CCNA Job Trends 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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 186 248
Rank change year-on-year -90 +62 +91
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 253 536 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.60% 1.49% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.80% 3.85% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 190 224 343
10th Percentile £25,725 £36,250 £26,850
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £53,951 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,700
UK median annual salary £40,500 £54,750 £48,000
% change year-on-year -26.03% +14.06% +5.73%

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 14,028 13,924 10,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.08% 38.76% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,116 5,300 6,854
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.21% +1.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCNA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CCNA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CCNA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
South East -12 61 £52,500 -5.84% 42
North of England -39 55 £50,000 +5.26% 33
South West +35 45 £32,500 -30.11% 16
North West -6 40 £50,000 +5.26% 16
Midlands -112 40 £32,500 -38.10% 13
East Midlands -29 33 £32,500 -15.58% 2
East of England +30 31 £40,000 -20.79% 22
Scotland +5 13 £36,000 -35.43% 6
Yorkshire -30 8 £26,000 -54.78% 12
North East +6 7 £31,000 -52.31% 6
Northern Ireland -6 7 £37,500 -28.57% 4
West Midlands -104 7 £51,000 -2.86% 11
Wales -20 1 £32,500 -26.14% 8
CCNA
UK

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.79%) Confluence
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.55%) Azure
2 36 (14.23%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.72%) AWS
5 6 (2.37%) IaaS
6 4 (1.58%) SaaS
7 3 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.19%) GitHub
7 3 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.79%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.40%) GCP
9 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.40%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 113 (44.66%) Firewall
2 76 (30.04%) WAN
3 73 (28.85%) LAN
4 48 (18.97%) VPN
5 34 (13.44%) VSAT
6 33 (13.04%) Network Security
7 25 (9.88%) TCP/IP
7 25 (9.88%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (7.91%) VLAN
9 17 (6.72%) VoIP
10 16 (6.32%) DNS
11 14 (5.53%) BGP
11 14 (5.53%) DHCP
11 14 (5.53%) IP Telephony
11 14 (5.53%) MPLS
11 14 (5.53%) Wireless
12 13 (5.14%) ADSL
12 13 (5.14%) SAN
12 13 (5.14%) SD-WAN
13 12 (4.74%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (2.77%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.77%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.19%) GitLab
3 2 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 89 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.25%) Finance
3 21 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.91%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (7.51%) Telecoms
6 18 (7.11%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.35%) Legal
7 11 (4.35%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.16%) Law
9 8 (3.16%) Retail
10 7 (2.77%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.98%) Billing
12 4 (1.58%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.58%) Automotive
12 4 (1.58%) Electronics
13 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (19.76%) Technical Engineer
2 48 (18.97%) Support Engineer
3 42 (16.60%) Technical Support
4 37 (14.62%) Network Engineer
5 34 (13.44%) Technical Support Engineer
6 27 (10.67%) IT Engineer
7 25 (9.88%) Administrator
8 23 (9.09%) Senior
9 21 (8.30%) Systems Administrator
10 20 (7.91%) Analyst
10 20 (7.91%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (7.51%) Cisco Engineer
12 18 (7.11%) Firewall Engineer
12 18 (7.11%) Juniper Engineer
12 18 (7.11%) LAN Engineer
12 18 (7.11%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 18 (7.11%) NOC Engineer
12 18 (7.11%) WAN Engineer
13 16 (6.32%) IT Support
14 13 (5.14%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.58%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.79%) Middleware
2 2 (0.79%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.40%) React
3 1 (0.40%) Svelte
3 1 (0.40%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.67%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 22 (8.70%) e-Learning
3 12 (4.74%) CCTV
3 12 (4.74%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (4.35%) Smartphone
5 10 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.16%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.77%) Insider Threat
7 7 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.37%) Handset
9 5 (1.98%) LIMS
9 5 (1.98%) SCADA
10 4 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.19%) iPad
11 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.79%) Biopharmaceutical
12 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 54 (21.34%) Windows
2 37 (14.62%) Windows Server
3 34 (13.44%) Linux
4 21 (8.30%) Unix
5 11 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.98%) Android
6 5 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.60%) Customer Service
2 54 (21.34%) ITIL
3 53 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (18.97%) Mentoring
5 31 (12.25%) Presales
6 30 (11.86%) Commercial Awareness
6 30 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (10.28%) High Availability
8 24 (9.49%) Innovative Thinking
9 23 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (8.70%) Service Delivery
11 17 (6.72%) Project Delivery
12 16 (6.32%) Kalman Filter
12 16 (6.32%) Penetration Testing
12 16 (6.32%) Requirements Gathering
12 16 (6.32%) Web Filtering
13 15 (5.93%) Network Monitoring
13 15 (5.93%) Regulatory Change
14 14 (5.53%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.91%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.77%) Python
3 3 (1.19%) Bash
3 3 (1.19%) Bicep
4 1 (0.40%) Go
4 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 253 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 90 (35.57%) CCNP
3 81 (32.02%) Security Cleared
4 67 (26.48%) SC Cleared
5 60 (23.72%) JNCIA
6 49 (19.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (16.21%) DV Cleared
8 38 (15.02%) MCSE
9 29 (11.46%) Degree
10 27 (10.67%) MCP
11 23 (9.09%) MCSA
12 20 (7.91%) DBS Check
12 20 (7.91%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (6.32%) A+ Certification
13 16 (6.32%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (5.93%) CISSP
15 12 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (3.95%) JNCIS
17 9 (3.56%) CCA
17 9 (3.56%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.32%) SLA
3 10 (3.95%) GDPR
4 9 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (3.16%) NIST
6 7 (2.77%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (2.77%) GxP
7 5 (1.98%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (13.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.53%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.19%) Docker
4 3 (1.19%) KVM
4 3 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.79%) RHEV
5 2 (0.79%) Xen
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (11.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.56%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.77%) Nmap
3 7 (2.77%) SCCM
4 5 (1.98%) Autotask
4 5 (1.98%) Terraform
5 3 (1.19%) Ansible
5 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (0.79%) Nagios
6 2 (0.79%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.40%) OpenView
7 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 148 (58.50%) Cisco
2 66 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 48 (18.97%) Juniper
4 39 (15.42%) Fortinet
5 31 (12.25%) Aruba
6 30 (11.86%) VMware
7 21 (8.30%) Meraki
8 18 (7.11%) SolarWinds
9 14 (5.53%) Dell
10 11 (4.35%) Citrix
10 11 (4.35%) Remedy
10 11 (4.35%) Starlink
11 9 (3.56%) Palo Alto
12 7 (2.77%) Apple
12 7 (2.77%) Draytek
12 7 (2.77%) Huawei
12 7 (2.77%) Mitel
12 7 (2.77%) Polycom
12 7 (2.77%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.77%) WatchGuard