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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 147 130
Rank change year-on-year -14 -17 +91
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 14 45 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.38% 1.07% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.20% 3.11% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 14 18 33
10th Percentile £52,500 £35,875 £32,800
25th Percentile £53,813 £41,370 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,254 £45,196
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% +17.83% -4.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile - £63,750 £65,700
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,004 £42,000
% change year-on-year -7.90% +35.72% -18.45%

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 1,167 1,449 1,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 31.26% 34.52% 45.29%
Number of salaries quoted 470 568 987
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £29,900
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +10.09% +6.92%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +0.96%

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 November 2025.

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 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
Berkshire -11 13 £60,000 - 3
Oxfordshire +14 1 £55,000 +24.75%
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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Firewall
2 8 (57.14%) Network Security
3 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (28.57%) VPN
4 4 (28.57%) WAN
5 3 (21.43%) LAN
6 2 (14.29%) DHCP
6 2 (14.29%) DNS
6 2 (14.29%) Junos
6 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (7.14%) InfiniBand
7 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Senior
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Network Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Field Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) CMDB
3 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
1 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 7 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.14%) Line Management
4 1 (7.14%) Low Latency
4 1 (7.14%) Network Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (7.14%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (71.43%) CCNP
3 7 (50.00%) CISSP
3 7 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 7 (50.00%) GCIA
3 7 (50.00%) SANS
4 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) JNCIA
5 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 1 (7.14%) HND
6 1 (7.14%) MCP
6 1 (7.14%) MCSA
6 1 (7.14%) MCSE
6 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.14%) NFS
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Juniper
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft