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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 338 343
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 -41
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 600 412 636
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.83% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.02% 2.37% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 213 301 420
10th Percentile £26,600 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -17.17% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,750 £71,500 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -22.68% +14.12%

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 19,835 17,356 21,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.61% 34.80% 25.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,603 7,846 11,700
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £50,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year +11.00% -2.63% -2.19%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -5 525 £52,500 +27.19% 195
UK excluding London +26 505 £45,000 +20.00% 204
North of England +26 121 £46,250 +32.14% 37
South East +4 120 £47,500 +18.75% 38
London -63 91 £70,000 +25.56% 53
Midlands +16 89 £46,801 +23.16% 25
Yorkshire +18 68 £42,500 +63.46% 11
South West -96 63 £50,000 +53.85% 34
Work from Home -62 61 £48,500 +18.29% 30
East of England +14 47 £40,000 - 22
East Midlands -6 46 £41,000 +17.14% 9
Scotland +35 43 £28,000 -22.22% 24
West Midlands +3 43 £59,522 +32.27% 16
North West +13 41 £52,500 -2.33% 17
Wales -36 22 £40,750 -18.09% 15
North East -58 12 - - 9
Northern Ireland -66 6 - - 10

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 41 (6.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.17%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 437 (72.83%) Azure
2 71 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (8.83%) AWS
4 36 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 14 (2.33%) GCP
6 11 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (1.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (1.33%) OneDrive
8 5 (0.83%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.67%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.67%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.67%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (0.67%) AWS Fargate
9 4 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.67%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.67%) Serverless
10 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.50%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.50%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 169 (28.17%) Firewall
2 126 (21.00%) WAN
3 111 (18.50%) VPN
4 99 (16.50%) LAN
5 78 (13.00%) Network Security
6 72 (12.00%) TCP/IP
7 71 (11.83%) VLAN
8 65 (10.83%) DHCP
8 65 (10.83%) DNS
9 56 (9.33%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (9.33%) Wireless
10 46 (7.67%) SD-WAN
11 38 (6.33%) VoIP
12 31 (5.17%) BGP
13 26 (4.33%) OSPF
14 21 (3.50%) SAN
15 19 (3.17%) MPLS
16 18 (3.00%) Internet
17 14 (2.33%) WLAN
18 13 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 24 (4.00%) JIRA
2 10 (1.67%) GitLab
2 10 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.33%) Bitbucket
3 8 (1.33%) Git
4 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
General
1 449 (74.83%) Social Skills
2 46 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (4.33%) Public Sector
4 19 (3.17%) Telecoms
5 18 (3.00%) Finance
6 15 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 11 (1.83%) Aerospace
7 11 (1.83%) Retail
8 10 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.67%) Legal
8 10 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.50%) Banking
9 9 (1.50%) Military
10 8 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.17%) Digital Health
12 5 (0.83%) Automotive
13 4 (0.67%) Electronics
13 4 (0.67%) Law
14 3 (0.50%) Marketing
14 3 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 426 (71.00%) Network Engineer
2 63 (10.50%) IT Engineer
3 42 (7.00%) IT Support
4 33 (5.50%) Senior
4 33 (5.50%) Support Engineer
5 31 (5.17%) IT Support Engineer
6 25 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (3.50%) 3rd Line Support
7 21 (3.50%) Field Engineer
7 21 (3.50%) Field Service Engineer
8 20 (3.33%) Lead
9 17 (2.83%) Senior Network Engineer
10 15 (2.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (2.33%) Analyst
12 13 (2.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 13 (2.17%) Cisco Engineer
12 13 (2.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 13 (2.17%) Security Engineer
12 13 (2.17%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (1.67%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.67%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.67%) boto
2 3 (0.50%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.33%) EDI
3 2 (0.33%) LDAP
3 2 (0.33%) SAML
4 1 (0.17%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.17%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.17%) YAML
4 1 (0.17%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.67%) Data Centre
2 33 (5.50%) Driving Licence
3 15 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (2.50%) Security Posture
3 15 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.67%) Smartphone
6 8 (1.33%) FMCG
6 8 (1.33%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.33%) Replication
7 7 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.83%) CCTV
10 4 (0.67%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.67%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.67%) Social Media
11 3 (0.50%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (18.50%) Windows
2 76 (12.67%) Windows Server
3 43 (7.17%) Linux
4 15 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (2.33%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.50%) Android
8 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (10.83%) ITIL
3 63 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
4 60 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 53 (8.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 50 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (7.17%) High Availability
8 41 (6.83%) Customer Service
9 36 (6.00%) Business Continuity
10 35 (5.83%) Network Design
11 34 (5.67%) Computer Science
11 34 (5.67%) Network Monitoring
11 34 (5.67%) Project Delivery
12 24 (4.00%) Incident Response
13 23 (3.83%) SIEM
14 22 (3.67%) Network Architecture
14 22 (3.67%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (3.33%) Mentoring
16 18 (3.00%) Infrastructure as Code
17 15 (2.50%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.50%) PowerShell
2 26 (4.33%) Python
3 11 (1.83%) Bash
4 8 (1.33%) Java
5 2 (0.33%) SQL
6 1 (0.17%) Bicep
6 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 600 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 376 (62.67%) Azure Certification
3 374 (62.33%) Network+ Certification
4 121 (20.17%) CCNP
5 79 (13.17%) Degree
6 76 (12.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (5.83%) Security Cleared
8 32 (5.33%) MCSE
9 25 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (4.00%) SC Cleared
11 21 (3.50%) AWS Certification
12 15 (2.50%) A+ Certification
12 15 (2.50%) DV Cleared
13 14 (2.33%) MCSA
14 13 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (2.00%) RHCSA
16 11 (1.83%) CCIE
16 11 (1.83%) CISSP
17 10 (1.67%) DBS Check
18 9 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (3.17%) SLA
4 16 (2.67%) GDPR
5 12 (2.00%) NIST
6 6 (1.00%) QA
7 4 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.50%) COBIT
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 84 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 52 (8.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (6.33%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.33%) vSphere
5 11 (1.83%) Docker
5 11 (1.83%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.33%) Squid
7 7 (1.17%) Firmware
8 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.50%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.50%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.17%) FortiGate
3 18 (3.00%) Terraform
4 15 (2.50%) Ansible
5 9 (1.50%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
6 8 (1.33%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.33%) Packer
7 4 (0.67%) Control-M
7 4 (0.67%) Iperf
7 4 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.50%) OpenView
8 3 (0.50%) SCCM
8 3 (0.50%) Tivoli
8 3 (0.50%) VxRail
9 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 469 (78.17%) Cisco
2 431 (71.83%) Microsoft
3 330 (55.00%) ForeScout
4 70 (11.67%) VMware
5 54 (9.00%) Fortinet
6 39 (6.50%) Palo Alto
7 32 (5.33%) Meraki
8 20 (3.33%) Dell
8 20 (3.33%) Sophos
9 18 (3.00%) SolarWinds
9 18 (3.00%) Splunk
10 17 (2.83%) CheckPoint
11 15 (2.50%) F5
11 15 (2.50%) Juniper
12 14 (2.33%) Aruba
12 14 (2.33%) Veeam
13 13 (2.17%) Citrix
14 12 (2.00%) HP
15 11 (1.83%) Red Hat
16 9 (1.50%) WatchGuard