CCNA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 288 321
Rank change year-on-year -45 +33 -131
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 258 697 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.86% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.26% 3.37% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 221 493 376
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £44,250
% change year-on-year - +7.34% -6.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,405 20,672 20,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 51.45% 25.61% 38.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,412 12,345 7,911
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,263 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% -11.23% +9.09%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the UK excluding London

CCNA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CCNA in the UK excluding London

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the UK excluding London

CCNA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
South East +7 78 £42,500 +6.25% 122
North of England -23 57 £55,000 +37.50% 57
South West +112 53 £45,000 -7.22% 36
Midlands -32 53 £38,500 -20.62% 51
North West -40 34 £55,000 +37.50% 36
East Midlands +41 31 £35,000 -30.00% 19
West Midlands -31 22 £65,000 +34.02% 28
Yorkshire +24 18 £38,600 -16.54% 18
Scotland +94 7 £25,500 -49.00% 9
East of England -3 7 £41,750 -1.76% 41
North East +51 5 £50,000 -28.57% 3
Wales +13 3 £37,500 -6.25% 6
Northern Ireland +34 1 £57,500 +76.92% 4
Isle of Man +5 1 £34,500 -21.14%
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (8.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.16%) nginx
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
4 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (6.59%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.94%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.16%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.38%) Azure
1 50 (19.38%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (9.30%) AWS
3 9 (3.49%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.10%) PaaS
4 8 (3.10%) SaaS
5 6 (2.33%) GCP
5 6 (2.33%) IaaS
6 4 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.16%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.39%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.39%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 113 (43.80%) Firewall
2 107 (41.47%) WAN
3 98 (37.98%) LAN
4 55 (21.32%) VPN
5 50 (19.38%) Network Security
6 44 (17.05%) BGP
7 40 (15.50%) DNS
8 37 (14.34%) MPLS
9 34 (13.18%) VLAN
10 33 (12.79%) IPsec
11 32 (12.40%) Wi-Fi
12 31 (12.02%) DHCP
13 28 (10.85%) Junos
14 27 (10.47%) Wireless
15 25 (9.69%) TCP/IP
16 24 (9.30%) OSPF
16 24 (9.30%) VSAT
17 19 (7.36%) Cisco Firepower
17 19 (7.36%) Cisco IOS
18 16 (6.20%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) MySQL
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.39%) Power BI
2 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (4.26%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.55%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 62 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.79%) Finance
3 22 (8.53%) Presentation Skills
4 18 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.81%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.81%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.49%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.10%) Billing
9 6 (2.33%) Automotive
10 5 (1.94%) Advertising
10 5 (1.94%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.94%) Law
11 4 (1.55%) Electronics
12 3 (1.16%) Retail
13 2 (0.78%) Legal
13 2 (0.78%) Local Government
13 2 (0.78%) Military
13 2 (0.78%) Police
13 2 (0.78%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 83 (32.17%) Network Engineer
2 55 (21.32%) Support Engineer
3 54 (20.93%) Architect
4 35 (13.57%) Technical Support
5 33 (12.79%) IT Support
6 32 (12.40%) Technical Engineer
6 32 (12.40%) Technical Support Engineer
7 29 (11.24%) Network Architect
8 25 (9.69%) Junior
9 20 (7.75%) Junior Architect
9 20 (7.75%) Junior Solutions Architect
9 20 (7.75%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (6.98%) NOC Engineer
11 16 (6.20%) 2nd Line Support
11 16 (6.20%) IT Engineer
12 13 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (4.26%) 1st Line Engineer
14 10 (3.88%) Infrastructure Support
14 10 (3.88%) Senior
15 9 (3.49%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.10%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.33%) SAML
3 1 (0.39%) JSON
3 1 (0.39%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.02%) Data Centre
2 26 (10.08%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.10%) PKI
4 6 (2.33%) PMI
5 5 (1.94%) Operational Technology
5 5 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.55%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.16%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.16%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.78%) CCTV
8 2 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.39%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.39%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 59 (22.87%) Windows
2 40 (15.50%) Windows Server
3 32 (12.40%) Linux
4 8 (3.10%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.94%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.55%) CentOS
7 3 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (22.09%) Mentoring
2 52 (20.16%) Customer Service
3 51 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (17.44%) Presales
5 36 (13.95%) Network Design
6 35 (13.57%) Technical Leadership
7 24 (9.30%) Commercial Awareness
8 23 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
9 22 (8.53%) ITIL
10 20 (7.75%) Migration
11 19 (7.36%) Coaching
11 19 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (6.98%) Proactive Monitoring
12 18 (6.98%) Project Delivery
13 17 (6.59%) Network Architecture
14 15 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 15 (5.81%) Proactive Management
15 14 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
15 14 (5.43%) Kalman Filter
15 14 (5.43%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.14%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.49%) Python
3 1 (0.39%) Bash
3 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 258 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 111 (43.02%) CCNP
3 81 (31.40%) Security Cleared
4 72 (27.91%) JNCIA
5 67 (25.97%) SC Cleared
6 38 (14.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (12.79%) Degree
8 27 (10.47%) JNCIS
8 27 (10.47%) MCSE
9 24 (9.30%) Network+ Certification
10 21 (8.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 18 (6.98%) MCSA
12 17 (6.59%) DV Cleared
13 15 (5.81%) Azure Certification
14 14 (5.43%) MCP
15 8 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (2.71%) CCDA
17 6 (2.33%) PMI Certification
18 5 (1.94%) CCDP
19 4 (1.55%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.85%) SLA
2 3 (1.16%) NIST
3 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.78%) GDPR
3 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.39%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (13.57%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (10.08%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.49%) vSphere
5 7 (2.71%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.55%) Firmware
6 4 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.39%) Docker
7 1 (0.39%) NFS
Systems Management
1 16 (6.20%) Ansible
2 13 (5.04%) Terraform
3 9 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.71%) Autotask
5 5 (1.94%) CASB
5 5 (1.94%) SCCM
5 5 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (1.55%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.55%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.16%) Iperf
8 2 (0.78%) Nessus
8 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.39%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.39%) Opsview
9 1 (0.39%) QRadar
9 1 (0.39%) WMI
9 1 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 174 (67.44%) Cisco
2 86 (33.33%) Juniper
3 81 (31.40%) Microsoft
4 58 (22.48%) Fortinet
5 47 (18.22%) VMware
6 40 (15.50%) Palo Alto
7 30 (11.63%) Aruba
8 29 (11.24%) Meraki
9 17 (6.59%) HP
10 15 (5.81%) SolarWinds
11 10 (3.88%) Veeam
12 9 (3.49%) CheckPoint
13 8 (3.10%) Ekahau
14 7 (2.71%) F5
15 6 (2.33%) Arista
15 6 (2.33%) Datto
15 6 (2.33%) SonicWALL
16 5 (1.94%) Aerohive Networks
16 5 (1.94%) Citrix
16 5 (1.94%) Extreme Networks