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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 351 365
Rank change year-on-year -43 +14 +36
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 387 814 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.76% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.49% 2.91% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 305 591 560
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,100 £67,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,089 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.07% +3.74% -5.56%

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 25,996 27,998 29,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 43.67% 26.20% 33.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,879 16,783 14,382
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +9.38%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCNA.

Salary trend for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for CCNA in the UK

CCNA
Top 18 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 5 July 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 -38 368 £47,500 - 565
UK excluding London -63 268 £45,000 +2.07% 388
London +83 113 £53,500 -2.73% 214
South East -20 78 £42,500 - 100
Work from Home -38 74 £47,500 -2.06% 246
South West +107 62 £42,500 - 44
North of England -39 59 £53,750 +26.47% 97
Midlands -26 50 £38,500 -20.62% 52
North West -52 37 £55,000 +37.50% 52
East Midlands +22 29 £35,000 -26.32% 16
West Midlands -35 21 £65,000 +34.02% 35
Yorkshire +9 17 £38,600 -18.74% 36
Scotland +69 7 £25,500 -49.00% 22
East of England -5 7 £41,750 -7.22% 48
North East +43 5 £50,000 -28.57% 11
Wales +10 4 £49,750 +24.38% 18
Northern Ireland +42 2 £52,500 +61.54% 10
Isle of Man +4 1 £34,500 -21.14%

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (8.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.55%) nginx
4 1 (0.26%) Confluence
4 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (5.17%) MS Visio
2 13 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.78%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 110 (28.42%) Azure
2 76 (19.64%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (13.18%) AWS
4 21 (5.43%) GCP
5 13 (3.36%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.84%) PaaS
7 10 (2.58%) IaaS
7 10 (2.58%) SaaS
8 7 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.55%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.29%) Rubrik
11 4 (1.03%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.03%) Dropbox
11 4 (1.03%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.03%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.26%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 182 (47.03%) Firewall
2 158 (40.83%) WAN
3 146 (37.73%) LAN
4 116 (29.97%) VPN
5 85 (21.96%) BGP
6 82 (21.19%) Network Security
7 71 (18.35%) MPLS
8 65 (16.80%) OSPF
9 62 (16.02%) Wi-Fi
10 57 (14.73%) TCP/IP
11 53 (13.70%) DNS
12 50 (12.92%) VLAN
13 43 (11.11%) IPsec
14 40 (10.34%) Wireless
15 37 (9.56%) DHCP
16 32 (8.27%) VSAT
17 30 (7.75%) Junos
18 22 (5.68%) SD-WAN
19 21 (5.43%) Cisco Firepower
20 20 (5.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.26%) MySQL
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.26%) Power BI
2 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.84%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (1.81%) GitLab
3 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 111 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.41%) Finance
3 45 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.04%) Banking
5 32 (8.27%) Telecoms
6 26 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (4.39%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.36%) Military
10 10 (2.58%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.58%) Billing
10 10 (2.58%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.07%) Automotive
11 8 (2.07%) Law
12 6 (1.55%) Electronics
12 6 (1.55%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.29%) Advertising
14 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 129 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 66 (17.05%) Support Engineer
3 60 (15.50%) Architect
4 43 (11.11%) Technical Support
5 41 (10.59%) Technical Engineer
5 41 (10.59%) Technical Support Engineer
6 35 (9.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (9.04%) Junior
7 34 (8.79%) IT Support
7 34 (8.79%) Network Architect
8 31 (8.01%) Senior
9 25 (6.46%) NOC Engineer
10 21 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (5.17%) Junior Architect
11 20 (5.17%) Junior Solutions Architect
12 19 (4.91%) Lead
13 17 (4.39%) IT Engineer
13 17 (4.39%) Team Leader
14 16 (4.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.88%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.36%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.55%) SAML
3 1 (0.26%) JSON
3 1 (0.26%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.37%) Data Centre
2 35 (9.04%) Driving Licence
3 10 (2.58%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.07%) PKI
5 7 (1.81%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.55%) CCTV
6 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.55%) IPTV
6 6 (1.55%) PMI
6 6 (1.55%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.29%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.29%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.78%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.78%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.52%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 100 (25.84%) Windows
2 61 (15.76%) Windows Server
3 54 (13.95%) Linux
4 22 (5.68%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.78%) Unix
8 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.52%) CentOS
9 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (18.09%) Mentoring
3 61 (15.76%) Customer Service
4 56 (14.47%) ITIL
5 44 (11.37%) Presales
6 42 (10.85%) High Availability
7 41 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 41 (10.59%) Network Design
8 38 (9.82%) Technical Leadership
9 33 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (8.53%) Network Management
10 31 (8.01%) Root Cause Analysis
11 29 (7.49%) Commercial Awareness
12 27 (6.98%) Project Delivery
13 26 (6.72%) Proactive Monitoring
14 25 (6.46%) Incident Management
14 25 (6.46%) Migration
14 25 (6.46%) Requirements Gathering
15 24 (6.20%) Artificial Intelligence
15 24 (6.20%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.53%) PowerShell
2 28 (7.24%) Python
3 12 (3.10%) Bash
4 8 (2.07%) R
5 7 (1.81%) C
6 2 (0.52%) SQL
7 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 387 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 172 (44.44%) CCNP
3 95 (24.55%) Security Cleared
4 86 (22.22%) JNCIA
5 73 (18.86%) SC Cleared
6 63 (16.28%) Degree
7 59 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (8.27%) Network+ Certification
9 31 (8.01%) MCSE
10 30 (7.75%) Azure Certification
11 28 (7.24%) JNCIS
12 26 (6.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 24 (6.20%) MCSA
14 20 (5.17%) DV Cleared
15 14 (3.62%) MCP
16 13 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
17 12 (3.10%) CCIE
17 12 (3.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 10 (2.58%) CompTIA Security+
19 9 (2.33%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.59%) SLA
2 7 (1.81%) MIL-STD-1553
3 6 (1.55%) NIST
4 3 (0.78%) GDPR
4 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (17.57%) Active Directory
2 41 (10.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (7.75%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.88%) vSphere
5 12 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.55%) Firmware
8 4 (1.03%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.03%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.26%) Docker
10 1 (0.26%) NFS
10 1 (0.26%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (6.20%) Ansible
2 17 (4.39%) Terraform
3 15 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.10%) Nagios
5 7 (1.81%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (1.81%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.55%) Autotask
6 6 (1.55%) SCCM
7 5 (1.29%) CASB
7 5 (1.29%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 5 (1.29%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.03%) VxRail
9 3 (0.78%) Iperf
9 3 (0.78%) Nessus
10 1 (0.26%) Grafana
10 1 (0.26%) WMI
10 1 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 243 (62.79%) Cisco
2 109 (28.17%) Microsoft
3 99 (25.58%) Juniper
4 80 (20.67%) Fortinet
5 60 (15.50%) VMware
6 53 (13.70%) Meraki
7 41 (10.59%) Palo Alto
8 37 (9.56%) SolarWinds
9 30 (7.75%) Aruba
10 26 (6.72%) CheckPoint
11 19 (4.91%) HP
12 15 (3.88%) Arista
13 13 (3.36%) F5
14 9 (2.33%) Ekahau
15 8 (2.07%) Citrix
15 8 (2.07%) ServiceNow
15 8 (2.07%) Veeam
16 7 (1.81%) Google
17 6 (1.55%) Bloomberg
17 6 (1.55%) Dell