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 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 237 301
Rank change year-on-year -138 +64 +113
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 304 677 577
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 1.27% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.57% 3.46% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 210 321 497
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £29,975
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,951 £63,750 £57,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £51,876 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.89% +22.06% -

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 19,397 19,574 17,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.82% 36.70% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,796 7,637 11,635
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,518 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +6.28% -2.61%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,100 £91,250
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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -135 275 £40,500 -26.36% 111
UK excluding London -109 243 £40,000 -22.89% 106
Work from Home +66 93 £40,750 -25.91% 39
South East -21 60 £51,250 -9.31% 33
North of England -33 52 £50,000 +5.26% 27
London -25 50 £55,000 -8.33% 18
South West +24 40 £32,000 -32.63% 16
Midlands -107 39 £32,500 -38.10% 14
North West -7 38 £50,000 +5.26% 13
East Midlands -29 33 £32,500 -15.58% 3
East of England +26 31 £40,000 -20.79% 9
Scotland +5 13 £36,000 -44.62% 4
Yorkshire -30 8 £26,000 -46.67% 12
Northern Ireland -3 7 £37,500 -28.57% 1
North East -1 6 £31,000 -52.31% 3
West Midlands -96 6 £41,000 -28.38% 11
Wales -25 1 £32,500 -26.14% 3

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 22 (7.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.66%) Apache
3 2 (0.66%) Confluence
3 2 (0.66%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 73 (24.01%) Azure
2 44 (14.47%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (11.18%) AWS
4 28 (9.21%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.97%) IaaS
6 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.32%) SaaS
7 2 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.66%) GCP
7 2 (0.66%) GitHub
7 2 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.66%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.66%) Rubrik
7 2 (0.66%) SecurityScorecard
8 1 (0.33%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.33%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 151 (49.67%) Firewall
2 100 (32.89%) WAN
3 98 (32.24%) LAN
4 63 (20.72%) VPN
5 43 (14.14%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (11.84%) Network Security
7 34 (11.18%) VLAN
7 34 (11.18%) VSAT
8 32 (10.53%) TCP/IP
9 21 (6.91%) Cisco ASA
9 21 (6.91%) MPLS
10 19 (6.25%) BGP
10 19 (6.25%) DNS
10 19 (6.25%) Wireless
11 18 (5.92%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (5.59%) DHCP
13 16 (5.26%) SAN
13 16 (5.26%) VoIP
14 14 (4.61%) OSPF
14 14 (4.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.66%) MySQL
2 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.30%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.30%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.99%) GitLab
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
4 1 (0.33%) Git
General
1 106 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.79%) Finance
3 23 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
4 20 (6.58%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.58%) Telecoms
5 16 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (3.62%) Law
6 11 (3.62%) Legal
7 10 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.96%) Retail
9 6 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.64%) Billing
11 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.32%) Automotive
11 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Electronics
12 3 (0.99%) Banking
13 2 (0.66%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 62 (20.39%) Network Engineer
2 54 (17.76%) Support Engineer
3 52 (17.11%) Technical Engineer
4 41 (13.49%) Technical Support
5 35 (11.51%) Technical Support Engineer
6 30 (9.87%) Cisco Engineer
7 29 (9.54%) IT Engineer
7 29 (9.54%) LAN Engineer
7 29 (9.54%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 29 (9.54%) WAN Engineer
8 26 (8.55%) Analyst
9 23 (7.57%) Administrator
10 22 (7.24%) Senior
11 20 (6.58%) Presales Engineer
12 19 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
13 18 (5.92%) Firewall Engineer
13 18 (5.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (5.92%) IT Support
13 18 (5.92%) Juniper Engineer
13 18 (5.92%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.32%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.66%) Middleware
2 2 (0.66%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.33%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.33%) React
3 1 (0.33%) Svelte
3 1 (0.33%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.13%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.89%) Driving Licence
3 20 (6.58%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.95%) CCTV
5 11 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (3.62%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.62%) Smartphone
6 10 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.29%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.30%) Insider Threat
8 5 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.64%) Social Media
9 4 (1.32%) Handset
9 4 (1.32%) LIMS
9 4 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.32%) SCADA
10 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.99%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 69 (22.70%) Windows
2 45 (14.80%) Linux
3 41 (13.49%) Windows Server
4 26 (8.55%) Unix
5 14 (4.61%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.64%) Android
6 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.66%) CentOS
7 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.92%) Customer Service
2 68 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (21.71%) ITIL
4 48 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 40 (13.16%) High Availability
6 36 (11.84%) Cybersecurity
7 33 (10.86%) Presales
8 31 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 30 (9.87%) Commercial Awareness
10 28 (9.21%) Kalman Filter
11 23 (7.57%) Service Delivery
12 22 (7.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (7.24%) Innovative Thinking
13 21 (6.91%) Project Delivery
14 20 (6.58%) Web Filtering
15 19 (6.25%) Computer Science
15 19 (6.25%) Information Security
15 19 (6.25%) Penetration Testing
16 18 (5.92%) Security Operations
17 16 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.91%) Python
2 20 (6.58%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.64%) Bash
4 2 (0.66%) Bicep
4 2 (0.66%) C
4 2 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.33%) Go
5 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 304 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 116 (38.16%) CCNP
3 83 (27.30%) Security Cleared
4 67 (22.04%) SC Cleared
5 65 (21.38%) JNCIA
6 60 (19.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (18.75%) Degree
8 43 (14.14%) MCSE
9 40 (13.16%) DV Cleared
10 36 (11.84%) Network+ Certification
11 31 (10.20%) MCSA
12 28 (9.21%) MCP
13 26 (8.55%) DBS Check
14 17 (5.59%) CCIE
15 16 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
16 15 (4.93%) A+ Certification
16 15 (4.93%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (4.61%) CISSP
18 12 (3.95%) CCSA
18 12 (3.95%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (7.24%) SLA
3 17 (5.59%) GDPR
4 13 (4.28%) NIST
5 12 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.97%) GxP
8 4 (1.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.99%) ITGC
9 3 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 44 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.61%) Hyper-V
2 14 (4.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.64%) Firmware
3 5 (1.64%) vSphere
4 4 (1.32%) Docker
4 4 (1.32%) pfSense
5 3 (0.99%) KVM
5 3 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.66%) RHEV
6 2 (0.66%) Samba
6 2 (0.66%) Squid
6 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.66%) Xen
7 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (10.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.91%) FortiGate
3 11 (3.62%) Ansible
4 7 (2.30%) Nmap
4 7 (2.30%) SCCM
5 5 (1.64%) Autotask
5 5 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.64%) Terraform
6 4 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (1.32%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.32%) PaperCut
7 3 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (0.99%) QRadar
8 2 (0.66%) Nagios
8 2 (0.66%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.66%) VxRail
9 1 (0.33%) OpenView
9 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 179 (58.88%) Cisco
2 77 (25.33%) Microsoft
3 66 (21.71%) Fortinet
4 63 (20.72%) Juniper
5 35 (11.51%) VMware
6 28 (9.21%) Aruba
7 24 (7.89%) Meraki
8 22 (7.24%) CheckPoint
9 19 (6.25%) Dell
9 19 (6.25%) Palo Alto
10 17 (5.59%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.28%) Citrix
12 11 (3.62%) Apple
12 11 (3.62%) Remedy
12 11 (3.62%) Starlink
13 10 (3.29%) ServiceNow
14 8 (2.63%) Arista
14 8 (2.63%) Splunk
15 7 (2.30%) F5
15 7 (2.30%) Mitel