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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 334 292
Rank change year-on-year +13 -42 +224
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 411 612 673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.79% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.42% 2.93% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 297 313 500
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,750 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 £45,075
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +8.15% -5.11%
75th Percentile £59,000 £59,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.48% +8.24% -5.56%

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 16,949 20,888 19,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.34% 26.83% 31.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7,487 9,751 12,332
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,170 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £73,729 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCNA 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +5 380 £40,500 -19.00% 132
UK excluding London -2 318 £37,500 -18.48% 124
Work from Home +21 101 £41,000 -22.64% 54
South East +29 99 £42,500 -15.00% 38
South West +125 88 £32,000 -32.63% 6
London +34 85 £60,000 +9.09% 36
North of England -18 47 £40,500 +1.25% 29
Midlands -50 37 £35,000 -30.00% 25
East Midlands +26 30 £35,000 -20.86% 13
East of England -9 26 £40,000 -15.34% 16
North West -29 22 £53,750 +34.38% 15
Yorkshire -2 15 £26,000 -30.67% 11
Scotland +57 14 £36,000 -28.00% 9
North East +24 10 £31,000 -41.51% 3
West Midlands -46 7 £41,000 -21.90% 12
Northern Ireland - 6 £37,500 - 4
Wales -9 3 £49,750 +28.39% 1

CCNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (8.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.46%) nginx
4 2 (0.49%) Apache
4 2 (0.49%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (2.68%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.22%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.24%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 110 (26.76%) Azure
2 73 (17.76%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (10.71%) AWS
4 18 (4.38%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.14%) GCP
6 13 (3.16%) IaaS
7 11 (2.68%) SaaS
8 10 (2.43%) PaaS
9 6 (1.46%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.46%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.46%) Rubrik
10 5 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.97%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.97%) Dropbox
11 4 (0.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.73%) GitHub
12 3 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.49%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 180 (43.80%) Firewall
2 115 (27.98%) VPN
3 113 (27.49%) WAN
4 107 (26.03%) LAN
5 76 (18.49%) Network Security
6 71 (17.27%) VSAT
7 70 (17.03%) Wi-Fi
8 47 (11.44%) BGP
9 40 (9.73%) OSPF
10 39 (9.49%) VLAN
11 38 (9.25%) DNS
11 38 (9.25%) MPLS
12 36 (8.76%) TCP/IP
13 35 (8.52%) Wireless
14 28 (6.81%) WLAN
15 27 (6.57%) SD-WAN
16 24 (5.84%) IPsec
16 24 (5.84%) SAN
17 23 (5.60%) DHCP
18 20 (4.87%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.73%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.49%) MySQL
3 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.43%) GitLab
2 7 (1.70%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 105 (25.55%) Social Skills
2 72 (17.52%) Finance
3 30 (7.30%) Telecoms
4 29 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.06%) Banking
5 28 (6.81%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.89%) Billing
7 15 (3.65%) Aerospace
7 15 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.41%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.16%) Law
10 11 (2.68%) Automotive
10 11 (2.68%) Electronics
11 9 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.70%) Military
13 6 (1.46%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.97%) Legal
Job Titles
1 117 (28.47%) Network Engineer
2 101 (24.57%) Support Engineer
3 92 (22.38%) Technical Engineer
4 88 (21.41%) Technical Support
5 80 (19.46%) Technical Support Engineer
6 37 (9.00%) Senior
7 36 (8.76%) IT Support
8 35 (8.52%) Administrator
9 30 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 29 (7.06%) NOC Engineer
11 26 (6.33%) Systems Administrator
12 25 (6.08%) IT Engineer
13 24 (5.84%) Architect
14 20 (4.87%) Analyst
15 19 (4.62%) Senior Network Engineer
16 17 (4.14%) Lead
17 16 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
18 15 (3.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 15 (3.65%) Team Leader
19 13 (3.16%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.38%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.46%) SAML
3 5 (1.22%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.24%) JSON
4 1 (0.24%) LAMP
4 1 (0.24%) React
4 1 (0.24%) Svelte
4 1 (0.24%) SvelteKit
4 1 (0.24%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.44%) Data Centre
2 44 (10.71%) Driving Licence
3 22 (5.35%) e-Learning
4 13 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.68%) CCTV
7 10 (2.43%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.95%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.46%) Handset
10 6 (1.46%) IPTV
10 6 (1.46%) PKI
10 6 (1.46%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.22%) LIMS
11 5 (1.22%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.22%) SCADA
12 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.97%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 109 (26.52%) Windows
2 71 (17.27%) Windows Server
3 68 (16.55%) Linux
4 23 (5.60%) Windows 10
5 22 (5.35%) Unix
6 11 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.22%) Android
9 2 (0.49%) CentOS
10 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (29.44%) Customer Service
2 102 (24.82%) Mentoring
3 86 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (18.73%) ITIL
5 62 (15.09%) High Availability
6 61 (14.84%) Commercial Awareness
7 45 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (10.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 39 (9.49%) Kalman Filter
10 35 (8.52%) Web Filtering
11 29 (7.06%) Proactive Monitoring
11 29 (7.06%) Project Delivery
12 28 (6.81%) Incident Management
13 27 (6.57%) Innovative Thinking
13 27 (6.57%) Presales
14 26 (6.33%) Regulatory Change
14 26 (6.33%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (6.08%) Network Management
15 25 (6.08%) Proactive Management
16 23 (5.60%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.25%) PowerShell
2 31 (7.54%) Python
3 14 (3.41%) Bash
4 3 (0.73%) Bicep
4 3 (0.73%) C
4 3 (0.73%) R
5 2 (0.49%) VB
6 1 (0.24%) Go
6 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 411 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 175 (42.58%) CCNP
3 112 (27.25%) Security Cleared
4 103 (25.06%) JNCIA
5 90 (21.90%) SC Cleared
6 63 (15.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (14.60%) Degree
8 43 (10.46%) DV Cleared
9 36 (8.76%) MCSE
10 31 (7.54%) Network+ Certification
11 28 (6.81%) MCSA
12 23 (5.60%) Azure Certification
13 22 (5.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (3.65%) CISSP
14 15 (3.65%) DBS Check
14 15 (3.65%) MCP
15 12 (2.92%) CCIE
16 10 (2.43%) A+ Certification
16 10 (2.43%) GCSC
16 10 (2.43%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.54%) SLA
2 16 (3.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.92%) GDPR
3 12 (2.92%) NIST
4 10 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.70%) GxP
6 5 (1.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.24%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 79 (19.22%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.11%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.62%) vSphere
5 12 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.46%) Docker
7 6 (1.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 6 (1.46%) Firmware
8 4 (0.97%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.97%) pfSense
9 3 (0.73%) KVM
10 2 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.49%) RHEV
10 2 (0.49%) Samba
10 2 (0.49%) Squid
10 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.49%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (6.08%) Ansible
3 16 (3.89%) Terraform
4 12 (2.92%) SCCM
5 11 (2.68%) Kubernetes
5 11 (2.68%) Nagios
6 9 (2.19%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (1.95%) Autotask
8 6 (1.46%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.46%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.46%) VxRail
9 5 (1.22%) CASB
9 5 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.73%) Grafana
11 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.49%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 221 (53.77%) Cisco
2 117 (28.47%) Microsoft
3 61 (14.84%) Juniper
4 59 (14.36%) Fortinet
5 54 (13.14%) VMware
6 53 (12.90%) Meraki
7 36 (8.76%) SolarWinds
8 31 (7.54%) Starlink
9 27 (6.57%) CheckPoint
10 24 (5.84%) Palo Alto
11 18 (4.38%) Aruba
12 16 (3.89%) F5
13 15 (3.65%) ServiceNow
14 14 (3.41%) Freshdesk
15 12 (2.92%) HP
16 11 (2.68%) Apple
16 11 (2.68%) Arista
17 10 (2.43%) Dell
18 9 (2.19%) Citrix
18 9 (2.19%) Remedy