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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 187 173
Rank change year-on-year -25 -14 +113
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 58 114 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.55% 1.27% 1.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.78% 2.79% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53 78 120
10th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £45,000 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +51.90% -24.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £47,657
90th Percentile £72,300 £66,250 £59,000
England median annual salary £41,551 £55,000 £46,900
% change year-on-year -24.45% +17.27% -1.26%

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 3,254 4,083 3,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.63% 45.54% 36.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,390 1,748 2,439
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,088 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,500 £67,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -13 24 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Surrey +26 22 £34,000 -50.72% 2
Berkshire -15 9 £65,000 +4.00% 5
Thames Valley -25 9 £65,000 +8.33% 10
Kent - 3 £26,150 - 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 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 23 (39.66%) Firewall
2 21 (36.21%) VSAT
3 19 (32.76%) VPN
4 18 (31.03%) LAN
5 16 (27.59%) WAN
6 14 (24.14%) Network Security
7 10 (17.24%) Junos
8 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
9 7 (12.07%) BGP
10 6 (10.34%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (10.34%) IPsec
10 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (8.62%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (8.62%) MPLS
11 5 (8.62%) Wireless
12 4 (6.90%) VLAN
13 3 (5.17%) 802.11
13 3 (5.17%) LTE
13 3 (5.17%) OSPF
13 3 (5.17%) SAN
General
1 6 (10.34%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.62%) Finance
3 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Automotive
4 3 (5.17%) Billing
4 3 (5.17%) Electronics
4 3 (5.17%) Legal
4 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (37.93%) Support Engineer
2 21 (36.21%) Technical Engineer
2 21 (36.21%) Technical Support
2 21 (36.21%) Technical Support Engineer
3 15 (25.86%) Network Engineer
3 15 (25.86%) Senior
4 10 (17.24%) Design Engineer
4 10 (17.24%) Network Design Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Senior Design Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Senior Network Design Engineer
5 9 (15.52%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (12.07%) NOC Engineer
7 6 (10.34%) Consultant
7 6 (10.34%) Security Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Senior Security Engineer
9 4 (6.90%) Technical Consultant
10 3 (5.17%) Change Consultant
10 3 (5.17%) Field Engineer
10 3 (5.17%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.62%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (5.17%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.17%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.72%) CMDB
3 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) PKI
3 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.10%) Customer Service
2 21 (36.21%) Commercial Awareness
2 21 (36.21%) Mentoring
3 15 (25.86%) Requirements Gathering
4 11 (18.97%) Regulatory Change
5 10 (17.24%) Network Design
6 8 (13.79%) Decision-Making
7 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (12.07%) ITIL
7 7 (12.07%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (12.07%) Proactive Management
7 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.07%) Web Filtering
8 6 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (8.62%) Programme Management
9 5 (8.62%) Project Delivery
9 5 (8.62%) Security Operations
9 5 (8.62%) SIEM
10 4 (6.90%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.72%) Bicep
2 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (50.00%) JNCIA
3 28 (48.28%) Security Cleared
4 26 (44.83%) CCNP
5 24 (41.38%) SC Cleared
6 18 (31.03%) DV Cleared
7 10 (17.24%) JNCIS
8 6 (10.34%) CISSP
9 5 (8.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (8.62%) GCIA
9 5 (8.62%) SANS
10 4 (6.90%) MCSE
10 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (5.17%) A+ Certification
11 3 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (5.17%) Degree
11 3 (5.17%) GCSC
11 3 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (3.45%) CCIE
13 1 (1.72%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
1 2 (3.45%) KVM
1 2 (3.45%) RHEV
1 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.45%) Xen
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) FortiGate
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.45%) Nagios
1 2 (3.45%) Proxmox
1 2 (3.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.72%) OpenView
2 1 (1.72%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (39.66%) Cisco
2 18 (31.03%) Juniper
3 7 (12.07%) Starlink
4 6 (10.34%) F5
5 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
6 3 (5.17%) Dell
6 3 (5.17%) Freshdesk
6 3 (5.17%) HP
6 3 (5.17%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.45%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.45%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.45%) VMware
8 1 (1.72%) 3PAR
8 1 (1.72%) ArcSight
8 1 (1.72%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.72%) Citrix
8 1 (1.72%) EMC
8 1 (1.72%) Meraki
8 1 (1.72%) Riverbed
8 1 (1.72%) Veeam