Cisco Certification Job Trends in the East of England

Cisco Certification
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 142 129
Rank change year-on-year -3 -13 +54
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 25 16 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.47% 0.59% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.71% 1.29% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 65
10th Percentile £26,500 £44,273 £36,000
25th Percentile £31,031 £52,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £74,375 £65,272 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year - +16.81% -6.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,461 1,236 1,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.33% 45.21% 27.88%
Number of salaries quoted 529 558 1,045
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,156 £33,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,253 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -4.35%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the East of England

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 20 March 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
Cambridgeshire -12 7 - - 3
Norfolk - 7 £34,000 - 2
Hertfordshire -8 6 £72,500 +11.54% 9
Essex -14 4 £27,000 -46.00% 7
Bedfordshire +20 1 £82,500 +17.86% 1
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (60.00%) Azure
2 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (20.00%) AWS
4 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (88.00%) Firewall
2 19 (76.00%) WAN
3 14 (56.00%) LAN
4 11 (44.00%) VPN
5 10 (40.00%) TCP/IP
6 7 (28.00%) DHCP
6 7 (28.00%) DNS
6 7 (28.00%) IMAP
6 7 (28.00%) Network Security
6 7 (28.00%) POP3
6 7 (28.00%) SMTP
7 6 (24.00%) VLAN
7 6 (24.00%) Wireless
8 5 (20.00%) EIGRP
8 5 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (20.00%) OSPF
8 5 (20.00%) SAN
8 5 (20.00%) Wireshark
8 5 (20.00%) WLAN
9 2 (8.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Law
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Senior
3 7 (28.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) IT Support
5 4 (16.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (16.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Lead
8 1 (4.00%) Integration Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) IT Systems Administrator
8 1 (4.00%) Network Integration Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Presales Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) SCADA Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
8 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) SCADA
4 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (36.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (28.00%) Time Management
5 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (20.00%) Network Management
5 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (16.00%) Network Design
7 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (12.00%) ITIL
7 3 (12.00%) Logistics
7 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
8 1 (4.00%) Agile
8 1 (4.00%) Computer Science
8 1 (4.00%) Customer Engagement
8 1 (4.00%) Product Management
8 1 (4.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (80.00%) CCNA
2 14 (56.00%) CCNP
3 10 (40.00%) DBS Check
4 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 4 (16.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
7 3 (12.00%) MCDST
7 3 (12.00%) MCSE
7 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (8.00%) CISSP
8 2 (8.00%) Degree
8 2 (8.00%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (4.00%) CCSP
9 1 (4.00%) CISM
9 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (68.00%) Cisco
3 10 (40.00%) Fortinet
4 6 (24.00%) VMware
5 5 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (20.00%) Palo Alto
5 5 (20.00%) SolarWinds
6 4 (16.00%) Aruba
6 4 (16.00%) Juniper
7 3 (12.00%) Meraki
7 3 (12.00%) Sophos
8 1 (4.00%) ForgeRock
8 1 (4.00%) Qualys
8 1 (4.00%) Salesforce