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 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 316 354
Rank change year-on-year +17 +38 +64
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 558 405 765
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.93% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.55% 2.34% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 160 311 664
10th Percentile £25,488 £30,500 £30,575
25th Percentile £35,563 £33,200 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,258 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,750 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,151 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% - +5.88%

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 21,916 17,307 25,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.18% 39.77% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,003 7,681 17,212
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -7.19%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.88% +4.00% -1.96%

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 9 May 2026.

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 9 May 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
England +25 490 £50,000 - 204
UK excluding London +38 469 £46,151 +2.56% 217
North of England +14 136 £50,000 - 47
South East -13 86 £42,500 -5.56% 47
Midlands -41 81 £51,058 +20.14% 26
London -56 81 £74,000 +23.33% 34
Yorkshire -9 63 £50,000 +33.33% 11
South West -27 62 £40,000 -8.57% 41
North West +8 61 £50,000 -9.09% 27
Work from Home -4 50 £51,058 +3.19% 34
East of England +33 46 £34,000 -34.62% 24
East Midlands -11 44 £51,058 +45.88% 2
Scotland +25 40 £28,000 -20.57% 15
West Midlands -50 37 £53,401 -17.85% 24
Wales -20 18 - - 10
North East -36 12 - - 9
Northern Ireland -28 6 - - 9

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 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 403 (72.22%) Azure
2 45 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (7.71%) AWS
4 12 (2.15%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (1.61%) GCP
7 5 (0.90%) Mimecast
8 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.36%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.36%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.18%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.18%) Datadog
10 1 (0.18%) GitHub
10 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.18%) IaaS
10 1 (0.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 128 (22.94%) Firewall
2 104 (18.64%) WAN
3 84 (15.05%) LAN
4 63 (11.29%) VPN
5 45 (8.06%) Network Security
6 42 (7.53%) Wi-Fi
7 30 (5.38%) DNS
7 30 (5.38%) TCP/IP
8 29 (5.20%) DHCP
9 28 (5.02%) VLAN
10 27 (4.84%) Wireless
11 25 (4.48%) SD-WAN
11 25 (4.48%) VoIP
12 22 (3.94%) SAN
13 15 (2.69%) BGP
14 14 (2.51%) Cisco Firepower
14 14 (2.51%) Cisco ISE
14 14 (2.51%) MPLS
14 14 (2.51%) OSPF
15 13 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.51%) JIRA
2 10 (1.79%) GitLab
3 6 (1.08%) Git
3 6 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.72%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.72%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.18%) Chocolatey
General
1 420 (75.27%) Social Skills
2 38 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (4.48%) Public Sector
4 21 (3.76%) Finance
4 21 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (2.87%) Legal
6 14 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.97%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.25%) Law
8 7 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (1.25%) Retail
9 5 (0.90%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.90%) Banking
10 4 (0.72%) Automotive
10 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.72%) Electronics
10 4 (0.72%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.36%) Military
12 1 (0.18%) French Language
12 1 (0.18%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 398 (71.33%) Network Engineer
2 50 (8.96%) IT Engineer
3 38 (6.81%) Cisco Engineer
4 28 (5.02%) LAN Engineer
4 28 (5.02%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 28 (5.02%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.12%) Support Engineer
6 22 (3.94%) IT Support
6 22 (3.94%) Presales Engineer
7 21 (3.76%) Lead
8 20 (3.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 20 (3.58%) Field Engineer
8 20 (3.58%) Field Service Engineer
9 19 (3.41%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (3.41%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (3.23%) Firewall Engineer
10 18 (3.23%) Juniper Engineer
11 17 (3.05%) Senior
12 15 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (1.79%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.72%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.36%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.36%) Middleware
3 1 (0.18%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.86%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (2.87%) Smartphone
4 14 (2.51%) Security Posture
5 12 (2.15%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.61%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.25%) Social Media
10 5 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (0.90%) FMCG
10 5 (0.90%) PKI
11 4 (0.72%) Insider Threat
11 4 (0.72%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.54%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.54%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 72 (12.90%) Windows
2 35 (6.27%) Linux
3 30 (5.38%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.15%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (8.60%) Customer Service
3 45 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (7.35%) ITIL
5 31 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 29 (5.20%) High Availability
7 28 (5.02%) Presales
8 27 (4.84%) Computer Science
8 27 (4.84%) Network Monitoring
9 26 (4.66%) Incident Response
10 23 (4.12%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (3.94%) Process Improvement
12 21 (3.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (3.76%) SIEM
13 20 (3.58%) Network Architecture
14 17 (3.05%) Coaching
15 16 (2.87%) Penetration Testing
16 15 (2.69%) Business Continuity
17 14 (2.51%) Network Design
17 14 (2.51%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 26 (4.66%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.05%) Python
3 6 (1.08%) Bash
4 5 (0.90%) Java
5 2 (0.36%) Bicep
5 2 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 558 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 373 (66.85%) Network+ Certification
3 352 (63.08%) Azure Certification
4 89 (15.95%) CCNP
5 63 (11.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 58 (10.39%) Degree
7 39 (6.99%) MCSE
8 32 (5.73%) Security Cleared
9 24 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (4.12%) JNCIA
11 22 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (3.58%) A+ Certification
12 20 (3.58%) DBS Check
13 18 (3.23%) CCIE
14 16 (2.87%) SC Cleared
15 13 (2.33%) MCSA
16 12 (2.15%) CCSA
16 12 (2.15%) CCSE
17 11 (1.97%) CISSP
18 9 (1.61%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.23%) GDPR
2 18 (3.23%) SLA
3 13 (2.33%) NIST
4 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.36%) COBIT
6 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.18%) ITGC
7 1 (0.18%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.87%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.33%) vSphere
5 9 (1.61%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.43%) Docker
6 8 (1.43%) Firmware
7 7 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.90%) Squid
9 2 (0.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.36%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (4.12%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.23%) Ansible
3 15 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.33%) Terraform
5 10 (1.79%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.08%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.90%) Packer
9 4 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.72%) Nmap
9 4 (0.72%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.72%) WSUS
10 2 (0.36%) Control-M
10 2 (0.36%) OpenView
10 2 (0.36%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.36%) VxRail
11 1 (0.18%) ArcSight ESM
11 1 (0.18%) QRadar
11 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 451 (80.82%) Cisco
2 401 (71.86%) Microsoft
3 330 (59.14%) ForeScout
4 58 (10.39%) Fortinet
5 34 (6.09%) VMware
6 29 (5.20%) Dell
6 29 (5.20%) Juniper
7 27 (4.84%) Meraki
8 25 (4.48%) Aruba
9 23 (4.12%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.58%) CheckPoint
11 16 (2.87%) Splunk
12 15 (2.69%) Palo Alto
13 10 (1.79%) Sophos
14 8 (1.43%) Citrix
14 8 (1.43%) HP
15 7 (1.25%) Apple
15 7 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
16 6 (1.08%) Red Hat
16 6 (1.08%) Zscaler