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 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 280 348
Rank change year-on-year -16 +68 +73
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 556 475 796
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.12% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.45% 2.82% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 154 313 686
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,650 £30,125
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,875 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £44,225
% change year-on-year -5.26% +7.41% +4.06%

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 22,663 16,861 25,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.24% 39.77% 27.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8,885 7,668 17,237
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,965 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +5.90% -6.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,014 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -0.79%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -30 490 £50,000 -1.24% 184
UK excluding London -15 467 £45,000 -5.26% 204
North of England +10 137 £50,000 - 36
South East -31 83 £43,750 -2.78% 43
Midlands -90 82 £35,000 -31.71% 25
London -46 81 £75,000 +25.00% 33
North West -5 62 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Yorkshire -19 62 £50,000 +33.33% 13
South West -22 61 £40,000 -5.88% 39
Work from Home -13 52 £50,000 -4.76% 41
East Midlands -41 49 £43,029 +32.40% 3
East of England +16 48 £34,000 -36.45% 24
Scotland +16 38 £28,000 -20.57% 13
West Midlands -83 33 £35,000 -45.99% 22
Wales -20 18 - - 15
North East -22 13 £65,000 +73.33% 9
Northern Ireland -34 6 - - 13

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 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 402 (72.30%) Azure
2 46 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (7.55%) AWS
4 15 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.08%) GCP
9 5 (0.90%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.54%) SaaS
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.36%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.18%) Datadog
12 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.18%) GitHub
12 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 131 (23.56%) Firewall
2 105 (18.88%) WAN
3 85 (15.29%) LAN
4 59 (10.61%) VPN
5 42 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (7.37%) Network Security
7 31 (5.58%) TCP/IP
8 29 (5.22%) DNS
8 29 (5.22%) VLAN
9 28 (5.04%) DHCP
10 25 (4.50%) VoIP
11 24 (4.32%) SD-WAN
12 23 (4.14%) Wireless
13 19 (3.42%) SAN
14 15 (2.70%) MPLS
15 14 (2.52%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (2.52%) Intrusion Detection
16 13 (2.34%) Cisco Firepower
17 12 (2.16%) Cisco ISE
17 12 (2.16%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (2.70%) JIRA
2 9 (1.62%) GitLab
3 5 (0.90%) Git
3 5 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.72%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.72%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.18%) Chocolatey
General
1 417 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (4.32%) Finance
4 23 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
4 23 (4.14%) Public Sector
5 14 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (2.52%) Legal
6 11 (1.98%) Manufacturing
6 11 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.44%) Retail
8 7 (1.26%) Law
9 6 (1.08%) Banking
9 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.72%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.72%) Automotive
10 4 (0.72%) Electronics
11 2 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.36%) Military
12 1 (0.18%) French Language
12 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 388 (69.78%) Network Engineer
2 45 (8.09%) IT Engineer
3 39 (7.01%) Cisco Engineer
4 29 (5.22%) LAN Engineer
4 29 (5.22%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 29 (5.22%) WAN Engineer
5 24 (4.32%) IT Support
5 24 (4.32%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.14%) Presales Engineer
7 21 (3.78%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (3.78%) Lead
8 20 (3.60%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 19 (3.42%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (3.42%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (3.42%) Juniper Engineer
10 17 (3.06%) Field Engineer
10 17 (3.06%) Senior
11 16 (2.88%) Field Service Engineer
12 14 (2.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (1.98%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.54%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.36%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.99%) Data Centre
2 16 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (2.52%) Smartphone
4 13 (2.34%) Security Posture
5 12 (2.16%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.44%) Social Media
9 7 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.08%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.90%) FMCG
11 5 (0.90%) PKI
11 5 (0.90%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.72%) Insider Threat
12 4 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.54%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 71 (12.77%) Windows
2 34 (6.12%) Linux
3 32 (5.76%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.34%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.54%) Unix
7 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (8.63%) Customer Service
3 43 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (7.55%) ITIL
5 30 (5.40%) Presales
6 27 (4.86%) Incident Response
6 27 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 25 (4.50%) Computer Science
8 24 (4.32%) Network Monitoring
9 23 (4.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (3.96%) High Availability
11 21 (3.78%) Process Improvement
11 21 (3.78%) SIEM
12 19 (3.42%) Network Architecture
13 18 (3.24%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (3.24%) Penetration Testing
14 16 (2.88%) Kalman Filter
15 15 (2.70%) Coaching
16 14 (2.52%) Network Segmentation
17 12 (2.16%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.50%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.06%) Python
3 5 (0.90%) Bash
4 4 (0.72%) Java
5 2 (0.36%) Bicep
5 2 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 556 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 371 (66.73%) Network+ Certification
3 349 (62.77%) Azure Certification
4 87 (15.65%) CCNP
5 61 (10.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 59 (10.61%) Degree
7 38 (6.83%) MCSE
8 29 (5.22%) Security Cleared
9 24 (4.32%) JNCIA
10 23 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (3.96%) DBS Check
12 20 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (3.24%) CCIE
14 17 (3.06%) MCSA
15 16 (2.88%) A+ Certification
16 15 (2.70%) SC Cleared
17 12 (2.16%) CCSA
17 12 (2.16%) CCSE
18 11 (1.98%) CISSP
19 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.60%) GDPR
3 18 (3.24%) SLA
4 15 (2.70%) NIST
5 6 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.54%) ITGC
8 1 (0.18%) COBIT
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) QA
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.06%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.34%) vSphere
5 8 (1.44%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.26%) Firmware
6 7 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.08%) Docker
8 4 (0.72%) Squid
9 2 (0.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.18%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 21 (3.78%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (3.06%) Ansible
4 13 (2.34%) Terraform
5 10 (1.80%) Cisco Prime
6 8 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.90%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.72%) Nmap
8 4 (0.72%) Packer
8 4 (0.72%) PaperCut
8 4 (0.72%) WSUS
9 3 (0.54%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.54%) QRadar
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%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 455 (81.83%) Cisco
2 401 (72.12%) Microsoft
3 330 (59.35%) ForeScout
4 60 (10.79%) Fortinet
5 37 (6.65%) VMware
6 32 (5.76%) Juniper
7 30 (5.40%) Meraki
8 26 (4.68%) Aruba
9 24 (4.32%) Dell
10 23 (4.14%) SolarWinds
11 22 (3.96%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.06%) Splunk
13 11 (1.98%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.80%) Sophos
15 8 (1.44%) Apple
15 8 (1.44%) Citrix
16 7 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
17 6 (1.08%) HP
17 6 (1.08%) Zscaler
18 5 (0.90%) Red Hat