Cisco Certification Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cisco Certification
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 57 126
Rank change year-on-year -43 +69 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 38 70 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.36% 3.46% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.53% 9.50% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 37 13 28
10th Percentile £25,750 £52,750 £33,525
25th Percentile £29,000 £57,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +44.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,951 £67,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - £83,500 £69,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,644 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% +17.42% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 687 737 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 24.57% 36.47% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 224 203 443
10th Percentile £28,750 £24,649 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,125 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,750 £66,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the East Midlands

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
Northamptonshire -3 14 £32,500 -50.00% 3
Nottinghamshire +13 10 £51,058 -11.20%
Derbyshire -13 8 £30,000 -45.45%
Leicestershire -26 6 £26,500 -66.88% 2
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (50.00%) AWS
2 16 (42.11%) Azure
3 8 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (18.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) Firewall
2 7 (18.42%) IP Telephony
3 6 (15.79%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (15.79%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (13.16%) WAN
5 4 (10.53%) LAN
6 2 (5.26%) BGP
6 2 (5.26%) OSPF
6 2 (5.26%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Burp Suite
1 7 (18.42%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Retail
3 7 (18.42%) Telecoms
4 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Analyst
2 9 (23.68%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (18.42%) IT Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) IT Support
3 7 (18.42%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) Security Specialist
3 7 (18.42%) Support Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 6 (15.79%) Help Desk Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Security Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Senior
6 3 (7.89%) Information Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Information Security Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Information Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Firewall Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) LAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.95%) Security Posture
2 7 (18.42%) CCTV
2 7 (18.42%) Driving Licence
2 7 (18.42%) Insider Threat
3 3 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Linux
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (31.58%) Mentoring
3 11 (28.95%) ITIL
4 10 (26.32%) Decision-Making
4 10 (26.32%) Information Security
4 10 (26.32%) Project Delivery
5 9 (23.68%) Change Control
5 9 (23.68%) Customer Service
5 9 (23.68%) ITSM
5 9 (23.68%) Server Management
6 7 (18.42%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (18.42%) Anomaly Detection
6 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (18.42%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (18.42%) Offensive Security
6 7 (18.42%) Open Source
6 7 (18.42%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (18.42%) Red Team
6 7 (18.42%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (15.79%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 32 (84.21%) CCNA
2 23 (60.53%) MCSE
2 23 (60.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (60.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 16 (42.11%) MCSA
4 13 (34.21%) Degree
5 10 (26.32%) CCNP
5 10 (26.32%) CISSP
5 10 (26.32%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
6 9 (23.68%) CCA
6 9 (23.68%) Citrix Certification
7 7 (18.42%) CEH
7 7 (18.42%) CISMP
7 7 (18.42%) CREST Certified
7 7 (18.42%) GIAC
7 7 (18.42%) GPEN
7 7 (18.42%) OSCP
8 3 (7.89%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.68%) SLA
2 8 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (18.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (10.53%) NIST
5 3 (7.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (18.42%) Nmap
2 2 (5.26%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Cisco
2 17 (44.74%) Microsoft
3 16 (42.11%) VMware
4 9 (23.68%) Citrix
5 7 (18.42%) Draytek
5 7 (18.42%) Mitel
5 7 (18.42%) WatchGuard
6 6 (15.79%) Meraki
7 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
7 2 (5.26%) Progress