Hybrid/Remote CCNA Job Trends

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CCNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 322 304
Rank change year-on-year -4 -18 +69
Permanent jobs citing CCNA 60 72 281
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 0.55% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 1.86% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 40 70 234
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,100 £21,250
25th Percentile £34,063 £36,563 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +15.18% +0.53%
75th Percentile £53,951 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £76,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,204 3,874 8,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.26% 29.77% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,796 2,484 5,969
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,553 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.09% +4.55% -4.35%

CCNA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCNA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CCNA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CCNA
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCNA

CCNA
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCNA over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

CCNA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

CCNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (45.00%) Azure
2 20 (33.33%) AWS
3 18 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.67%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.33%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (30.00%) Firewall
1 18 (30.00%) WAN
2 14 (23.33%) LAN
3 11 (18.33%) VPN
4 9 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (13.33%) Network Security
6 7 (11.67%) SD-WAN
6 7 (11.67%) VLAN
7 6 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (8.33%) IP Telephony
8 5 (8.33%) MPLS
8 5 (8.33%) VoIP
8 5 (8.33%) Wireless
9 4 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (6.67%) TCP/IP
10 3 (5.00%) BGP
10 3 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (5.00%) DNS
10 3 (5.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Burp Suite
1 7 (11.67%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 25 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.00%) Retail
3 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.33%) Finance
4 5 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.33%) Law
6 2 (3.33%) Military
7 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Banking
7 1 (1.67%) Marketing
7 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (18.33%) IT Engineer
1 11 (18.33%) Security Specialist
2 8 (13.33%) IT Support
2 8 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 8 (13.33%) Network Engineer
2 8 (13.33%) Support Engineer
3 7 (11.67%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 6 (10.00%) Data Centre Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Cloud Consultant
5 5 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
5 5 (8.33%) Consultant
5 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Solutions Consultant
6 4 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.67%) Cabling Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) Network Security Specialist
6 4 (6.67%) Network Specialist
7 3 (5.00%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (5.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.67%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 7 (11.67%) Insider Threat
4 5 (8.33%) CCTV
4 5 (8.33%) Driving Licence
4 5 (8.33%) Public Cloud
4 5 (8.33%) Social Media
5 4 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.33%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.33%) Private Cloud
7 2 (3.33%) Robotics
7 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (40.00%) Windows
2 15 (25.00%) Linux
3 8 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 5 (8.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.33%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.67%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.00%) ITIL
2 19 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (18.33%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (18.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 11 (18.33%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 8 (13.33%) Anomaly Detection
5 8 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 8 (13.33%) Information Security
5 8 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 8 (13.33%) Presales
6 7 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (11.67%) Change Management
6 7 (11.67%) ITSM
6 7 (11.67%) Offensive Security
6 7 (11.67%) Open Source
6 7 (11.67%) Red Team
6 7 (11.67%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (10.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.33%) Python
2 2 (3.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 60 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (43.33%) CCNP
4 22 (36.67%) MCSE
5 17 (28.33%) MCSA
6 16 (26.67%) Degree
7 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 11 (18.33%) SC Cleared
8 11 (18.33%) Security Cleared
9 8 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (11.67%) CEH
10 7 (11.67%) CISMP
10 7 (11.67%) CISSP
10 7 (11.67%) CREST Certified
10 7 (11.67%) DBS Check
10 7 (11.67%) GIAC
10 7 (11.67%) GPEN
10 7 (11.67%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (11.67%) OSCP
11 6 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.00%) SLA
2 7 (11.67%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (5.00%) GDPR
4 3 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (15.00%) Hyper-V
2 6 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.33%) vSphere
4 3 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (11.67%) Nmap
3 6 (10.00%) Terraform
4 5 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (6.67%) PaperCut
6 2 (3.33%) Ansible
6 2 (3.33%) OpenView
6 2 (3.33%) Tivoli
7 1 (1.67%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.67%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 43 (71.67%) Cisco
2 27 (45.00%) Microsoft
3 16 (26.67%) VMware
4 10 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 7 (11.67%) Draytek
5 7 (11.67%) WatchGuard
6 6 (10.00%) CheckPoint
7 5 (8.33%) Apple
7 5 (8.33%) Citrix
7 5 (8.33%) Meraki
7 5 (8.33%) Mitel
8 4 (6.67%) Okta
8 4 (6.67%) Sophos
8 4 (6.67%) Splunk
8 4 (6.67%) Zscaler
9 3 (5.00%) Juniper
9 3 (5.00%) SolarWinds
9 3 (5.00%) Veeam
10 2 (3.33%) Riverbed
10 2 (3.33%) SonicWALL