Cisco Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 244 222
Rank change year-on-year +13 -22 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 1,263 1,495 3,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.25% 1.52% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.59% 4.58% 6.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,113 1,500
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,375 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,364 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £77,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -7.00% +5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Cisco Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification.

Salary trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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 +31 1,117 £51,000 -6.42% 298
UK excluding London +17 914 £49,000 +5.38% 234
Work from Home -44 425 £55,000 -4.35% 150
London +21 296 £62,882 -3.26% 129
South East -14 273 £49,000 +3.16% 79
North of England +77 249 £47,500 +5.56% 39
Midlands +18 152 £49,000 +8.89% 30
North West +37 148 £45,000 - 21
West Midlands +21 114 £49,000 +6.52% 20
Yorkshire +103 88 £53,750 +10.26% 16
South West -37 82 £50,000 -1.96% 27
East of England +20 63 £45,000 -8.44% 22
Scotland -61 48 £52,500 +29.63% 32
East Midlands +13 38 £50,000 +17.65% 8
Wales +32 34 £40,500 -4.71% 12
North East -27 13 £70,000 +64.71% 3
Isle of Man - 12 £43,750 -
Northern Ireland +20 3 £32,500 -27.78% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 64 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.11%) Confluence
4 8 (0.63%) IIS
5 5 (0.40%) CMS
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.079%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.079%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 435 (34.44%) Azure
2 217 (17.18%) AWS
3 213 (16.86%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (3.80%) GCP
5 39 (3.09%) Entra ID
6 37 (2.93%) PaaS
7 35 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
8 33 (2.61%) IaaS
9 23 (1.82%) SaaS
10 19 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
12 15 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
13 12 (0.95%) OCI
14 11 (0.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (0.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (0.63%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.48%) WhatsApp
17 5 (0.40%) Azure Stack
18 2 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 531 (42.04%) Firewall
2 453 (35.87%) WAN
3 324 (25.65%) LAN
4 244 (19.32%) SD-WAN
5 216 (17.10%) VPN
6 212 (16.79%) Network Security
7 210 (16.63%) Wireless
8 203 (16.07%) BGP
9 184 (14.57%) TCP/IP
10 161 (12.75%) MPLS
11 157 (12.43%) OSPF
12 147 (11.64%) DHCP
13 146 (11.56%) DNS
14 135 (10.69%) Wi-Fi
15 119 (9.42%) VLAN
16 106 (8.39%) Cisco Firepower
17 89 (7.05%) SAN
18 83 (6.57%) Internet
19 70 (5.54%) WLAN
20 67 (5.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (1.27%) MySQL
4 5 (0.40%) Big Data
4 5 (0.40%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.079%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.079%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (1.90%) JIRA
2 13 (1.03%) Bitbucket
3 12 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.32%) Git
6 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.16%) GitLab
7 2 (0.16%) Hudson
8 1 (0.079%) Selenium
8 1 (0.079%) Snyk
8 1 (0.079%) Vagrant
General
1 351 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 144 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
3 133 (10.53%) Finance
4 73 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (4.51%) Public Sector
6 55 (4.35%) Retail
7 54 (4.28%) Telecoms
8 34 (2.69%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.22%) Law
11 23 (1.82%) Legal
12 22 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.27%) Games
15 15 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.11%) Electronics
17 12 (0.95%) Banking
18 11 (0.87%) Marketing
19 10 (0.79%) Local Government
20 9 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 455 (36.03%) Network Engineer
2 230 (18.21%) Senior
3 173 (13.70%) Architect
4 116 (9.18%) Analyst
5 105 (8.31%) Security Architect
6 101 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 91 (7.21%) Support Engineer
8 89 (7.05%) Lead
9 88 (6.97%) Senior Network Engineer
10 86 (6.81%) IT Engineer
11 74 (5.86%) Network Analyst
12 63 (4.99%) Senior Architect
13 60 (4.75%) IT Support
14 56 (4.43%) Security Engineer
15 51 (4.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 45 (3.56%) 3rd Line Support
17 41 (3.25%) Cisco Architect
18 39 (3.09%) Consultant
18 39 (3.09%) Senior Cisco Architect
19 37 (2.93%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.25%) 802.1X
2 9 (0.71%) HTML
3 7 (0.55%) XML
4 5 (0.40%) ADO
4 5 (0.40%) XMPP
5 4 (0.32%) Akka
5 4 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.24%) OAuth
7 2 (0.16%) EDI
7 2 (0.16%) OpenID
7 2 (0.16%) SAML
7 2 (0.16%) Web Services
8 1 (0.079%) ADSI
8 1 (0.079%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.079%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.079%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 231 (18.29%) Data Centre
2 96 (7.60%) Management Information System
3 65 (5.15%) Driving Licence
4 59 (4.67%) Security Posture
5 46 (3.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 38 (3.01%) Public Cloud
7 29 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (2.22%) Replication
9 23 (1.82%) PKI
10 22 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
11 21 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
12 19 (1.50%) CCTV
13 17 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
14 14 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
15 13 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (1.03%) IoT
16 11 (0.87%) Cloud Native
16 11 (0.87%) Onboarding
17 10 (0.79%) Operational Technology
17 10 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 318 (25.18%) Windows
2 179 (14.17%) Linux
3 153 (12.11%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (2.69%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 26 (2.06%) Android
9 25 (1.98%) Apple iOS
10 24 (1.90%) Mac OS
11 18 (1.43%) VyOS
12 16 (1.27%) Unix
13 12 (0.95%) Windows XP
14 11 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 7 (0.55%) Windows Vista
16 6 (0.48%) Debian
17 5 (0.40%) CentOS
17 5 (0.40%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
18 3 (0.24%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (19.08%) Cybersecurity
1 241 (19.08%) ITIL
2 212 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
3 161 (12.75%) Information Security
4 159 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 151 (11.96%) Customer Service
6 142 (11.24%) Project Delivery
7 123 (9.74%) Mentoring
8 116 (9.18%) Project Management
9 99 (7.84%) Computer Science
10 98 (7.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 82 (6.49%) Network Monitoring
11 82 (6.49%) Roadmaps
12 78 (6.18%) Cloud Security
12 78 (6.18%) Service Delivery
13 70 (5.54%) Security Architecture
14 68 (5.38%) Network Architecture
15 67 (5.30%) Presales
16 66 (5.23%) Migration
16 66 (5.23%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (7.76%) PowerShell
2 82 (6.49%) Python
3 28 (2.22%) Bash
3 28 (2.22%) SQL
4 10 (0.79%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.48%) C#
6 5 (0.40%) Java
7 4 (0.32%) C
7 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 765 (60.57%) CCNA
2 598 (47.35%) CCNP
3 325 (25.73%) Degree
4 221 (17.50%) Security Cleared
5 204 (16.15%) CISSP
6 166 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 158 (12.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 149 (11.80%) CCSP
9 129 (10.21%) CCIE
10 114 (9.03%) SC Cleared
11 107 (8.47%) Azure Certification
12 106 (8.39%) MCSE
13 94 (7.44%) Network+ Certification
14 89 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
15 79 (6.25%) AWS Certification
16 77 (6.10%) CISM
17 64 (5.07%) DV Cleared
18 59 (4.67%) JNCIA
19 58 (4.59%) CCDP
20 54 (4.28%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (7.92%) NIST
3 55 (4.35%) SLA
4 51 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 35 (2.77%) PCI DSS
6 24 (1.90%) GDPR
7 16 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 16 (1.27%) QA
8 9 (0.71%) NIST 800
9 8 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 8 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.63%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.40%) IASME
11 5 (0.40%) NCSC
12 3 (0.24%) GRC
12 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.16%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 193 (15.28%) Active Directory
2 188 (14.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (9.58%) Hyper-V
4 41 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (2.77%) Docker
6 23 (1.82%) VMware NSX
7 18 (1.43%) vSphere
8 17 (1.35%) Firmware
9 15 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.55%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.32%) vCloud
13 3 (0.24%) KVM
13 3 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.079%) LXC
15 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 64 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (3.96%) FortiGate
3 43 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
4 42 (3.33%) Ansible
5 39 (3.09%) Kubernetes
6 27 (2.14%) SCCM
6 27 (2.14%) Terraform
7 26 (2.06%) Stealthwatch
8 23 (1.82%) CASB
9 21 (1.66%) vCenter Server
10 17 (1.35%) Cisco CUCM
10 17 (1.35%) WSUS
11 16 (1.27%) Nmap
12 13 (1.03%) SCOM
12 13 (1.03%) ServiceCenter
13 12 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
13 12 (0.95%) NetBackup
14 10 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
15 9 (0.71%) Puppet
16 7 (0.55%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 769 (60.89%) Cisco
2 421 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 259 (20.51%) VMware
4 195 (15.44%) Juniper
5 175 (13.86%) Palo Alto
6 158 (12.51%) Meraki
7 134 (10.61%) Fortinet
8 77 (6.10%) CheckPoint
9 59 (4.67%) Veeam
10 57 (4.51%) HP
11 53 (4.20%) Aruba
12 50 (3.96%) Citrix
13 49 (3.88%) F5
14 48 (3.80%) SolarWinds
15 47 (3.72%) Apple
16 45 (3.56%) Ruckus Wireless
17 41 (3.25%) Adobe
18 36 (2.85%) Dell
19 35 (2.77%) Nokia
20 24 (1.90%) Oracle