Cisco Certification Job Trends in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 98 102
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +39
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 13 22 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.66% 1.35% 2.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.27% 2.75% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 43
10th Percentile - - £35,080
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +16.67% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,625
90th Percentile - £93,125 £83,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year -0.86% +37.28% -23.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Cisco Certification 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 in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 572 799 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.21% 48.93% 52.24%
Number of salaries quoted 161 309 802
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £72,438
90th Percentile £77,250 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in Berkshire

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Reading +23 10 £65,000 +6.12% 4
Bracknell - 2 £54,250 -
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (23.08%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) Firewall
2 6 (46.15%) Network Security
2 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.69%) DHCP
3 1 (7.69%) DNS
3 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.69%) WAN
General
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Security Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Senior
1 6 (46.15%) Senior Security Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.69%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) ITIL
2 6 (46.15%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (46.15%) Security Operations
2 6 (46.15%) SIEM
3 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Identity Management
4 3 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (23.08%) Web Filtering
5 1 (7.69%) Application Security
5 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Data Security
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) SDLC
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) CISSP
2 9 (69.23%) CCNA
3 6 (46.15%) CCNP
3 6 (46.15%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (46.15%) GCIA
3 6 (46.15%) SANS
4 4 (30.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (30.77%) CCSP
4 4 (30.77%) CISM
5 3 (23.08%) CEH
5 3 (23.08%) CISA
6 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
7 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
7 1 (7.69%) Degree
7 1 (7.69%) HND
7 1 (7.69%) MCP
7 1 (7.69%) MCSA
7 1 (7.69%) MCSE
7 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (69.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (23.08%) GRC
3 3 (23.08%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Google
1 3 (23.08%) Palo Alto
1 3 (23.08%) Tenable
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Juniper
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft