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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 237 301
Rank change year-on-year -146 +64 +116
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 298 686 622
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 1.29% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% 3.48% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 209 330 540
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,339 £30,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,125 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +15.79% +3.21%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -

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 19,523 19,723 18,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.22% 37.14% 28.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,879 7,632 13,027
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,921 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -2.63%

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 24 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 24 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 -125 269 £42,857 -22.08% 129
UK excluding London -123 235 £40,000 -23.81% 127
Work from Home +72 92 £40,750 -25.91% 60
South East -21 59 £52,500 -12.50% 35
North of England -37 56 £50,000 +5.26% 28
London -30 52 £55,000 -8.33% 20
North West -9 41 £50,000 +5.26% 12
Midlands -120 38 £32,500 -48.00% 16
East Midlands -24 33 £32,500 -12.16% 5
South West +15 31 £32,000 -31.18% 19
East of England +30 30 £40,000 -20.00% 17
Scotland -10 13 £36,000 -44.62% 9
Yorkshire -34 10 £36,500 -25.13% 12
Northern Ireland -8 7 £37,500 -28.57% 3
North East -6 5 £31,000 -52.31% 5
West Midlands -101 5 £51,000 -18.40% 11
Wales -23 1 £32,500 -26.14% 3

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 23 (7.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.67%) Apache
3 2 (0.67%) Confluence
3 2 (0.67%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 75 (25.17%) Azure
2 45 (15.10%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (11.74%) AWS
4 27 (9.06%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.68%) IaaS
6 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.34%) SaaS
7 2 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.67%) GitHub
7 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.67%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.34%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.34%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 151 (50.67%) Firewall
2 107 (35.91%) WAN
3 103 (34.56%) LAN
4 67 (22.48%) VPN
5 41 (13.76%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (11.74%) Network Security
6 35 (11.74%) VLAN
7 33 (11.07%) TCP/IP
8 26 (8.72%) VSAT
9 23 (7.72%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (7.38%) MPLS
10 22 (7.38%) Wireless
11 21 (7.05%) DNS
12 20 (6.71%) BGP
13 19 (6.38%) DHCP
14 17 (5.70%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (5.37%) SD-WAN
15 16 (5.37%) VoIP
16 15 (5.03%) SAN
16 15 (5.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.67%) MySQL
2 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.35%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.35%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.34%) GitLab
3 2 (0.67%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 103 (34.56%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.44%) Finance
3 21 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.05%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (7.05%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.04%) Telecoms
5 16 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (4.36%) Law
7 11 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.69%) Legal
8 9 (3.02%) Retail
9 7 (2.35%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.34%) Billing
10 4 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.01%) Automotive
11 3 (1.01%) Banking
11 3 (1.01%) Electronics
12 2 (0.67%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 68 (22.82%) Network Engineer
2 47 (15.77%) Support Engineer
3 45 (15.10%) Technical Engineer
4 33 (11.07%) Cisco Engineer
4 33 (11.07%) IT Engineer
5 32 (10.74%) Technical Support
6 31 (10.40%) LAN Engineer
6 31 (10.40%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 31 (10.40%) WAN Engineer
7 27 (9.06%) Technical Support Engineer
8 26 (8.72%) Senior
9 23 (7.72%) Analyst
10 21 (7.05%) Presales Engineer
11 19 (6.38%) Firewall Engineer
11 19 (6.38%) Juniper Engineer
12 18 (6.04%) Administrator
12 18 (6.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (6.04%) IT Support
13 17 (5.70%) NOC Engineer
14 15 (5.03%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.01%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.67%) Middleware
2 2 (0.67%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.34%) React
3 1 (0.34%) Svelte
3 1 (0.34%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.11%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.05%) Driving Licence
3 16 (5.37%) e-Learning
4 12 (4.03%) CCTV
4 12 (4.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (4.03%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.69%) Smartphone
6 10 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.02%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.35%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.68%) Social Media
11 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.01%) Handset
11 3 (1.01%) iPad
11 3 (1.01%) LIMS
11 3 (1.01%) PKI
11 3 (1.01%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 69 (23.15%) Windows
2 42 (14.09%) Linux
3 38 (12.75%) Windows Server
4 22 (7.38%) Unix
5 13 (4.36%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.68%) Android
6 5 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.67%) CentOS
7 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (28.19%) Customer Service
2 64 (21.48%) ITIL
2 64 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (14.43%) Mentoring
4 38 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (11.41%) High Availability
5 34 (11.41%) Presales
6 31 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (8.72%) Commercial Awareness
8 24 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (7.72%) Kalman Filter
10 21 (7.05%) Project Delivery
11 20 (6.71%) Computer Science
11 20 (6.71%) Service Delivery
12 19 (6.38%) Information Security
12 19 (6.38%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (6.04%) Innovative Thinking
13 18 (6.04%) Security Operations
14 17 (5.70%) Process Improvement
15 16 (5.37%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.71%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.38%) Python
3 4 (1.34%) Bash
4 3 (1.01%) Bicep
5 2 (0.67%) C
5 2 (0.67%) SQL
5 2 (0.67%) VB
6 1 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 298 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 118 (39.60%) CCNP
3 76 (25.50%) Security Cleared
4 60 (20.13%) SC Cleared
5 59 (19.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 58 (19.46%) Degree
6 58 (19.46%) JNCIA
7 43 (14.43%) MCSE
8 36 (12.08%) DV Cleared
9 35 (11.74%) Network+ Certification
10 31 (10.40%) MCSA
11 28 (9.40%) MCP
12 26 (8.72%) DBS Check
13 20 (6.71%) CCIE
14 18 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (4.70%) A+ Certification
15 14 (4.70%) CCSA
15 14 (4.70%) CCSE
15 14 (4.70%) CISSP
15 14 (4.70%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (7.38%) SLA
3 19 (6.38%) GDPR
4 14 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (4.70%) NIST
5 7 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.34%) GxP
7 3 (1.01%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (1.01%) ITGC
8 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
System Software
1 42 (14.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.03%) Hyper-V
3 13 (4.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.68%) Firmware
4 5 (1.68%) vSphere
5 4 (1.34%) Docker
5 4 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.01%) pfSense
6 3 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.67%) KVM
7 2 (0.67%) RHEV
7 2 (0.67%) Samba
7 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.67%) Xen
8 1 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.34%) Squid
Systems Management
1 33 (11.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (7.72%) FortiGate
3 11 (3.69%) Ansible
4 7 (2.35%) Nmap
4 7 (2.35%) SCCM
5 5 (1.68%) Autotask
5 5 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.68%) Terraform
6 4 (1.34%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.34%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.01%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.01%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (1.01%) QRadar
8 2 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.67%) Nagios
8 2 (0.67%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.67%) WSUS
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.34%) OpenView
9 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 179 (60.07%) Cisco
2 77 (25.84%) Microsoft
3 68 (22.82%) Fortinet
4 65 (21.81%) Juniper
5 35 (11.74%) VMware
6 29 (9.73%) Aruba
7 25 (8.39%) Meraki
8 23 (7.72%) CheckPoint
9 20 (6.71%) Dell
9 20 (6.71%) Palo Alto
9 20 (6.71%) SolarWinds
10 14 (4.70%) Citrix
11 11 (3.69%) Apple
11 11 (3.69%) Remedy
12 10 (3.36%) ServiceNow
12 10 (3.36%) Starlink
13 8 (2.68%) Arista
13 8 (2.68%) Draytek
13 8 (2.68%) Splunk
13 8 (2.68%) WatchGuard