Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCDA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 869 984 1199
Rank change year-on-year +115 +215 -321
Permanent jobs citing CCDA 25 9 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.009% 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.091% 0.026% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 25 3 7
10th Percentile £47,500 £39,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £55,500 £41,250 £23,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +93.88% -16.95%
75th Percentile £60,500 £56,125 £45,625
90th Percentile £67,500 £59,050 £48,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +26.32% +2.70% +57.53%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCDA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,346 34,318 41,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.85% 32.75% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17,301 15,331 18,985
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,043 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CCDA in the UK

CCDA
Top 8 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 26 April 2024. 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
England +135 25 £60,000 +26.32% 3
UK excluding London +13 25 £60,000 +26.32% 2
East of England +36 14 £60,000 +1.69%
Work from Home +92 12 £60,000 +1.69% 1
Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 5 £50,000 -
South West -24 3 £58,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (16.00%) IIS
2 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) DHCP
2 4 (16.00%) DNS
2 4 (16.00%) SAN
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (12.00%) IPsec
3 3 (12.00%) LAN
3 3 (12.00%) MPLS
3 3 (12.00%) VoIP
3 3 (12.00%) VPN
3 3 (12.00%) WAAS
3 3 (12.00%) WAN
General
1 17 (68.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Law
3 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Network Specialist
2 13 (52.00%) Network Operations Specialist
3 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Technical Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
1 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Cryptography
2 12 (48.00%) Network Architecture
3 10 (40.00%) Information Management
4 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (12.00%) Load Balancing
6 3 (12.00%) Network Virtualisation
6 3 (12.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
6 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) Service Management
7 2 (8.00%) Information Security
7 2 (8.00%) Migration
7 2 (8.00%) Project Management
8 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (68.00%) CCDP
3 8 (32.00%) CCNA
4 5 (20.00%) CCA
4 5 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
4 5 (20.00%) Degree
5 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (16.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (12.00%) CCNP
7 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.00%) HP AIS
8 1 (4.00%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (16.00%) Terminal Services
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (16.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (16.00%) Dell
2 4 (16.00%) HP
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) NetApp
2 4 (16.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) Avaya
3 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (12.00%) F5
3 3 (12.00%) Juniper
3 3 (12.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.00%) Meraki