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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 270 342
Rank change year-on-year -23 +72 +78
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 562 481 792
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.15% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.47% 2.92% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 159 321 691
10th Percentile £25,700 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,550 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -

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 22,775 16,481 25,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.86% 39.30% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 8,939 7,704 17,187
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £57,500 £54,151
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +6.19% -6.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £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% -

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 23 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 23 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 -33 494 £50,000 -2.44% 144
UK excluding London -10 475 £45,000 -5.26% 131
North of England +10 137 £50,000 +2.56% 29
Midlands -83 86 £35,000 -31.71% 28
South East -35 85 £45,000 -5.26% 39
London -51 79 £76,250 +27.08% 25
North West -4 62 £50,000 - 13
Yorkshire -9 62 £50,000 +33.33% 11
South West -20 61 £40,000 -12.09% 15
Work from Home -1 56 £50,000 -9.09% 20
East Midlands -40 53 £33,750 +3.85% 11
East of England +3 48 £34,000 -36.45% 12
Scotland +14 40 £28,000 -20.57% 3
West Midlands -88 33 £35,000 -45.82% 17
Wales -13 18 - - 5
North East -34 13 £65,000 +73.33% 5
Northern Ireland -33 6 - - 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 28 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 404 (71.89%) Azure
2 46 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (7.65%) AWS
4 16 (2.85%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.07%) GCP
9 5 (0.89%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.36%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.36%) SaaS
11 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.18%) GitHub
11 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 134 (23.84%) Firewall
2 110 (19.57%) WAN
3 89 (15.84%) LAN
4 62 (11.03%) VPN
5 42 (7.47%) Network Security
5 42 (7.47%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (5.87%) TCP/IP
7 30 (5.34%) VLAN
8 29 (5.16%) DNS
9 28 (4.98%) DHCP
10 25 (4.45%) SD-WAN
11 24 (4.27%) VoIP
11 24 (4.27%) Wireless
12 18 (3.20%) SAN
13 16 (2.85%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (2.85%) MPLS
14 15 (2.67%) Intrusion Detection
15 14 (2.49%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (2.14%) BGP
16 12 (2.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.49%) JIRA
2 8 (1.42%) GitLab
3 5 (0.89%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.89%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.71%) Git
4 4 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
General
1 418 (74.38%) Social Skills
2 32 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (4.63%) Finance
4 24 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (2.67%) Legal
7 12 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.78%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.60%) Retail
10 8 (1.42%) Law
11 7 (1.25%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.71%) Banking
13 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.53%) Automotive
13 3 (0.53%) Electronics
14 2 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.36%) Military
15 1 (0.18%) French Language
15 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 389 (69.22%) Network Engineer
2 46 (8.19%) IT Engineer
3 40 (7.12%) Cisco Engineer
4 30 (5.34%) LAN Engineer
4 30 (5.34%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 30 (5.34%) WAN Engineer
5 26 (4.63%) IT Support
5 26 (4.63%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.09%) IT Support Engineer
6 23 (4.09%) Presales Engineer
7 21 (3.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 20 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (3.56%) Lead
9 19 (3.38%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (3.38%) Juniper Engineer
10 18 (3.20%) Field Engineer
11 17 (3.02%) Field Service Engineer
12 16 (2.85%) Senior
13 13 (2.31%) Analyst
13 13 (2.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.53%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.36%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.07%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (2.67%) Smartphone
4 14 (2.49%) Security Posture
5 13 (2.31%) Driving Licence
6 11 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.42%) Social Media
9 7 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.89%) FMCG
11 5 (0.89%) Insider Threat
11 5 (0.89%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.89%) PKI
11 5 (0.89%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.71%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.53%) CCTV
13 3 (0.53%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 69 (12.28%) Windows
2 34 (6.05%) Linux
3 31 (5.52%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.31%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.71%) Unix
7 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (8.90%) Customer Service
3 45 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (7.30%) ITIL
5 30 (5.34%) Presales
6 27 (4.80%) Incident Response
7 25 (4.45%) Computer Science
8 24 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (4.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (4.09%) High Availability
9 23 (4.09%) Network Monitoring
10 22 (3.91%) Process Improvement
11 20 (3.56%) SIEM
12 19 (3.38%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (3.20%) Network Architecture
14 16 (2.85%) Coaching
14 16 (2.85%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (2.85%) Kalman Filter
15 14 (2.49%) Network Segmentation
16 13 (2.31%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.45%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.20%) Python
3 5 (0.89%) Bash
4 3 (0.53%) Java
5 2 (0.36%) Bicep
5 2 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 562 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 374 (66.55%) Network+ Certification
3 348 (61.92%) Azure Certification
4 90 (16.01%) CCNP
5 63 (11.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 61 (10.85%) Degree
7 40 (7.12%) MCSE
8 31 (5.52%) Security Cleared
9 25 (4.45%) JNCIA
10 23 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (3.91%) DBS Check
12 21 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (3.38%) MCSA
14 18 (3.20%) CCIE
14 18 (3.20%) SC Cleared
15 17 (3.02%) A+ Certification
16 13 (2.31%) CCSA
16 13 (2.31%) CCSE
16 13 (2.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 12 (2.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.56%) GDPR
3 17 (3.02%) SLA
4 15 (2.67%) NIST
5 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.53%) ITGC
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.38%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.14%) vSphere
5 7 (1.25%) Firmware
5 7 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.25%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.89%) Docker
7 3 (0.53%) Squid
8 2 (0.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 22 (3.91%) FortiGate
2 19 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (2.85%) Ansible
4 12 (2.14%) Terraform
5 10 (1.78%) Cisco Prime
6 8 (1.42%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.89%) Nmap
8 4 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.71%) PaperCut
8 4 (0.71%) WSUS
9 3 (0.53%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.53%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.53%) Packer
9 3 (0.53%) QRadar
9 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
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
1 464 (82.56%) Cisco
2 401 (71.35%) Microsoft
3 330 (58.72%) ForeScout
4 62 (11.03%) Fortinet
5 36 (6.41%) VMware
6 35 (6.23%) Juniper
7 31 (5.52%) Meraki
8 26 (4.63%) Aruba
9 25 (4.45%) Dell
10 24 (4.27%) CheckPoint
11 22 (3.91%) SolarWinds
12 16 (2.85%) Splunk
13 12 (2.14%) Palo Alto
14 9 (1.60%) Citrix
14 9 (1.60%) Sophos
15 8 (1.42%) Apple
16 7 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
17 6 (1.07%) WatchGuard
17 6 (1.07%) Zscaler
18 5 (0.89%) Google