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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 320 358
Rank change year-on-year +16 +38 +46
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 568 374 755
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.88% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.68% 2.18% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 173 276 649
10th Percentile £25,400 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +6.72%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,250 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,225
% change year-on-year - +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 21,196 17,160 25,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.85% 40.26% 26.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,251 7,085 17,143
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,125 £40,750 £38,357
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 £51,532 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.73% +3.06% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -1 498 £50,000 +5.26% 196
UK excluding London +58 477 £45,000 - 209
North of England +30 138 £50,000 -9.09% 37
South East -7 88 £42,500 +3.03% 48
London -50 84 £74,000 +23.33% 29
Midlands -26 81 £51,058 +32.62% 20
Yorkshire +7 65 £47,750 +23.70% 11
South West -31 65 £40,000 -8.57% 43
North West +26 61 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Work from Home -9 51 £50,000 +11.11% 39
East of England +30 44 £34,000 -18.43% 25
East Midlands -20 44 £51,058 +45.88% 3
Scotland +40 41 £27,075 -23.19% 15
West Midlands -41 37 £53,401 -17.85% 17
Wales -19 20 £32,993 -27.71% 12
North East -34 12 - - 9
Northern Ireland -29 6 - - 9

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 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 408 (71.83%) Azure
2 47 (8.27%) AWS
3 44 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.11%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (1.94%) GCP
6 9 (1.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.88%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (0.53%) Amazon S3
8 3 (0.53%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (0.53%) AWS Fargate
8 3 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.53%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.53%) Serverless
9 2 (0.35%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 130 (22.89%) Firewall
2 102 (17.96%) WAN
3 81 (14.26%) LAN
4 65 (11.44%) VPN
5 51 (8.98%) Network Security
6 45 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (4.93%) DNS
7 28 (4.93%) TCP/IP
8 27 (4.75%) DHCP
8 27 (4.75%) VoIP
9 26 (4.58%) SAN
10 25 (4.40%) SD-WAN
10 25 (4.40%) Wireless
11 24 (4.23%) VLAN
12 19 (3.35%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (2.99%) BGP
14 16 (2.82%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (2.46%) Cisco ISE
16 13 (2.29%) MPLS
17 12 (2.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (2.99%) JIRA
2 12 (2.11%) GitLab
3 8 (1.41%) Git
3 8 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.23%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.70%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.70%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.18%) Chocolatey
General
1 422 (74.30%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (4.75%) Public Sector
4 21 (3.70%) Finance
5 18 (3.17%) Legal
5 18 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.58%) Retail
9 8 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.41%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.23%) Law
11 6 (1.06%) Banking
12 5 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.70%) Automotive
13 4 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.70%) Electronics
14 3 (0.53%) Military
15 2 (0.35%) Local Government
16 1 (0.18%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 405 (71.30%) Network Engineer
2 56 (9.86%) IT Engineer
3 34 (5.99%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (4.40%) LAN Engineer
4 25 (4.40%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 25 (4.40%) WAN Engineer
5 24 (4.23%) IT Support
6 23 (4.05%) Field Engineer
6 23 (4.05%) Field Service Engineer
6 23 (4.05%) Support Engineer
7 21 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (3.70%) Lead
8 20 (3.52%) Senior
9 19 (3.35%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (3.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 19 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (3.35%) Presales Engineer
10 15 (2.64%) Firewall Engineer
10 15 (2.64%) Juniper Engineer
11 11 (1.94%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.70%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.53%) boto
3 2 (0.35%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.09%) Data Centre
2 22 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (3.17%) Smartphone
4 14 (2.46%) Driving Licence
4 14 (2.46%) Security Posture
5 10 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (1.76%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (0.88%) FMCG
7 5 (0.88%) PKI
7 5 (0.88%) Replication
7 5 (0.88%) Social Media
8 4 (0.70%) Insider Threat
8 4 (0.70%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.53%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 77 (13.56%) Windows
2 41 (7.22%) Linux
3 35 (6.16%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.76%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (8.45%) Customer Service
3 46 (8.10%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (7.75%) ITIL
5 38 (6.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 32 (5.63%) High Availability
7 30 (5.28%) Computer Science
8 27 (4.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (4.58%) Network Monitoring
10 25 (4.40%) Incident Response
10 25 (4.40%) Presales
11 23 (4.05%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (3.87%) Process Improvement
12 22 (3.87%) SIEM
13 21 (3.70%) Network Architecture
14 19 (3.35%) Coaching
14 19 (3.35%) Network Design
15 17 (2.99%) Business Continuity
16 15 (2.64%) Penetration Testing
17 14 (2.46%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.28%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.17%) Python
3 8 (1.41%) Bash
4 7 (1.23%) Java
5 2 (0.35%) Bicep
5 2 (0.35%) SQL
6 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 568 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 374 (65.85%) Network+ Certification
3 357 (62.85%) Azure Certification
4 92 (16.20%) CCNP
5 70 (12.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (11.09%) Degree
7 44 (7.75%) MCSE
8 37 (6.51%) Security Cleared
9 25 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (3.87%) A+ Certification
12 21 (3.70%) SC Cleared
13 20 (3.52%) JNCIA
14 19 (3.35%) CCIE
15 15 (2.64%) DBS Check
16 12 (2.11%) CCSA
16 12 (2.11%) CCSE
17 11 (1.94%) CISSP
17 11 (1.94%) MCSA
17 11 (1.94%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.35%) SLA
3 18 (3.17%) GDPR
4 12 (2.11%) NIST
5 9 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.53%) COBIT
8 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.35%) QA
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (8.10%) Active Directory
2 30 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.82%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.64%) vSphere
5 11 (1.94%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.76%) Docker
7 8 (1.41%) Firmware
8 7 (1.23%) Squid
8 7 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.53%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.87%) FortiGate
2 20 (3.52%) Ansible
3 15 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.64%) Terraform
4 10 (1.76%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (1.41%) ZABBIX
6 7 (1.23%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.23%) Packer
7 5 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.70%) Nmap
8 4 (0.70%) WSUS
9 2 (0.35%) Control-M
9 2 (0.35%) OpenView
9 2 (0.35%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.35%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.35%) VxRail
10 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 448 (78.87%) Cisco
2 400 (70.42%) Microsoft
3 330 (58.10%) ForeScout
4 54 (9.51%) Fortinet
5 40 (7.04%) VMware
6 30 (5.28%) Dell
7 26 (4.58%) Meraki
8 25 (4.40%) Aruba
8 25 (4.40%) Juniper
9 20 (3.52%) CheckPoint
9 20 (3.52%) SolarWinds
10 17 (2.99%) Splunk
11 15 (2.64%) Palo Alto
12 11 (1.94%) HP
13 10 (1.76%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.76%) Sophos
14 9 (1.58%) Veeam
15 8 (1.41%) Citrix
16 7 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.23%) Oracle