CCNA Job Trends

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 287 279
Rank change year-on-year -36 -8 +213
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 394 633 652
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.80% 0.93% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.35% 3.24% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 269 267 499
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,143 £31,650
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +11.70% -1.05%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,250 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.50% +17.65% -2.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,771 19,536 17,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.96% 28.58% 30.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7,526 8,190 11,655
10th Percentile £28,697 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,910 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%
75th Percentile £74,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CCNA job vacancy trend in the UK

CCNA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCNA within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 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 -44 360 £40,500 -22.86% 175
UK excluding London -36 316 £39,250 -21.50% 160
Work from Home +56 107 £41,000 -22.64% 130
South East +7 94 £52,500 -5.84% 59
South West +97 81 £32,000 -34.69% 8
London +19 70 £60,500 +3.42% 44
North of England -40 48 £40,500 -14.74% 44
Midlands -78 41 £35,000 -26.32% 35
East Midlands -1 33 £32,500 -18.75% 18
East of England +7 28 £40,000 -21.57% 6
North West -30 25 £53,750 +13.16% 26
Scotland +1 14 £36,000 -32.39% 7
Yorkshire -10 12 £26,000 -55.74% 9
North East +13 11 £31,000 -52.31% 9
Northern Ireland +11 8 £37,500 -28.57% 1
West Midlands -70 8 £51,000 -0.49% 17
Wales -13 4 £49,750 +13.07% 5

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 27 (6.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.52%) nginx
4 2 (0.51%) Apache
4 2 (0.51%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.27%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 104 (26.40%) Azure
2 66 (16.75%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (11.42%) AWS
4 23 (5.84%) Entra ID
5 13 (3.30%) IaaS
6 11 (2.79%) GCP
7 6 (1.52%) Mimecast
7 6 (1.52%) OpenShift
7 6 (1.52%) Rubrik
7 6 (1.52%) SaaS
8 5 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.27%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.27%) PaaS
9 4 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.02%) Dropbox
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (0.76%) GitHub
10 3 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.51%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 178 (45.18%) Firewall
2 110 (27.92%) WAN
3 105 (26.65%) LAN
4 102 (25.89%) VPN
5 69 (17.51%) Wi-Fi
6 66 (16.75%) VSAT
7 65 (16.50%) Network Security
8 39 (9.90%) VLAN
9 38 (9.64%) MPLS
10 35 (8.88%) TCP/IP
11 34 (8.63%) DNS
12 33 (8.38%) BGP
12 33 (8.38%) Wireless
13 28 (7.11%) WLAN
14 26 (6.60%) SD-WAN
15 25 (6.35%) OSPF
16 23 (5.84%) SAN
17 22 (5.58%) Junos
18 21 (5.33%) DHCP
19 20 (5.08%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.76%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.51%) MySQL
3 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.54%) GitLab
2 5 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.51%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 103 (26.14%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.50%) Finance
3 32 (8.12%) Telecoms
4 26 (6.60%) Manufacturing
5 21 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.06%) Billing
7 15 (3.81%) Aerospace
7 15 (3.81%) Banking
8 13 (3.30%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.05%) Law
10 11 (2.79%) Electronics
10 11 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.54%) Automotive
12 9 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.52%) Military
14 6 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.27%) Retail
16 4 (1.02%) Legal
Job Titles
1 106 (26.90%) Network Engineer
2 94 (23.86%) Support Engineer
3 82 (20.81%) Technical Engineer
4 78 (19.80%) Technical Support
5 70 (17.77%) Technical Support Engineer
6 39 (9.90%) Administrator
7 37 (9.39%) Senior
8 33 (8.38%) IT Support
9 30 (7.61%) Systems Administrator
10 29 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (7.11%) Analyst
11 28 (7.11%) IT Engineer
12 26 (6.60%) NOC Engineer
13 24 (6.09%) Architect
14 21 (5.33%) Senior Network Engineer
15 16 (4.06%) Support Analyst
16 15 (3.81%) IT Support Engineer
17 14 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 13 (3.30%) Network Architect
18 13 (3.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.31%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.27%) ModSecurity
2 5 (1.27%) SAML
3 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.25%) LAMP
3 1 (0.25%) React
3 1 (0.25%) Svelte
3 1 (0.25%) SvelteKit
3 1 (0.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.44%) Data Centre
2 45 (11.42%) Driving Licence
3 26 (6.60%) e-Learning
4 16 (4.06%) CCTV
5 12 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.79%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.54%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.78%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.78%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.52%) Handset
10 6 (1.52%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.27%) LIMS
11 5 (1.27%) PKI
11 5 (1.27%) SCADA
11 5 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.02%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 102 (25.89%) Windows
2 76 (19.29%) Linux
3 62 (15.74%) Windows Server
4 30 (7.61%) Unix
5 20 (5.08%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.27%) Android
10 2 (0.51%) CentOS
10 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (28.93%) Customer Service
2 95 (24.11%) Mentoring
3 71 (18.02%) ITIL
4 69 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (15.23%) High Availability
6 56 (14.21%) Commercial Awareness
7 44 (11.17%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (8.38%) Kalman Filter
9 32 (8.12%) Project Delivery
10 30 (7.61%) Innovative Thinking
11 29 (7.36%) Web Filtering
12 27 (6.85%) Proactive Monitoring
12 27 (6.85%) Regulatory Change
12 27 (6.85%) Service Delivery
13 26 (6.60%) Requirements Gathering
14 25 (6.35%) Presales
15 24 (6.09%) Network Design
16 23 (5.84%) Roadmaps
17 21 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.90%) PowerShell
2 28 (7.11%) Python
3 9 (2.28%) Bash
4 3 (0.76%) Bicep
5 2 (0.51%) C
5 2 (0.51%) R
5 2 (0.51%) VB
6 1 (0.25%) Go
6 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 394 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 174 (44.16%) CCNP
3 115 (29.19%) Security Cleared
4 92 (23.35%) JNCIA
5 91 (23.10%) SC Cleared
6 64 (16.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 62 (15.74%) Degree
8 50 (12.69%) DV Cleared
9 43 (10.91%) MCSE
10 33 (8.38%) MCSA
11 30 (7.61%) Network+ Certification
12 23 (5.84%) MCP
13 21 (5.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 18 (4.57%) CCIE
15 17 (4.31%) Azure Certification
16 15 (3.81%) DBS Check
17 14 (3.55%) CISSP
18 13 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
19 10 (2.54%) GCSC
19 10 (2.54%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.61%) SLA
2 22 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.05%) GDPR
4 11 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.54%) NIST
6 7 (1.78%) GxP
7 5 (1.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
System Software
1 62 (15.74%) Active Directory
2 29 (7.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (6.09%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.82%) vSphere
5 13 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.28%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.52%) Docker
7 6 (1.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 6 (1.52%) Firmware
8 4 (1.02%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.02%) pfSense
9 3 (0.76%) KVM
9 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.51%) RHEV
10 2 (0.51%) Samba
10 2 (0.51%) Squid
10 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.51%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (8.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.58%) Ansible
3 14 (3.55%) Terraform
4 12 (3.05%) FortiGate
4 12 (3.05%) SCCM
5 11 (2.79%) Kubernetes
6 10 (2.54%) Autotask
7 9 (2.28%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (1.52%) Nagios
8 6 (1.52%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.52%) VxRail
9 5 (1.27%) CASB
9 5 (1.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (1.02%) Grafana
10 4 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.51%) Nmap
12 2 (0.51%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.25%) WMI
Vendors
1 226 (57.36%) Cisco
2 108 (27.41%) Microsoft
3 61 (15.48%) Juniper
4 60 (15.23%) Fortinet
5 59 (14.97%) VMware
6 49 (12.44%) Meraki
7 31 (7.87%) SolarWinds
8 29 (7.36%) CheckPoint
9 27 (6.85%) Palo Alto
10 21 (5.33%) Starlink
11 20 (5.08%) Aruba
12 15 (3.81%) F5
13 14 (3.55%) Citrix
13 14 (3.55%) Freshdesk
13 14 (3.55%) HP
14 12 (3.05%) Remedy
14 12 (3.05%) ServiceNow
15 10 (2.54%) Apple
15 10 (2.54%) Arista
15 10 (2.54%) Dell