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 8 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 241 286
Rank change year-on-year -101 +45 +162
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 343 728 565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.17% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.82% 3.65% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 236 308 481
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -1.16%

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 18,818 19,958 15,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.37% 32.13% 31.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,836 8,256 10,944
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.30% +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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -93 309 £40,500 -26.36% 179
UK excluding London -62 279 £40,000 -23.81% 188
Work from Home +79 98 £41,000 -25.45% 34
South East +8 80 £52,500 -7.09% 60
South West +66 62 £32,000 -29.67% 19
London -11 54 £70,000 +17.65% 27
North of England -26 44 £46,000 -3.16% 36
Midlands -113 38 £32,500 -35.00% 31
East of England +25 32 £40,000 -21.57% 21
East Midlands -18 31 £32,500 -18.75% 13
North West +8 26 £50,000 +5.26% 19
Scotland +3 14 £36,000 -44.62% 17
North East +6 9 £31,000 -52.31% 4
Yorkshire -29 9 £26,000 -54.78% 14
Northern Ireland +3 8 £37,500 -28.57% 1
West Midlands -103 7 £51,000 -2.86% 16
Wales -23 3 £49,750 +13.07% 7

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 24 (7.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) Apache
3 2 (0.58%) Confluence
3 2 (0.58%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 81 (23.62%) Azure
2 53 (15.45%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (9.33%) AWS
4 29 (8.45%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.04%) IaaS
6 6 (1.75%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.46%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.17%) Dropbox
8 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.17%) SaaS
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.58%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.58%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.58%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (0.58%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.29%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 157 (45.77%) Firewall
2 98 (28.57%) LAN
3 97 (28.28%) WAN
4 74 (21.57%) VPN
5 53 (15.45%) Wi-Fi
6 52 (15.16%) VSAT
7 48 (13.99%) Network Security
8 36 (10.50%) TCP/IP
9 34 (9.91%) VLAN
10 28 (8.16%) Wireless
11 27 (7.87%) MPLS
12 25 (7.29%) DNS
13 23 (6.71%) BGP
14 20 (5.83%) SD-WAN
14 20 (5.83%) WLAN
15 19 (5.54%) Cisco ASA
15 19 (5.54%) SAN
16 18 (5.25%) LTE
16 18 (5.25%) OSPF
17 17 (4.96%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.58%) MySQL
3 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Burp Suite
1 3 (0.87%) GitLab
1 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 106 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.62%) Finance
3 28 (8.16%) Telecoms
4 26 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.25%) Manufacturing
5 18 (5.25%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.50%) Aerospace
8 11 (3.21%) Billing
9 10 (2.92%) Law
9 10 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.62%) Legal
10 9 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (2.33%) Automotive
11 8 (2.33%) Electronics
12 7 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.46%) Military
13 5 (1.46%) Retail
14 4 (1.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (22.16%) Support Engineer
2 75 (21.87%) Network Engineer
3 65 (18.95%) Technical Engineer
4 61 (17.78%) Technical Support
5 53 (15.45%) Technical Support Engineer
6 35 (10.20%) Senior
7 34 (9.91%) Administrator
8 33 (9.62%) Analyst
9 31 (9.04%) IT Engineer
10 30 (8.75%) Systems Administrator
11 26 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 24 (7.00%) IT Support
13 20 (5.83%) NOC Engineer
13 20 (5.83%) Senior Network Engineer
14 18 (5.25%) Support Analyst
15 16 (4.66%) Cisco Engineer
16 14 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
17 13 (3.79%) LAN Engineer
17 13 (3.79%) Security Engineer
17 13 (3.79%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.92%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.17%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.29%) LAMP
3 1 (0.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Svelte
3 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.83%) Data Centre
2 38 (11.08%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.58%) e-Learning
4 17 (4.96%) CCTV
5 13 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.62%) Smartphone
8 8 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.04%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.75%) Handset
11 5 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.46%) LIMS
11 5 (1.46%) SCADA
12 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.87%) Insider Threat
13 3 (0.87%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.32%) Windows
2 62 (18.08%) Linux
3 48 (13.99%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.33%) Unix
5 18 (5.25%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.46%) Android
8 5 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.58%) CentOS
9 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.90%) Customer Service
2 72 (20.99%) ITIL
3 71 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (19.24%) Mentoring
5 49 (14.29%) High Availability
6 43 (12.54%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (12.24%) Commercial Awareness
8 38 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 35 (10.20%) Kalman Filter
10 29 (8.45%) Project Delivery
11 28 (8.16%) Service Delivery
12 27 (7.87%) Innovative Thinking
13 26 (7.58%) Web Filtering
14 24 (7.00%) Proactive Monitoring
15 23 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (6.71%) Requirements Gathering
16 21 (6.12%) Presales
16 21 (6.12%) Regulatory Change
16 21 (6.12%) Security Operations
17 19 (5.54%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 30 (8.75%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.16%) Python
3 6 (1.75%) Bash
4 3 (0.87%) Bicep
5 2 (0.58%) C
5 2 (0.58%) R
5 2 (0.58%) VB
6 1 (0.29%) Go
6 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 343 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 134 (39.07%) CCNP
3 100 (29.15%) Security Cleared
4 79 (23.03%) SC Cleared
5 76 (22.16%) JNCIA
6 66 (19.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 55 (16.03%) Degree
8 49 (14.29%) DV Cleared
9 47 (13.70%) MCSE
10 36 (10.50%) Network+ Certification
11 34 (9.91%) MCSA
12 24 (7.00%) MCP
13 22 (6.41%) DBS Check
14 15 (4.37%) CCIE
15 14 (4.08%) A+ Certification
15 14 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
15 14 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
16 13 (3.79%) CISSP
16 13 (3.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 11 (3.21%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (5.83%) SLA
3 15 (4.37%) GDPR
4 14 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.79%) NIST
6 7 (2.04%) GxP
7 5 (1.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.87%) ITGC
8 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 52 (15.16%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.83%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.79%) vSphere
5 11 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.75%) Docker
7 5 (1.46%) Firmware
8 4 (1.17%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.17%) pfSense
8 4 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.87%) KVM
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.58%) RHEV
10 2 (0.58%) Samba
10 2 (0.58%) Squid
10 2 (0.58%) Xen
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (10.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.66%) Ansible
2 16 (4.66%) FortiGate
3 9 (2.62%) SCCM
4 7 (2.04%) Autotask
4 7 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.04%) Terraform
5 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.46%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.17%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (1.17%) Grafana
7 3 (0.87%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.87%) Nmap
7 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.87%) QRadar
8 2 (0.58%) Nagios
8 2 (0.58%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.58%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.58%) VxRail
9 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 203 (59.18%) Cisco
2 91 (26.53%) Microsoft
3 59 (17.20%) Fortinet
4 54 (15.74%) Juniper
5 48 (13.99%) VMware
6 35 (10.20%) Meraki
7 23 (6.71%) Aruba
8 22 (6.41%) Palo Alto
9 21 (6.12%) CheckPoint
10 20 (5.83%) SolarWinds
11 16 (4.66%) Dell
12 15 (4.37%) Citrix
13 13 (3.79%) Apple
13 13 (3.79%) Starlink
14 12 (3.50%) Freshdesk
15 11 (3.21%) Remedy
15 11 (3.21%) ServiceNow
16 10 (2.92%) Arista
17 9 (2.62%) HP
18 8 (2.33%) Mitel