (61.22%) ForeScout
4 14 (14.29%) VMware
5 11 (11.22%) Fortinet
6 8 (8.16%) Citrix
7 7 (7.14%) Aruba
8 6 (6.12%) Google
9 5 (5.10%) WatchGuard
10 4 (4.08%) Juniper
10 4 (4.08%) Palo Alto
11 3 (3.06%) HP
11 3 (3.06%) Veeam
12 2 (2.04%) Adobe
12 2 (2.04%) Dell
12 2 (2.04%) Draytek
12 2 (2.04%) Ruckus Wireless
12 2 (2.04%) SonicWALL
12 2 (2.04%) Ubiquiti
13 1 (1.02%) MikroTik