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 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 133 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 -64 +92
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 35 43 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.85% 1.23% 2.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.61% 3.19% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17 20 55
10th Percentile £28,225 £41,837 £32,600
25th Percentile £39,250 £48,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.08% +9.09% +1.38%

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 1,342 1,347 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 32.40% 38.43% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 525 415 478
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,476 £27,965
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,750 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.79% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,450 £66,950 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,650 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 10 January 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 10 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
Hertfordshire +19 14 £43,213 -33.52% 7
Suffolk -9 7 - - 2
Cambridgeshire +12 6 - - 4
Norfolk - 6 £36,625 - 7
Essex -15 2 £25,000 -50.00% 4
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 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Azure
2 20 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.71%) SaaS
5 1 (2.86%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.86%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (74.29%) Firewall
2 18 (51.43%) WAN
3 14 (40.00%) LAN
4 10 (28.57%) VPN
5 8 (22.86%) DHCP
5 8 (22.86%) DNS
5 8 (22.86%) TCP/IP
6 7 (20.00%) IP Telephony
6 7 (20.00%) VLAN
6 7 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (17.14%) IMAP
7 6 (17.14%) POP3
7 6 (17.14%) SAN
7 6 (17.14%) SMTP
8 5 (14.29%) EIGRP
8 5 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (14.29%) Network Security
8 5 (14.29%) OSPF
8 5 (14.29%) Wireless
8 5 (14.29%) Wireshark
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Military
4 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 12 (34.29%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) IT Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Senior
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Core Network Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) IT Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Network Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) Driving Licence
2 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (8.57%) iPad
4 2 (5.71%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (2.86%) Clustering
5 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (65.71%) Windows
2 21 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.29%) Android
3 5 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (25.71%) Network Monitoring
5 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (22.86%) Presales
6 7 (20.00%) Business Enablement
6 7 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 7 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 7 (20.00%) ITIL
6 7 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 7 (20.00%) Technology Enablement
6 7 (20.00%) Time Management
6 7 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (14.29%) ITSM
7 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (14.29%) Task Automation
8 4 (11.43%) Network Design
8 4 (11.43%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) CCNA
2 18 (51.43%) CCNP
3 13 (37.14%) DBS Check
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 4 (11.43%) Azure Certification
5 4 (11.43%) Degree
5 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
6 3 (8.57%) MCSE
7 2 (5.71%) MCDST
7 2 (5.71%) MCP
8 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (20.00%) GDPR
1 7 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (5.71%) GxP
2 2 (5.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (5.71%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (20.00%) SCCM
3 4 (11.43%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 27 (77.14%) Microsoft
2 21 (60.00%) Cisco
3 8 (22.86%) Fortinet
4 7 (20.00%) VMware
5 5 (14.29%) Apple
5 5 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 5 (14.29%) Remedy
5 5 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 5 (14.29%) SolarWinds
6 4 (11.43%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (11.43%) Juniper
7 2 (5.71%) Meraki
7 2 (5.71%) Sophos
8 1 (2.86%) Dell
8 1 (2.86%) HP
8 1 (2.86%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (2.86%) Zscaler