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 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 249 280
Rank change year-on-year -94 +31 +181
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 346 732 570
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.13% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.02% 3.64% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 237 303 486
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,523 £29,375
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,563 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,688
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -1.16%

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 17,140 20,121 15,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.65% 31.03% 31.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,795 8,293 10,976
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,344 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 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 -85 311 £40,000 -27.27% 122
UK excluding London -60 283 £40,000 -23.81% 132
Work from Home +84 98 £41,000 -25.45% 34
South East +11 81 £52,500 -7.90% 50
South West +64 65 £32,000 -29.67% 3
London -23 54 £70,000 +18.64% 20
North of England -31 45 £43,250 -8.95% 32
Midlands -92 36 £32,500 -35.80% 22
East of England +28 32 £40,000 -21.57% 11
East Midlands -11 29 £32,500 -18.75% 10
North West +11 27 £50,000 +5.26% 22
Scotland +11 15 £36,000 -44.62% 13
North East +11 9 £31,000 -52.31% 4
Yorkshire -20 9 £26,000 -54.78% 7
Northern Ireland +3 8 £37,500 -28.57%
West Midlands -88 7 £51,000 -2.86% 12
Wales -17 3 £49,750 +13.07% 5

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 25 (7.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) Apache
3 2 (0.58%) Confluence
3 2 (0.58%) nginx
3 2 (0.58%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.73%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 84 (24.28%) Azure
2 54 (15.61%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (10.12%) AWS
4 29 (8.38%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.02%) IaaS
6 6 (1.73%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.45%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.16%) Dropbox
8 4 (1.16%) GCP
8 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.16%) SaaS
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub
9 3 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.58%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.58%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.58%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.58%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (0.58%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 156 (45.09%) Firewall
2 95 (27.46%) LAN
3 94 (27.17%) WAN
4 76 (21.97%) VPN
5 54 (15.61%) VSAT
6 51 (14.74%) Wi-Fi
7 50 (14.45%) Network Security
8 36 (10.40%) TCP/IP
9 34 (9.83%) VLAN
10 28 (8.09%) MPLS
10 28 (8.09%) Wireless
11 27 (7.80%) DNS
12 24 (6.94%) BGP
13 21 (6.07%) SD-WAN
14 20 (5.78%) WLAN
15 19 (5.49%) LTE
15 19 (5.49%) OSPF
15 19 (5.49%) SAN
16 18 (5.20%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (4.91%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.58%) MySQL
3 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.45%) GitLab
2 3 (0.87%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 105 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.47%) Finance
3 29 (8.38%) Telecoms
4 26 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.78%) Manufacturing
6 18 (5.20%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.05%) Aerospace
9 12 (3.47%) Billing
10 10 (2.89%) Law
11 9 (2.60%) Automotive
11 9 (2.60%) Electronics
11 9 (2.60%) Legal
11 9 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.73%) Military
13 5 (1.45%) Banking
13 5 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (23.12%) Support Engineer
2 75 (21.68%) Network Engineer
3 68 (19.65%) Technical Engineer
4 64 (18.50%) Technical Support
5 56 (16.18%) Technical Support Engineer
6 35 (10.12%) Administrator
6 35 (10.12%) Senior
7 32 (9.25%) Analyst
8 31 (8.96%) IT Engineer
9 30 (8.67%) Systems Administrator
10 27 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 25 (7.23%) IT Support
12 20 (5.78%) NOC Engineer
12 20 (5.78%) Senior Network Engineer
13 18 (5.20%) Support Analyst
14 14 (4.05%) Cisco Engineer
14 14 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
15 13 (3.76%) Security Engineer
16 12 (3.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 12 (3.47%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.18%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.16%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.29%) LAMP
3 1 (0.29%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Svelte
3 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.14%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.27%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.51%) e-Learning
4 17 (4.91%) CCTV
5 14 (4.05%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.89%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (2.60%) Smartphone
8 8 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.73%) Handset
9 6 (1.73%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.45%) LIMS
10 5 (1.45%) SCADA
11 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.87%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 82 (23.70%) Windows
2 64 (18.50%) Linux
3 49 (14.16%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.25%) Unix
5 19 (5.49%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.45%) Android
10 2 (0.58%) CentOS
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.64%) Customer Service
2 71 (20.52%) ITIL
3 69 (19.94%) Mentoring
3 69 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (14.74%) High Availability
5 44 (12.72%) Commercial Awareness
5 44 (12.72%) Cybersecurity
6 38 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (9.83%) Kalman Filter
8 28 (8.09%) Service Delivery
9 27 (7.80%) Innovative Thinking
9 27 (7.80%) Project Delivery
10 26 (7.51%) Web Filtering
11 25 (7.23%) Proactive Monitoring
12 23 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (6.65%) Requirements Gathering
13 22 (6.36%) Regulatory Change
14 21 (6.07%) Security Operations
15 20 (5.78%) Presales
16 19 (5.49%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.96%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.09%) Python
3 7 (2.02%) Bash
4 3 (0.87%) Bicep
5 2 (0.58%) C
5 2 (0.58%) R
5 2 (0.58%) VB
6 1 (0.29%) Go
6 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 346 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 136 (39.31%) CCNP
3 100 (28.90%) Security Cleared
4 79 (22.83%) SC Cleared
5 76 (21.97%) JNCIA
6 68 (19.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (15.61%) Degree
8 49 (14.16%) DV Cleared
9 48 (13.87%) MCSE
10 37 (10.69%) Network+ Certification
11 34 (9.83%) MCSA
12 24 (6.94%) MCP
13 22 (6.36%) DBS Check
14 15 (4.34%) A+ Certification
14 15 (4.34%) CCIE
14 15 (4.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 14 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (3.76%) CISSP
16 13 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (3.18%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (5.78%) SLA
3 15 (4.34%) GDPR
4 13 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (3.47%) NIST
6 7 (2.02%) GxP
7 5 (1.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.87%) ITGC
8 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 53 (15.32%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (5.78%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.34%) vSphere
5 12 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.73%) Docker
7 5 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.16%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.16%) Firmware
8 4 (1.16%) pfSense
9 3 (0.87%) KVM
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.58%) RHEV
10 2 (0.58%) Samba
10 2 (0.58%) Squid
10 2 (0.58%) Xen
11 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (10.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.34%) Ansible
2 15 (4.34%) FortiGate
3 9 (2.60%) SCCM
3 9 (2.60%) Terraform
4 7 (2.02%) Autotask
4 7 (2.02%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.02%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.73%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (1.16%) Grafana
7 3 (0.87%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.87%) Nagios
7 3 (0.87%) Nmap
7 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.87%) QRadar
8 2 (0.58%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.58%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.58%) VxRail
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 202 (58.38%) Cisco
2 93 (26.88%) Microsoft
3 56 (16.18%) Fortinet
4 52 (15.03%) Juniper
5 50 (14.45%) VMware
6 35 (10.12%) Meraki
7 23 (6.65%) Palo Alto
8 22 (6.36%) Aruba
9 21 (6.07%) SolarWinds
10 20 (5.78%) CheckPoint
11 16 (4.62%) Dell
12 15 (4.34%) Citrix
13 13 (3.76%) Apple
13 13 (3.76%) Freshdesk
13 13 (3.76%) Starlink
14 11 (3.18%) Remedy
14 11 (3.18%) ServiceNow
15 10 (2.89%) Arista
15 10 (2.89%) F5
16 9 (2.60%) HP