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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 314 359
Rank change year-on-year +13 +45 +27
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 574 400 759
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.92% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.73% 2.31% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 180 294 644
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,385 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,375 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,801 £45,000 £44,225
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 21,045 17,296 26,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.60% 39.88% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,404 7,204 17,194
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £40,000 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,664
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.49% -10.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.72% +2.12% -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 30 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 30 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 +1 506 £50,000 +5.26% 66
UK excluding London +42 482 £46,801 +4.00% 71
North of England +28 139 £50,000 -9.09% 9
South East -5 93 £45,000 +5.88% 27
London -68 85 £74,500 +31.86% 13
Midlands -32 83 £51,058 +32.62% 12
Yorkshire +3 67 £47,750 +23.70% 1
South West -36 65 £40,000 -11.11% 5
North West +28 60 £50,000 -9.09% 8
Work from Home -3 53 £50,000 +11.11% 22
East Midlands -9 46 £51,058 +45.88% 3
East of England +22 43 £34,000 -30.26% 10
Scotland +40 39 £27,075 -23.19% 3
West Midlands -42 37 £53,401 -17.85% 9
Wales -17 20 £32,993 -24.37% 5
North East -36 12 - -
Northern Ireland -34 6 - - 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 25 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 413 (71.95%) Azure
2 48 (8.36%) AWS
3 46 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.26%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (1.92%) GCP
6 9 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.87%) Mimecast
8 4 (0.70%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.52%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.52%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (0.52%) AWS Fargate
9 3 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.52%) Rubrik
9 3 (0.52%) Serverless
10 2 (0.35%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 140 (24.39%) Firewall
2 108 (18.82%) WAN
3 87 (15.16%) LAN
4 74 (12.89%) VPN
5 58 (10.10%) Network Security
6 53 (9.23%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (5.57%) TCP/IP
8 30 (5.23%) VLAN
9 29 (5.05%) VoIP
10 28 (4.88%) DNS
10 28 (4.88%) SD-WAN
10 28 (4.88%) Wireless
11 27 (4.70%) DHCP
12 21 (3.66%) SAN
13 19 (3.31%) BGP
13 19 (3.31%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (2.96%) Cisco ASA
15 15 (2.61%) Cisco ISE
15 15 (2.61%) MPLS
15 15 (2.61%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (3.14%) JIRA
2 12 (2.09%) GitLab
3 8 (1.39%) Git
3 8 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.22%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.70%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.70%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
General
1 425 (74.04%) Social Skills
2 39 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (4.36%) Public Sector
4 19 (3.31%) Finance
5 17 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (2.26%) Legal
7 12 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.92%) Retail
9 10 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.39%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.22%) Law
12 6 (1.05%) Banking
13 4 (0.70%) Automotive
13 4 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.70%) Electronics
13 4 (0.70%) Military
14 2 (0.35%) Local Government
15 1 (0.17%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 413 (71.95%) Network Engineer
2 51 (8.89%) IT Engineer
3 32 (5.57%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (4.36%) IT Support
4 25 (4.36%) Senior
5 23 (4.01%) LAN Engineer
5 23 (4.01%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 23 (4.01%) Support Engineer
5 23 (4.01%) WAN Engineer
6 21 (3.66%) IT Support Engineer
7 20 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (3.48%) Lead
8 19 (3.31%) Presales Engineer
9 18 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (3.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 18 (3.14%) Field Engineer
9 18 (3.14%) Field Service Engineer
10 14 (2.44%) Firewall Engineer
10 14 (2.44%) Juniper Engineer
10 14 (2.44%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.70%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (0.52%) boto
3 2 (0.35%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.28%) Data Centre
2 17 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (2.96%) Security Posture
3 15 (2.61%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.26%) Smartphone
5 10 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (0.87%) FMCG
7 5 (0.87%) PKI
7 5 (0.87%) Replication
7 5 (0.87%) Social Media
8 4 (0.70%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (0.70%) Insider Threat
8 4 (0.70%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 81 (14.11%) Windows
2 43 (7.49%) Linux
3 39 (6.79%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.74%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (8.19%) ITIL
4 40 (6.97%) Customer Service
4 40 (6.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (5.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 33 (5.75%) High Availability
6 31 (5.40%) Computer Science
7 28 (4.88%) Network Monitoring
8 27 (4.70%) Incident Response
9 26 (4.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (4.53%) Presales
10 25 (4.36%) SIEM
11 23 (4.01%) Network Architecture
12 21 (3.66%) Business Continuity
12 21 (3.66%) Network Design
12 21 (3.66%) Process Improvement
13 17 (2.96%) Penetration Testing
14 14 (2.44%) Coaching
14 14 (2.44%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.40%) PowerShell
2 17 (2.96%) Python
3 8 (1.39%) Bash
4 7 (1.22%) Java
5 2 (0.35%) Bicep
5 2 (0.35%) SQL
6 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 574 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 370 (64.46%) Network+ Certification
3 359 (62.54%) Azure Certification
4 99 (17.25%) CCNP
5 64 (11.15%) Degree
5 64 (11.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 39 (6.79%) MCSE
7 38 (6.62%) Security Cleared
8 26 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (3.66%) SC Cleared
10 20 (3.48%) CCIE
11 18 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (3.14%) JNCIA
12 17 (2.96%) A+ Certification
13 13 (2.26%) CISSP
13 13 (2.26%) DBS Check
14 11 (1.92%) CCSA
14 11 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.92%) OSCP
14 11 (1.92%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.31%) SLA
3 17 (2.96%) GDPR
4 13 (2.26%) NIST
5 12 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.52%) COBIT
7 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.52%) QA
8 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (8.36%) Active Directory
2 33 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.61%) vSphere
5 11 (1.92%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.74%) Docker
7 7 (1.22%) Firmware
7 7 (1.22%) Squid
7 7 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.52%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (3.66%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.14%) Ansible
3 15 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.61%) Terraform
4 10 (1.74%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (1.39%) ZABBIX
6 7 (1.22%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.22%) Packer
7 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.70%) Nmap
8 4 (0.70%) WSUS
9 3 (0.52%) OpenView
9 3 (0.52%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.52%) VxRail
10 2 (0.35%) Control-M
10 2 (0.35%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 455 (79.27%) Cisco
2 405 (70.56%) Microsoft
3 330 (57.49%) ForeScout
4 57 (9.93%) Fortinet
5 44 (7.67%) VMware
6 28 (4.88%) Aruba
7 26 (4.53%) Meraki
8 25 (4.36%) Dell
9 24 (4.18%) Juniper
10 20 (3.48%) CheckPoint
11 19 (3.31%) SolarWinds
12 18 (3.14%) Splunk
13 17 (2.96%) Palo Alto
14 12 (2.09%) HP
14 12 (2.09%) Sophos
15 10 (1.74%) Red Hat
15 10 (1.74%) Veeam
16 8 (1.39%) Citrix
17 7 (1.22%) Oracle
17 7 (1.22%) Zscaler