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 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 242 299
Rank change year-on-year -123 +57 +111
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 297 678 579
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.28% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.54% 3.47% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 205 321 499
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £29,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,951 £63,750 £58,250
90th Percentile £69,000 £68,750 £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -

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 19,315 19,560 17,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.70% 36.83% 28.75%
Number of salaries quoted 7,727 7,624 11,750
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,499 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +7.21% -3.48%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -1.66%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -133 268 £41,000 -25.45% 113
UK excluding London -107 237 £40,000 -23.81% 107
Work from Home +77 93 £40,750 -25.91% 35
South East -24 58 £52,500 -7.09% 32
North of England -31 52 £50,000 +5.26% 28
London -30 49 £50,000 -16.67% 20
Midlands -108 39 £32,500 -43.23% 15
North West -10 38 £50,000 +5.26% 13
South West +19 37 £32,000 -32.63% 15
East Midlands -28 33 £32,500 -12.16% 4
East of England +31 30 £40,000 -20.79% 9
Scotland -3 13 £36,000 -44.62% 7
Yorkshire -35 8 £26,000 -46.67% 12
Northern Ireland -4 7 £37,500 -28.57% 2
North East +1 6 £31,000 -52.31% 4
West Midlands -104 6 £41,000 -33.87% 11
Wales -24 1 £32,500 -26.14% 1

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 21 (7.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.67%) Apache
3 2 (0.67%) Confluence
3 2 (0.67%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (24.24%) Azure
2 43 (14.48%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (11.45%) AWS
4 27 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.02%) IaaS
6 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.35%) SaaS
7 2 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.67%) GCP
7 2 (0.67%) GitHub
7 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.34%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.34%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.34%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.34%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 147 (49.49%) Firewall
2 99 (33.33%) WAN
3 97 (32.66%) LAN
4 62 (20.88%) VPN
5 41 (13.80%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (11.78%) Network Security
7 33 (11.11%) VLAN
8 32 (10.77%) TCP/IP
9 29 (9.76%) VSAT
10 21 (7.07%) Cisco ASA
10 21 (7.07%) MPLS
11 19 (6.40%) BGP
12 18 (6.06%) DNS
12 18 (6.06%) Wireless
13 17 (5.72%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (5.39%) DHCP
14 16 (5.39%) SAN
14 16 (5.39%) VoIP
15 14 (4.71%) OSPF
15 14 (4.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.67%) MySQL
2 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.36%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.36%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.01%) GitLab
3 2 (0.67%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 105 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.16%) Finance
3 23 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
4 20 (6.73%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.73%) Telecoms
5 16 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (3.70%) Law
6 11 (3.70%) Legal
7 10 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.03%) Retail
9 8 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.35%) Billing
11 4 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.01%) Automotive
12 3 (1.01%) Banking
12 3 (1.01%) Electronics
13 2 (0.67%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 61 (20.54%) Network Engineer
2 49 (16.50%) Support Engineer
3 47 (15.82%) Technical Engineer
4 36 (12.12%) Technical Support
5 30 (10.10%) Cisco Engineer
5 30 (10.10%) Technical Support Engineer
6 29 (9.76%) LAN Engineer
6 29 (9.76%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 29 (9.76%) WAN Engineer
7 28 (9.43%) IT Engineer
8 26 (8.75%) Analyst
9 23 (7.74%) Administrator
10 22 (7.41%) Senior
11 20 (6.73%) Presales Engineer
12 19 (6.40%) Systems Administrator
13 18 (6.06%) Firewall Engineer
13 18 (6.06%) IT Support
13 18 (6.06%) Juniper Engineer
14 17 (5.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.72%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.01%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.67%) Middleware
2 2 (0.67%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.34%) React
3 1 (0.34%) Svelte
3 1 (0.34%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.49%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.08%) Driving Licence
3 20 (6.73%) e-Learning
4 12 (4.04%) CCTV
5 11 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.70%) Smartphone
6 10 (3.37%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.37%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.36%) Insider Threat
8 5 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.68%) Social Media
9 4 (1.35%) Handset
9 4 (1.35%) LIMS
9 4 (1.35%) SCADA
10 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.01%) iPad
10 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (22.56%) Windows
2 44 (14.81%) Linux
3 39 (13.13%) Windows Server
4 26 (8.75%) Unix
5 14 (4.71%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.68%) Android
7 4 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.67%) CentOS
8 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (29.97%) Customer Service
2 67 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (22.22%) ITIL
4 44 (14.81%) Mentoring
5 39 (13.13%) High Availability
6 36 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
7 33 (11.11%) Presales
8 30 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (8.75%) Commercial Awareness
9 26 (8.75%) Kalman Filter
10 23 (7.74%) Service Delivery
11 22 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (7.41%) Innovative Thinking
12 21 (7.07%) Project Delivery
13 19 (6.40%) Computer Science
13 19 (6.40%) Information Security
14 18 (6.06%) Penetration Testing
14 18 (6.06%) Security Operations
14 18 (6.06%) Web Filtering
15 16 (5.39%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.07%) Python
2 20 (6.73%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.68%) Bash
4 2 (0.67%) Bicep
4 2 (0.67%) C
4 2 (0.67%) VB
5 1 (0.34%) Go
5 1 (0.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 297 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 115 (38.72%) CCNP
3 81 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 65 (21.89%) SC Cleared
5 60 (20.20%) JNCIA
6 59 (19.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (19.19%) Degree
8 42 (14.14%) MCSE
9 40 (13.47%) DV Cleared
10 36 (12.12%) Network+ Certification
11 31 (10.44%) MCSA
12 28 (9.43%) MCP
13 26 (8.75%) DBS Check
14 17 (5.72%) CCIE
15 16 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
16 15 (5.05%) A+ Certification
16 15 (5.05%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (4.71%) CISSP
18 12 (4.04%) CCSA
18 12 (4.04%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (7.41%) SLA
3 17 (5.72%) GDPR
4 13 (4.38%) NIST
5 12 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.68%) GxP
8 4 (1.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (1.01%) ITGC
10 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
System Software
1 43 (14.48%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.71%) Hyper-V
3 13 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.68%) Firmware
4 5 (1.68%) vSphere
5 4 (1.35%) Docker
6 3 (1.01%) KVM
6 3 (1.01%) pfSense
6 3 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.67%) RHEV
7 2 (0.67%) Samba
7 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.67%) Xen
8 1 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.34%) Squid
8 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (7.07%) FortiGate
3 11 (3.70%) Ansible
4 7 (2.36%) Nmap
4 7 (2.36%) SCCM
5 5 (1.68%) Autotask
5 5 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.68%) Terraform
6 4 (1.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.35%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.01%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.01%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (1.01%) QRadar
8 2 (0.67%) Nagios
8 2 (0.67%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.34%) OpenView
9 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 178 (59.93%) Cisco
2 76 (25.59%) Microsoft
3 65 (21.89%) Fortinet
4 63 (21.21%) Juniper
5 33 (11.11%) VMware
6 28 (9.43%) Aruba
7 24 (8.08%) Meraki
8 21 (7.07%) CheckPoint
9 19 (6.40%) Palo Alto
10 18 (6.06%) Dell
11 17 (5.72%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.38%) Citrix
13 11 (3.70%) Apple
13 11 (3.70%) Remedy
14 10 (3.37%) ServiceNow
14 10 (3.37%) Starlink
15 8 (2.69%) Arista
16 7 (2.36%) F5
16 7 (2.36%) Splunk
16 7 (2.36%) WatchGuard