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 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 252 270
Rank change year-on-year -86 +18 +204
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 383 727 656
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.07% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.18% 3.65% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 260 291 502
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £29,788
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,125 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £52,500 £45,196
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +16.16% -4.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,769
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £51,251 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.95% +20.59% -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 17,535 19,895 16,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.10% 29.27% 31.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,894 8,112 11,209
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,905 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +2.68%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £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 15 November 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 15 November 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 -68 349 £41,000 -25.45% 167
UK excluding London -51 306 £40,000 -21.95% 156
Work from Home +68 108 £43,000 -21.82% 67
South East +10 89 £52,500 -7.09% 62
South West +73 71 £32,000 -29.67% 5
London -5 68 £61,000 +3.39% 44
North of England -11 49 £43,250 -8.95% 22
Midlands -96 42 £32,500 -35.00% 29
East Midlands -7 33 £32,500 -18.75% 14
East of England +24 32 £40,000 -21.57% 12
North West +12 28 £53,750 +13.16% 14
Scotland +1 14 £36,000 -32.39% 19
North East +8 11 £38,500 -40.77% 3
Yorkshire -15 10 £26,000 -54.78% 5
West Midlands -90 9 £41,000 -21.90% 15
Northern Ireland +10 8 £37,500 -28.57% 2
Wales -18 3 £49,750 +14.37% 6

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 29 (7.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.04%) nginx
4 2 (0.52%) Apache
4 2 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 98 (25.59%) Azure
2 63 (16.45%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (10.18%) AWS
4 28 (7.31%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.87%) IaaS
6 8 (2.09%) GCP
7 6 (1.57%) Mimecast
8 5 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.31%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.31%) Rubrik
9 4 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.04%) Dropbox
9 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.04%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.04%) SaaS
10 3 (0.78%) GitHub
10 3 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.52%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.52%) SecurityScorecard
11 2 (0.52%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 173 (45.17%) Firewall
2 112 (29.24%) WAN
3 110 (28.72%) LAN
4 99 (25.85%) VPN
5 64 (16.71%) Wi-Fi
6 61 (15.93%) Network Security
7 58 (15.14%) VSAT
8 41 (10.70%) TCP/IP
9 40 (10.44%) VLAN
10 35 (9.14%) DNS
10 35 (9.14%) MPLS
11 32 (8.36%) Wireless
12 28 (7.31%) BGP
13 25 (6.53%) SD-WAN
14 24 (6.27%) WLAN
15 23 (6.01%) DHCP
15 23 (6.01%) Junos
16 22 (5.74%) OSPF
17 20 (5.22%) LTE
17 20 (5.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.78%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.52%) MySQL
3 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.09%) GitLab
2 3 (0.78%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.78%) JIRA
2 3 (0.78%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 111 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.49%) Finance
3 31 (8.09%) Telecoms
4 24 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.27%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (3.92%) Aerospace
6 15 (3.92%) Billing
7 13 (3.39%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.13%) Banking
8 12 (3.13%) Law
9 10 (2.61%) Automotive
9 10 (2.61%) Electronics
10 9 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.83%) Retail
13 6 (1.57%) Military
14 4 (1.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 93 (24.28%) Network Engineer
2 85 (22.19%) Support Engineer
3 72 (18.80%) Technical Engineer
4 68 (17.75%) Technical Support
5 60 (15.67%) Technical Support Engineer
6 38 (9.92%) Administrator
6 38 (9.92%) Senior
7 35 (9.14%) Analyst
8 30 (7.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (7.83%) Systems Administrator
9 28 (7.31%) IT Support
10 27 (7.05%) IT Engineer
11 22 (5.74%) Senior Network Engineer
12 21 (5.48%) Architect
13 20 (5.22%) NOC Engineer
14 18 (4.70%) Support Analyst
15 15 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
16 14 (3.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 13 (3.39%) Security Engineer
18 11 (2.87%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.92%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.04%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.78%) SAML
4 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.26%) LAMP
4 1 (0.26%) React
4 1 (0.26%) Svelte
4 1 (0.26%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.01%) Data Centre
2 44 (11.49%) Driving Licence
3 26 (6.79%) e-Learning
4 18 (4.70%) CCTV
5 13 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.61%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.57%) Handset
9 6 (1.57%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.57%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.31%) LIMS
10 5 (1.31%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.31%) SCADA
10 5 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.04%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 97 (25.33%) Windows
2 73 (19.06%) Linux
3 59 (15.40%) Windows Server
4 32 (8.36%) Unix
5 21 (5.48%) Windows 10
6 12 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.31%) Android
10 2 (0.52%) CentOS
10 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (27.15%) Customer Service
2 80 (20.89%) Mentoring
3 76 (19.84%) ITIL
4 71 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (14.62%) High Availability
6 48 (12.53%) Commercial Awareness
7 46 (12.01%) Cybersecurity
8 43 (11.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 35 (9.14%) Project Delivery
10 32 (8.36%) Kalman Filter
11 29 (7.57%) Requirements Gathering
11 29 (7.57%) Service Delivery
12 28 (7.31%) Innovative Thinking
13 26 (6.79%) Proactive Monitoring
14 25 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (6.53%) Regulatory Change
14 25 (6.53%) Web Filtering
15 23 (6.01%) Network Design
15 23 (6.01%) Presales
16 21 (5.48%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 36 (9.40%) PowerShell
2 31 (8.09%) Python
3 9 (2.35%) Bash
4 3 (0.78%) Bicep
5 2 (0.52%) C
5 2 (0.52%) R
5 2 (0.52%) VB
6 1 (0.26%) Go
6 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 383 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 162 (42.30%) CCNP
3 110 (28.72%) Security Cleared
4 86 (22.45%) SC Cleared
5 85 (22.19%) JNCIA
6 67 (17.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 61 (15.93%) Degree
8 52 (13.58%) DV Cleared
9 45 (11.75%) MCSE
10 36 (9.40%) Network+ Certification
11 35 (9.14%) MCSA
12 24 (6.27%) MCP
13 19 (4.96%) DBS Check
13 19 (4.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 16 (4.18%) CCIE
15 14 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (3.39%) Azure Certification
16 13 (3.39%) CISSP
16 13 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (2.87%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.05%) SLA
2 24 (6.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (3.92%) GDPR
4 14 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.39%) NIST
6 7 (1.83%) GxP
7 5 (1.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.78%) ITGC
8 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 62 (16.19%) Active Directory
2 29 (7.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.53%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.70%) vSphere
5 12 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.57%) Docker
8 5 (1.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 4 (1.04%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.04%) Firmware
9 4 (1.04%) pfSense
10 3 (0.78%) KVM
10 3 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.52%) RHEV
11 2 (0.52%) Samba
11 2 (0.52%) Squid
11 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.52%) Xen
Systems Management
1 36 (9.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.44%) Ansible
3 14 (3.66%) FortiGate
4 11 (2.87%) SCCM
4 11 (2.87%) Terraform
5 9 (2.35%) Autotask
5 9 (2.35%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.83%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.57%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.31%) Nagios
8 5 (1.31%) VxRail
9 4 (1.04%) Grafana
10 3 (0.78%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.78%) Nmap
10 3 (0.78%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.78%) QRadar
11 2 (0.52%) CASB
11 2 (0.52%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 228 (59.53%) Cisco
2 107 (27.94%) Microsoft
3 61 (15.93%) Juniper
4 60 (15.67%) VMware
5 56 (14.62%) Fortinet
6 42 (10.97%) Meraki
7 27 (7.05%) Palo Alto
8 25 (6.53%) CheckPoint
8 25 (6.53%) SolarWinds
9 22 (5.74%) Aruba
10 16 (4.18%) Citrix
11 14 (3.66%) F5
11 14 (3.66%) Freshdesk
12 13 (3.39%) Starlink
13 12 (3.13%) Apple
13 12 (3.13%) Dell
13 12 (3.13%) HP
13 12 (3.13%) Remedy
14 11 (2.87%) ServiceNow
14 11 (2.87%) Splunk