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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 330 335
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -37
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 608 401 614
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.81% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.00% 2.37% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 221 290 328
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,000 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -19.19% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,938 £59,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £68,875 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -21.88% +12.94%

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 20,282 16,948 20,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 34.16% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11,086 7,565 10,013
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £37,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -15 529 £52,500 +29.63% 209
UK excluding London +5 518 £42,500 +13.33% 218
North of England +19 120 £42,500 +4.94% 39
South East -12 119 £47,500 +18.75% 44
Midlands +28 102 £41,000 +17.14% 23
London -45 85 £70,000 +16.67% 49
Work from Home -60 70 £45,000 +9.76% 38
Yorkshire +5 68 £42,500 +63.46% 14
South West -102 61 £50,000 +56.25% 36
East Midlands -9 55 £38,847 +10.99% 9
Scotland +42 47 £28,000 -22.22% 20
West Midlands 0 47 £53,162 +29.66% 14
East of England -5 47 £55,000 +37.50% 34
North West +1 40 £52,500 -2.33% 14
Wales -51 22 £40,750 -18.09% 13
North East -60 12 - - 11
Northern Ireland -74 6 - - 11

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 32 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.16%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 435 (71.55%) Azure
2 77 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (8.55%) AWS
4 49 (8.06%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.48%) GCP
6 8 (1.32%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (0.82%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.66%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.66%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (0.66%) AWS Fargate
9 4 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.66%) Serverless
10 3 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.33%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 173 (28.45%) Firewall
2 118 (19.41%) WAN
3 103 (16.94%) VPN
4 100 (16.45%) LAN
5 81 (13.32%) Network Security
6 78 (12.83%) DHCP
6 78 (12.83%) DNS
7 74 (12.17%) VLAN
8 69 (11.35%) TCP/IP
9 63 (10.36%) Wireless
10 57 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
11 42 (6.91%) SD-WAN
12 38 (6.25%) VoIP
13 31 (5.10%) BGP
14 26 (4.28%) OSPF
15 19 (3.13%) Internet
15 19 (3.13%) SAN
16 18 (2.96%) MPLS
17 16 (2.63%) WLAN
18 12 (1.97%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (5.59%) JIRA
2 15 (2.47%) GitLab
3 10 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.32%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.32%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Chocolatey
General
1 449 (73.85%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (4.77%) Telecoms
4 21 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 19 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 16 (2.63%) Finance
7 12 (1.97%) Law
7 12 (1.97%) Retail
8 11 (1.81%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.32%) Banking
11 7 (1.15%) Digital Health
11 7 (1.15%) Legal
11 7 (1.15%) Military
12 5 (0.82%) Automotive
13 4 (0.66%) Electronics
14 3 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 422 (69.41%) Network Engineer
2 61 (10.03%) IT Engineer
3 43 (7.07%) IT Support
4 34 (5.59%) Senior
5 33 (5.43%) Support Engineer
6 31 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
7 28 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support
8 19 (3.13%) Field Engineer
8 19 (3.13%) Field Service Engineer
9 17 (2.80%) Senior Network Engineer
10 15 (2.47%) Lead
11 14 (2.30%) Analyst
11 14 (2.30%) Security Engineer
12 13 (2.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (1.97%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (1.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 10 (1.64%) Architect
15 10 (1.64%) Cisco Engineer
15 10 (1.64%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.45%) Terraform
2 4 (0.66%) boto
3 3 (0.49%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.49%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.33%) EDI
4 2 (0.33%) LDAP
4 2 (0.33%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.33%) SAML
5 1 (0.16%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.16%) YAML
5 1 (0.16%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.36%) Data Centre
2 46 (7.57%) Driving Licence
3 19 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.80%) Security Posture
5 16 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 12 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.97%) CCTV
6 12 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (1.81%) FMCG
8 9 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.48%) PKI
8 9 (1.48%) Smartphone
9 8 (1.32%) Replication
10 7 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.49%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.49%) Operational Technology
14 2 (0.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (19.41%) Windows
2 82 (13.49%) Windows Server
3 45 (7.40%) Linux
4 15 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.49%) Android
8 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (12.83%) ITIL
3 68 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 63 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (8.39%) Disaster Recovery
6 48 (7.89%) Project Delivery
7 46 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (6.58%) Network Design
9 39 (6.41%) High Availability
10 37 (6.09%) Business Continuity
11 36 (5.92%) Customer Service
12 30 (4.93%) Network Monitoring
13 29 (4.77%) Computer Science
14 26 (4.28%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (3.78%) Network Architecture
16 22 (3.62%) Incident Response
16 22 (3.62%) Infrastructure as Code
17 20 (3.29%) Mentoring
17 20 (3.29%) SIEM
18 19 (3.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.40%) PowerShell
2 33 (5.43%) Python
3 11 (1.81%) Bash
4 8 (1.32%) Java
5 2 (0.33%) SQL
6 1 (0.16%) Bicep
6 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 608 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 377 (62.01%) Network+ Certification
3 369 (60.69%) Azure Certification
4 124 (20.39%) CCNP
5 79 (12.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (12.83%) Degree
7 40 (6.58%) MCSE
8 34 (5.59%) Security Cleared
9 23 (3.78%) SC Cleared
10 21 (3.45%) AWS Certification
11 20 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (2.96%) MCSA
13 17 (2.80%) DV Cleared
14 15 (2.47%) CISSP
15 14 (2.30%) A+ Certification
16 12 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 11 (1.81%) CCIE
17 11 (1.81%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (1.64%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 26 (4.28%) SLA
3 20 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.97%) GDPR
5 7 (1.15%) NIST
6 6 (0.99%) QA
7 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.49%) COBIT
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.33%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 79 (12.99%) Active Directory
2 47 (7.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (5.76%) Hyper-V
4 17 (2.80%) vSphere
5 11 (1.81%) Docker
5 11 (1.81%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.32%) Squid
8 7 (1.15%) Firmware
9 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (3.78%) FortiGate
3 16 (2.63%) Ansible
4 9 (1.48%) ZABBIX
5 8 (1.32%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.32%) Packer
5 8 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (0.66%) Iperf
7 3 (0.49%) Control-M
7 3 (0.49%) SCCM
8 2 (0.33%) VxRail
9 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.16%) OpenView
9 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 471 (77.47%) Cisco
2 428 (70.39%) Microsoft
3 330 (54.28%) ForeScout
4 72 (11.84%) VMware
5 49 (8.06%) Fortinet
6 39 (6.41%) Palo Alto
7 29 (4.77%) Meraki
8 16 (2.63%) Dell
9 15 (2.47%) F5
9 15 (2.47%) Sophos
9 15 (2.47%) Splunk
9 15 (2.47%) WatchGuard
10 14 (2.30%) Aruba
10 14 (2.30%) Juniper
11 13 (2.14%) SolarWinds
11 13 (2.14%) Veeam
12 11 (1.81%) CheckPoint
12 11 (1.81%) HP
12 11 (1.81%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.81%) Ruckus Wireless