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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 223 325
Rank change year-on-year -232 +102 +99
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 249 603 735
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 1.40% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.20% 3.57% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 171 336 653
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,313 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,625 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,626 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +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 20,692 16,907 23,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.67% 39.32% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 8,322 7,511 16,240
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,549 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,117 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% +5.51% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -214 230 £50,000 -9.09% 119
UK excluding London -206 170 £45,000 -11.11% 105
Work from Home +24 74 £45,000 -18.18% 23
London -34 71 £60,000 -2.04% 25
North of England -83 50 £50,000 +5.26% 28
North West -40 40 £50,000 +5.26% 15
Midlands -136 35 £32,500 -49.69% 20
East Midlands -51 30 £32,500 -22.16% 8
South East -75 29 £45,000 -18.18% 26
South West -27 21 £40,000 -15.79% 13
East of England -8 20 £34,000 -34.62% 16
Scotland -23 11 £26,150 -59.77% 4
Yorkshire -55 8 £50,000 +29.03% 7
West Midlands -115 5 £47,500 -26.47% 12
Northern Ireland -31 3 £37,500 -28.57% 1
North East -32 2 £55,500 -11.20% 6
Wales -31 1 £32,500 -25.29% 2

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 (11.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 82 (32.93%) Azure
2 47 (18.88%) AWS
3 45 (18.07%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (9.24%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (2.41%) GCP
7 4 (1.61%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.80%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.80%) IaaS
8 2 (0.80%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.80%) SaaS
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 141 (56.63%) Firewall
2 116 (46.59%) WAN
3 100 (40.16%) LAN
4 63 (25.30%) VPN
5 38 (15.26%) Wi-Fi
6 34 (13.65%) VLAN
7 33 (13.25%) Network Security
8 31 (12.45%) TCP/IP
9 25 (10.04%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (9.24%) Wireless
11 22 (8.84%) SD-WAN
12 20 (8.03%) DNS
13 19 (7.63%) DHCP
13 19 (7.63%) MPLS
13 19 (7.63%) VoIP
14 18 (7.23%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (6.43%) SAN
16 15 (6.02%) Intrusion Detection
17 14 (5.62%) WLAN
18 12 (4.82%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.81%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.81%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.41%) JIRA
3 4 (1.61%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 93 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.26%) Finance
3 26 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.44%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.24%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (6.02%) Legal
5 15 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.82%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.61%) Law
8 9 (3.61%) Retail
9 5 (2.01%) Banking
10 2 (0.80%) Military
11 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (24.50%) Network Engineer
2 42 (16.87%) IT Engineer
3 41 (16.47%) Cisco Engineer
4 34 (13.65%) LAN Engineer
4 34 (13.65%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 34 (13.65%) WAN Engineer
5 32 (12.85%) Support Engineer
6 26 (10.44%) IT Support
7 23 (9.24%) IT Support Engineer
8 22 (8.84%) Azure Engineer
8 22 (8.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 22 (8.84%) Presales Engineer
9 19 (7.63%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (7.63%) Juniper Engineer
10 18 (7.23%) Analyst
11 16 (6.43%) Field Engineer
11 16 (6.43%) Senior
12 15 (6.02%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (6.02%) Field Service Engineer
13 14 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.80%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 54 (21.69%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.83%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (6.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (6.02%) Smartphone
4 14 (5.62%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.21%) Social Media
7 7 (2.81%) CCTV
7 7 (2.81%) Insider Threat
8 6 (2.41%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.01%) PKI
9 5 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.61%) e-Learning
10 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.61%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (27.71%) Windows
2 38 (15.26%) Linux
3 31 (12.45%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.42%) Unix
5 8 (3.21%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (22.49%) Customer Service
3 48 (19.28%) ITIL
4 45 (18.07%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (12.05%) Presales
6 28 (11.24%) High Availability
7 27 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (10.44%) Computer Science
8 26 (10.44%) Process Improvement
9 25 (10.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (8.84%) Incident Response
11 20 (8.03%) Mentoring
12 19 (7.63%) Network Monitoring
12 19 (7.63%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (7.23%) Kalman Filter
13 18 (7.23%) Project Delivery
14 17 (6.83%) SIEM
15 16 (6.43%) Coaching
16 14 (5.62%) Information Security
16 14 (5.62%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.03%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.02%) Python
3 3 (1.20%) SQL
4 1 (0.40%) Bash
4 1 (0.40%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 249 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 99 (39.76%) CCNP
3 64 (25.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 63 (25.30%) Degree
5 46 (18.47%) MCSE
6 42 (16.87%) Security Cleared
7 37 (14.86%) Network+ Certification
8 30 (12.05%) SC Cleared
9 29 (11.65%) JNCIA
10 27 (10.84%) MCSA
11 26 (10.44%) CCIE
12 25 (10.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 24 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (8.84%) DBS Check
15 21 (8.43%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (6.83%) CCSA
16 17 (6.83%) CCSE
17 15 (6.02%) A+ Certification
18 14 (5.62%) DV Cleared
19 13 (5.22%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (6.83%) SLA
2 16 (6.43%) GDPR
3 11 (4.42%) NIST
4 10 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.20%) ITGC
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (14.86%) Active Directory
2 25 (10.04%) Hyper-V
3 22 (8.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.21%) vSphere
5 7 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.41%) Firmware
7 4 (1.61%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.80%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (10.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (9.64%) FortiGate
3 12 (4.82%) Ansible
4 8 (3.21%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.81%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.81%) Nmap
6 6 (2.41%) Terraform
7 4 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.61%) PaperCut
7 4 (1.61%) WSUS
8 3 (1.20%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.20%) OpenView
8 3 (1.20%) QRadar
8 3 (1.20%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.80%) Autotask
9 2 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.80%) Control-M
9 2 (0.80%) VxRail
10 1 (0.40%) Grafana
10 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 155 (62.25%) Cisco
2 77 (30.92%) Microsoft
3 72 (28.92%) Fortinet
4 45 (18.07%) Juniper
5 42 (16.87%) VMware
6 31 (12.45%) CheckPoint
7 30 (12.05%) Meraki
8 28 (11.24%) Aruba
9 22 (8.84%) Dell
9 22 (8.84%) SolarWinds
10 18 (7.23%) Palo Alto
11 14 (5.62%) Citrix
12 12 (4.82%) Splunk
13 9 (3.61%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (3.61%) Draytek
13 9 (3.61%) WatchGuard
14 8 (3.21%) Apple
14 8 (3.21%) Arista
14 8 (3.21%) Sophos
15 7 (2.81%) Mitel