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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 221 334
Rank change year-on-year -188 +113 +102
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 272 664 649
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.39% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 3.63% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 186 333 567
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,200 £28,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £55,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% +18.28% +3.05%
75th Percentile £55,469 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £52,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year -22.86% +24.26% -0.59%

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 20,213 18,306 21,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.01% 38.45% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,162 7,334 14,802
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.99%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -181 252 £47,500 -13.64% 81
UK excluding London -175 200 £40,500 -22.86% 74
Work from Home +49 88 £45,000 -20.00% 32
London -28 64 £50,000 -20.00% 17
North of England -78 52 £50,000 +5.26% 13
South East -65 43 £48,750 -15.22% 18
North West -39 41 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Midlands -121 37 £32,500 -49.69% 9
East Midlands -41 32 £32,500 -12.16% 1
East of England +10 26 £40,000 -21.57% 8
South West -10 26 £36,423 -25.29% 20
Scotland -16 9 £26,150 -59.77% 9
Yorkshire -61 9 £50,000 +11.86% 2
Northern Ireland -21 6 £37,500 -28.57%
West Midlands -109 5 £47,500 -26.47% 8
North East -13 2 £55,500 -14.62% 1
Wales -28 1 £32,500 -24.42% 2

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 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 81 (29.78%) Azure
2 46 (16.91%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (15.81%) AWS
4 27 (9.93%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.84%) IaaS
6 4 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (1.47%) GCP
6 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.10%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.10%) SaaS
8 2 (0.74%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.37%) GitHub
9 1 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.37%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.37%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 150 (55.15%) Firewall
2 108 (39.71%) WAN
3 102 (37.50%) LAN
4 67 (24.63%) VPN
5 39 (14.34%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (12.87%) VLAN
7 34 (12.50%) Network Security
8 33 (12.13%) TCP/IP
9 26 (9.56%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (8.09%) DNS
10 22 (8.09%) MPLS
10 22 (8.09%) Wireless
11 19 (6.99%) DHCP
11 19 (6.99%) SD-WAN
12 17 (6.25%) BGP
12 17 (6.25%) Cisco Firepower
12 17 (6.25%) WLAN
13 16 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
13 16 (5.88%) VoIP
14 15 (5.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.57%) Metasploit
2 5 (1.84%) GitLab
2 5 (1.84%) JIRA
3 1 (0.37%) Git
General
1 99 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.34%) Finance
3 24 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.72%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.78%) Legal
8 13 (4.78%) Telecoms
9 12 (4.41%) Law
10 10 (3.68%) Retail
11 4 (1.47%) Banking
12 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.74%) Military
14 1 (0.37%) Marketing
14 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (26.10%) Network Engineer
2 41 (15.07%) IT Engineer
3 40 (14.71%) Support Engineer
4 37 (13.60%) Cisco Engineer
5 33 (12.13%) LAN Engineer
5 33 (12.13%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 33 (12.13%) WAN Engineer
6 25 (9.19%) Technical Engineer
7 23 (8.46%) Senior
8 22 (8.09%) IT Support
9 21 (7.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (7.72%) Presales Engineer
10 19 (6.99%) Firewall Engineer
10 19 (6.99%) Juniper Engineer
11 18 (6.62%) Analyst
11 18 (6.62%) Azure Engineer
11 18 (6.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 15 (5.51%) Field Engineer
12 15 (5.51%) Senior Network Engineer
13 14 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.47%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.74%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.37%) React
3 1 (0.37%) Svelte
3 1 (0.37%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.85%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (4.78%) Smartphone
5 12 (4.41%) Security Posture
6 11 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.94%) e-Learning
7 8 (2.94%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.57%) CCTV
8 7 (2.57%) Insider Threat
9 6 (2.21%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.84%) PKI
10 5 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.84%) Social Media
11 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.10%) iPad
13 2 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 68 (25.00%) Windows
2 37 (13.60%) Linux
3 32 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 14 (5.15%) Unix
5 8 (2.94%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.10%) Android
7 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (23.53%) Customer Service
3 54 (19.85%) ITIL
4 45 (16.54%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (12.13%) Mentoring
6 30 (11.03%) Presales
7 28 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 27 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (9.19%) High Availability
9 25 (9.19%) Process Improvement
10 22 (8.09%) Computer Science
11 21 (7.72%) Project Delivery
11 21 (7.72%) Service Delivery
12 20 (7.35%) Kalman Filter
12 20 (7.35%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (6.62%) SIEM
14 17 (6.25%) Information Security
14 17 (6.25%) Network Design
14 17 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
15 16 (5.88%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.72%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.25%) Python
3 2 (0.74%) Bicep
3 2 (0.74%) SQL
4 1 (0.37%) Bash
4 1 (0.37%) Go
Qualifications
1 272 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (40.44%) CCNP
3 60 (22.06%) Degree
4 59 (21.69%) Security Cleared
5 56 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (16.18%) MCSE
7 43 (15.81%) SC Cleared
8 39 (14.34%) JNCIA
9 36 (13.24%) Network+ Certification
10 27 (9.93%) MCSA
10 27 (9.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 24 (8.82%) CCIE
12 23 (8.46%) DBS Check
13 22 (8.09%) DV Cleared
14 20 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (6.99%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (6.25%) CCSA
16 17 (6.25%) CCSE
17 13 (4.78%) A+ Certification
17 13 (4.78%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.72%) SLA
2 17 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (5.88%) GDPR
4 11 (4.04%) NIST
5 7 (2.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.10%) ITGC
7 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.35%) Hyper-V
3 19 (6.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.57%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.21%) vSphere
6 5 (1.84%) Firmware
7 4 (1.47%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.37%) Docker
9 1 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.37%) KVM
9 1 (0.37%) RHEV
9 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.37%) Xen
Systems Management
1 30 (11.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (9.19%) FortiGate
3 13 (4.78%) Ansible
4 7 (2.57%) Nmap
5 5 (1.84%) Autotask
5 5 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.84%) Terraform
6 4 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.47%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (1.47%) PaperCut
6 4 (1.47%) SCCM
6 4 (1.47%) WSUS
7 3 (1.10%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.10%) QRadar
8 2 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.74%) OpenView
8 2 (0.74%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.37%) Control-M
9 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 168 (61.76%) Cisco
2 80 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 72 (26.47%) Fortinet
4 53 (19.49%) Juniper
5 41 (15.07%) VMware
6 28 (10.29%) Aruba
6 28 (10.29%) CheckPoint
7 24 (8.82%) Meraki
8 22 (8.09%) SolarWinds
9 20 (7.35%) Dell
9 20 (7.35%) Palo Alto
10 15 (5.51%) Citrix
11 11 (4.04%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (3.68%) Splunk
13 9 (3.31%) Apple
14 8 (2.94%) Arista
14 8 (2.94%) Draytek
14 8 (2.94%) Remedy
14 8 (2.94%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.57%) ServiceNow