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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 244 284
Rank change year-on-year -104 +40 +134
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 328 674 561
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.23% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.70% 3.46% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 226 311 481
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.82% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £73,750
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 19,308 19,498 15,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.61% 35.62% 30.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7,773 7,728 10,723
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 £48,061 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -12.62% +5.77% +4.00%

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 3 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 3 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 -111 299 £40,500 -26.36% 111
UK excluding London -70 266 £40,000 -23.81% 109
Work from Home +92 102 £41,000 -25.45% 28
South East -22 71 £51,250 -8.08% 28
North of England -16 53 £47,500 - 36
South West +41 51 £32,000 -29.67% 7
London -14 51 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Midlands -111 39 £32,500 -36.59% 22
North West +14 36 £50,000 +5.26% 21
East Midlands -33 32 £32,500 -18.75% 5
East of England +27 31 £40,000 -21.57% 10
Scotland +3 13 £36,000 -35.43% 2
Yorkshire -22 9 £26,000 -54.78% 13
North East +4 8 £31,000 -52.31% 3
Northern Ireland 0 7 £37,500 -28.57% 1
West Midlands -101 7 £51,000 -2.86% 17
Wales -27 1 £32,500 -26.14% 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 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Apache
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (23.78%) Azure
2 47 (14.33%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (10.37%) AWS
4 28 (8.54%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.83%) IaaS
6 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.22%) SaaS
7 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.91%) GitHub
7 3 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.61%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.61%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.61%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.61%) SecurityScorecard
8 2 (0.61%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.30%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 161 (49.09%) Firewall
2 95 (28.96%) WAN
3 93 (28.35%) LAN
4 67 (20.43%) VPN
5 46 (14.02%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (13.41%) Network Security
7 42 (12.80%) VSAT
8 35 (10.67%) TCP/IP
9 34 (10.37%) VLAN
10 25 (7.62%) MPLS
11 21 (6.40%) Cisco ASA
11 21 (6.40%) Wireless
12 20 (6.10%) BGP
13 19 (5.79%) DNS
14 18 (5.49%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (5.18%) DHCP
15 17 (5.18%) SAN
15 17 (5.18%) SD-WAN
15 17 (5.18%) VoIP
16 15 (4.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.61%) InfluxDB
2 2 (0.61%) MySQL
2 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Burp Suite
1 6 (1.83%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.91%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 111 (33.84%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.16%) Finance
3 26 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.71%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.79%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (4.57%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.05%) Legal
9 9 (2.74%) Law
9 9 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.44%) Retail
11 6 (1.83%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.83%) Billing
12 5 (1.52%) Automotive
12 5 (1.52%) Electronics
13 4 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.61%) Banking
14 2 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (19.82%) Network Engineer
2 62 (18.90%) Support Engineer
3 60 (18.29%) Technical Engineer
4 51 (15.55%) Technical Support
5 43 (13.11%) Technical Support Engineer
6 30 (9.15%) Analyst
6 30 (9.15%) IT Engineer
7 29 (8.84%) Administrator
7 29 (8.84%) Senior
8 25 (7.62%) Cisco Engineer
8 25 (7.62%) Systems Administrator
9 24 (7.32%) LAN Engineer
9 24 (7.32%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 24 (7.32%) WAN Engineer
10 21 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.10%) IT Support
11 20 (6.10%) NOC Engineer
12 19 (5.79%) Support Analyst
13 16 (4.88%) Presales Engineer
14 14 (4.27%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.83%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.22%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.61%) Middleware
4 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.30%) LAMP
4 1 (0.30%) React
4 1 (0.30%) Svelte
4 1 (0.30%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.33%) Data Centre
2 26 (7.93%) Driving Licence
3 24 (7.32%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.66%) CCTV
5 11 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.05%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.05%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.83%) Handset
9 6 (1.83%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.52%) LIMS
10 5 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.52%) SCADA
10 5 (1.52%) Social Media
11 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (21.34%) Windows
2 54 (16.46%) Linux
3 43 (13.11%) Windows Server
4 30 (9.15%) Unix
5 17 (5.18%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.52%) Android
8 4 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.61%) CentOS
9 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (32.32%) Customer Service
2 75 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (21.95%) ITIL
4 57 (17.38%) Mentoring
5 45 (13.72%) High Availability
6 40 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (10.67%) Commercial Awareness
8 34 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (10.06%) Kalman Filter
10 31 (9.45%) Presales
11 26 (7.93%) Innovative Thinking
11 26 (7.93%) Service Delivery
12 25 (7.62%) Project Delivery
12 25 (7.62%) Web Filtering
13 24 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (6.40%) Security Operations
15 20 (6.10%) Penetration Testing
16 19 (5.79%) Information Security
16 19 (5.79%) Network Monitoring
17 18 (5.49%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.93%) Python
2 25 (7.62%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.83%) Bash
4 3 (0.91%) Bicep
5 2 (0.61%) C
5 2 (0.61%) R
5 2 (0.61%) VB
6 1 (0.30%) Go
6 1 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 328 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 125 (38.11%) CCNP
3 93 (28.35%) Security Cleared
4 75 (22.87%) SC Cleared
5 71 (21.65%) JNCIA
6 63 (19.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 58 (17.68%) Degree
8 44 (13.41%) MCSE
9 43 (13.11%) DV Cleared
10 38 (11.59%) Network+ Certification
11 32 (9.76%) MCSA
12 27 (8.23%) MCP
13 26 (7.93%) DBS Check
14 17 (5.18%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (4.88%) CISSP
15 16 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
16 15 (4.57%) A+ Certification
16 15 (4.57%) CCIE
17 11 (3.35%) CCSA
17 11 (3.35%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (6.71%) SLA
3 16 (4.88%) GDPR
4 14 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.96%) NIST
6 7 (2.13%) GxP
7 6 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.91%) ITGC
9 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 44 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.27%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.13%) vSphere
5 6 (1.83%) Docker
5 6 (1.83%) Firmware
6 4 (1.22%) pfSense
6 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.91%) KVM
7 3 (0.91%) 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
9 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (10.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.79%) FortiGate
3 14 (4.27%) Ansible
4 7 (2.13%) SCCM
5 6 (1.83%) Nmap
5 6 (1.83%) Terraform
6 5 (1.52%) Autotask
6 5 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.52%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.22%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.91%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.91%) Grafana
8 3 (0.91%) QRadar
9 2 (0.61%) Nagios
9 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.61%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.61%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.61%) VxRail
10 1 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 196 (59.76%) Cisco
2 84 (25.61%) Microsoft
3 69 (21.04%) Fortinet
4 59 (17.99%) Juniper
5 40 (12.20%) VMware
6 33 (10.06%) Meraki
7 28 (8.54%) Aruba
8 22 (6.71%) CheckPoint
9 21 (6.40%) Palo Alto
10 19 (5.79%) SolarWinds
11 17 (5.18%) Dell
12 14 (4.27%) Citrix
13 13 (3.96%) Starlink
14 11 (3.35%) Apple
14 11 (3.35%) Remedy
15 10 (3.05%) ServiceNow
16 9 (2.74%) Arista
16 9 (2.74%) Freshdesk
17 8 (2.44%) Mitel
17 8 (2.44%) Splunk