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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 241 289
Rank change year-on-year -112 +48 +126
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 326 675 551
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.24% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.69% 3.47% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 225 314 471
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +11.05% +4.63%
75th Percentile £55,625 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,850 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.79% +18.82% -

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 19,263 19,427 15,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.22% 35.79% 29.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,775 7,672 10,706
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,924 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -11.05% +6.74% +3.06%

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 8 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 8 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 -110 297 £40,500 -26.36% 202
UK excluding London -88 265 £40,000 -20.79% 202
Work from Home +77 102 £41,000 -25.45% 54
South East -19 69 £51,250 -9.31% 50
North of England -32 53 £46,750 -1.58% 46
South West +39 51 £32,000 -29.67% 26
London -27 50 £60,000 - 19
Midlands -115 40 £32,500 -36.59% 30
North West 0 36 £50,000 +5.26% 22
East Midlands -19 33 £32,500 -18.75% 13
East of England +29 31 £40,000 -20.79% 37
Scotland -2 13 £36,000 -35.43% 5
Yorkshire -29 9 £26,000 -54.78% 18
North East -2 8 £31,000 -52.31% 7
Northern Ireland +2 7 £37,500 -28.57% 5
West Midlands -107 7 £51,000 -2.86% 16
Wales -20 1 £32,500 -26.14% 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 23 (7.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Apache
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 77 (23.62%) Azure
2 46 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (10.74%) AWS
4 28 (8.59%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.84%) IaaS
6 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.23%) SaaS
7 3 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.92%) GitHub
7 3 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.61%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.61%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.61%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.61%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.31%) GCP
9 1 (0.31%) Serverless
9 1 (0.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 160 (49.08%) Firewall
2 95 (29.14%) WAN
3 93 (28.53%) LAN
4 67 (20.55%) VPN
5 45 (13.80%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (13.19%) Network Security
7 42 (12.88%) VSAT
8 35 (10.74%) TCP/IP
9 34 (10.43%) VLAN
10 25 (7.67%) MPLS
11 21 (6.44%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (6.13%) BGP
12 20 (6.13%) Wireless
13 19 (5.83%) DNS
14 18 (5.52%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (5.21%) DHCP
15 17 (5.21%) SAN
15 17 (5.21%) VoIP
16 16 (4.91%) SD-WAN
17 15 (4.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.61%) InfluxDB
2 2 (0.61%) MySQL
2 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.15%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.92%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 110 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.26%) Finance
3 25 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.75%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.83%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.99%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.07%) Legal
10 9 (2.76%) Law
10 9 (2.76%) Retail
11 8 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.84%) Billing
13 5 (1.53%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.53%) Automotive
13 5 (1.53%) Electronics
14 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.61%) Banking
15 2 (0.61%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 63 (19.33%) Network Engineer
2 61 (18.71%) Support Engineer
3 60 (18.40%) Technical Engineer
4 51 (15.64%) Technical Support
5 43 (13.19%) Technical Support Engineer
6 30 (9.20%) Analyst
7 29 (8.90%) IT Engineer
8 28 (8.59%) Administrator
9 27 (8.28%) Senior
10 26 (7.98%) Cisco Engineer
11 25 (7.67%) LAN Engineer
11 25 (7.67%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 25 (7.67%) WAN Engineer
12 24 (7.36%) Systems Administrator
13 20 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (6.13%) NOC Engineer
14 19 (5.83%) IT Support
14 19 (5.83%) Support Analyst
15 17 (5.21%) Presales Engineer
16 15 (4.60%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.84%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.23%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.61%) Middleware
4 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.31%) LAMP
4 1 (0.31%) React
4 1 (0.31%) Svelte
4 1 (0.31%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.11%) Data Centre
2 25 (7.67%) Driving Licence
3 24 (7.36%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.68%) CCTV
5 11 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.37%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.07%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.15%) Insider Threat
9 6 (1.84%) Handset
10 5 (1.53%) LIMS
10 5 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.53%) SCADA
10 5 (1.53%) Social Media
11 4 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 68 (20.86%) Windows
2 52 (15.95%) Linux
3 42 (12.88%) Windows Server
4 30 (9.20%) Unix
5 16 (4.91%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.53%) Android
6 5 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.61%) CentOS
8 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (32.21%) Customer Service
2 74 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (22.09%) ITIL
4 56 (17.18%) Mentoring
5 45 (13.80%) High Availability
6 39 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (10.74%) Commercial Awareness
8 33 (10.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (10.12%) Kalman Filter
9 32 (9.82%) Presales
10 26 (7.98%) Innovative Thinking
11 25 (7.67%) Service Delivery
11 25 (7.67%) Web Filtering
12 24 (7.36%) Project Delivery
13 23 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (6.44%) Penetration Testing
14 21 (6.44%) Security Operations
15 20 (6.13%) Information Security
16 18 (5.52%) Computer Science
16 18 (5.52%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.67%) Python
2 24 (7.36%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.84%) Bash
4 3 (0.92%) Bicep
5 2 (0.61%) C
5 2 (0.61%) VB
6 1 (0.31%) Go
6 1 (0.31%) R
6 1 (0.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 326 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 125 (38.34%) CCNP
3 94 (28.83%) Security Cleared
4 76 (23.31%) SC Cleared
5 72 (22.09%) JNCIA
6 62 (19.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (17.48%) Degree
8 44 (13.50%) MCSE
9 43 (13.19%) DV Cleared
10 37 (11.35%) Network+ Certification
11 32 (9.82%) MCSA
12 28 (8.59%) MCP
13 26 (7.98%) DBS Check
14 18 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
15 17 (5.21%) CISSP
16 16 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (4.60%) A+ Certification
18 14 (4.29%) CCIE
19 11 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
19 11 (3.37%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (6.75%) SLA
3 16 (4.91%) GDPR
4 14 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.99%) NIST
6 7 (2.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (2.15%) GxP
7 5 (1.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.92%) ITGC
8 3 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 43 (13.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.29%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.84%) Docker
4 6 (1.84%) Firmware
5 5 (1.53%) vSphere
6 4 (1.23%) pfSense
7 3 (0.92%) KVM
7 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.61%) RHEV
8 2 (0.61%) Samba
8 2 (0.61%) Squid
8 2 (0.61%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (10.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.83%) FortiGate
3 13 (3.99%) Ansible
4 7 (2.15%) Nmap
4 7 (2.15%) SCCM
5 6 (1.84%) Terraform
6 5 (1.53%) Autotask
6 5 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.53%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.23%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.92%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.92%) Grafana
8 3 (0.92%) QRadar
9 2 (0.61%) Nagios
9 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.61%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.61%) VxRail
10 1 (0.31%) Podman
10 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 193 (59.20%) Cisco
2 82 (25.15%) Microsoft
3 70 (21.47%) Fortinet
4 60 (18.40%) Juniper
5 38 (11.66%) VMware
6 31 (9.51%) Meraki
7 28 (8.59%) Aruba
8 22 (6.75%) CheckPoint
9 19 (5.83%) Palo Alto
9 19 (5.83%) SolarWinds
10 17 (5.21%) Dell
11 14 (4.29%) Citrix
12 13 (3.99%) Starlink
13 11 (3.37%) Apple
13 11 (3.37%) Remedy
14 10 (3.07%) ServiceNow
15 9 (2.76%) Freshdesk
16 8 (2.45%) Arista
16 8 (2.45%) Mitel
16 8 (2.45%) Splunk