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 8 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 139 113
Rank change year-on-year +17 -26 +63
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 35 39 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.77% 1.14% 1.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.52% 2.76% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 15 20 62
10th Percentile £32,525 £41,837 £31,400
25th Percentile £39,250 £48,625 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -5.17% +19.59%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,813 £62,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
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 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 1,389 1,411 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 30.40% 41.40% 30.96%
Number of salaries quoted 535 496 951
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,480 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,625 £45,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £73,750 £75,000
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 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 8 February 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 8 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
Hertfordshire +9 11 £54,107 -16.76% 5
Cambridgeshire +8 8 - - 2
Suffolk +9 7 - -
Norfolk - 6 £36,625 -
Essex -13 2 £30,750 -38.50% 5
Bedfordshire +20 1 £82,500 +13.79% 3
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 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Azure
2 17 (48.57%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (17.14%) Entra ID
4 4 (11.43%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (71.43%) Firewall
2 19 (54.29%) WAN
3 17 (48.57%) LAN
4 12 (34.29%) VPN
5 7 (20.00%) DHCP
5 7 (20.00%) DNS
5 7 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 7 (20.00%) WLAN
6 6 (17.14%) IMAP
6 6 (17.14%) POP3
6 6 (17.14%) SMTP
6 6 (17.14%) VLAN
6 6 (17.14%) Wireless
7 5 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (14.29%) IP Telephony
7 5 (14.29%) Network Security
7 5 (14.29%) OSPF
7 5 (14.29%) SAN
7 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (14.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Finance
5 1 (2.86%) Military
5 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Senior
3 7 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (14.29%) IT Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Administrator
6 4 (11.43%) IT Administrator
6 4 (11.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Core Network Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Network Administrator
8 1 (2.86%) 1st Line Support
8 1 (2.86%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.57%) iPad
4 1 (2.86%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 17 (48.57%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.43%) Android
3 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (34.29%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (31.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (22.86%) Presales
5 8 (22.86%) Security Operations
5 8 (22.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (20.00%) Business Enablement
6 7 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 7 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 7 (20.00%) Network Management
6 7 (20.00%) Technology Enablement
7 6 (17.14%) Time Management
8 5 (14.29%) ITIL
8 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (11.43%) ITSM
9 4 (11.43%) Network Virtualisation
9 4 (11.43%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (85.71%) CCNA
2 22 (62.86%) CCNP
3 11 (31.43%) DBS Check
4 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
5 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
6 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
6 3 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (8.57%) Degree
6 3 (8.57%) MCSE
7 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.86%) CCSP
7 1 (2.86%) CISM
7 1 (2.86%) CISSP
7 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) MCDST
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (22.86%) NIST
2 7 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.86%) GxP
3 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (51.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.29%) SCCM
3 4 (11.43%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 26 (74.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (62.86%) Cisco
3 11 (31.43%) Fortinet
4 7 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 7 (20.00%) VMware
5 5 (14.29%) SolarWinds
6 4 (11.43%) Apple
6 4 (11.43%) Juniper
6 4 (11.43%) Remedy
6 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
7 3 (8.57%) Aruba
8 1 (2.86%) Dell
8 1 (2.86%) ForgeRock
8 1 (2.86%) HP
8 1 (2.86%) Meraki
8 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
8 1 (2.86%) Sophos