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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 323 357
Rank change year-on-year +19 +34 +16
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 574 399 768
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.91% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.86% 2.31% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 180 292 644
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,039 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,625 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,250 £45,000 £44,225
% change year-on-year +0.56% +1.75% +4.06%

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 20,094 17,307 26,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.69% 39.62% 25.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,326 7,224 17,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% +1.93% -4.76%

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 June 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 4 June 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 +11 506 £50,000 +5.26% 238
UK excluding London +50 482 £45,250 +0.56% 259
North of England +32 139 £50,000 -9.09% 45
South East -6 93 £45,000 +5.88% 60
London -56 86 £74,500 +35.45% 36
Midlands -38 81 £51,058 +32.62% 28
Yorkshire +7 68 £45,500 +17.88% 15
South West -34 67 £40,000 -13.51% 48
North West +27 59 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Work from Home -8 53 £47,750 +6.11% 44
East Midlands -16 44 £51,058 +45.88% 9
East of England +12 43 £34,000 -30.26% 33
Scotland +43 39 £27,075 -23.19% 21
West Midlands -43 37 £53,401 -17.85% 19
Wales -20 20 £32,993 -12.02% 14
North East -29 12 - - 10
Northern Ireland -33 6 - - 12

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 26 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 416 (72.47%) Azure
2 49 (8.54%) AWS
3 47 (8.19%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (1.92%) GCP
6 9 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.87%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.87%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.70%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.70%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.70%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.70%) Serverless
9 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.52%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.35%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 139 (24.22%) Firewall
2 108 (18.82%) WAN
3 87 (15.16%) LAN
4 77 (13.41%) VPN
5 58 (10.10%) Network Security
6 54 (9.41%) Wi-Fi
7 34 (5.92%) TCP/IP
8 30 (5.23%) VLAN
9 29 (5.05%) SD-WAN
9 29 (5.05%) VoIP
10 28 (4.88%) DNS
11 27 (4.70%) DHCP
11 27 (4.70%) Wireless
12 21 (3.66%) SAN
13 19 (3.31%) BGP
13 19 (3.31%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (2.96%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (2.79%) MPLS
16 15 (2.61%) Cisco ISE
16 15 (2.61%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (3.31%) JIRA
2 13 (2.26%) GitLab
3 9 (1.57%) Git
3 9 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.39%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.70%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.70%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
General
1 426 (74.22%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (4.36%) Public Sector
4 21 (3.66%) Finance
5 16 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (2.26%) Legal
7 12 (2.09%) Retail
8 11 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.57%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.22%) Banking
11 7 (1.22%) Law
12 4 (0.70%) Automotive
12 4 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.70%) Electronics
12 4 (0.70%) Military
13 2 (0.35%) Local Government
14 1 (0.17%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 412 (71.78%) Network Engineer
2 52 (9.06%) IT Engineer
3 31 (5.40%) Cisco Engineer
4 27 (4.70%) IT Support
5 25 (4.36%) Senior
6 24 (4.18%) Support Engineer
7 22 (3.83%) IT Support Engineer
7 22 (3.83%) LAN Engineer
7 22 (3.83%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 22 (3.83%) WAN Engineer
8 21 (3.66%) Lead
9 19 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
10 18 (3.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 18 (3.14%) Field Engineer
10 18 (3.14%) Field Service Engineer
10 18 (3.14%) Presales Engineer
11 14 (2.44%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (2.26%) Firewall Engineer
12 13 (2.26%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.70%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.70%) boto
1 4 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.35%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.10%) Data Centre
2 17 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (2.79%) Driving Licence
3 16 (2.79%) Security Posture
4 13 (2.26%) Smartphone
5 11 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.87%) FMCG
8 5 (0.87%) PKI
8 5 (0.87%) Replication
8 5 (0.87%) Social Media
9 4 (0.70%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (0.70%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.70%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 84 (14.63%) Windows
2 43 (7.49%) Linux
2 43 (7.49%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (8.54%) ITIL
4 39 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (6.62%) Customer Service
6 34 (5.92%) Disaster Recovery
6 34 (5.92%) High Availability
7 31 (5.40%) Computer Science
8 28 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (4.88%) Network Monitoring
9 27 (4.70%) Incident Response
10 25 (4.36%) Presales
11 24 (4.18%) SIEM
12 22 (3.83%) Business Continuity
12 22 (3.83%) Network Architecture
13 21 (3.66%) Process Improvement
14 20 (3.48%) Network Design
15 17 (2.96%) Penetration Testing
16 15 (2.61%) Infrastructure as Code
16 15 (2.61%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 33 (5.75%) PowerShell
2 17 (2.96%) Python
3 9 (1.57%) Bash
4 8 (1.39%) Java
5 2 (0.35%) Bicep
5 2 (0.35%) SQL
6 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 574 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 369 (64.29%) Network+ Certification
3 362 (63.07%) Azure Certification
4 98 (17.07%) CCNP
5 68 (11.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (10.98%) Degree
7 39 (6.79%) MCSE
8 37 (6.45%) Security Cleared
9 26 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (3.48%) CCIE
10 20 (3.48%) SC Cleared
11 18 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (2.96%) A+ Certification
13 16 (2.79%) JNCIA
14 13 (2.26%) CISSP
14 13 (2.26%) DBS Check
15 12 (2.09%) OSCP
15 12 (2.09%) RHCSA
16 11 (1.92%) CCSA
16 11 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (3.66%) SLA
3 17 (2.96%) GDPR
4 12 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.09%) NIST
5 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.52%) COBIT
6 3 (0.52%) QA
7 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.79%) vSphere
5 12 (2.09%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.92%) Docker
7 8 (1.39%) Squid
8 7 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.05%) Firmware
10 3 (0.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.52%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (3.66%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.14%) Ansible
3 16 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (2.79%) Terraform
4 10 (1.74%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (1.57%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.39%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.39%) Packer
7 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.70%) Control-M
8 4 (0.70%) Nmap
8 4 (0.70%) WSUS
9 3 (0.52%) OpenView
9 3 (0.52%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.52%) VxRail
10 2 (0.35%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 452 (78.75%) Cisco
2 409 (71.25%) Microsoft
3 330 (57.49%) ForeScout
4 55 (9.58%) Fortinet
5 45 (7.84%) VMware
6 27 (4.70%) Aruba
7 25 (4.36%) Dell
7 25 (4.36%) Meraki
8 22 (3.83%) Juniper
9 21 (3.66%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.48%) CheckPoint
11 19 (3.31%) Splunk
12 17 (2.96%) Palo Alto
13 12 (2.09%) HP
13 12 (2.09%) Sophos
14 11 (1.92%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.92%) Veeam
15 8 (1.39%) Citrix
15 8 (1.39%) Oracle
16 7 (1.22%) Zscaler