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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 257 219
Rank change year-on-year +32 -38 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 1,325 1,476 2,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.34% 1.42% 1.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.83% 4.34% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,112 1,118 1,524
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,625 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +3.16% -2.56% +2.63%

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 27,423 33,990 41,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.84% 32.67% 26.90%
Number of salaries quoted 17,324 15,248 18,968
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 1 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 1 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 +45 1,173 £51,000 -3.77% 306
UK excluding London +40 958 £49,000 +3.16% 202
Work from Home +3 454 £55,000 -5.17% 113
London +46 312 £62,500 -3.85% 129
South East -2 295 £47,500 -3.06% 60
North of England +84 245 £47,750 +6.11% 46
Midlands +54 157 £48,750 +10.48% 23
North West +52 144 £45,750 +1.67% 27
West Midlands +53 119 £48,500 +7.78% 16
South West -11 89 £50,000 -0.99% 32
Yorkshire +117 88 £52,500 +5.00% 17
East of England +20 71 £46,750 -6.50% 21
Scotland -65 52 £55,000 +35.80% 22
East Midlands +7 38 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Wales +33 34 £40,500 +9.46% 5
North East -23 13 £70,000 +64.71% 3
Isle of Man - 12 £43,750 -
Northern Ireland +27 3 £32,500 -45.83% 4
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 79 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.36%) Confluence
4 9 (0.68%) IIS
5 5 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.075%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.075%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.075%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 440 (33.21%) Azure
2 233 (17.58%) AWS
3 227 (17.13%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (3.70%) GCP
5 40 (3.02%) Entra ID
6 37 (2.79%) PaaS
7 35 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
8 34 (2.57%) IaaS
9 23 (1.74%) SaaS
10 19 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
12 15 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (0.91%) AWS Direct Connect
13 12 (0.91%) OCI
14 11 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 9 (0.68%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.53%) WhatsApp
17 5 (0.38%) Azure Stack
18 2 (0.15%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 558 (42.11%) Firewall
2 471 (35.55%) WAN
3 357 (26.94%) LAN
4 240 (18.11%) SD-WAN
5 224 (16.91%) Wireless
6 218 (16.45%) VPN
7 213 (16.08%) BGP
8 207 (15.62%) Network Security
9 187 (14.11%) TCP/IP
10 167 (12.60%) OSPF
11 160 (12.08%) MPLS
12 147 (11.09%) DHCP
13 146 (11.02%) DNS
14 138 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
15 131 (9.89%) VLAN
16 110 (8.30%) Cisco Firepower
17 91 (6.87%) SAN
18 78 (5.89%) Internet
19 76 (5.74%) WLAN
20 71 (5.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.66%) MySQL
4 14 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.38%) Big Data
5 5 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.075%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.075%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.075%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.075%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (2.04%) JIRA
2 18 (1.36%) Bitbucket
3 17 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.30%) Git
6 3 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.15%) GitLab
7 2 (0.15%) Hudson
8 1 (0.075%) Selenium
8 1 (0.075%) Snyk
8 1 (0.075%) Vagrant
General
1 360 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 145 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (9.96%) Finance
4 92 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (4.83%) Telecoms
6 60 (4.53%) Public Sector
7 55 (4.15%) Retail
8 33 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 32 (2.42%) Law
10 31 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (2.04%) Aerospace
12 25 (1.89%) Legal
13 22 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (1.21%) Games
15 14 (1.06%) Electronics
16 13 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.83%) Police
18 10 (0.75%) Banking
18 10 (0.75%) Local Government
18 10 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 483 (36.45%) Network Engineer
2 233 (17.58%) Senior
3 162 (12.23%) Architect
4 143 (10.79%) Analyst
5 120 (9.06%) Support Engineer
6 103 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 97 (7.32%) Security Architect
8 93 (7.02%) Senior Network Engineer
9 91 (6.87%) Lead
10 90 (6.79%) Network Analyst
11 86 (6.49%) IT Engineer
12 67 (5.06%) IT Support
13 57 (4.30%) Senior Architect
14 56 (4.23%) Security Engineer
15 49 (3.70%) Network Support
16 48 (3.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 45 (3.40%) 3rd Line Support
18 40 (3.02%) IT Support Engineer
19 38 (2.87%) Cisco Engineer
20 37 (2.79%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.17%) 802.1X
2 11 (0.83%) HTML
3 7 (0.53%) XML
4 5 (0.38%) ADO
4 5 (0.38%) XMPP
5 4 (0.30%) Akka
5 4 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.23%) OAuth
7 2 (0.15%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.15%) EDI
7 2 (0.15%) OpenID
7 2 (0.15%) SAML
7 2 (0.15%) Web Services
8 1 (0.075%) ADSI
8 1 (0.075%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.075%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 221 (16.68%) Data Centre
2 109 (8.23%) Management Information System
3 71 (5.36%) Driving Licence
4 59 (4.45%) Security Posture
5 52 (3.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 41 (3.09%) Public Cloud
7 32 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
8 30 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.11%) Replication
10 27 (2.04%) PKI
11 22 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.36%) CCTV
13 17 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
15 12 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.91%) Cloud Native
16 11 (0.83%) IoT
16 11 (0.83%) Onboarding
17 10 (0.75%) Social Media
18 9 (0.68%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 337 (25.43%) Windows
2 179 (13.51%) Linux
3 155 (11.70%) Windows Server
4 48 (3.62%) Windows 10
5 37 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 31 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 29 (2.19%) Android
8 29 (2.19%) Mac OS
9 25 (1.89%) Apple iOS
10 19 (1.43%) VyOS
11 15 (1.13%) Unix
12 12 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (0.91%) Windows XP
13 5 (0.38%) CentOS
13 5 (0.38%) Debian
14 4 (0.30%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.23%) CatOS
15 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.23%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (19.09%) Cybersecurity
2 247 (18.64%) ITIL
3 221 (16.68%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (12.91%) Information Security
5 162 (12.23%) Customer Service
6 158 (11.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 143 (10.79%) Project Delivery
8 124 (9.36%) Mentoring
9 118 (8.91%) Project Management
10 103 (7.77%) Computer Science
10 103 (7.77%) Disaster Recovery
11 80 (6.04%) Roadmaps
11 80 (6.04%) Service Delivery
12 79 (5.96%) Cloud Security
13 77 (5.81%) Network Architecture
14 73 (5.51%) Network Monitoring
15 69 (5.21%) Security Architecture
16 67 (5.06%) DevOps
17 65 (4.91%) Network Design
18 63 (4.75%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 115 (8.68%) PowerShell
2 94 (7.09%) Python
3 47 (3.55%) Bash
4 44 (3.32%) SQL
5 10 (0.75%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.60%) C#
7 5 (0.38%) Java
8 4 (0.30%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.23%) C
10 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 799 (60.30%) CCNA
2 603 (45.51%) CCNP
3 328 (24.75%) Degree
4 232 (17.51%) Security Cleared
5 211 (15.92%) CISSP
6 183 (13.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 169 (12.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 159 (12.00%) CCSP
9 139 (10.49%) CCIE
10 118 (8.91%) Network+ Certification
11 116 (8.75%) SC Cleared
12 108 (8.15%) Azure Certification
13 106 (8.00%) MCSE
14 90 (6.79%) Computer Science Degree
15 80 (6.04%) AWS Certification
16 79 (5.96%) CISM
17 71 (5.36%) DV Cleared
18 69 (5.21%) CCDP
19 63 (4.75%) JNCIA
20 55 (4.15%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.53%) NIST
2 104 (7.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (4.30%) SLA
4 53 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 35 (2.64%) PCI DSS
6 25 (1.89%) GDPR
7 18 (1.36%) SOC 2
8 17 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 15 (1.13%) QA
10 9 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 8 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.38%) IASME
13 5 (0.38%) NCSC
14 3 (0.23%) GRC
14 3 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.15%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 213 (16.08%) Active Directory
2 195 (14.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (9.06%) Hyper-V
4 46 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (2.64%) Docker
6 24 (1.81%) VMware NSX
7 19 (1.43%) vSphere
8 17 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.21%) Firmware
10 7 (0.53%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.30%) vCloud
13 3 (0.23%) KVM
13 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.075%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.075%) LXC
Systems Management
1 63 (4.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (3.77%) FortiGate
3 44 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
4 43 (3.25%) Ansible
5 39 (2.94%) Kubernetes
6 28 (2.11%) SCCM
6 28 (2.11%) Terraform
7 23 (1.74%) CASB
8 22 (1.66%) Stealthwatch
9 21 (1.58%) vCenter Server
10 19 (1.43%) Cisco CUCM
11 18 (1.36%) WSUS
12 16 (1.21%) Nmap
13 14 (1.06%) SCOM
14 13 (0.98%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.91%) EMC NetWorker
15 12 (0.91%) NetBackup
16 11 (0.83%) Cisco Prime
17 10 (0.75%) Puppet
18 7 (0.53%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 827 (62.42%) Cisco
2 427 (32.23%) Microsoft
3 274 (20.68%) VMware
4 196 (14.79%) Juniper
5 181 (13.66%) Palo Alto
6 152 (11.47%) Meraki
7 130 (9.81%) Fortinet
8 79 (5.96%) CheckPoint
9 62 (4.68%) HP
10 58 (4.38%) Veeam
11 55 (4.15%) Aruba
11 55 (4.15%) Citrix
12 53 (4.00%) F5
13 45 (3.40%) SolarWinds
14 44 (3.32%) Ruckus Wireless
15 41 (3.09%) Apple
16 36 (2.72%) Nokia
17 35 (2.64%) Adobe
18 33 (2.49%) Dell
19 26 (1.96%) Oracle