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 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 265 337
Rank change year-on-year -39 +72 +88
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 556 475 789
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.12% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.46% 2.82% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 156 311 676
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £30,375
25th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 £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 £83,750 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,569 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.37% +3.49% +5.88%

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 22,641 16,829 25,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.06% 39.58% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 8,909 7,685 17,263
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.01%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -1.96%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -23 490 £50,000 - 224
UK excluding London -14 465 £45,000 -3.37% 240
North of England +13 136 £50,000 - 40
South East -24 84 £45,000 - 56
London -44 83 £74,500 +24.17% 36
Midlands -85 81 £48,930 +3.01% 32
North West +10 62 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Yorkshire -16 62 £50,000 +33.33% 16
South West -31 60 £40,000 -5.88% 47
Work from Home -7 53 £50,000 -4.76% 30
East of England +20 48 £34,000 -36.45% 27
East Midlands -37 47 £51,058 +51.28% 7
Scotland +14 38 £28,000 -20.57% 18
West Midlands -83 34 £40,901 -37.08% 25
Wales -20 18 - - 13
North East -24 12 - - 10
Northern Ireland -27 6 - - 10

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 4 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 403 (72.48%) Azure
2 46 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (7.37%) AWS
4 14 (2.52%) 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 2 (0.36%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.36%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.18%) Datadog
11 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.18%) GitHub
11 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.18%) PaaS
11 1 (0.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (23.20%) Firewall
2 105 (18.88%) WAN
3 85 (15.29%) LAN
4 59 (10.61%) VPN
5 41 (7.37%) Network Security
5 41 (7.37%) Wi-Fi
6 30 (5.40%) TCP/IP
7 29 (5.22%) DNS
8 28 (5.04%) DHCP
8 28 (5.04%) VLAN
9 26 (4.68%) VoIP
10 24 (4.32%) SD-WAN
10 24 (4.32%) Wireless
11 20 (3.60%) SAN
12 15 (2.70%) MPLS
13 14 (2.52%) Intrusion Detection
14 13 (2.34%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (2.34%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (2.34%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (2.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (2.34%) 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
1 419 (75.36%) Social Skills
2 32 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (3.96%) Finance
4 22 (3.96%) Public Sector
5 15 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (2.52%) Legal
7 11 (1.98%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.44%) Retail
10 7 (1.26%) Law
11 6 (1.08%) Banking
11 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.72%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.72%) Automotive
12 4 (0.72%) Electronics
13 3 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.36%) Military
15 1 (0.18%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 390 (70.14%) Network Engineer
2 47 (8.45%) 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 23 (4.14%) IT Support
5 23 (4.14%) Presales Engineer
5 23 (4.14%) Support Engineer
6 21 (3.78%) Lead
7 20 (3.60%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 20 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (3.42%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (3.42%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (3.42%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (3.24%) Field Engineer
9 18 (3.24%) Senior
10 17 (3.06%) Field Service Engineer
11 15 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (1.80%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.72%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.36%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.35%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.06%) 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%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.44%) Social Media
9 5 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.90%) FMCG
9 5 (0.90%) PKI
9 5 (0.90%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.72%) Insider Threat
10 4 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.54%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 72 (12.95%) Windows
2 35 (6.29%) Linux
3 32 (5.76%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.34%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.36%) Unix
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (8.63%) Customer Service
3 43 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (7.37%) ITIL
5 30 (5.40%) Presales
6 28 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (4.86%) Incident Response
8 26 (4.68%) Computer Science
9 24 (4.32%) High Availability
9 24 (4.32%) Network Monitoring
10 22 (3.96%) SIEM
11 21 (3.78%) Process Improvement
12 20 (3.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (3.42%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (3.42%) Network Architecture
14 18 (3.24%) Penetration Testing
15 16 (2.88%) Kalman Filter
16 15 (2.70%) Coaching
17 14 (2.52%) Network Segmentation
18 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
3 350 (62.95%) Azure Certification
4 87 (15.65%) CCNP
5 63 (11.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 60 (10.79%) Degree
7 40 (7.19%) MCSE
8 30 (5.40%) Security Cleared
9 24 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (4.32%) JNCIA
10 22 (3.96%) DBS Check
11 20 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (3.24%) CCIE
13 17 (3.06%) A+ Certification
14 16 (2.88%) MCSA
15 15 (2.70%) SC Cleared
16 12 (2.16%) CCSA
16 12 (2.16%) CCSE
17 11 (1.98%) CISSP
18 9 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.60%) GDPR
3 19 (3.42%) SLA
4 15 (2.70%) NIST
5 6 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.54%) ITGC
8 2 (0.36%) COBIT
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) QA
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (7.73%) 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%) Docker
6 7 (1.26%) Firmware
6 7 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.72%) Squid
8 2 (0.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.36%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.96%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.06%) Ansible
2 17 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.34%) Terraform
4 10 (1.80%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.90%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.72%) Nmap
7 4 (0.72%) Packer
7 4 (0.72%) PaperCut
7 4 (0.72%) WSUS
8 3 (0.54%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.54%) QRadar
9 2 (0.36%) Control-M
9 2 (0.36%) OpenView
9 2 (0.36%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.36%) VxRail
10 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 453 (81.47%) Cisco
2 403 (72.48%) Microsoft
3 330 (59.35%) ForeScout
4 59 (10.61%) Fortinet
5 37 (6.65%) VMware
6 31 (5.58%) Juniper
7 29 (5.22%) Meraki
8 26 (4.68%) Aruba
9 25 (4.50%) Dell
10 23 (4.14%) SolarWinds
11 21 (3.78%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.06%) Splunk
13 12 (2.16%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.80%) Sophos
15 8 (1.44%) Apple
15 8 (1.44%) Citrix
16 7 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.26%) HP
17 6 (1.08%) Zscaler
18 5 (0.90%) Ubiquiti