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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 317 286
Rank change year-on-year -156 -31 -11
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 362 408 642
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.83% 0.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.79% 2.39% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 234 281 257
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £35,188 £31,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +12.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £68,750 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.39% -23.00% +17.65%

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 20,184 17,062 19,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.99% 34.68% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11,744 7,361 8,531
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £47,683 £54,250
% change year-on-year +17.44% -12.11% +3.33%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -160 319 £50,000 +23.46% 93
UK excluding London -177 271 £42,500 +10.39% 93
Work from Home -70 85 £45,000 +10.43% 18
London -66 82 £66,250 +10.42% 21
South East -77 76 £47,500 -2.56% 19
Midlands -24 58 £41,000 +17.14% 19
North of England -68 51 £42,500 +4.94% 18
East Midlands -23 34 £38,500 +10.00% 12
Yorkshire -19 30 £42,500 +63.46% 10
South West -130 27 £44,189 +38.09% 10
Scotland +27 26 £28,000 -22.22% 12
East of England -47 25 £58,750 +46.88% 10
West Midlands -30 24 £47,500 +15.85% 7
North West -35 18 £52,500 -2.33% 6
Wales -62 8 £40,750 -18.09% 7
North East -71 3 £38,378 +23.80% 2
Northern Ireland -84 1 - - 1

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 (8.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.28%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 176 (48.62%) Azure
2 89 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (17.68%) Entra ID
4 51 (14.09%) AWS
5 10 (2.76%) GCP
6 8 (2.21%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.38%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.10%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.10%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (1.10%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.10%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.10%) Serverless
9 3 (0.83%) OCI
10 2 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 187 (51.66%) Firewall
2 136 (37.57%) WAN
3 122 (33.70%) LAN
4 110 (30.39%) VPN
5 85 (23.48%) DHCP
5 85 (23.48%) DNS
5 85 (23.48%) Network Security
5 85 (23.48%) VLAN
6 81 (22.38%) Wireless
7 77 (21.27%) TCP/IP
8 65 (17.96%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (12.98%) SD-WAN
10 38 (10.50%) BGP
11 33 (9.12%) OSPF
11 33 (9.12%) VoIP
12 21 (5.80%) SAN
13 20 (5.52%) WLAN
14 19 (5.25%) Internet
15 18 (4.97%) MPLS
16 15 (4.14%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (9.12%) JIRA
2 12 (3.31%) GitLab
3 7 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.66%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.66%) Git
5 1 (0.28%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 180 (49.72%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.12%) Telecoms
4 23 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.97%) Finance
6 15 (4.14%) Manufacturing
7 14 (3.87%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.59%) Law
8 13 (3.59%) Retail
9 12 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.76%) Legal
12 8 (2.21%) Banking
13 7 (1.93%) Digital Health
13 7 (1.93%) Military
13 7 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.10%) French Language
15 3 (0.83%) Automotive
15 3 (0.83%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.83%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 169 (46.69%) Network Engineer
2 64 (17.68%) IT Engineer
3 52 (14.36%) IT Support
4 43 (11.88%) Senior
5 42 (11.60%) Support Engineer
6 34 (9.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 26 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (7.18%) Senior Network Engineer
8 21 (5.80%) Field Engineer
8 21 (5.80%) Field Service Engineer
9 19 (5.25%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (4.14%) Security Engineer
11 14 (3.87%) IT Technician
12 13 (3.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (3.59%) Analyst
13 12 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (3.04%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (3.04%) IT Support Technician
14 11 (3.04%) Senior Security Engineer
14 11 (3.04%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.14%) Terraform
2 4 (1.10%) boto
3 2 (0.55%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.55%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.55%) EDI
3 2 (0.55%) LDAP
3 2 (0.55%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.55%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.55%) SAML
4 1 (0.28%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.28%) YAML
4 1 (0.28%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 74 (20.44%) Data Centre
2 54 (14.92%) Driving Licence
3 20 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.97%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.70%) CCTV
6 15 (4.14%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (3.31%) Smartphone
9 10 (2.76%) FMCG
9 10 (2.76%) PKI
10 9 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.49%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.21%) Replication
12 7 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.55%) Client/Server
14 2 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
14 2 (0.55%) Operational Technology
14 2 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
15 1 (0.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 130 (35.91%) Windows
2 94 (25.97%) Windows Server
3 46 (12.71%) Linux
4 16 (4.42%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.83%) Android
9 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (25.69%) ITIL
2 89 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (19.61%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (19.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 58 (16.02%) Project Delivery
6 51 (14.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 47 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (12.43%) Network Design
9 42 (11.60%) Customer Service
9 42 (11.60%) High Availability
10 39 (10.77%) Business Continuity
11 30 (8.29%) Network Monitoring
12 29 (8.01%) ITSM
13 27 (7.46%) Computer Science
13 27 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 26 (7.18%) Mentoring
15 22 (6.08%) Incident Management
15 22 (6.08%) SIEM
16 21 (5.80%) Network Architecture
16 21 (5.80%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.77%) PowerShell
2 32 (8.84%) Python
3 9 (2.49%) Bash
4 6 (1.66%) Java
5 2 (0.55%) SQL
6 1 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 362 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 133 (36.74%) CCNP
3 99 (27.35%) Network+ Certification
4 86 (23.76%) Azure Certification
5 78 (21.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 71 (19.61%) Degree
7 42 (11.60%) MCSE
8 37 (10.22%) Security Cleared
9 24 (6.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 23 (6.35%) SC Cleared
11 22 (6.08%) MCSA
12 20 (5.52%) DV Cleared
13 18 (4.97%) AWS Certification
13 18 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (4.42%) A+ Certification
15 15 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 15 (4.14%) CISSP
16 12 (3.31%) CCIE
16 12 (3.31%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (2.49%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 26 (7.18%) SLA
3 16 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (1.93%) GDPR
5 6 (1.66%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.66%) QA
6 3 (0.83%) COBIT
6 3 (0.83%) GRC
7 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.55%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 87 (24.03%) Active Directory
2 45 (12.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (11.05%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.42%) vSphere
5 10 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.49%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.21%) Docker
8 6 (1.66%) Firmware
8 6 (1.66%) Squid
9 3 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.83%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.55%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (12.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (8.29%) FortiGate
3 16 (4.42%) Ansible
4 11 (3.04%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.93%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.66%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.66%) Packer
7 4 (1.10%) Iperf
8 3 (0.83%) Control-M
8 3 (0.83%) SCCM
9 2 (0.55%) Nagios
9 2 (0.55%) VxRail
10 1 (0.28%) OpenView
10 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 210 (58.01%) Cisco
2 161 (44.48%) Microsoft
3 77 (21.27%) VMware
4 58 (16.02%) Fortinet
5 55 (15.19%) ForeScout
6 46 (12.71%) Palo Alto
7 29 (8.01%) Meraki
8 22 (6.08%) Aruba
8 22 (6.08%) WatchGuard
9 21 (5.80%) F5
10 17 (4.70%) Dell
11 15 (4.14%) CheckPoint
11 15 (4.14%) Juniper
11 15 (4.14%) Ruckus Wireless
12 13 (3.59%) Draytek
12 13 (3.59%) SolarWinds
12 13 (3.59%) Sophos
12 13 (3.59%) Veeam
13 12 (3.31%) Mitel
13 12 (3.31%) Splunk