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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 318 358
Rank change year-on-year +9 +40 +17
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 576 398 765
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.91% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.99% 2.29% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 183 292 636
10th Percentile £26,600 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,269 £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 £66,250 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,250 £73,625 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,151 £45,000 £44,225
% change year-on-year +2.56% +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 19,275 17,378 26,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.89% 39.56% 25.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,381 7,273 17,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% +1.93% -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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +5 507 £50,000 +5.26% 233
UK excluding London +46 484 £46,151 +2.56% 259
North of England +44 139 £50,000 -9.09% 49
South East -8 94 £45,000 +5.88% 57
London -42 86 £74,000 +34.55% 35
Midlands -21 81 £51,058 +32.62% 30
Yorkshire +11 68 £45,500 +17.88% 15
South West -38 67 £40,000 -11.11% 44
North West +31 59 £50,000 -9.09% 24
Work from Home -10 53 £47,750 +6.11% 37
East Midlands -19 44 £51,058 +45.88% 10
East of England +20 43 £34,000 -30.26% 33
Scotland +39 39 £27,075 -23.19% 21
West Midlands -41 37 £53,401 -17.85% 20
Wales -23 21 £33,000 -12.00% 15
North East -34 12 - - 10
Northern Ireland -32 6 - - 12

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 26 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 416 (72.22%) Azure
2 48 (8.33%) AWS
2 48 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (2.60%) Entra ID
4 11 (1.91%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (1.91%) GCP
5 9 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (0.87%) Mimecast
6 5 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (0.69%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.69%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (0.69%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.69%) Serverless
8 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.52%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.35%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 140 (24.31%) Firewall
2 108 (18.75%) WAN
3 87 (15.10%) LAN
4 77 (13.37%) VPN
5 58 (10.07%) Network Security
6 53 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
7 34 (5.90%) TCP/IP
8 31 (5.38%) VLAN
9 29 (5.03%) SD-WAN
9 29 (5.03%) VoIP
10 28 (4.86%) DNS
10 28 (4.86%) Wireless
11 27 (4.69%) DHCP
12 21 (3.65%) SAN
13 19 (3.30%) BGP
13 19 (3.30%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (2.78%) MPLS
15 15 (2.60%) Cisco ISE
15 15 (2.60%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (3.30%) JIRA
2 13 (2.26%) GitLab
3 9 (1.56%) Git
3 9 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.39%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.69%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.69%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
General
1 428 (74.31%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (4.34%) Public Sector
4 20 (3.47%) Finance
5 16 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (2.26%) Legal
7 12 (2.08%) Retail
8 11 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.22%) Banking
11 7 (1.22%) Law
12 5 (0.87%) Military
13 4 (0.69%) Automotive
13 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.69%) Electronics
14 2 (0.35%) Local Government
15 1 (0.17%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 411 (71.35%) Network Engineer
2 52 (9.03%) IT Engineer
3 30 (5.21%) Cisco Engineer
4 27 (4.69%) IT Support
5 25 (4.34%) Senior
6 24 (4.17%) Support Engineer
7 22 (3.82%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (3.65%) LAN Engineer
8 21 (3.65%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 21 (3.65%) Lead
8 21 (3.65%) WAN Engineer
9 19 (3.30%) Field Engineer
9 19 (3.30%) Field Service Engineer
10 18 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
10 18 (3.13%) Presales Engineer
11 17 (2.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 14 (2.43%) Senior Network Engineer
13 13 (2.26%) Firewall Engineer
13 13 (2.26%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.69%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.69%) boto
1 4 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.35%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.90%) Data Centre
2 17 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (2.95%) Driving Licence
3 16 (2.78%) Security Posture
4 13 (2.26%) Smartphone
5 11 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.87%) FMCG
8 5 (0.87%) PKI
8 5 (0.87%) Replication
8 5 (0.87%) Social Media
9 4 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (0.69%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 86 (14.93%) Windows
2 45 (7.81%) Windows Server
3 44 (7.64%) Linux
4 11 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (1.74%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (9.03%) ITIL
4 41 (7.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (6.77%) Customer Service
6 34 (5.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 33 (5.73%) High Availability
8 30 (5.21%) Computer Science
9 29 (5.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (4.86%) Network Monitoring
11 27 (4.69%) Incident Response
12 25 (4.34%) Presales
13 24 (4.17%) SIEM
14 23 (3.99%) Business Continuity
15 22 (3.82%) Network Architecture
16 20 (3.47%) Network Design
16 20 (3.47%) Process Improvement
17 17 (2.95%) Penetration Testing
18 15 (2.60%) Infrastructure as Code
18 15 (2.60%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 33 (5.73%) PowerShell
2 17 (2.95%) Python
3 9 (1.56%) Bash
4 8 (1.39%) Java
5 3 (0.52%) SQL
6 2 (0.35%) Bicep
7 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 576 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 369 (64.06%) Network+ Certification
3 363 (63.02%) Azure Certification
4 98 (17.01%) CCNP
5 68 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (10.94%) Degree
7 39 (6.77%) MCSE
7 39 (6.77%) Security Cleared
8 25 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (3.82%) SC Cleared
10 19 (3.30%) CCIE
11 18 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (2.95%) A+ Certification
13 16 (2.78%) JNCIA
14 13 (2.26%) CISSP
14 13 (2.26%) DBS Check
15 12 (2.08%) OSCP
15 12 (2.08%) RHCSA
16 11 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.91%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (3.65%) SLA
3 18 (3.13%) GDPR
4 12 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.08%) NIST
5 4 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.52%) COBIT
6 3 (0.52%) QA
7 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 35 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.30%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.78%) vSphere
5 12 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.91%) Docker
7 8 (1.39%) Squid
8 7 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.04%) Firmware
10 3 (0.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.52%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.47%) FortiGate
2 18 (3.13%) Ansible
3 17 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (2.78%) Terraform
5 10 (1.74%) Cisco Prime
6 9 (1.56%) ZABBIX
7 8 (1.39%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.39%) Packer
8 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.69%) Control-M
9 4 (0.69%) Nmap
9 4 (0.69%) WSUS
10 3 (0.52%) OpenView
10 3 (0.52%) Tivoli
10 3 (0.52%) VxRail
11 2 (0.35%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 453 (78.65%) Cisco
2 410 (71.18%) Microsoft
3 330 (57.29%) ForeScout
4 54 (9.38%) Fortinet
5 47 (8.16%) VMware
6 27 (4.69%) Aruba
7 26 (4.51%) Meraki
8 25 (4.34%) Dell
9 22 (3.82%) Juniper
10 21 (3.65%) SolarWinds
11 20 (3.47%) CheckPoint
12 19 (3.30%) Splunk
13 17 (2.95%) Palo Alto
14 12 (2.08%) HP
14 12 (2.08%) Sophos
15 11 (1.91%) Red Hat
15 11 (1.91%) Veeam
16 9 (1.56%) Citrix
17 8 (1.39%) Oracle
18 7 (1.22%) Zscaler