CCNA Job Trends

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies citing CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	521	328	277
Rank change year-on-year	-193	-51	-13
Permanent jobs citing CCNA	324	392	640
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.26%	0.77%	0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category	1.51%	2.39%	3.28%
Number of salaries quoted	240	265	276
10^th Percentile	£26,500	£25,750	£34,077
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,000	£41,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,000	£40,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+18.52%	-22.86%	+16.22%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£60,000	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£81,375	£70,000	£68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary	£42,500	£40,000	£51,000
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-21.57%	+20.00%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	21,505	16,403	19,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	17.55%	32.09%	28.84%
Number of salaries quoted	12,248	7,792	8,071
10^th Percentile	£32,500	£28,250	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£43,750	£36,250	£44,106
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£58,033
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-5.23%	+0.93%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£75,000	£76,000
90^th Percentile	£98,750	£90,000	£90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	+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 Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCNA.

CCNA Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCNA over the 6 months to 7 November 2026.

CCNA Top 16 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 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-202	286	£50,000	+21.14%	228
UK excluding London	-210	235	£42,500	+6.25%	235
Work from Home	-90	89	£45,000	+9.76%	37
London	-81	80	£67,500	+10.66%	51
South East	-101	68	£47,500	-9.52%	53
Midlands	-77	46	£39,194	+20.60%	29
North of England	-81	45	£52,500	+29.63%	45
East Midlands	-63	30	£38,500	+18.46%	11
East of England	-66	26	£55,000	+37.50%	31
Scotland	+10	25	£28,000	-22.22%	15
Yorkshire	-24	25	£42,500	+63.46%	17
South West	-132	20	£38,378	+19.00%	41
North West	-58	19	£52,500	-2.33%	18
West Midlands	-41	16	£47,500	+15.85%	18
Wales	-76	5	£40,750	-18.09%	14
North East	-84	1	£38,378	-0.32%	10

CCNA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 November 2026, job vacancies citing CCNA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing CCNA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco Certification	100.0%	324
2	Firewall	60.8%	197
3	Cisco	51.9%	168
4	WAN	46.0%	149
5	LAN	41.7%	135
5	Windows	41.7%	135
7	Azure	41.0%	133
8	CCNP	38.9%	126
9	Microsoft	34.9%	113
9	VPN	34.9%	113
11	Windows Server	30.6%	99
12	Problem-Solving	30.2%	98
13	Microsoft 365	29.3%	95
14	DHCP	28.7%	93
14	DNS	28.7%	93
16	Active Directory	28.1%	91
16	ITIL	28.1%	91
18	VLAN	27.2%	88
19	Cybersecurity	26.9%	87
19	Network Security	26.9%	87
19	Wireless	26.9%	87
22	TCP/IP	25.0%	81
23	Degree	24.4%	79
23	Microsoft Certification	24.4%	79
25	VMware	23.8%	77
26	Entra ID	22.2%	72
27	Infrastructure Engineering	21.6%	70
28	Wi-Fi	21.3%	69
29	Project Delivery	19.4%	63
30	Fortinet	17.3%	56

CCNA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco Certification	100.0%	324
2	CCNP	38.9%	126
3	Degree	24.4%	79
3	Microsoft Certification	24.4%	79
5	Network+ Certification	14.8%	48
6	MCSE	13.3%	43
7	Security Cleared	9.6%	31
8	Microsoft Certified Professional	9.0%	29
9	Azure Certification	8.3%	27
10	CISSP	7.4%	24
10	MCSA	7.4%	24
12	BPSS Clearance	6.8%	22
12	SC Cleared	6.8%	22
14	A+ Certification	6.2%	20
15	CEH	5.9%	19
16	DV Cleared	5.6%	18
17	AWS Certification	4.6%	15
17	CompTIA Security+	4.6%	15
19	CCIE	4.3%	14
19	Computer Science Degree	4.3%	14