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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 250 283
Rank change year-on-year -95 +33 +173
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 345 726 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 1.15% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.99% 3.61% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 236 305 474
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £29,225
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,250 £52,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -25.24% +25.00% -1.18%

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 17,294 20,117 15,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.48% 31.73% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7,915 8,299 10,801
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,680
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,191 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% +1.20% +0.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 -78 310 £40,000 -27.27% 104
UK excluding London -43 282 £39,250 -25.24% 114
Work from Home +85 99 £41,000 -25.45% 34
South East +8 80 £52,500 -7.09% 48
South West +64 64 £32,000 -29.67% 4
London -14 53 £70,000 +17.65% 21
North of England -16 45 £43,250 -8.95% 20
Midlands -95 37 £32,500 -35.00% 18
East of England +25 32 £40,000 -21.57% 10
East Midlands -17 30 £32,500 -18.75% 7
North West +14 27 £50,000 +5.26% 15
Scotland +25 15 £36,000 -44.62% 12
North East +13 9 £31,000 -52.31% 2
Yorkshire -19 9 £26,000 -54.78% 4
Northern Ireland +4 8 £37,500 -28.57%
West Midlands -87 7 £51,000 -2.86% 11
Wales -17 3 £49,750 +13.07% 6

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 24 (6.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) Apache
3 2 (0.58%) Confluence
3 2 (0.58%) nginx
3 2 (0.58%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.74%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 83 (24.06%) Azure
2 54 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (9.86%) AWS
4 29 (8.41%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.03%) IaaS
6 6 (1.74%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.45%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.16%) Dropbox
8 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.16%) SaaS
9 3 (0.87%) GCP
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.58%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.58%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.58%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.58%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (0.58%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 155 (44.93%) Firewall
2 95 (27.54%) LAN
3 94 (27.25%) WAN
4 75 (21.74%) VPN
5 54 (15.65%) VSAT
6 52 (15.07%) Wi-Fi
7 50 (14.49%) Network Security
8 36 (10.43%) TCP/IP
9 34 (9.86%) VLAN
10 29 (8.41%) Wireless
11 27 (7.83%) DNS
11 27 (7.83%) MPLS
12 23 (6.67%) BGP
13 20 (5.80%) SD-WAN
13 20 (5.80%) WLAN
14 19 (5.51%) LTE
14 19 (5.51%) SAN
15 18 (5.22%) Cisco ASA
15 18 (5.22%) OSPF
16 17 (4.93%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.58%) MySQL
3 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.45%) GitLab
2 3 (0.87%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 104 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.23%) Finance
3 29 (8.41%) Telecoms
4 26 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.51%) Manufacturing
6 18 (5.22%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.06%) Aerospace
9 12 (3.48%) Billing
10 10 (2.90%) Law
11 9 (2.61%) Automotive
11 9 (2.61%) Electronics
11 9 (2.61%) Legal
11 9 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.74%) Military
14 5 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.45%) Retail
15 4 (1.16%) Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (23.19%) Support Engineer
2 73 (21.16%) Network Engineer
3 68 (19.71%) Technical Engineer
4 64 (18.55%) Technical Support
5 56 (16.23%) Technical Support Engineer
6 35 (10.14%) Senior
7 34 (9.86%) Administrator
8 33 (9.57%) Analyst
9 31 (8.99%) IT Engineer
10 30 (8.70%) Systems Administrator
11 26 (7.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 24 (6.96%) IT Support
13 20 (5.80%) NOC Engineer
13 20 (5.80%) Senior Network Engineer
14 18 (5.22%) Support Analyst
15 14 (4.06%) Cisco Engineer
15 14 (4.06%) IT Support Engineer
16 13 (3.77%) Architect
16 13 (3.77%) Security Engineer
17 12 (3.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.19%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.16%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.29%) LAMP
3 1 (0.29%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Svelte
3 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.46%) Data Centre
2 38 (11.01%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.54%) e-Learning
4 17 (4.93%) CCTV
5 14 (4.06%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.61%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (2.61%) Smartphone
8 8 (2.32%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (2.03%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.74%) Handset
11 5 (1.45%) LIMS
11 5 (1.45%) SCADA
12 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.87%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (23.77%) Windows
2 64 (18.55%) Linux
3 49 (14.20%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.28%) Unix
5 18 (5.22%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.45%) Android
10 2 (0.58%) CentOS
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.72%) Customer Service
2 71 (20.58%) ITIL
3 69 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (19.71%) Mentoring
5 50 (14.49%) High Availability
6 44 (12.75%) Commercial Awareness
7 43 (12.46%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (11.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 34 (9.86%) Kalman Filter
10 29 (8.41%) Project Delivery
11 28 (8.12%) Service Delivery
12 27 (7.83%) Innovative Thinking
13 26 (7.54%) Web Filtering
14 25 (7.25%) Proactive Monitoring
15 23 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
16 22 (6.38%) Regulatory Change
17 21 (6.09%) Security Operations
18 20 (5.80%) Presales
19 19 (5.51%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.99%) PowerShell
2 27 (7.83%) Python
3 6 (1.74%) Bash
4 3 (0.87%) Bicep
5 2 (0.58%) C
5 2 (0.58%) R
5 2 (0.58%) VB
6 1 (0.29%) Go
6 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 345 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 134 (38.84%) CCNP
3 101 (29.28%) Security Cleared
4 80 (23.19%) SC Cleared
5 76 (22.03%) JNCIA
6 67 (19.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (15.65%) Degree
8 49 (14.20%) DV Cleared
9 47 (13.62%) MCSE
10 37 (10.72%) Network+ Certification
11 34 (9.86%) MCSA
12 24 (6.96%) MCP
13 22 (6.38%) DBS Check
14 15 (4.35%) A+ Certification
15 14 (4.06%) CCIE
15 14 (4.06%) CompTIA Security+
15 14 (4.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 13 (3.77%) CISSP
16 13 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (3.19%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (5.80%) SLA
3 15 (4.35%) GDPR
4 14 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.77%) NIST
6 7 (2.03%) GxP
7 5 (1.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.87%) ITGC
8 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 53 (15.36%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.80%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.06%) vSphere
5 12 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.74%) Docker
7 5 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.16%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.16%) Firmware
8 4 (1.16%) pfSense
9 3 (0.87%) KVM
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.58%) RHEV
10 2 (0.58%) Samba
10 2 (0.58%) Squid
10 2 (0.58%) Xen
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (10.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.35%) Ansible
2 15 (4.35%) FortiGate
3 9 (2.61%) SCCM
3 9 (2.61%) Terraform
4 7 (2.03%) Autotask
4 7 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.03%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.74%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (1.16%) Grafana
7 3 (0.87%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.87%) Nmap
7 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.87%) QRadar
8 2 (0.58%) Nagios
8 2 (0.58%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.58%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.58%) VxRail
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 200 (57.97%) Cisco
2 93 (26.96%) Microsoft
3 56 (16.23%) Fortinet
4 52 (15.07%) Juniper
5 49 (14.20%) VMware
6 35 (10.14%) Meraki
7 22 (6.38%) Aruba
7 22 (6.38%) Palo Alto
8 20 (5.80%) CheckPoint
8 20 (5.80%) SolarWinds
9 16 (4.64%) Dell
10 15 (4.35%) Citrix
11 13 (3.77%) Apple
11 13 (3.77%) Freshdesk
11 13 (3.77%) Starlink
12 11 (3.19%) Remedy
12 11 (3.19%) ServiceNow
13 10 (2.90%) Arista
13 10 (2.90%) F5
14 9 (2.61%) HP