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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 260 342
Rank change year-on-year -56 +82 +70
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 507 474 802
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 1.14% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.26% 2.90% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 160 314 702
10th Percentile £25,725 £31,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £32,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +10.00% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,275 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -

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 22,386 16,330 25,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.11% 39.38% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,838 7,621 17,178
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +5.50% -5.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -64 448 £50,000 -4.76% 137
UK excluding London -30 421 £45,000 -5.26% 123
North of England -4 122 £50,000 +2.56% 30
Midlands -88 79 £35,000 -44.00% 29
London -45 78 £70,000 +16.67% 24
South East -51 73 £43,750 -9.77% 35
North West -14 58 £50,000 - 14
Work from Home -19 58 £48,750 -11.36% 23
Yorkshire -17 53 £50,000 +33.33% 11
South West -32 53 £40,000 -13.98% 8
East Midlands -42 50 £32,500 - 10
East of England +7 44 £34,000 -36.45% 12
Scotland +7 35 £28,000 -20.57% 8
West Midlands -80 29 £47,500 -26.47% 19
Wales -22 15 - - 2
North East -25 11 £65,000 +73.33% 5
Northern Ireland -35 5 - - 2

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 28 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 352 (69.43%) Azure
2 46 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (8.88%) AWS
4 18 (3.55%) Entra ID
5 10 (1.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.18%) GCP
8 5 (0.99%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.39%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.39%) SaaS
10 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.20%) GitHub
10 1 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 134 (26.43%) Firewall
2 112 (22.09%) WAN
3 91 (17.95%) LAN
4 61 (12.03%) VPN
5 43 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
6 42 (8.28%) Network Security
7 31 (6.11%) TCP/IP
7 31 (6.11%) VLAN
8 28 (5.52%) DNS
9 27 (5.33%) DHCP
10 26 (5.13%) SD-WAN
11 25 (4.93%) Wireless
12 22 (4.34%) VoIP
13 17 (3.35%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (3.35%) SAN
14 16 (3.16%) Intrusion Detection
15 15 (2.96%) Cisco Firepower
15 15 (2.96%) MPLS
16 12 (2.37%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (2.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (2.37%) JIRA
2 7 (1.38%) GitLab
3 6 (1.18%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.18%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.59%) Git
4 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
General
1 363 (71.60%) Social Skills
2 31 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (5.33%) Finance
4 24 (4.73%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (2.96%) Legal
7 13 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.78%) Retail
9 8 (1.58%) Law
9 8 (1.58%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.79%) Banking
12 2 (0.39%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.39%) Automotive
12 2 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.39%) Electronics
12 2 (0.39%) Military
13 1 (0.20%) French Language
13 1 (0.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 335 (66.07%) Network Engineer
2 45 (8.88%) IT Engineer
3 41 (8.09%) Cisco Engineer
4 31 (6.11%) LAN Engineer
4 31 (6.11%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 31 (6.11%) WAN Engineer
5 26 (5.13%) IT Support
5 26 (5.13%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.54%) IT Support Engineer
6 23 (4.54%) Presales Engineer
7 22 (4.34%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 21 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (3.75%) Firewall Engineer
9 19 (3.75%) Juniper Engineer
9 19 (3.75%) Lead
10 17 (3.35%) Field Engineer
11 16 (3.16%) Field Service Engineer
12 14 (2.76%) Senior
13 13 (2.56%) Analyst
14 12 (2.37%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.39%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.06%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (2.96%) Security Posture
3 15 (2.96%) Smartphone
4 14 (2.76%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.58%) Social Media
7 7 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.18%) Insider Threat
9 5 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.99%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.99%) PKI
9 5 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.79%) CCTV
10 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.79%) FMCG
10 4 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.79%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.21%) Windows
2 33 (6.51%) Linux
3 30 (5.92%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.37%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.79%) Unix
7 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (9.66%) Customer Service
3 46 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (8.28%) ITIL
5 30 (5.92%) Presales
6 27 (5.33%) Incident Response
7 25 (4.93%) Computer Science
8 24 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (4.54%) High Availability
9 23 (4.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (4.54%) Network Monitoring
9 23 (4.54%) Process Improvement
10 19 (3.75%) Penetration Testing
10 19 (3.75%) SIEM
11 18 (3.55%) Network Architecture
12 16 (3.16%) Coaching
12 16 (3.16%) Kalman Filter
13 15 (2.96%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (2.96%) Network Segmentation
14 14 (2.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.73%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.16%) Python
3 4 (0.79%) Bash
4 2 (0.39%) Bicep
4 2 (0.39%) Java
4 2 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 507 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 318 (62.72%) Network+ Certification
3 293 (57.79%) Azure Certification
4 91 (17.95%) CCNP
5 64 (12.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 62 (12.23%) Degree
7 42 (8.28%) MCSE
8 30 (5.92%) Security Cleared
9 25 (4.93%) JNCIA
10 23 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (4.34%) DBS Check
12 21 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (4.14%) MCSA
13 19 (3.75%) CCIE
13 19 (3.75%) SC Cleared
14 16 (3.16%) A+ Certification
14 16 (3.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 14 (2.76%) CCSA
15 14 (2.76%) CCSE
16 12 (2.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (3.94%) GDPR
3 16 (3.16%) SLA
4 15 (2.96%) NIST
5 7 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.59%) ITGC
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.94%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.17%) vSphere
5 7 (1.38%) Firmware
5 7 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.18%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.59%) Docker
8 2 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.39%) Squid
Systems Management
1 22 (4.34%) FortiGate
2 20 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.96%) Ansible
4 10 (1.97%) Cisco Prime
4 10 (1.97%) Terraform
5 8 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.18%) Nmap
7 4 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.79%) PaperCut
7 4 (0.79%) WSUS
8 3 (0.59%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.59%) QRadar
9 2 (0.39%) Control-M
9 2 (0.39%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.39%) OpenView
9 2 (0.39%) Packer
9 2 (0.39%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.39%) VxRail
9 2 (0.39%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.20%) Grafana
Vendors
1 411 (81.07%) Cisco
2 347 (68.44%) Microsoft
3 275 (54.24%) ForeScout
4 64 (12.62%) Fortinet
5 37 (7.30%) VMware
6 35 (6.90%) Juniper
7 31 (6.11%) Meraki
8 26 (5.13%) Aruba
9 25 (4.93%) CheckPoint
10 24 (4.73%) Dell
11 22 (4.34%) SolarWinds
12 15 (2.96%) Splunk
13 13 (2.56%) Palo Alto
14 10 (1.97%) Citrix
15 9 (1.78%) Sophos
16 8 (1.58%) Apple
17 7 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
17 7 (1.38%) WatchGuard
18 6 (1.18%) Draytek
18 6 (1.18%) Zscaler