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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 204 142
Rank change year-on-year +13 -62 +163
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 91 111 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.98% 0.98% 1.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.62% 2.91% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 73 67 124
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,509 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% +34.54% -16.00%
75th Percentile £63,250 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £42,026 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -23.59% +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 3,467 3,820 3,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 37.30% 33.84% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,579 1,848 1,918
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,195 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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
Surrey +49 38 £34,000 -50.72% 12
Hampshire +6 29 £58,000 -3.33% 18
Thames Valley -12 17 £60,000 +27.54% 15
Berkshire -8 16 £60,000 +2.13% 10
Kent - 3 £36,000 - 4
West Sussex - 2 - - 4
Oxfordshire +14 1 £55,000 +24.75% 4
Middlesex - 1 £22,500 - 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 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.19%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.49%) Azure
3 2 (2.20%) IaaS
3 2 (2.20%) Smartsheet
4 1 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.10%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.10%) AWS
4 1 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (32.97%) Firewall
1 30 (32.97%) LAN
2 29 (31.87%) VPN
3 28 (30.77%) VSAT
3 28 (30.77%) WAN
4 21 (23.08%) Network Security
5 18 (19.78%) Junos
5 18 (19.78%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (12.09%) TCP/IP
7 8 (8.79%) LTE
8 7 (7.69%) IPsec
8 7 (7.69%) MPLS
8 7 (7.69%) Wireless
9 6 (6.59%) BGP
9 6 (6.59%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (6.59%) SD-WAN
10 5 (5.49%) 802.11
10 5 (5.49%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (5.49%) DHCP
10 5 (5.49%) VLAN
General
1 20 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.29%) Finance
3 7 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 5 (5.49%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.49%) Automotive
4 5 (5.49%) Billing
4 5 (5.49%) Electronics
4 5 (5.49%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (30.77%) Support Engineer
1 28 (30.77%) Technical Engineer
1 28 (30.77%) Technical Support
1 28 (30.77%) Technical Support Engineer
2 22 (24.18%) Network Engineer
3 17 (18.68%) Senior
4 10 (10.99%) Design Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Network Design Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Senior Network Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Senior Design Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Senior Network Design Engineer
6 8 (8.79%) Administrator
6 8 (8.79%) Architect
6 8 (8.79%) IT Administrator
6 8 (8.79%) IT Support
6 8 (8.79%) Security Engineer
7 7 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 7 (7.69%) NOC Engineer
7 7 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
8 6 (6.59%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.49%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.20%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.20%) SAML
3 1 (1.10%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.89%) Data Centre
3 7 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (5.49%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.20%) CCTV
5 2 (2.20%) PKI
6 1 (1.10%) CMDB
6 1 (1.10%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.10%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.29%) Windows
2 11 (12.09%) Linux
3 8 (8.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (8.79%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (37.36%) Mentoring
2 33 (36.26%) Customer Service
3 25 (27.47%) Commercial Awareness
4 23 (25.27%) Requirements Gathering
5 17 (18.68%) Project Delivery
6 15 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
8 12 (13.19%) Network Design
9 11 (12.09%) Programme Management
10 10 (10.99%) Kalman Filter
10 10 (10.99%) Web Filtering
11 9 (9.89%) Proactive Monitoring
11 9 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (8.79%) Decision-Making
12 8 (8.79%) Inventory Management
12 8 (8.79%) ITIL
12 8 (8.79%) Penetration Testing
12 8 (8.79%) Project Management
13 7 (7.69%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.20%) R
2 1 (1.10%) Bash
2 1 (1.10%) Python
2 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (49.45%) JNCIA
3 42 (46.15%) Security Cleared
4 39 (42.86%) CCNP
5 34 (37.36%) SC Cleared
6 21 (23.08%) DV Cleared
7 11 (12.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (10.99%) JNCIS
8 10 (10.99%) MCSE
8 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (8.79%) CISSP
10 7 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (7.69%) GCIA
10 7 (7.69%) SANS
11 5 (5.49%) GCSC
12 3 (3.30%) Azure Certification
12 3 (3.30%) Degree
13 1 (1.10%) JNCIP
13 1 (1.10%) MCP
13 1 (1.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.59%) SLA
3 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) vSphere
2 5 (5.49%) Firmware
3 3 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.30%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.20%) KVM
4 2 (2.20%) RHEV
4 2 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.20%) Xen
5 1 (1.10%) Docker
5 1 (1.10%) NFS
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (2.20%) Nagios
1 2 (2.20%) Proxmox
1 2 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.10%) Ansible
2 1 (1.10%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.10%) OpenView
2 1 (1.10%) Podman
2 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (1.10%) Terraform
2 1 (1.10%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (50.55%) Cisco
2 31 (34.07%) Juniper
3 15 (16.48%) Microsoft
4 13 (14.29%) VMware
5 7 (7.69%) Freshdesk
5 7 (7.69%) Starlink
6 6 (6.59%) F5
7 5 (5.49%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.20%) HP
8 2 (2.20%) Meraki
8 2 (2.20%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.20%) Veeam
9 1 (1.10%) ArcSight
9 1 (1.10%) Aruba
9 1 (1.10%) EMC
9 1 (1.10%) Fujitsu
9 1 (1.10%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (1.10%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.10%) Riverbed
9 1 (1.10%) Splunk