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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 334 331
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -32
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 607 402 611
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.81% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.99% 2.36% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 220 294 325
10th Percentile £27,450 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,063 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -18.37% +8.89%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,938 £59,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £69,625 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £36,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +18.06% -25.00% +12.94%

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 20,281 17,017 20,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 34.25% 26.48%
Number of salaries quoted 11,151 7,626 9,988
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,170 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.25%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -25 527 £52,500 +28.83% 82
UK excluding London +11 518 £42,500 +18.06% 78
North of England +18 120 £42,500 +4.94% 11
South East -1 119 £47,500 +18.75% 22
Midlands +19 101 £41,000 +17.14% 13
London -64 85 £70,000 +16.67% 24
Work from Home -64 71 £45,000 +11.11% 31
Yorkshire +9 68 £42,500 +63.46% 6
South West -98 62 £50,000 +56.25% 7
East Midlands +1 54 £39,194 +11.98% 7
Scotland +41 48 £28,000 -22.22% 8
West Midlands +11 47 £53,162 +29.66% 6
East of England -4 46 £55,000 +37.50% 12
North West +5 40 £52,500 -2.33% 3
Wales -56 22 £40,750 -18.09% 4
North East -57 12 - - 2
Northern Ireland -75 6 - - 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 33 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.16%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 433 (71.33%) Azure
2 77 (12.69%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (8.40%) AWS
4 46 (7.58%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.48%) GCP
6 8 (1.32%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (0.82%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.66%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.66%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (0.66%) AWS Fargate
9 4 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.66%) Serverless
10 3 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.33%) ChatGPT
11 2 (0.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 170 (28.01%) Firewall
2 118 (19.44%) WAN
3 101 (16.64%) VPN
4 98 (16.14%) LAN
5 80 (13.18%) Network Security
6 75 (12.36%) DHCP
6 75 (12.36%) DNS
7 72 (11.86%) VLAN
8 69 (11.37%) TCP/IP
9 60 (9.88%) Wireless
10 56 (9.23%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (7.08%) SD-WAN
12 40 (6.59%) VoIP
13 31 (5.11%) BGP
14 26 (4.28%) OSPF
15 20 (3.29%) SAN
16 19 (3.13%) Internet
16 19 (3.13%) MPLS
17 15 (2.47%) WLAN
18 12 (1.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (5.44%) JIRA
2 14 (2.31%) GitLab
3 10 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.32%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.32%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Chocolatey
General
1 449 (73.97%) Social Skills
2 48 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (4.61%) Telecoms
4 23 (3.79%) Public Sector
5 19 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 17 (2.80%) Finance
7 12 (1.98%) Retail
8 11 (1.81%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.65%) Law
9 10 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.32%) Banking
11 8 (1.32%) Legal
11 8 (1.32%) Military
12 7 (1.15%) Digital Health
13 5 (0.82%) Automotive
14 4 (0.66%) Electronics
15 3 (0.49%) Marketing
15 3 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 421 (69.36%) Network Engineer
2 62 (10.21%) IT Engineer
3 43 (7.08%) IT Support
4 34 (5.60%) Senior
5 32 (5.27%) Support Engineer
6 31 (5.11%) IT Support Engineer
7 27 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (3.29%) Field Engineer
8 20 (3.29%) Field Service Engineer
9 19 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support
10 17 (2.80%) Senior Network Engineer
11 15 (2.47%) Security Engineer
12 14 (2.31%) Analyst
12 14 (2.31%) Lead
13 13 (2.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (2.14%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (1.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 10 (1.65%) Senior Security Engineer
16 9 (1.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 9 (1.48%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.29%) Terraform
2 4 (0.66%) boto
3 3 (0.49%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.49%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.33%) EDI
4 2 (0.33%) LDAP
4 2 (0.33%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.33%) SAML
5 1 (0.16%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.16%) YAML
5 1 (0.16%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.38%) Data Centre
2 44 (7.25%) Driving Licence
3 19 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.64%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.64%) Security Posture
5 13 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (1.81%) CCTV
7 11 (1.81%) FMCG
8 10 (1.65%) Smartphone
9 9 (1.48%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.32%) PKI
10 8 (1.32%) Replication
11 7 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
13 4 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.49%) Cyber Security Posture
15 2 (0.33%) Operational Technology
15 2 (0.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 116 (19.11%) Windows
2 80 (13.18%) Windows Server
3 45 (7.41%) Linux
4 15 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.49%) Android
8 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (12.52%) ITIL
3 66 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 63 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
6 46 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (7.41%) Project Delivery
8 39 (6.43%) High Availability
8 39 (6.43%) Network Design
9 36 (5.93%) Business Continuity
9 36 (5.93%) Customer Service
10 31 (5.11%) Computer Science
11 30 (4.94%) Network Monitoring
12 25 (4.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (3.46%) Incident Response
13 21 (3.46%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (3.46%) Network Architecture
14 20 (3.29%) Mentoring
14 20 (3.29%) SIEM
15 18 (2.97%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.25%) PowerShell
2 32 (5.27%) Python
3 11 (1.81%) Bash
4 8 (1.32%) Java
5 3 (0.49%) SQL
6 1 (0.16%) Bicep
6 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 607 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 378 (62.27%) Network+ Certification
3 369 (60.79%) Azure Certification
4 122 (20.10%) CCNP
5 79 (13.01%) Degree
5 79 (13.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (6.59%) MCSE
7 35 (5.77%) Security Cleared
8 24 (3.95%) SC Cleared
9 22 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (3.46%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.97%) MCSA
12 17 (2.80%) DV Cleared
13 15 (2.47%) A+ Certification
13 15 (2.47%) CISSP
14 13 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (1.81%) CCIE
15 11 (1.81%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (1.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 10 (1.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 25 (4.12%) SLA
3 20 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.98%) GDPR
5 7 (1.15%) NIST
6 6 (0.99%) QA
7 4 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.49%) COBIT
8 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.33%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 78 (12.85%) Active Directory
2 46 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (5.77%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.64%) vSphere
5 11 (1.81%) Docker
5 11 (1.81%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.32%) Squid
8 7 (1.15%) Firmware
9 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (3.79%) FortiGate
3 16 (2.64%) Ansible
4 9 (1.48%) ZABBIX
5 8 (1.32%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.32%) Packer
6 7 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (0.66%) Iperf
8 3 (0.49%) Control-M
8 3 (0.49%) SCCM
9 2 (0.33%) OpenView
9 2 (0.33%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.33%) VxRail
10 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 471 (77.59%) Cisco
2 428 (70.51%) Microsoft
3 330 (54.37%) ForeScout
4 71 (11.70%) VMware
5 51 (8.40%) Fortinet
6 39 (6.43%) Palo Alto
7 27 (4.45%) Meraki
8 18 (2.97%) Dell
9 15 (2.47%) F5
9 15 (2.47%) Juniper
9 15 (2.47%) Sophos
9 15 (2.47%) Splunk
9 15 (2.47%) WatchGuard
10 14 (2.31%) Veeam
11 13 (2.14%) Aruba
11 13 (2.14%) SolarWinds
12 12 (1.98%) HP
13 11 (1.81%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.81%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.48%) Ruckus Wireless