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 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 219 324
Rank change year-on-year -205 +105 +96
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 266 643 682
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 1.41% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 3.63% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 180 331 602
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,200 £29,775
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +15.79% +5.26%
75th Percentile £55,625 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,600 £71,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -

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 20,181 17,731 21,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.57% 38.90% 27.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,105 7,184 15,374
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,525 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -198 246 £48,750 -11.36% 123
UK excluding London -178 193 £42,500 -19.05% 109
Work from Home +33 86 £45,000 -20.00% 49
London -34 65 £50,000 -20.00% 29
North of England -87 52 £50,000 +5.26% 24
North West -27 41 £50,000 +5.26% 17
South East -73 40 £48,750 -11.36% 32
Midlands -135 37 £32,500 -49.69% 15
East Midlands -47 32 £32,500 - 4
East of England +10 24 £40,000 -20.79% 13
South West -21 24 £40,000 -15.79% 22
Scotland -13 9 £26,150 -59.77% 4
Yorkshire -53 9 £50,000 +18.06% 5
Northern Ireland -22 6 £37,500 -28.57%
West Midlands -110 5 £47,500 -26.47% 11
North East -25 2 £55,500 -14.62% 2
Wales -30 1 £32,500 -24.42% 4

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 25 (9.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (30.08%) Azure
2 45 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (16.54%) AWS
4 26 (9.77%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (1.88%) GCP
5 5 (1.88%) IaaS
6 4 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.50%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (0.75%) SaaS
8 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.38%) GitHub
8 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.38%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 147 (55.26%) Firewall
2 109 (40.98%) WAN
3 102 (38.35%) LAN
4 69 (25.94%) VPN
5 36 (13.53%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (13.16%) Network Security
6 35 (13.16%) VLAN
7 32 (12.03%) TCP/IP
8 26 (9.77%) Cisco ASA
9 22 (8.27%) Wireless
10 21 (7.89%) MPLS
11 20 (7.52%) SD-WAN
12 19 (7.14%) DNS
13 18 (6.77%) DHCP
14 17 (6.39%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (6.39%) Intrusion Detection
14 17 (6.39%) WLAN
15 16 (6.02%) BGP
16 15 (5.64%) SAN
17 14 (5.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.63%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.63%) Metasploit
2 5 (1.88%) GitLab
2 5 (1.88%) JIRA
3 1 (0.38%) Git
General
1 97 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.66%) Finance
3 24 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.89%) Legal
8 13 (4.89%) Telecoms
9 12 (4.51%) Law
10 10 (3.76%) Retail
11 4 (1.50%) Banking
12 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Military
14 1 (0.38%) Marketing
14 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (26.32%) Network Engineer
2 41 (15.41%) IT Engineer
3 38 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 38 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 33 (12.41%) LAN Engineer
4 33 (12.41%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 33 (12.41%) WAN Engineer
5 23 (8.65%) IT Support
6 22 (8.27%) IT Support Engineer
6 22 (8.27%) Senior
6 22 (8.27%) Technical Engineer
7 21 (7.89%) Presales Engineer
8 19 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 19 (7.14%) Firewall Engineer
8 19 (7.14%) Juniper Engineer
9 18 (6.77%) Analyst
10 15 (5.64%) Field Engineer
10 15 (5.64%) Senior Network Engineer
11 14 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.50%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.75%) Middleware
3 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.38%) React
3 1 (0.38%) Svelte
3 1 (0.38%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.92%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.02%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (4.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (4.89%) Smartphone
5 12 (4.51%) Security Posture
6 11 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.01%) e-Learning
7 8 (3.01%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.63%) CCTV
8 7 (2.63%) Insider Threat
9 5 (1.88%) PKI
9 5 (1.88%) Social Media
10 4 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.50%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.75%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 67 (25.19%) Windows
2 37 (13.91%) Linux
3 30 (11.28%) Windows Server
4 14 (5.26%) Unix
5 7 (2.63%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.75%) Android
8 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (22.18%) Customer Service
3 48 (18.05%) ITIL
4 46 (17.29%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (11.28%) Presales
6 28 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 27 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 25 (9.40%) High Availability
10 24 (9.02%) Process Improvement
11 22 (8.27%) Computer Science
12 21 (7.89%) Project Delivery
13 20 (7.52%) Penetration Testing
14 19 (7.14%) Service Delivery
15 18 (6.77%) Incident Response
15 18 (6.77%) Kalman Filter
15 18 (6.77%) Network Monitoring
15 18 (6.77%) SIEM
16 17 (6.39%) Information Security
16 17 (6.39%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.52%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.39%) Python
3 2 (0.75%) Bicep
3 2 (0.75%) SQL
4 1 (0.38%) Bash
4 1 (0.38%) Go
Qualifications
1 266 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (41.35%) CCNP
3 59 (22.18%) Degree
4 57 (21.43%) Security Cleared
5 56 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (16.54%) MCSE
7 41 (15.41%) SC Cleared
8 36 (13.53%) JNCIA
9 34 (12.78%) Network+ Certification
10 27 (10.15%) MCSA
10 27 (10.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 24 (9.02%) CCIE
12 22 (8.27%) DBS Check
12 22 (8.27%) DV Cleared
13 20 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 17 (6.39%) CCSA
15 17 (6.39%) CCSE
16 13 (4.89%) A+ Certification
17 12 (4.51%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.89%) SLA
2 17 (6.39%) GDPR
2 17 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (4.51%) NIST
5 7 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.13%) ITGC
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (13.91%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.89%) Hyper-V
3 20 (7.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.26%) vSphere
6 5 (1.88%) Firmware
7 4 (1.50%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.38%) Docker
8 1 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.38%) KVM
8 1 (0.38%) RHEV
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (9.40%) FortiGate
3 13 (4.89%) Ansible
4 7 (2.63%) Nmap
5 5 (1.88%) Autotask
5 5 (1.88%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.88%) Terraform
6 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.50%) PaperCut
6 4 (1.50%) WSUS
7 3 (1.13%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.13%) QRadar
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.75%) OpenView
8 2 (0.75%) SCCM
8 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.38%) Control-M
9 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.38%) Nagios
Vendors
1 165 (62.03%) Cisco
2 77 (28.95%) Microsoft
3 73 (27.44%) Fortinet
4 52 (19.55%) Juniper
5 42 (15.79%) VMware
6 29 (10.90%) CheckPoint
7 28 (10.53%) Aruba
8 24 (9.02%) Meraki
9 23 (8.65%) SolarWinds
10 19 (7.14%) Dell
10 19 (7.14%) Palo Alto
11 15 (5.64%) Citrix
12 11 (4.14%) CrowdStrike
12 11 (4.14%) Splunk
13 8 (3.01%) Apple
13 8 (3.01%) Arista
13 8 (3.01%) Draytek
13 8 (3.01%) WatchGuard
14 7 (2.63%) Mitel
14 7 (2.63%) Remedy