Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCENT qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 711 875 962
Rank change year-on-year +164 +87 +265
Permanent jobs citing CCENT 1 3 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.004% 0.011% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £38,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.33%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £41,625
90th Percentile - - £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £38,500

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCENT 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 27,097 27,438 33,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.19% 27.71% 32.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,306 17,258 15,028
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%
75th Percentile £68,525 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%

CCENT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCENT in the UK

CCENT
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CCENT in the UK

CCENT
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCENT within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +140 1 £32,500 - 4
London - 1 £32,500 - 4

CCENT
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 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware