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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 147 123
Rank change year-on-year -9 -24 -40
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 49 29 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.59% 0.87% 1.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% 2.28% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26 15 24
10th Percentile £34,125 £29,000 £34,650
25th Percentile £52,125 £37,125 £45,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,125 £45,982 £69,688
90th Percentile £102,500 £53,200 £74,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -8.70% +4.55%

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 1,373 1,272 1,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.51% 38.08% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 777 482 406
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,465 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -1.71%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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
Hertfordshire -29 14 £77,500 +93.75% 21
Cambridgeshire -24 11 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Norfolk - 8 £65,000 - 11
Bedfordshire -4 6 £34,000 -34.62% 14
Essex -19 6 £63,750 +109.02% 3
Suffolk +9 4 - - 2
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 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 32 (65.31%) Azure
2 10 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (14.29%) AWS
3 7 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.12%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.08%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 20 (40.82%) LAN
2 16 (32.65%) Firewall
3 14 (28.57%) WAN
4 13 (26.53%) Wireless
5 11 (22.45%) Network Security
6 10 (20.41%) VPN
7 8 (16.33%) VLAN
8 7 (14.29%) TCP/IP
9 6 (12.24%) DHCP
9 6 (12.24%) DNS
10 5 (10.20%) BGP
11 4 (8.16%) GPON
11 4 (8.16%) OSPF
12 3 (6.12%) Cisco Wireless
12 3 (6.12%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (6.12%) WLAN
13 2 (4.08%) Cisco Firepower
13 2 (4.08%) SSL
13 2 (4.08%) Structured Cabling
13 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
General
1 30 (61.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Finance
4 5 (10.20%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Legal
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 8 (16.33%) Senior
3 6 (12.24%) Architect
3 6 (12.24%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Service Owner
5 3 (6.12%) Cisco Architect
5 3 (6.12%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Network Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Wireless Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Network Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Network Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Network Technical Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) ModSecurity
1 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (8.16%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.12%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.12%) FMCG
4 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.04%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.04%) IoT
5 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.49%) Windows
1 12 (24.49%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.41%) Project Delivery
3 8 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 7 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 7 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (12.24%) Cloud Security
5 6 (12.24%) Security Architecture
6 5 (10.20%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (10.20%) Data Security
6 5 (10.20%) GAP Analysis
6 5 (10.20%) Network Design
6 5 (10.20%) SABSA
7 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (8.16%) Customer Service
7 4 (8.16%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (8.16%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
Qualifications
1 33 (67.35%) CCNA
2 24 (48.98%) CCNP
3 18 (36.73%) Network+ Certification
4 16 (32.65%) Azure Certification
5 11 (22.45%) Security Cleared
6 10 (20.41%) DV Cleared
7 8 (16.33%) CISSP
8 7 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (14.29%) Degree
9 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
10 5 (10.20%) CCSK
11 3 (6.12%) CCDP
11 3 (6.12%) CCIE
12 2 (4.08%) CISM
12 2 (4.08%) DBS Check
12 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) NIST
2 5 (10.20%) NCSC
3 4 (8.16%) SLA
4 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.12%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.04%) GDPR
5 1 (2.04%) GRC
5 1 (2.04%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (20.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.20%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.12%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.04%) Nagios
Vendors
1 37 (75.51%) Cisco
2 26 (53.06%) Microsoft
3 16 (32.65%) ForeScout
4 8 (16.33%) Meraki
5 7 (14.29%) Juniper
5 7 (14.29%) VMware
6 4 (8.16%) Fortinet
6 4 (8.16%) Huawei
6 4 (8.16%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (6.12%) Forcepoint
7 3 (6.12%) Google
7 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
7 3 (6.12%) SonicWALL
7 3 (6.12%) Sophos
8 2 (4.08%) Aruba
8 2 (4.08%) Citrix
8 2 (4.08%) F5
8 2 (4.08%) WatchGuard
9 1 (2.04%) Proofpoint
9 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds