CCNA Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 167 159
Rank change year-on-year +21 -8 +18
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 29 16 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.51% 0.48% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.35% 0.94% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 65
10th Percentile £40,975 - -
25th Percentile £42,188 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +43.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £62,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -8.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,234 1,700 2,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.66% 51.04% 37.03%
Number of salaries quoted 688 433 1,554
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,800 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,967 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% -2.92% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +1.94% +0.98%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCNA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

CCNA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CCNA
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the Thames Valley

CCNA
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Berkshire +10 10 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Buckinghamshire -2 10 £42,500 - 1
Oxfordshire -5 9 £52,500 - 2
CCNA
South East

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (79.31%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) Firewall
2 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
3 5 (17.24%) VPN
4 4 (13.79%) Network Security
4 4 (13.79%) VLAN
4 4 (13.79%) WAN
4 4 (13.79%) Wireless
5 3 (10.34%) DHCP
5 3 (10.34%) DNS
5 3 (10.34%) LAN
5 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (6.90%) Internet
6 2 (6.90%) OSPF
6 2 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (6.90%) SD-WAN
6 2 (6.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (82.76%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Retail
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (72.41%) Network Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (3.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL
3 3 (10.34%) Application Security
3 3 (10.34%) Change Control
3 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (10.34%) Migration
3 3 (10.34%) Network Design
3 3 (10.34%) OWASP
3 3 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (10.34%) Security Hardening
3 3 (10.34%) Security Operations
3 3 (10.34%) Security Testing
3 3 (10.34%) SIEM
3 3 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (10.34%) Zero Trust
4 2 (6.90%) High Availability
4 2 (6.90%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Bicep
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (68.97%) Network+ Certification
3 18 (62.07%) Azure Certification
4 6 (20.69%) CCNP
4 6 (20.69%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) CISSP
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (10.34%) GCIA
6 3 (10.34%) SANS
7 2 (6.90%) MCSA
7 2 (6.90%) MCSE
7 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.45%) CCIE
8 1 (3.45%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Cisco
2 22 (75.86%) Microsoft
3 18 (62.07%) ForeScout
4 5 (17.24%) Fortinet
5 4 (13.79%) WatchGuard
6 3 (10.34%) Aruba
6 3 (10.34%) Veeam
6 3 (10.34%) VMware
7 2 (6.90%) Adobe
7 2 (6.90%) Citrix
7 2 (6.90%) Dell
7 2 (6.90%) Draytek
7 2 (6.90%) Juniper
7 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
7 2 (6.90%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (6.90%) SonicWALL
8 1 (3.45%) 3PAR
8 1 (3.45%) HP
8 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds