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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 222 329
Rank change year-on-year -216 +107 +91
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 255 619 727
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 1.41% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.25% 3.60% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 170 340 645
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £51,251 £42,500
% change year-on-year -14.64% +20.59% -

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 20,401 17,201 23,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.02% 39.17% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,094 7,407 16,128
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,498 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £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 10 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 10 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 -191 235 £50,000 -9.09% 106
UK excluding London -196 179 £43,750 -14.64% 93
Work from Home +46 77 £45,250 -17.73% 30
London -38 68 £55,000 -12.00% 23
North of England -87 52 £50,000 +5.26% 21
North West -40 41 £50,000 +5.26% 13
Midlands -133 35 £32,500 -49.69% 14
South East -74 33 £45,000 -18.18% 27
East Midlands -48 30 £32,500 -22.16% 6
South West -31 22 £38,212 -19.55% 16
East of England +8 21 £36,500 -29.81% 12
Scotland -19 10 £26,150 -59.77% 3
Yorkshire -63 9 £50,000 +29.03% 5
Northern Ireland -26 5 £37,500 -28.57% 1
West Midlands -120 5 £47,500 -26.47% 8
North East -32 2 £55,500 -14.62% 3
Wales -29 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 26 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (31.37%) Azure
2 46 (18.04%) AWS
3 43 (16.86%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (9.41%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 6 (2.35%) GCP
5 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.57%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.18%) IaaS
9 2 (0.78%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.78%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.78%) SaaS
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 144 (56.47%) Firewall
2 114 (44.71%) WAN
3 103 (40.39%) LAN
4 65 (25.49%) VPN
5 38 (14.90%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (13.73%) Network Security
7 34 (13.33%) VLAN
8 30 (11.76%) TCP/IP
9 26 (10.20%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (9.02%) Wireless
11 21 (8.24%) SD-WAN
12 19 (7.45%) DNS
12 19 (7.45%) MPLS
13 18 (7.06%) Cisco Firepower
13 18 (7.06%) DHCP
14 16 (6.27%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (6.27%) VoIP
14 16 (6.27%) WLAN
15 15 (5.88%) SAN
16 13 (5.10%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.75%) Burp Suite
1 7 (2.75%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.35%) JIRA
3 4 (1.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.39%) Git
General
1 93 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.69%) Finance
3 25 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.41%) Public Sector
5 21 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (5.49%) Legal
6 14 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.10%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.92%) Law
8 10 (3.92%) Retail
9 5 (1.96%) Banking
10 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Military
11 1 (0.39%) Marketing
11 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (26.27%) Network Engineer
2 41 (16.08%) IT Engineer
3 40 (15.69%) Cisco Engineer
4 34 (13.33%) LAN Engineer
4 34 (13.33%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 34 (13.33%) WAN Engineer
5 33 (12.94%) Support Engineer
6 24 (9.41%) IT Support
7 22 (8.63%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (8.24%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (8.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 21 (8.24%) Presales Engineer
9 19 (7.45%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (7.45%) Juniper Engineer
10 18 (7.06%) Analyst
10 18 (7.06%) Senior
11 15 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (5.88%) Field Engineer
11 15 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
12 14 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.57%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.78%) Middleware
3 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 54 (21.18%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.27%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (5.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (5.49%) Security Posture
4 14 (5.49%) Smartphone
5 10 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.75%) CCTV
6 7 (2.75%) e-Learning
6 7 (2.75%) Insider Threat
6 7 (2.75%) Social Media
7 6 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.96%) PKI
9 4 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.18%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (26.67%) Windows
2 38 (14.90%) Linux
3 31 (12.16%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.10%) Unix
5 8 (3.14%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.39%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (21.57%) Customer Service
3 49 (19.22%) ITIL
4 45 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (11.37%) High Availability
5 29 (11.37%) Presales
6 27 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (10.20%) Process Improvement
8 25 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 24 (9.41%) Computer Science
10 22 (8.63%) Mentoring
11 21 (8.24%) Incident Response
12 20 (7.84%) Penetration Testing
13 19 (7.45%) Network Monitoring
13 19 (7.45%) Project Delivery
14 18 (7.06%) Kalman Filter
14 18 (7.06%) SIEM
15 16 (6.27%) Service Delivery
16 15 (5.88%) Coaching
16 15 (5.88%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.84%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (0.78%) SQL
4 1 (0.39%) Bash
4 1 (0.39%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 255 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 105 (41.18%) CCNP
3 59 (23.14%) Degree
3 59 (23.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 50 (19.61%) Security Cleared
5 43 (16.86%) MCSE
6 35 (13.73%) Network+ Certification
6 35 (13.73%) SC Cleared
7 31 (12.16%) JNCIA
8 26 (10.20%) MCSA
9 25 (9.80%) CCIE
9 25 (9.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 22 (8.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (8.24%) DBS Check
12 20 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (7.45%) DV Cleared
14 18 (7.06%) CCSA
14 18 (7.06%) CCSE
15 14 (5.49%) A+ Certification
16 11 (4.31%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.45%) SLA
2 17 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (6.27%) GDPR
4 12 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (4.31%) NIST
6 7 (2.75%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.18%) ITGC
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (14.51%) Active Directory
2 23 (9.02%) Hyper-V
3 21 (8.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.75%) vSphere
5 5 (1.96%) Firmware
6 4 (1.57%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (10.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (9.41%) FortiGate
3 12 (4.71%) Ansible
4 7 (2.75%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.75%) Nmap
5 6 (2.35%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (1.96%) Terraform
7 4 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.57%) PaperCut
7 4 (1.57%) WSUS
8 3 (1.18%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.18%) Autotask
8 3 (1.18%) QRadar
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.78%) Control-M
9 2 (0.78%) OpenView
9 2 (0.78%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.78%) VxRail
10 1 (0.39%) Grafana
10 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 161 (63.14%) Cisco
2 75 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 72 (28.24%) Fortinet
4 48 (18.82%) Juniper
5 41 (16.08%) VMware
6 32 (12.55%) CheckPoint
7 28 (10.98%) Aruba
7 28 (10.98%) Meraki
8 23 (9.02%) SolarWinds
9 20 (7.84%) Dell
10 19 (7.45%) Palo Alto
11 14 (5.49%) Citrix
12 12 (4.71%) Splunk
13 10 (3.92%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (3.14%) Apple
14 8 (3.14%) Arista
14 8 (3.14%) Draytek
14 8 (3.14%) WatchGuard
15 7 (2.75%) Mitel
15 7 (2.75%) Sophos