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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 279 348
Rank change year-on-year -28 +69 +72
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 554 476 780
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.10% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.44% 2.78% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 153 311 674
10th Percentile £25,850 £30,500 £30,325
25th Percentile £35,750 £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 £84,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,801 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.47% +5.56% +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 22,698 17,143 25,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.86% 39.44% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,977 7,717 17,218
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,355
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.97%
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 6 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 6 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 -22 488 £50,000 - 187
UK excluding London -8 463 £46,801 -1.47% 203
North of England +24 136 £50,000 - 35
South East -25 84 £45,000 - 46
London -65 83 £74,500 +24.17% 32
Midlands -85 81 £51,058 +7.49% 24
North West +4 62 £50,000 -9.09% 15
Yorkshire -7 62 £50,000 +33.33% 11
South West -26 60 £40,000 -11.11% 42
Work from Home -11 51 £50,000 -4.76% 34
East of England +25 46 £34,000 -36.45% 23
East Midlands -43 45 £51,058 +51.28% 2
Scotland +19 38 £28,000 -20.57% 15
West Midlands -81 36 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Wales -20 18 - - 11
North East -20 12 - - 9
Northern Ireland -31 6 - - 9

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 26 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 400 (72.20%) Azure
2 44 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (7.22%) AWS
4 12 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.99%) 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 Sentinel
11 1 (0.18%) Datadog
11 1 (0.18%) GitHub
11 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.18%) IaaS
11 1 (0.18%) PaaS
11 1 (0.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 128 (23.10%) Firewall
2 104 (18.77%) WAN
3 84 (15.16%) LAN
4 60 (10.83%) VPN
5 42 (7.58%) Network Security
6 41 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
7 29 (5.23%) TCP/IP
7 29 (5.23%) VLAN
8 28 (5.05%) DNS
9 27 (4.87%) DHCP
10 26 (4.69%) VoIP
11 25 (4.51%) Wireless
12 24 (4.33%) SD-WAN
13 20 (3.61%) SAN
14 15 (2.71%) MPLS
15 14 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
16 13 (2.35%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (2.35%) Cisco Firepower
16 13 (2.35%) Cisco ISE
16 13 (2.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (2.35%) 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 (75.27%) Social Skills
2 33 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (4.15%) Public Sector
4 22 (3.97%) Finance
4 22 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (2.53%) Legal
7 11 (1.99%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.44%) Retail
10 7 (1.26%) Law
11 6 (1.08%) Banking
12 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.72%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.72%) Automotive
13 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.72%) Electronics
14 2 (0.36%) Military
15 1 (0.18%) Marketing
15 1 (0.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 392 (70.76%) Network Engineer
2 46 (8.30%) IT Engineer
3 39 (7.04%) Cisco Engineer
4 29 (5.23%) LAN Engineer
4 29 (5.23%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 29 (5.23%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.15%) Presales Engineer
6 21 (3.79%) IT Support
6 21 (3.79%) Lead
6 21 (3.79%) Support Engineer
7 20 (3.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 19 (3.43%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (3.43%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (3.43%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (3.25%) Field Engineer
9 18 (3.25%) Field Service Engineer
9 18 (3.25%) IT Support Engineer
10 17 (3.07%) Senior
11 14 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (1.81%) 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 (9.39%) Data Centre
2 18 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (2.53%) Security Posture
3 14 (2.53%) Smartphone
4 10 (1.81%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.44%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.44%) Social Media
7 7 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.90%) FMCG
8 5 (0.90%) PKI
8 5 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.72%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.54%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 69 (12.45%) Windows
2 34 (6.14%) Linux
3 29 (5.23%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.35%) 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 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (8.66%) Customer Service
3 44 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (7.58%) ITIL
5 29 (5.23%) Presales
6 28 (5.05%) Incident Response
6 28 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (4.87%) Computer Science
8 26 (4.69%) High Availability
8 26 (4.69%) Network Monitoring
9 22 (3.97%) SIEM
10 21 (3.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 21 (3.79%) Process Improvement
11 20 (3.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (3.61%) Network Architecture
12 18 (3.25%) Penetration Testing
13 16 (2.89%) Kalman Filter
14 15 (2.71%) Coaching
15 14 (2.53%) Network Segmentation
16 13 (2.35%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.33%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.07%) Python
3 5 (0.90%) Bash
4 4 (0.72%) Java
5 2 (0.36%) Bicep
5 2 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 554 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 371 (66.97%) Network+ Certification
3 350 (63.18%) Azure Certification
4 87 (15.70%) CCNP
5 61 (11.01%) Degree
5 61 (11.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (6.86%) MCSE
7 31 (5.60%) Security Cleared
8 25 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (4.33%) JNCIA
10 21 (3.79%) DBS Check
11 20 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (3.25%) A+ Certification
12 18 (3.25%) CCIE
13 15 (2.71%) SC Cleared
14 14 (2.53%) MCSA
15 12 (2.17%) CCSA
15 12 (2.17%) CCSE
16 11 (1.99%) CISSP
17 9 (1.62%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.61%) GDPR
3 18 (3.25%) SLA
4 15 (2.71%) NIST
5 5 (0.90%) 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 41 (7.40%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.71%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.35%) vSphere
5 8 (1.44%) Firmware
5 8 (1.44%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.26%) Docker
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 (3.97%) FortiGate
2 17 (3.07%) Ansible
3 15 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.35%) Terraform
5 10 (1.81%) 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%) SCCM
Vendors
1 453 (81.77%) Cisco
2 400 (72.20%) Microsoft
3 330 (59.57%) ForeScout
4 60 (10.83%) Fortinet
5 33 (5.96%) VMware
6 31 (5.60%) Juniper
7 29 (5.23%) Meraki
8 27 (4.87%) Dell
9 25 (4.51%) Aruba
10 23 (4.15%) SolarWinds
11 21 (3.79%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.07%) Splunk
13 14 (2.53%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.81%) Sophos
15 8 (1.44%) Apple
16 7 (1.26%) Citrix
16 7 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.26%) HP
17 6 (1.08%) Zscaler
18 5 (0.90%) Ubiquiti