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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 237 291
Rank change year-on-year -119 +54 +127
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 313 675 564
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.26% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.64% 3.46% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 218 314 484
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 £29,863
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £52,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.22% +11.05% +3.21%
75th Percentile £57,031 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £72,925
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -

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 19,054 19,509 16,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.12% 36.32% 29.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,701 7,669 11,041
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -10.91% +7.21% +2.60%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -114 285 £41,000 -25.45% 147
UK excluding London -91 252 £40,000 -20.00% 146
Work from Home +87 99 £41,000 -25.45% 79
South East -20 63 £52,500 -4.55% 43
North of England -22 53 £47,500 - 31
London -38 50 £60,000 - 18
South West +29 45 £32,250 -29.12% 20
Midlands -103 40 £32,500 -38.10% 16
North West +2 37 £50,000 +5.26% 15
East Midlands -29 33 £32,500 -15.58% 2
East of England +22 31 £40,000 -20.79% 24
Scotland +2 12 £36,000 -35.43% 4
Yorkshire -33 9 £26,000 -54.78% 11
North East 0 7 £31,000 -52.31% 6
Northern Ireland -4 7 £37,500 -28.57% 4
West Midlands -95 7 £51,000 -2.86% 14
Wales -31 1 £32,500 -26.14% 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 22 (7.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.64%) Apache
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
3 2 (0.64%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 74 (23.64%) Azure
2 43 (13.74%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (10.54%) AWS
4 28 (8.95%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.92%) IaaS
6 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.28%) SaaS
7 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.96%) GitHub
7 3 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.64%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.64%) GCP
8 2 (0.64%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.64%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.64%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.32%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 157 (50.16%) Firewall
2 96 (30.67%) WAN
3 94 (30.03%) LAN
4 65 (20.77%) VPN
5 43 (13.74%) Wi-Fi
6 42 (13.42%) Network Security
7 36 (11.50%) VSAT
8 35 (11.18%) TCP/IP
9 33 (10.54%) VLAN
10 23 (7.35%) MPLS
11 21 (6.71%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (6.39%) BGP
13 19 (6.07%) DNS
13 19 (6.07%) Wireless
14 18 (5.75%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (5.43%) DHCP
15 17 (5.43%) VoIP
16 15 (4.79%) SAN
16 15 (4.79%) WLAN
17 14 (4.47%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.64%) MySQL
2 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.24%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.96%) GitLab
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
4 1 (0.32%) Git
General
1 108 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.65%) Finance
3 24 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.03%) Telecoms
5 19 (6.07%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.51%) Law
8 11 (3.51%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.19%) Legal
10 9 (2.88%) Retail
11 7 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.60%) Billing
13 4 (1.28%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.28%) Automotive
13 4 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.28%) Electronics
14 2 (0.64%) Banking
14 2 (0.64%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 63 (20.13%) Network Engineer
2 55 (17.57%) Support Engineer
3 54 (17.25%) Technical Engineer
4 45 (14.38%) Technical Support
5 37 (11.82%) Technical Support Engineer
6 30 (9.58%) Analyst
7 28 (8.95%) IT Engineer
7 28 (8.95%) Senior
8 27 (8.63%) Cisco Engineer
9 26 (8.31%) LAN Engineer
9 26 (8.31%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 26 (8.31%) WAN Engineer
10 25 (7.99%) Administrator
11 21 (6.71%) Systems Administrator
12 19 (6.07%) Support Analyst
13 18 (5.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (5.75%) IT Support
13 18 (5.75%) NOC Engineer
13 18 (5.75%) Presales Engineer
14 16 (5.11%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.28%) 802.1X
1 4 (1.28%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.64%) Middleware
3 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.32%) React
3 1 (0.32%) Svelte
3 1 (0.32%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.70%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.67%) Driving Licence
3 22 (7.03%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.83%) CCTV
5 11 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.51%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.19%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.24%) Insider Threat
9 6 (1.92%) Handset
10 5 (1.60%) LIMS
10 5 (1.60%) SCADA
10 5 (1.60%) Social Media
11 4 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.96%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 67 (21.41%) Windows
2 47 (15.02%) Linux
3 42 (13.42%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.95%) Unix
5 15 (4.79%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.60%) Android
6 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.64%) CentOS
7 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (31.63%) Customer Service
2 72 (23.00%) ITIL
2 72 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (15.97%) Mentoring
4 41 (13.10%) High Availability
5 38 (12.14%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (9.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 31 (9.90%) Presales
7 30 (9.58%) Commercial Awareness
7 30 (9.58%) Kalman Filter
8 24 (7.67%) Innovative Thinking
8 24 (7.67%) Service Delivery
9 23 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (7.03%) Web Filtering
11 21 (6.71%) Penetration Testing
11 21 (6.71%) Project Delivery
11 21 (6.71%) Security Operations
12 19 (6.07%) Information Security
13 18 (5.75%) Computer Science
13 18 (5.75%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.35%) Python
2 22 (7.03%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.60%) Bash
4 3 (0.96%) Bicep
5 2 (0.64%) C
5 2 (0.64%) VB
6 1 (0.32%) Go
6 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 313 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 121 (38.66%) CCNP
3 87 (27.80%) Security Cleared
4 70 (22.36%) SC Cleared
5 65 (20.77%) JNCIA
6 60 (19.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 56 (17.89%) Degree
8 42 (13.42%) MCSE
9 41 (13.10%) DV Cleared
10 37 (11.82%) Network+ Certification
11 32 (10.22%) MCSA
12 28 (8.95%) MCP
13 26 (8.31%) DBS Check
14 18 (5.75%) CompTIA Security+
15 17 (5.43%) CISSP
16 16 (5.11%) CCIE
17 15 (4.79%) A+ Certification
17 15 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
18 11 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (3.51%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (7.03%) SLA
3 16 (5.11%) GDPR
4 14 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (4.15%) NIST
6 7 (2.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (2.24%) GxP
7 5 (1.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.96%) ITGC
8 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
System Software
1 43 (13.74%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.47%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.60%) Docker
4 5 (1.60%) Firmware
5 4 (1.28%) pfSense
5 4 (1.28%) vSphere
6 3 (0.96%) KVM
6 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.64%) RHEV
7 2 (0.64%) Samba
7 2 (0.64%) Squid
7 2 (0.64%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (10.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.07%) FortiGate
3 11 (3.51%) Ansible
4 7 (2.24%) Nmap
4 7 (2.24%) SCCM
5 6 (1.92%) Terraform
6 5 (1.60%) Autotask
6 5 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.60%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.28%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.28%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.96%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.96%) QRadar
9 2 (0.64%) Grafana
9 2 (0.64%) Nagios
9 2 (0.64%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.64%) VxRail
10 1 (0.32%) OpenView
10 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 186 (59.42%) Cisco
2 78 (24.92%) Microsoft
3 66 (21.09%) Fortinet
4 61 (19.49%) Juniper
5 36 (11.50%) VMware
6 29 (9.27%) Aruba
7 28 (8.95%) Meraki
8 21 (6.71%) CheckPoint
9 20 (6.39%) Palo Alto
9 20 (6.39%) SolarWinds
10 17 (5.43%) Dell
11 14 (4.47%) Citrix
12 11 (3.51%) Apple
12 11 (3.51%) Remedy
12 11 (3.51%) Starlink
13 10 (3.19%) ServiceNow
14 8 (2.56%) Arista
14 8 (2.56%) Freshdesk
15 7 (2.24%) F5
15 7 (2.24%) Huawei