Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCDA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 701 881 972
Rank change year-on-year +180 +91 +216
Permanent jobs citing CCDA 5 17 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.017% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.019% 0.062% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 3
10th Percentile - - £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +22.11% +93.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £56,125
90th Percentile £59,000 - £59,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.48% +22.11% +2.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCDA 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 26,900 27,489 32,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.16% 27.71% 32.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,537 17,297 14,888
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -8.86% +7.73%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,276
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.49% +2.55%

CCDA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCDA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCDA in the UK

CCDA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCDA.

Salary trend for CCDA in the UK

CCDA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCDA over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CCDA in the UK

CCDA
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCDA within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
UK excluding London +174 5 £52,500 -9.48% 4
England +147 5 £52,500 -9.48% 4
South West +106 2 £53,750 -7.33% 3
South East - 2 £45,000 - 1
North East - 1 £60,000 -
North of England - 1 £60,000 -

CCDA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) NetSuite
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) ADSL
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (40.00%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (40.00%) Modbus
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Presales Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Presales Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) IT Technical Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
1 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Network Design
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) MCSD
2 3 (60.00%) MCSE
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO 9001
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) CASB
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Aerohive Networks
2 2 (40.00%) Ekahau
2 2 (40.00%) Extreme Networks
2 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) Meraki
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds