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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 344 343
Rank change year-on-year +47 -1 +27
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 581 377 840
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.84% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.19% 2.18% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 186 302 619
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £31,150
25th Percentile £37,039 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,151 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +5.88% -

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 18,205 17,271 27,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.44% 38.62% 25.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,583 7,324 17,293
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £70,613
90th Percentile £93,250 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,584 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.73% +1.17% -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 18 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 18 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 +10 513 £50,000 +5.26% 208
UK excluding London +66 488 £46,151 +2.56% 250
North of England +43 141 £50,000 -9.09% 53
South East +4 98 £45,000 +5.88% 47
London -47 90 £74,000 +34.55% 32
Midlands -1 79 £51,058 +32.62% 18
Yorkshire +13 68 £45,500 +17.88% 14
South West -48 66 £50,000 +11.11% 47
North West +36 61 £50,000 -9.09% 25
Work from Home -21 53 £48,500 +2.11% 41
East of England +20 43 £34,000 -18.56% 28
East Midlands -13 42 £51,058 +45.88% 2
Scotland +46 39 £26,150 +2.55% 21
West Midlands -3 37 £53,401 -17.85% 16
Wales -26 22 £40,750 +8.67% 13
North East -39 12 - - 14
Northern Ireland -28 6 - - 25

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 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 420 (72.29%) Azure
2 52 (8.95%) AWS
3 48 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (2.58%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (1.89%) GCP
6 9 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (0.86%) Mimecast
7 5 (0.86%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (0.69%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.69%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (0.69%) AWS Fargate
8 4 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.69%) Serverless
9 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.52%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.34%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 149 (25.65%) Firewall
2 117 (20.14%) WAN
3 95 (16.35%) LAN
4 89 (15.32%) VPN
5 64 (11.02%) Network Security
6 59 (10.15%) Wi-Fi
7 40 (6.88%) TCP/IP
8 39 (6.71%) VLAN
9 35 (6.02%) DNS
10 34 (5.85%) DHCP
10 34 (5.85%) SD-WAN
11 31 (5.34%) VoIP
11 31 (5.34%) Wireless
12 24 (4.13%) BGP
13 20 (3.44%) Cisco Firepower
13 20 (3.44%) MPLS
14 19 (3.27%) OSPF
14 19 (3.27%) SAN
15 17 (2.93%) WLAN
16 15 (2.58%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (3.27%) JIRA
2 13 (2.24%) GitLab
3 9 (1.55%) Git
3 9 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.38%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.52%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.52%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
General
1 431 (74.18%) Social Skills
2 40 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (4.13%) Public Sector
4 19 (3.27%) Finance
5 13 (2.24%) Manufacturing
5 13 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (2.07%) Retail
6 12 (2.07%) Telecoms
7 11 (1.89%) Legal
8 9 (1.55%) Aerospace
8 9 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.38%) Banking
9 8 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.20%) Law
11 6 (1.03%) Military
12 4 (0.69%) Automotive
12 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.69%) Electronics
13 3 (0.52%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 420 (72.29%) Network Engineer
2 52 (8.95%) IT Engineer
3 31 (5.34%) Senior
4 29 (4.99%) IT Support
5 26 (4.48%) Cisco Engineer
6 24 (4.13%) Support Engineer
7 22 (3.79%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (3.61%) Lead
9 20 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (3.44%) Senior Network Engineer
10 18 (3.10%) Field Engineer
10 18 (3.10%) Field Service Engineer
11 17 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
11 17 (2.93%) LAN Engineer
11 17 (2.93%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 17 (2.93%) WAN Engineer
12 16 (2.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 13 (2.24%) Presales Engineer
13 13 (2.24%) Security Engineer
14 11 (1.89%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.69%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.69%) boto
1 4 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.34%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.15%) Data Centre
2 21 (3.61%) Driving Licence
3 19 (3.27%) Security Posture
4 15 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (1.89%) Smartphone
6 9 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.03%) FMCG
9 5 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.86%) PKI
9 5 (0.86%) Replication
10 4 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.52%) Insider Threat
11 3 (0.52%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (14.97%) Windows
2 49 (8.43%) Windows Server
3 44 (7.57%) Linux
4 12 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.38%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (8.95%) ITIL
4 40 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (6.71%) High Availability
6 38 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (5.34%) Computer Science
7 31 (5.34%) Customer Service
8 29 (4.99%) Incident Response
8 29 (4.99%) Network Monitoring
9 28 (4.82%) Business Continuity
10 26 (4.48%) SIEM
11 24 (4.13%) Network Architecture
12 22 (3.79%) Network Design
13 21 (3.61%) Presales
14 19 (3.27%) Process Improvement
15 16 (2.75%) Penetration Testing
15 16 (2.75%) Project Delivery
16 15 (2.58%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 33 (5.68%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.27%) Python
3 9 (1.55%) Bash
4 8 (1.38%) Java
5 3 (0.52%) SQL
6 2 (0.34%) Bicep
7 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 581 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 366 (62.99%) Azure Certification
2 366 (62.99%) Network+ Certification
3 109 (18.76%) CCNP
4 66 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 65 (11.19%) Degree
6 37 (6.37%) MCSE
6 37 (6.37%) Security Cleared
7 27 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (3.44%) CCIE
8 20 (3.44%) SC Cleared
9 15 (2.58%) A+ Certification
9 15 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.41%) CISSP
11 13 (2.24%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (2.07%) DV Cleared
12 12 (2.07%) JNCIA
12 12 (2.07%) RHCSA
13 11 (1.89%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (3.79%) SLA
3 17 (2.93%) GDPR
4 14 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.07%) NIST
6 5 (0.86%) QA
7 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.52%) COBIT
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (10.15%) Active Directory
2 37 (6.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.96%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.75%) vSphere
5 13 (2.24%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.89%) Docker
7 8 (1.38%) Squid
8 7 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.86%) 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 19 (3.27%) Ansible
1 19 (3.27%) FortiGate
2 16 (2.75%) Terraform
3 15 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.72%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (1.55%) ZABBIX
6 8 (1.38%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.38%) Packer
7 5 (0.86%) Control-M
8 4 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.69%) WSUS
9 3 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.52%) Nmap
9 3 (0.52%) OpenView
9 3 (0.52%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.52%) VxRail
10 1 (0.17%) Iperf
10 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 454 (78.14%) Cisco
2 411 (70.74%) Microsoft
3 330 (56.80%) ForeScout
4 53 (9.12%) Fortinet
4 53 (9.12%) VMware
5 27 (4.65%) Aruba
6 26 (4.48%) Palo Alto
7 25 (4.30%) Meraki
8 23 (3.96%) Dell
9 21 (3.61%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.44%) CheckPoint
11 19 (3.27%) Juniper
11 19 (3.27%) Splunk
12 12 (2.07%) HP
12 12 (2.07%) Sophos
13 11 (1.89%) Red Hat
13 11 (1.89%) Veeam
14 10 (1.72%) Citrix
15 8 (1.38%) Oracle
16 7 (1.20%) CrowdStrike