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 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 237 299
Rank change year-on-year -143 +62 +123
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 293 684 654
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 1.31% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.50% 3.50% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 203 328 569
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,208 £28,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £52,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -22.86% +25.00% -1.18%

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 19,509 19,550 19,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.92% 37.30% 28.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,879 7,521 13,608
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -2.04%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -148 265 £45,000 -18.18% 138
UK excluding London -122 231 £40,500 -22.86% 137
Work from Home +50 90 £41,000 -25.45% 34
North of England -33 57 £50,000 +5.26% 27
South East -34 57 £52,500 -12.50% 38
London -34 51 £50,000 -18.37% 22
North West -9 42 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Midlands -117 38 £32,500 -48.00% 19
East Midlands -31 33 £32,500 -12.16% 9
East of England +29 30 £40,000 -20.00% 17
South West +13 29 £32,000 -31.18% 24
Scotland -9 12 £36,000 -44.62% 9
Yorkshire -35 10 £36,500 -25.13% 15
Northern Ireland -7 7 £37,500 -28.57% 2
North East -10 5 £31,000 -52.31% 3
West Midlands -112 5 £51,000 -18.40% 10
Wales -24 1 £32,500 -26.14% 4

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 22 (7.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 2 (0.68%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 76 (25.94%) Azure
2 45 (15.36%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (12.63%) AWS
4 27 (9.22%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.71%) IaaS
6 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.37%) SaaS
7 2 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.68%) GitHub
7 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.34%) GCP
8 1 (0.34%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.34%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.34%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 151 (51.54%) Firewall
2 109 (37.20%) WAN
3 105 (35.84%) LAN
4 68 (23.21%) VPN
5 42 (14.33%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (12.29%) VLAN
7 35 (11.95%) Network Security
8 34 (11.60%) TCP/IP
9 24 (8.19%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (7.51%) DNS
10 22 (7.51%) MPLS
10 22 (7.51%) VSAT
11 21 (7.17%) Wireless
12 20 (6.83%) BGP
12 20 (6.83%) DHCP
13 16 (5.46%) Intrusion Detection
13 16 (5.46%) SD-WAN
13 16 (5.46%) VoIP
13 16 (5.46%) WLAN
14 15 (5.12%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.68%) MySQL
2 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.39%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.39%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.37%) GitLab
3 2 (0.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 103 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.70%) Finance
3 21 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (7.17%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.80%) Telecoms
5 16 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (4.44%) Law
7 12 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.75%) Legal
9 9 (3.07%) Retail
10 6 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.02%) Banking
12 3 (1.02%) Billing
13 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.68%) Automotive
13 2 (0.68%) Electronics
14 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 70 (23.89%) Network Engineer
2 43 (14.68%) Support Engineer
3 42 (14.33%) Technical Engineer
4 34 (11.60%) Cisco Engineer
4 34 (11.60%) IT Engineer
5 32 (10.92%) LAN Engineer
5 32 (10.92%) LAN/WAN Engineer
5 32 (10.92%) WAN Engineer
6 28 (9.56%) Technical Support
7 26 (8.87%) Senior
8 23 (7.85%) Analyst
8 23 (7.85%) Technical Support Engineer
9 21 (7.17%) Presales Engineer
10 19 (6.48%) Firewall Engineer
10 19 (6.48%) Juniper Engineer
11 18 (6.14%) IT Support
12 17 (5.80%) Administrator
12 17 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (5.46%) NOC Engineer
13 16 (5.46%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.68%) Middleware
1 2 (0.68%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.34%) React
2 1 (0.34%) Svelte
2 1 (0.34%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.72%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.85%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.12%) e-Learning
4 13 (4.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (4.44%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.75%) CCTV
5 11 (3.75%) Smartphone
6 10 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.07%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.39%) Insider Threat
9 5 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.71%) Social Media
10 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.02%) Handset
10 3 (1.02%) iPad
10 3 (1.02%) LIMS
10 3 (1.02%) SCADA
10 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (22.87%) Windows
2 41 (13.99%) Linux
3 35 (11.95%) Windows Server
4 21 (7.17%) Unix
5 12 (4.10%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.37%) Android
8 2 (0.68%) CentOS
8 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (27.30%) Customer Service
2 64 (21.84%) ITIL
3 63 (21.50%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (13.65%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (13.65%) Mentoring
5 34 (11.60%) Presales
6 33 (11.26%) High Availability
7 30 (10.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (7.51%) Commercial Awareness
9 22 (7.51%) Kalman Filter
10 21 (7.17%) Project Delivery
11 20 (6.83%) Computer Science
11 20 (6.83%) Service Delivery
12 19 (6.48%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (6.14%) Information Security
13 18 (6.14%) Process Improvement
13 18 (6.14%) Security Operations
14 17 (5.80%) Innovative Thinking
15 16 (5.46%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.48%) PowerShell
1 19 (6.48%) Python
2 4 (1.37%) Bash
3 3 (1.02%) Bicep
4 2 (0.68%) C
4 2 (0.68%) SQL
5 1 (0.34%) Go
5 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 293 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 119 (40.61%) CCNP
3 74 (25.26%) Security Cleared
4 58 (19.80%) Degree
4 58 (19.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 57 (19.45%) SC Cleared
6 54 (18.43%) JNCIA
7 42 (14.33%) MCSE
8 35 (11.95%) DV Cleared
8 35 (11.95%) Network+ Certification
9 31 (10.58%) MCSA
10 28 (9.56%) MCP
11 25 (8.53%) DBS Check
12 21 (7.17%) CCIE
13 18 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (5.12%) CCSA
14 15 (5.12%) CCSE
15 14 (4.78%) A+ Certification
15 14 (4.78%) CISSP
15 14 (4.78%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (7.51%) SLA
3 20 (6.83%) GDPR
4 15 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (4.78%) NIST
6 7 (2.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.37%) GxP
8 3 (1.02%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (1.02%) ITGC
9 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
System Software
1 41 (13.99%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.12%) Hyper-V
3 12 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.71%) Firmware
4 5 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.37%) Docker
5 4 (1.37%) vSphere
6 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.68%) KVM
7 2 (0.68%) pfSense
7 2 (0.68%) RHEV
7 2 (0.68%) Samba
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.68%) Xen
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 32 (10.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (8.53%) FortiGate
3 11 (3.75%) Ansible
4 7 (2.39%) Nmap
5 6 (2.05%) SCCM
6 5 (1.71%) Autotask
6 5 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.71%) Terraform
7 4 (1.37%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.37%) PaperCut
8 3 (1.02%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.02%) QRadar
9 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.68%) Nagios
9 2 (0.68%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.68%) WSUS
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.34%) OpenView
10 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 178 (60.75%) Cisco
2 78 (26.62%) Microsoft
3 69 (23.55%) Fortinet
4 65 (22.18%) Juniper
5 34 (11.60%) VMware
6 30 (10.24%) Aruba
7 25 (8.53%) Meraki
8 23 (7.85%) CheckPoint
9 21 (7.17%) Palo Alto
10 20 (6.83%) Dell
10 20 (6.83%) SolarWinds
11 14 (4.78%) Citrix
12 10 (3.41%) Apple
12 10 (3.41%) Remedy
13 9 (3.07%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (3.07%) ServiceNow
13 9 (3.07%) Starlink
14 8 (2.73%) Arista
14 8 (2.73%) Draytek
14 8 (2.73%) WatchGuard