Cisco Certification Job Trends in England

Cisco Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 146 195
Rank change year-on-year -116 +49 +70
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 485 811 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 2.10% 1.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.61% 5.18% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 331 507 970
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,200 £31,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,056 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £51,600
Median % change year-on-year - +16.28% -6.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18,558 15,670 21,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.06% 40.61% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7,600 6,980 14,811
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £59,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +8.05% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,117 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.03% +5.51% -4.35%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in England

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in England

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 17 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
London -17 201 £70,000 - 60
North of England -100 78 £50,000 -9.09% 47
South East -56 67 £57,500 -0.86% 45
Midlands -115 62 £51,058 -20.96% 31
North West -58 50 £50,000 -9.09% 24
East Midlands -57 36 £32,500 -50.00% 10
South West -27 33 £40,000 -23.81% 19
West Midlands -99 26 £62,500 -3.25% 21
East of England -7 25 £47,500 -13.64% 20
North East -21 15 £46,750 -28.08% 9
Yorkshire -71 13 £50,000 +11.86% 14
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 30 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (5.15%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 163 (33.61%) Azure
2 109 (22.47%) AWS
3 67 (13.81%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.57%) GCP
5 26 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (2.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.24%) AWS Direct Connect
9 6 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.03%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.82%) Datadog
11 4 (0.82%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.82%) Nutanix
12 3 (0.62%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.62%) IaaS
12 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.62%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 274 (56.49%) Firewall
2 212 (43.71%) WAN
3 191 (39.38%) LAN
4 133 (27.42%) VPN
5 103 (21.24%) Network Security
6 102 (21.03%) Wireless
7 89 (18.35%) VLAN
8 88 (18.14%) BGP
9 87 (17.94%) OSPF
9 87 (17.94%) SD-WAN
10 58 (11.96%) Cisco ASA
11 55 (11.34%) Wi-Fi
12 50 (10.31%) Cisco Nexus
13 47 (9.69%) EIGRP
14 42 (8.66%) MPLS
15 41 (8.45%) Cisco Wireless
16 38 (7.84%) TCP/IP
17 35 (7.22%) VoIP
18 34 (7.01%) Cisco Firepower
19 30 (6.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (1.44%) Burp Suite
1 7 (1.44%) JIRA
1 7 (1.44%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.24%) GitLab
3 4 (0.82%) Git
4 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.21%) Yeoman
General
1 158 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 94 (19.38%) Finance
3 70 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.04%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.98%) Banking
6 26 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.95%) Retail
7 24 (4.95%) Telecoms
8 21 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (4.33%) Law
9 13 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.47%) Legal
11 9 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.65%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.24%) Marketing
14 5 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.03%) Local Government
14 5 (1.03%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.03%) Military
15 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 162 (33.40%) Network Engineer
2 89 (18.35%) Senior
3 62 (12.78%) Senior Network Engineer
4 54 (11.13%) Architect
5 52 (10.72%) Cisco Engineer
6 42 (8.66%) Consultant
6 42 (8.66%) WAN Engineer
7 36 (7.42%) IT Engineer
7 36 (7.42%) LAN Engineer
7 36 (7.42%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 33 (6.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 31 (6.39%) Support Engineer
10 30 (6.19%) Lead
11 29 (5.98%) Analyst
11 29 (5.98%) Firewall Engineer
12 28 (5.77%) Network Consultant
13 26 (5.36%) IT Support
14 22 (4.54%) Azure Engineer
14 22 (4.54%) IT Support Engineer
14 22 (4.54%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.27%) 802.1X
1 11 (2.27%) REST
2 4 (0.82%) OAuth
2 4 (0.82%) OpenID
2 4 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (0.62%) Middleware
4 2 (0.41%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.21%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 113 (23.30%) Data Centre
2 37 (7.63%) Security Posture
3 17 (3.51%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (2.47%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.86%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.86%) PKI
8 8 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.65%) CCTV
8 8 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (1.65%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.44%) Insider Threat
9 7 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.24%) CMDB
10 6 (1.24%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.24%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 82 (16.91%) Windows
2 46 (9.48%) Linux
3 38 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.27%) Unix
5 8 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.82%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (20.62%) Cybersecurity
2 89 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (13.61%) ITIL
4 65 (13.40%) Computer Science
5 56 (11.55%) Mentoring
6 49 (10.10%) Project Delivery
7 48 (9.90%) Customer Service
7 48 (9.90%) Root Cause Analysis
8 47 (9.69%) High Availability
8 47 (9.69%) Kalman Filter
9 46 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (9.48%) Presales
10 43 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 41 (8.45%) Network Design
12 40 (8.25%) Network Monitoring
12 40 (8.25%) SIEM
13 39 (8.04%) Information Security
14 36 (7.42%) Load Balancing
15 35 (7.22%) Incident Response
16 34 (7.01%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 66 (13.61%) Python
2 28 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.44%) Bash
4 3 (0.62%) SQL
5 2 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 251 (51.75%) CCNP
2 230 (47.42%) CCNA
3 119 (24.54%) Degree
4 97 (20.00%) CCIE
5 83 (17.11%) CISSP
6 74 (15.26%) Security Cleared
7 70 (14.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 55 (11.34%) SC Cleared
9 54 (11.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 51 (10.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 50 (10.31%) CISM
12 39 (8.04%) CCSP
12 39 (8.04%) MCSE
13 32 (6.60%) Azure Certification
13 32 (6.60%) Network+ Certification
14 29 (5.98%) JNCIA
15 27 (5.57%) DV Cleared
16 25 (5.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 24 (4.95%) CCSE
18 23 (4.74%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (14.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (12.78%) NIST
3 26 (5.36%) GDPR
4 21 (4.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (3.92%) PMO
6 15 (3.09%) SLA
7 9 (1.86%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.44%) GRC
9 7 (1.44%) QA
10 6 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.82%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.62%) ITGC
12 3 (0.62%) NCSC
13 2 (0.41%) COBIT
13 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (9.28%) Active Directory
2 31 (6.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.95%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.30%) ProxySG
5 12 (2.47%) Firmware
6 11 (2.27%) vSphere
7 9 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.24%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.62%) Docker
10 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (8.45%) Ansible
2 38 (7.84%) FortiGate
3 22 (4.54%) Terraform
4 20 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.65%) Check_MK
5 8 (1.65%) Nagios
5 8 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.44%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (1.44%) Nmap
7 4 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.82%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.82%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.82%) WSUS
8 3 (0.62%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.62%) OpenView
8 3 (0.62%) QRadar
8 3 (0.62%) Tivoli
8 3 (0.62%) VxRail
9 2 (0.41%) Control-M
Vendors
1 305 (62.89%) Cisco
2 129 (26.60%) Fortinet
3 109 (22.47%) Microsoft
4 76 (15.67%) Meraki
5 64 (13.20%) CheckPoint
6 61 (12.58%) VMware
7 59 (12.16%) Palo Alto
8 57 (11.75%) SolarWinds
9 56 (11.55%) Juniper
10 32 (6.60%) Aruba
11 31 (6.39%) F5
12 23 (4.74%) Infoblox
13 21 (4.33%) Arista
14 20 (4.12%) Dell
15 19 (3.92%) ServiceNow
16 18 (3.71%) Motorola
17 17 (3.51%) Splunk
18 16 (3.30%) Blue Coat
19 14 (2.89%) Citrix
20 12 (2.47%) CrowdStrike