Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 293 444 441
Rank change year-on-year +151 -3 -200
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 579 873 932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 0.71% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.35% 2.41% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 473 637 805
10th Percentile £29,150 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £34,585 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.16% -4.44% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCNA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,261 36,220 31,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.58% 29.49% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,821 16,971 17,946
10th Percentile £31,207 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

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 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +125 490 £47,500 - 224
UK excluding London +116 421 £42,500 -1.16% 178
Work from Home +140 205 £43,375 -15.74% 83
South East +115 133 £42,000 -18.45% 46
London +176 132 £55,000 +4.76% 58
Midlands +77 78 £45,000 -5.26% 44
South West +33 70 £46,250 +13.50% 17
West Midlands +97 67 £45,000 -5.26% 30
North of England +92 54 £40,000 - 47
Scotland +41 30 £45,000 +11.73% 5
Wales +25 29 £39,000 -2.50% 5
Yorkshire +84 24 £41,000 +8.61% 20
East of England +91 18 £50,000 +31.58% 17
North West +86 18 £40,000 - 25
North East +43 12 £39,005 -4.87% 2
East Midlands +27 11 £52,000 +9.47% 14
Northern Ireland +41 8 £66,000 -4.00% 4
Channel Islands +9 1 £55,000 +10.00%

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 22 (3.80%) MS Exchange
2 15 (2.59%) Confluence
3 10 (1.73%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.38%) Apache
5 7 (1.21%) IIS
6 5 (0.86%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.35%) nginx
7 2 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 33 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.17%) PlanetPress Connect
2 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 132 (22.80%) Azure
2 104 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (9.67%) AWS
4 30 (5.18%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.94%) Nutanix
6 16 (2.76%) IaaS
7 11 (1.90%) PaaS
8 9 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (1.38%) Rubrik
10 7 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.04%) SaaS
11 6 (1.04%) WhatsApp
12 4 (0.69%) GCP
13 2 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.35%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.35%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Direct Connect
14 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 269 (46.46%) Firewall
2 231 (39.90%) WAN
3 203 (35.06%) LAN
4 150 (25.91%) VPN
5 132 (22.80%) Wireless
6 127 (21.93%) Network Security
7 107 (18.48%) SD-WAN
8 103 (17.79%) Wi-Fi
9 92 (15.89%) BGP
10 91 (15.72%) DNS
11 81 (13.99%) VLAN
12 78 (13.47%) Cisco ASA
13 77 (13.30%) DHCP
14 76 (13.13%) MPLS
15 75 (12.95%) OSPF
16 72 (12.44%) TCP/IP
17 58 (10.02%) Cisco Firepower
18 42 (7.25%) IPsec
19 38 (6.56%) Broadband
20 35 (6.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.28%) MySQL
2 18 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.42%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.52%) GIS
7 2 (0.35%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 15 (2.59%) JIRA
2 12 (2.07%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.73%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
General
1 153 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.93%) Telecoms
3 52 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.08%) Finance
5 38 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 26 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.28%) Law
8 17 (2.94%) Games
9 11 (1.90%) Legal
9 11 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.55%) Retail
11 8 (1.38%) Banking
12 7 (1.21%) Welsh Language
13 5 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.86%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.35%) Electronics
15 2 (0.35%) Military
15 2 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 265 (45.77%) Network Engineer
2 98 (16.93%) Support Engineer
3 96 (16.58%) Senior
4 71 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 67 (11.57%) Analyst
6 63 (10.88%) Network Support
7 52 (8.98%) Network Support Engineer
8 43 (7.43%) Cisco Engineer
9 39 (6.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 39 (6.74%) Senior Network Engineer
10 38 (6.56%) Network Analyst
11 36 (6.22%) IT Engineer
12 30 (5.18%) Security Engineer
13 29 (5.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 29 (5.01%) Consultant
14 23 (3.97%) Operations Analyst
15 22 (3.80%) Project Consultant
15 22 (3.80%) Technical Support
16 21 (3.63%) Architect
17 20 (3.45%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
1 6 (1.04%) Kafka
2 5 (0.86%) REST
3 4 (0.69%) SAML
4 3 (0.52%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.35%) LAMP
5 2 (0.35%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.35%) YANG
6 1 (0.17%) .NET
6 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 103 (17.79%) Data Centre
2 29 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.25%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.25%) Public Cloud
5 12 (2.07%) Virtual Team
6 10 (1.73%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.73%) Tandem
7 9 (1.55%) PKI
8 7 (1.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (1.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (1.04%) IoT
9 6 (1.04%) NHS
10 5 (0.86%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.69%) CCTV
11 4 (0.69%) CMDB
11 4 (0.69%) iPhone
11 4 (0.69%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.69%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 137 (23.66%) Windows
2 73 (12.61%) Windows Server
3 65 (11.23%) Linux
4 45 (7.77%) Windows 10
5 23 (3.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (3.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (3.11%) Mac OS
8 18 (3.11%) Unix
9 5 (0.86%) Windows XP
10 4 (0.69%) Android
10 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.52%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.35%) CentOS
12 2 (0.35%) Debian
12 2 (0.35%) Solaris
12 2 (0.35%) VyOS
12 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (21.59%) ITIL
2 93 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (15.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 68 (11.74%) Customer Service
5 53 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (7.08%) Network Monitoring
7 40 (6.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 40 (6.91%) Proactive Monitoring
8 28 (4.84%) Project Management
8 28 (4.84%) SIEM
9 27 (4.66%) Actionable Insight
9 27 (4.66%) Project Delivery
10 26 (4.49%) Knowledge Transfer
10 26 (4.49%) Presales
11 25 (4.32%) Network Design
12 24 (4.15%) DevOps
13 23 (3.97%) Network Management
14 22 (3.80%) Change Advisory Board
15 21 (3.63%) Change Management
16 19 (3.28%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 70 (12.09%) PowerShell
2 42 (7.25%) Python
3 37 (6.39%) Bash
4 25 (4.32%) SQL
5 6 (1.04%) Perl
6 4 (0.69%) C
7 2 (0.35%) PHP
8 1 (0.17%) C#
8 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 579 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 261 (45.08%) CCNP
3 132 (22.80%) Security Cleared
4 107 (18.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 105 (18.13%) Degree
6 78 (13.47%) SC Cleared
7 55 (9.50%) DV Cleared
7 55 (9.50%) MCSE
8 51 (8.81%) Network+ Certification
9 47 (8.12%) JNCIA
10 31 (5.35%) MCP
11 29 (5.01%) CCIE
12 28 (4.84%) MCSA
13 25 (4.32%) MCITP
14 23 (3.97%) CISSP
15 16 (2.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 15 (2.59%) CCDP
17 13 (2.25%) Azure Certification
18 12 (2.07%) A+ Certification
19 10 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.98%) SLA
2 19 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (1.90%) NIST
5 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (0.52%) QA
6 2 (0.35%) COBIT
6 2 (0.35%) GDPR
6 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.35%) PMO
6 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.17%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 125 (21.59%) Active Directory
2 81 (13.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (5.70%) Hyper-V
4 22 (3.80%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (3.45%) VMware NSX
6 13 (2.25%) Firmware
7 12 (2.07%) vSphere
8 11 (1.90%) Docker
9 7 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.52%) vCloud
12 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.35%) KVM
12 2 (0.35%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.17%) Ceph
13 1 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
13 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 69 (11.92%) FortiGate
2 30 (5.18%) Ansible
3 25 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (3.28%) SCCM
5 15 (2.59%) Terraform
6 11 (1.90%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.38%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (1.38%) Nagios
8 7 (1.21%) SCOM
8 7 (1.21%) WSUS
9 6 (1.04%) Consul
9 6 (1.04%) Puppet
9 6 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.04%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.86%) Backup Exec
10 5 (0.86%) EMC NetWorker
10 5 (0.86%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
11 4 (0.69%) Cisco UCCX
11 4 (0.69%) Nessus
Vendors
1 392 (67.70%) Cisco
2 141 (24.35%) Microsoft
3 140 (24.18%) VMware
4 118 (20.38%) Juniper
5 98 (16.93%) Palo Alto
6 74 (12.78%) CheckPoint
7 60 (10.36%) Meraki
8 42 (7.25%) HP
9 41 (7.08%) Fortinet
10 39 (6.74%) SolarWinds
11 38 (6.56%) Aruba
12 37 (6.39%) Citrix
13 32 (5.53%) Dell
14 26 (4.49%) F5
14 26 (4.49%) Forcepoint
14 26 (4.49%) McAfee
15 25 (4.32%) Oracle
16 24 (4.15%) Symantec
17 18 (3.11%) Acronis
17 18 (3.11%) Avaya