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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 248 280
Rank change year-on-year -94 +32 +155
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 337 672 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.18% 1.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.72% 3.42% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 234 310 479
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,404 £30,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,500 £37,045
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £67,550 £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 19,639 19,663 15,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.58% 34.61% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,840 8,034 10,670
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +2.39% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 18 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 18 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 -86 303 £40,500 -26.36% 132
UK excluding London -58 273 £40,000 -23.81% 135
Work from Home +81 100 £41,000 -25.45% 33
South East +4 77 £52,500 -7.90% 42
South West +59 60 £32,000 -29.67% 9
London -19 52 £70,000 +16.67% 16
North of England -21 44 £46,750 -1.58% 36
Midlands -109 37 £32,500 -35.00% 25
East of England +33 31 £40,000 -21.57% 15
East Midlands -34 30 £32,500 -18.75% 9
North West +1 27 £50,000 +5.26% 21
Scotland +7 14 £36,000 -35.43% 5
North East 0 9 £31,000 -52.31% 2
Yorkshire -28 8 £26,000 -54.78% 14
Northern Ireland +2 7 £37,500 -28.57%
West Midlands -91 7 £51,000 -2.86% 16
Wales -25 3 £49,750 +13.07% 8

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 (7.42%) 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 (2.08%) 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 (23.44%) Azure
2 50 (14.84%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (9.79%) AWS
4 30 (8.90%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.78%) IaaS
6 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.19%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.19%) 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%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 156 (46.29%) Firewall
2 96 (28.49%) WAN
3 94 (27.89%) LAN
4 72 (21.36%) VPN
5 50 (14.84%) VSAT
6 49 (14.54%) Wi-Fi
7 46 (13.65%) Network Security
8 36 (10.68%) TCP/IP
9 34 (10.09%) VLAN
10 26 (7.72%) MPLS
11 24 (7.12%) Wireless
12 23 (6.82%) BGP
13 21 (6.23%) DNS
14 20 (5.93%) Cisco ASA
15 19 (5.64%) SD-WAN
16 18 (5.34%) Intrusion Detection
16 18 (5.34%) OSPF
16 18 (5.34%) SAN
16 18 (5.34%) WLAN
17 17 (5.04%) 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 (1.19%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.19%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.89%) GitLab
3 2 (0.59%) JIRA
General
1 109 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.32%) Finance
3 27 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.12%) Telecoms
5 18 (5.34%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.04%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.97%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.97%) Law
9 10 (2.97%) Legal
10 9 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (2.37%) Billing
12 7 (2.08%) Automotive
12 7 (2.08%) Electronics
13 6 (1.78%) Retail
14 5 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.19%) Military
16 3 (0.89%) Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (21.36%) Support Engineer
2 70 (20.77%) Network Engineer
3 63 (18.69%) Technical Engineer
4 59 (17.51%) Technical Support
5 51 (15.13%) Technical Support Engineer
6 32 (9.50%) Administrator
6 32 (9.50%) Senior
7 31 (9.20%) Analyst
8 30 (8.90%) IT Engineer
9 28 (8.31%) Systems Administrator
10 25 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (6.23%) IT Support
12 20 (5.93%) NOC Engineer
13 19 (5.64%) Cisco Engineer
14 18 (5.34%) Support Analyst
15 17 (5.04%) LAN Engineer
15 17 (5.04%) LAN/WAN Engineer
15 17 (5.04%) Senior Network Engineer
15 17 (5.04%) WAN Engineer
16 13 (3.86%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.67%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.19%) 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 (13.65%) Data Centre
2 31 (9.20%) Driving Licence
3 26 (7.72%) e-Learning
4 14 (4.15%) CCTV
5 12 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.97%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.37%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (2.37%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.78%) Handset
10 5 (1.48%) LIMS
10 5 (1.48%) SCADA
10 5 (1.48%) Social Media
11 4 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.19%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (22.26%) Windows
2 60 (17.80%) Linux
3 45 (13.35%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.50%) Unix
5 18 (5.34%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.48%) Android
7 5 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.59%) CentOS
9 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (32.94%) Customer Service
2 74 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (21.36%) ITIL
4 64 (18.99%) Mentoring
5 48 (14.24%) High Availability
6 41 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (11.87%) Commercial Awareness
8 38 (11.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 36 (10.68%) Kalman Filter
10 28 (8.31%) Innovative Thinking
10 28 (8.31%) Web Filtering
11 26 (7.72%) Presales
11 26 (7.72%) Project Delivery
11 26 (7.72%) Service Delivery
12 24 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (6.53%) Proactive Monitoring
14 21 (6.23%) Security Operations
15 20 (5.93%) Regulatory Change
15 20 (5.93%) Requirements Gathering
16 18 (5.34%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.31%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.01%) Python
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
1 337 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 129 (38.28%) CCNP
3 97 (28.78%) Security Cleared
4 77 (22.85%) SC Cleared
5 74 (21.96%) JNCIA
6 67 (19.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (17.51%) Degree
8 46 (13.65%) DV Cleared
9 45 (13.35%) MCSE
10 36 (10.68%) Network+ Certification
11 35 (10.39%) MCSA
12 26 (7.72%) DBS Check
13 25 (7.42%) MCP
14 15 (4.45%) A+ Certification
14 15 (4.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (4.15%) CCIE
15 14 (4.15%) CISSP
16 11 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (2.97%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (5.93%) SLA
3 16 (4.75%) GDPR
4 14 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.86%) NIST
6 7 (2.08%) GxP
7 5 (1.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (1.19%) 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 (14.24%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.75%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.97%) vSphere
5 8 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.78%) Docker
6 6 (1.78%) Firmware
7 4 (1.19%) pfSense
8 3 (0.89%) KVM
8 3 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.59%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.59%) RHEV
9 2 (0.59%) Samba
9 2 (0.59%) Squid
9 2 (0.59%) Xen
10 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (10.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.04%) FortiGate
3 16 (4.75%) Ansible
4 7 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.08%) SCCM
5 6 (1.78%) Terraform
6 5 (1.48%) Autotask
6 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.19%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.19%) Grafana
7 4 (1.19%) Nmap
7 4 (1.19%) PaperCut
7 4 (1.19%) 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%) OpenView
Vendors
1 197 (58.46%) Cisco
2 88 (26.11%) Microsoft
3 63 (18.69%) Fortinet
4 55 (16.32%) Juniper
5 44 (13.06%) VMware
6 33 (9.79%) Meraki
7 23 (6.82%) Aruba
8 22 (6.53%) CheckPoint
9 21 (6.23%) Palo Alto
10 20 (5.93%) SolarWinds
11 17 (5.04%) Dell
12 15 (4.45%) Citrix
13 13 (3.86%) Apple
13 13 (3.86%) Starlink
14 11 (3.26%) Freshdesk
14 11 (3.26%) Remedy
14 11 (3.26%) ServiceNow
15 9 (2.67%) Arista
16 8 (2.37%) F5
16 8 (2.37%) Splunk