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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 329 323
Rank change year-on-year -63 -6 -41
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 506 412 602
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.83% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.47% 2.36% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 226 290 289
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,625 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +10.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,625 £67,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -25.00% +17.65%

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 20,497 17,446 20,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.38% 35.26% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,532 7,392 9,067
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £36,981 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -1.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £48,450 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.68% -7.71% -

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -70 440 £52,500 +31.25% 350
UK excluding London -67 415 £42,500 +13.33% 320
South East -64 98 £47,500 +8.57% 72
North of England -27 94 £42,500 +4.94% 62
Midlands +1 85 £41,000 +17.14% 48
London -49 84 £70,000 +20.17% 94
Work from Home -76 75 £45,000 +11.11% 71
Yorkshire +6 54 £42,500 +63.46% 26
East Midlands -16 48 £38,847 +10.99% 19
South West -113 48 £44,189 +38.09% 47
Scotland +41 40 £28,000 -22.22% 23
West Midlands -18 37 £53,162 +29.66% 29
East of England -22 34 £58,750 +46.88% 39
North West -22 31 £52,500 -2.33% 21
Wales -60 16 £40,750 -18.09% 17
North East -67 9 £38,378 +23.80% 15
Northern Ireland -89 4 - - 15

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 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.20%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 326 (64.43%) Azure
2 80 (15.81%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (10.47%) AWS
3 53 (10.47%) Entra ID
4 9 (1.78%) GCP
5 8 (1.58%) OneDrive
6 5 (0.99%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.79%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (0.79%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.79%) Serverless
8 2 (0.40%) ChatGPT
8 2 (0.40%) OCI
8 2 (0.40%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 173 (34.19%) Firewall
2 120 (23.72%) WAN
3 104 (20.55%) LAN
4 101 (19.96%) VPN
5 80 (15.81%) DHCP
5 80 (15.81%) DNS
6 79 (15.61%) Network Security
7 74 (14.62%) VLAN
8 69 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 65 (12.85%) Wireless
10 56 (11.07%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (7.91%) SD-WAN
12 35 (6.92%) VoIP
13 34 (6.72%) BGP
14 29 (5.73%) OSPF
15 21 (4.15%) SAN
16 18 (3.56%) Internet
16 18 (3.56%) MPLS
16 18 (3.56%) WLAN
17 14 (2.77%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (6.92%) JIRA
2 14 (2.77%) GitLab
3 9 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.58%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.58%) Git
5 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
General
1 337 (66.60%) Social Skills
2 46 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (6.32%) Telecoms
4 22 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 18 (3.56%) Finance
5 18 (3.56%) Manufacturing
6 14 (2.77%) Aerospace
7 13 (2.57%) Retail
8 12 (2.37%) Law
9 11 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.78%) Legal
12 8 (1.58%) Banking
12 8 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.38%) Digital Health
13 7 (1.38%) Military
14 5 (0.99%) Automotive
15 4 (0.79%) Electronics
16 3 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
16 3 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 316 (62.45%) Network Engineer
2 65 (12.85%) IT Engineer
3 48 (9.49%) IT Support
4 41 (8.10%) Senior
5 38 (7.51%) Support Engineer
6 35 (6.92%) IT Support Engineer
7 27 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (4.15%) Field Engineer
9 21 (4.15%) Field Service Engineer
10 19 (3.75%) 3rd Line Support
11 17 (3.36%) Security Engineer
12 13 (2.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (2.57%) Analyst
13 12 (2.37%) Senior Security Engineer
13 12 (2.37%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (2.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (2.17%) IT Technician
15 10 (1.98%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 10 (1.98%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.56%) Terraform
2 4 (0.79%) boto
3 3 (0.59%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.59%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.40%) EDI
4 2 (0.40%) LDAP
4 2 (0.40%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.40%) SAML
5 1 (0.20%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.20%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.20%) YAML
5 1 (0.20%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 48 (9.49%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.36%) Security Posture
4 16 (3.16%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.96%) CCTV
6 14 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.37%) FMCG
7 12 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.17%) Smartphone
9 10 (1.98%) PKI
10 9 (1.78%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.58%) Replication
12 7 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
16 1 (0.20%) Educational Technology
16 1 (0.20%) Fibre Optics
16 1 (0.20%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 121 (23.91%) Windows
2 85 (16.80%) Windows Server
3 45 (8.89%) Linux
4 16 (3.16%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.59%) Android
9 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (16.21%) ITIL
3 70 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 63 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 50 (9.88%) Project Delivery
7 43 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (8.50%) Network Design
8 39 (7.71%) Business Continuity
9 38 (7.51%) High Availability
10 36 (7.11%) Customer Service
11 29 (5.73%) Computer Science
12 26 (5.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (4.94%) Network Monitoring
14 22 (4.35%) Incident Response
14 22 (4.35%) ITSM
14 22 (4.35%) Mentoring
14 22 (4.35%) Network Architecture
15 21 (4.15%) Incident Management
15 21 (4.15%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.30%) PowerShell
2 35 (6.92%) Python
3 10 (1.98%) Bash
4 8 (1.58%) Java
5 2 (0.40%) SQL
6 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 506 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 266 (52.57%) Network+ Certification
3 253 (50.00%) Azure Certification
4 123 (24.31%) CCNP
5 79 (15.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 71 (14.03%) Degree
7 41 (8.10%) MCSE
8 37 (7.31%) Security Cleared
9 23 (4.55%) SC Cleared
10 21 (4.15%) AWS Certification
11 20 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (3.95%) MCSA
12 19 (3.75%) DV Cleared
13 17 (3.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 16 (3.16%) A+ Certification
14 16 (3.16%) CISSP
15 14 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (2.17%) CCIE
17 10 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 27 (5.34%) SLA
3 17 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.78%) GDPR
5 6 (1.19%) QA
6 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.59%) COBIT
7 3 (0.59%) GRC
7 3 (0.59%) NIST
8 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.20%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 80 (15.81%) Active Directory
2 45 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (7.31%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.16%) vSphere
5 11 (2.17%) Docker
5 11 (2.17%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.58%) Squid
8 5 (0.99%) Firmware
9 3 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (5.34%) FortiGate
3 17 (3.36%) Ansible
4 10 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.78%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.58%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.58%) Packer
7 4 (0.79%) Iperf
8 3 (0.59%) Control-M
8 3 (0.59%) SCCM
9 2 (0.40%) VxRail
10 1 (0.20%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.20%) Nagios
10 1 (0.20%) OpenView
10 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 361 (71.34%) Cisco
2 315 (62.25%) Microsoft
3 220 (43.48%) ForeScout
4 74 (14.62%) VMware
5 49 (9.68%) Fortinet
6 42 (8.30%) Palo Alto
7 24 (4.74%) Meraki
8 18 (3.56%) Dell
9 17 (3.36%) F5
9 17 (3.36%) WatchGuard
10 15 (2.96%) Aruba
11 14 (2.77%) Juniper
11 14 (2.77%) Splunk
12 13 (2.57%) SolarWinds
12 13 (2.57%) Sophos
12 13 (2.57%) Veeam
13 12 (2.37%) Ruckus Wireless
14 11 (2.17%) CheckPoint
14 11 (2.17%) Draytek
14 11 (2.17%) Red Hat