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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 249 275
Rank change year-on-year -88 +26 +148
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 338 677 551
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 1.20% 1.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.72% 3.45% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 236 314 471
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £30,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £57,813 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,525 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +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 19,625 19,618 15,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.22% 34.85% 31.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,854 7,992 10,583
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,351 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +3.22% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025. 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 -99 304 £40,500 -26.36% 98
UK excluding London -60 271 £40,000 -23.81% 101
Work from Home +65 100 £41,000 -25.45% 32
South East 0 75 £52,500 -7.90% 36
South West +48 58 £32,000 -29.67% 5
London -22 54 £60,000 - 17
North of England -31 46 £46,750 -1.58% 26
Midlands -111 37 £32,500 -35.80% 19
East of England +21 31 £40,000 -21.57% 11
East Midlands -36 30 £32,500 -18.75% 4
North West +7 28 £50,000 +5.26% 17
Scotland +4 14 £36,000 -35.43% 3
North East +2 9 £31,000 -52.31% 2
Yorkshire -23 9 £26,000 -54.78% 8
Northern Ireland +1 7 £37,500 -28.57% 1
West Midlands -94 7 £51,000 -2.86% 15
Wales -24 3 £49,750 +13.07% 6

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 (7.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Apache
3 2 (0.59%) Confluence
3 2 (0.59%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.48%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 79 (23.37%) Azure
2 50 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (9.76%) AWS
4 30 (8.88%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.78%) IaaS
6 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.18%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.18%) SaaS
7 3 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.89%) GitHub
7 3 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.89%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.59%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.59%) Dropbox
8 2 (0.59%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.59%) SecurityScorecard
8 2 (0.59%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 161 (47.63%) Firewall
2 99 (29.29%) WAN
3 96 (28.40%) LAN
4 73 (21.60%) VPN
5 50 (14.79%) Wi-Fi
6 48 (14.20%) VSAT
7 46 (13.61%) Network Security
8 36 (10.65%) TCP/IP
9 34 (10.06%) VLAN
10 27 (7.99%) MPLS
11 24 (7.10%) BGP
11 24 (7.10%) Wireless
12 21 (6.21%) DNS
13 20 (5.92%) Cisco ASA
13 20 (5.92%) SD-WAN
14 19 (5.62%) WLAN
15 18 (5.33%) Intrusion Detection
15 18 (5.33%) OSPF
15 18 (5.33%) SAN
16 17 (5.03%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.89%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.59%) MySQL
3 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.18%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.89%) GitLab
3 2 (0.59%) JIRA
General
1 113 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.27%) Finance
3 27 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.40%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.73%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.96%) Law
8 10 (2.96%) Legal
9 9 (2.66%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.07%) Billing
11 6 (1.78%) Automotive
11 6 (1.78%) Electronics
11 6 (1.78%) Retail
12 5 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Military
14 3 (0.89%) Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (20.71%) Network Engineer
1 70 (20.71%) Support Engineer
2 61 (18.05%) Technical Engineer
3 57 (16.86%) Technical Support
4 49 (14.50%) Technical Support Engineer
5 32 (9.47%) Administrator
5 32 (9.47%) Analyst
5 32 (9.47%) Senior
6 30 (8.88%) IT Engineer
7 28 (8.28%) Systems Administrator
8 25 (7.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (6.21%) IT Support
10 20 (5.92%) Cisco Engineer
10 20 (5.92%) NOC Engineer
11 19 (5.62%) Support Analyst
12 18 (5.33%) LAN Engineer
12 18 (5.33%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 18 (5.33%) WAN Engineer
13 17 (5.03%) Senior Network Engineer
14 13 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.37%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.18%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.59%) Middleware
4 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.30%) LAMP
4 1 (0.30%) React
4 1 (0.30%) Svelte
4 1 (0.30%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.61%) Data Centre
2 31 (9.17%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.69%) e-Learning
4 14 (4.14%) CCTV
5 12 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.96%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.37%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (2.37%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.78%) Handset
9 6 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.48%) LIMS
10 5 (1.48%) SCADA
10 5 (1.48%) Social Media
11 4 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.18%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (22.19%) Windows
2 60 (17.75%) Linux
3 45 (13.31%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.47%) Unix
5 18 (5.33%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.48%) Android
7 5 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.59%) CentOS
9 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (33.14%) Customer Service
2 78 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (21.60%) ITIL
4 63 (18.64%) Mentoring
5 48 (14.20%) High Availability
6 41 (12.13%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (11.24%) Commercial Awareness
7 38 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (11.24%) Kalman Filter
8 28 (8.28%) Innovative Thinking
8 28 (8.28%) Web Filtering
9 27 (7.99%) Presales
9 27 (7.99%) Project Delivery
10 26 (7.69%) Service Delivery
11 24 (7.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (6.21%) Proactive Monitoring
12 21 (6.21%) Security Operations
13 20 (5.92%) Requirements Gathering
14 19 (5.62%) Regulatory Change
15 18 (5.33%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.58%) Python
2 28 (8.28%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.78%) Bash
4 3 (0.89%) Bicep
5 2 (0.59%) C
5 2 (0.59%) R
5 2 (0.59%) VB
6 1 (0.30%) Go
6 1 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 338 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 131 (38.76%) CCNP
3 96 (28.40%) Security Cleared
4 77 (22.78%) SC Cleared
5 75 (22.19%) JNCIA
6 67 (19.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (17.46%) Degree
8 45 (13.31%) DV Cleared
8 45 (13.31%) MCSE
9 38 (11.24%) Network+ Certification
10 35 (10.36%) MCSA
11 26 (7.69%) DBS Check
12 25 (7.40%) MCP
13 15 (4.44%) A+ Certification
13 15 (4.44%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (4.14%) CCIE
14 14 (4.14%) CISSP
15 11 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (2.96%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (5.92%) SLA
3 16 (4.73%) GDPR
4 14 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.85%) NIST
6 7 (2.07%) GxP
7 5 (1.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.89%) ITGC
9 3 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 48 (14.20%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.73%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.96%) vSphere
5 8 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.07%) Firmware
7 6 (1.78%) Docker
8 4 (1.18%) pfSense
9 3 (0.89%) KVM
9 3 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.59%) RHEV
10 2 (0.59%) Samba
10 2 (0.59%) Squid
10 2 (0.59%) Xen
11 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (10.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.33%) Ansible
3 17 (5.03%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.07%) SCCM
5 6 (1.78%) Terraform
6 5 (1.48%) Autotask
6 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.18%) Grafana
7 4 (1.18%) Nmap
7 4 (1.18%) PaperCut
7 4 (1.18%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.89%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.89%) QRadar
9 2 (0.59%) Nagios
9 2 (0.59%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.59%) VxRail
10 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 200 (59.17%) Cisco
2 88 (26.04%) Microsoft
3 67 (19.82%) Fortinet
4 57 (16.86%) Juniper
5 44 (13.02%) VMware
6 35 (10.36%) Meraki
7 24 (7.10%) Aruba
8 22 (6.51%) CheckPoint
9 21 (6.21%) Palo Alto
10 20 (5.92%) SolarWinds
11 17 (5.03%) Dell
12 15 (4.44%) Citrix
13 13 (3.85%) Apple
13 13 (3.85%) Starlink
14 11 (3.25%) Remedy
14 11 (3.25%) ServiceNow
15 10 (2.96%) Freshdesk
16 9 (2.66%) Arista
17 8 (2.37%) F5
17 8 (2.37%) Splunk