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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 299 329
Rank change year-on-year -31 +30 -148
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 278 628 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.84% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.30% 3.16% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 216 515 381
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,225 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +4.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,063 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -8.42%

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 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +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 31 May 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 31 May 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
Midlands +22 81 £38,500 -20.62% 52
South East -2 78 £42,500 +6.25% 58
North of England -58 54 £55,000 +37.50% 51
South West +101 47 £45,000 -7.22% 35
West Midlands +14 46 £65,000 +34.02% 29
East Midlands +45 35 £35,000 -30.00% 22
North West -63 32 £55,000 +37.50% 29
Yorkshire +21 17 £38,600 -14.22% 17
Scotland +100 6 £35,250 -29.50% 5
East of England +5 6 £48,750 +14.71% 33
North East +48 5 £50,000 -28.57% 5
Wales +13 4 £43,625 +9.06% 5
Northern Ireland +40 1 £57,500 +76.92% 6
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 19 (6.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) nginx
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (6.12%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.80%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.08%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 45 (16.19%) Azure
1 45 (16.19%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (8.27%) AWS
3 9 (3.24%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.88%) PaaS
4 8 (2.88%) SaaS
5 6 (2.16%) IaaS
6 5 (1.80%) GCP
7 4 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.72%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.36%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.36%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 112 (40.29%) Firewall
2 104 (37.41%) WAN
3 95 (34.17%) LAN
4 77 (27.70%) Network Security
5 51 (18.35%) VPN
6 45 (16.19%) BGP
7 38 (13.67%) MPLS
7 38 (13.67%) WLAN
8 37 (13.31%) DNS
9 34 (12.23%) IPsec
10 32 (11.51%) VLAN
11 31 (11.15%) DHCP
12 30 (10.79%) Internet
12 30 (10.79%) Wi-Fi
13 26 (9.35%) Junos
14 24 (8.63%) OSPF
14 24 (8.63%) TCP/IP
14 24 (8.63%) Wireless
15 20 (7.19%) Cisco IOS
15 20 (7.19%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.36%) MySQL
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.36%) Power BI
2 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.96%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.08%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 63 (22.66%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.15%) Finance
3 24 (8.63%) Presentation Skills
4 20 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.32%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.32%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.80%) Law
9 4 (1.44%) Advertising
9 4 (1.44%) Automotive
9 4 (1.44%) Billing
10 3 (1.08%) Retail
11 2 (0.72%) Electronics
11 2 (0.72%) Legal
11 2 (0.72%) Local Government
11 2 (0.72%) Police
11 2 (0.72%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.36%) Front Office
12 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (29.14%) Network Engineer
2 74 (26.62%) Support Engineer
3 59 (21.22%) IT Support
4 53 (19.06%) Architect
5 42 (15.11%) IT Engineer
6 39 (14.03%) IT Support Engineer
7 30 (10.79%) Technical Support
8 28 (10.07%) Network Architect
9 27 (9.71%) Junior
9 27 (9.71%) Technical Engineer
9 27 (9.71%) Technical Support Engineer
10 22 (7.91%) Junior Architect
10 22 (7.91%) Junior Solutions Architect
10 22 (7.91%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (7.19%) NOC Engineer
12 16 (5.76%) 2nd Line Support
13 11 (3.96%) 1st Line Engineer
14 10 (3.60%) Analyst
14 10 (3.60%) Senior
15 9 (3.24%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.16%) 802.1X
1 6 (2.16%) SAML
2 1 (0.36%) JSON
2 1 (0.36%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.27%) Driving Licence
2 34 (12.23%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.88%) PKI
4 6 (2.16%) PMI
5 5 (1.80%) Operational Technology
5 5 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.72%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.72%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.72%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.36%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.36%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 82 (29.50%) Windows
2 59 (21.22%) Linux
3 36 (12.95%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.52%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.16%) CentOS
5 6 (2.16%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (29.50%) Mentoring
2 76 (27.34%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (19.06%) Customer Service
4 50 (17.99%) ITIL
5 47 (16.91%) Presales
6 39 (14.03%) Computer Science
7 36 (12.95%) Network Design
8 35 (12.59%) Network Management
9 34 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
10 32 (11.51%) Asset Management
11 28 (10.07%) IT Asset Management
12 21 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
13 20 (7.19%) Commercial Awareness
14 18 (6.47%) Coaching
15 17 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (6.12%) Proactive Monitoring
16 16 (5.76%) Migration
17 15 (5.40%) Network Architecture
17 15 (5.40%) Proactive Management
17 15 (5.40%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.76%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.24%) Python
3 1 (0.36%) Bash
3 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 278 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 136 (48.92%) CCNP
3 77 (27.70%) Security Cleared
4 68 (24.46%) JNCIA
5 65 (23.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (22.66%) SC Cleared
7 59 (21.22%) Degree
8 56 (20.14%) MCSE
9 42 (15.11%) MCP
10 36 (12.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (10.07%) JNCIS
11 28 (10.07%) LPIC
12 25 (8.99%) Network+ Certification
13 20 (7.19%) MCSA
14 19 (6.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 15 (5.40%) Azure Certification
15 15 (5.40%) DV Cleared
16 8 (2.88%) CCDA
17 6 (2.16%) PMI Certification
18 5 (1.80%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.79%) SLA
2 3 (1.08%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.08%) NIST
3 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.72%) GDPR
3 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (11.15%) Active Directory
1 31 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (8.63%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (1.80%) vSphere
4 4 (1.44%) Firmware
5 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) Docker
6 1 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 16 (5.76%) Ansible
2 12 (4.32%) Terraform
3 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.80%) Autotask
4 5 (1.80%) CASB
4 5 (1.80%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (1.08%) Iperf
5 3 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.08%) SCCM
6 2 (0.72%) Nessus
7 1 (0.36%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.36%) Opsview
7 1 (0.36%) QRadar
7 1 (0.36%) WMI
7 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 201 (72.30%) Cisco
2 107 (38.49%) Microsoft
3 88 (31.65%) Juniper
4 61 (21.94%) Fortinet
5 45 (16.19%) VMware
6 42 (15.11%) Palo Alto
7 31 (11.15%) Aruba
8 26 (9.35%) Meraki
9 16 (5.76%) SolarWinds
10 15 (5.40%) HP
11 10 (3.60%) Veeam
12 9 (3.24%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.88%) Ekahau
13 8 (2.88%) Red Hat
14 7 (2.52%) F5
15 6 (2.16%) Arista
15 6 (2.16%) SonicWALL
16 5 (1.80%) Aerohive Networks
16 5 (1.80%) Citrix
16 5 (1.80%) Extreme Networks