Cisco Certification Job Trends in Hampshire

Cisco Certification
South East > Hampshire

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 69 86
Rank change year-on-year -20 +17 +56
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 34 97 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 1.37% 3.60% 2.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.50% 6.87% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 34 75 37
10th Percentile £42,375 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% +22.11% -13.64%
75th Percentile £76,500 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £64,500 £63,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +38.10% -23.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 756 1,411 755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 30.40% 52.41% 40.22%
Number of salaries quoted 442 844 394
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,783 £31,075
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £75,188 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,380
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.40% +2.65%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Hampshire over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in Hampshire

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Basingstoke -2 18 £62,500 +10.62% 1
Southampton +11 9 £75,000 +87.50% 1
Farnborough -8 4 £45,000 -18.18% 1
New Milton - 1 £37,000 -
Romsey - 1 £26,150 -
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (79.41%) LAN
2 25 (73.53%) VPN
3 23 (67.65%) WAN
4 16 (47.06%) Firewall
5 13 (38.24%) BGP
5 13 (38.24%) MPLS
6 11 (32.35%) Junos
7 9 (26.47%) Network Security
7 9 (26.47%) OSPF
8 8 (23.53%) SD-WAN
9 7 (20.59%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (17.65%) IPsec
10 6 (17.65%) VXLAN
10 6 (17.65%) Wireless
11 4 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
11 4 (11.76%) VLAN
12 3 (8.82%) VoIP
13 2 (5.88%) IPv4
General
1 6 (17.65%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Network Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) Consultant
3 11 (32.35%) Senior
3 11 (32.35%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (29.41%) Design Engineer
4 10 (29.41%) Network Design Engineer
5 9 (26.47%) Senior Design Engineer
5 9 (26.47%) Senior Network Design Engineer
6 8 (23.53%) Network Consultant
7 6 (17.65%) Cisco Consultant
7 6 (17.65%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 6 (17.65%) WAN Consultant
8 4 (11.76%) Technical Consultant
9 3 (8.82%) Change Consultant
10 2 (5.88%) Junior
10 2 (5.88%) Junior Network Engineer
10 2 (5.88%) Presales Engineer
10 2 (5.88%) Presales Network Engineer
11 1 (2.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 1 (2.94%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (2.94%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Requirements Gathering
2 10 (29.41%) Network Design
3 9 (26.47%) Network Management
4 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
4 7 (20.59%) Network Segmentation
5 6 (17.65%) Programme Management
5 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (11.76%) Presales
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Project Management
7 3 (8.82%) IT Strategy
7 3 (8.82%) ITIL
7 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
7 3 (8.82%) Technology Strategy
8 2 (5.88%) Capacity Management
8 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
8 2 (5.88%) Customer Service
8 2 (5.88%) Performance Testing
8 2 (5.88%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (85.29%) CCNP
2 25 (73.53%) CCNA
3 17 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 16 (47.06%) DV Cleared
5 15 (44.12%) SC Cleared
6 10 (29.41%) JNCIS
7 9 (26.47%) JNCIA
8 2 (5.88%) CCIE
8 2 (5.88%) Degree
8 2 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.94%) A+ Certification
9 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.94%) CISSP
9 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.94%) MCSE
9 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) KVM
1 2 (5.88%) RHEV
1 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.88%) Xen
2 1 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Ansible
1 7 (20.59%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.88%) Nagios
2 2 (5.88%) Proxmox
3 1 (2.94%) OpenView
3 1 (2.94%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 27 (79.41%) Cisco
2 17 (50.00%) Juniper
3 8 (23.53%) Fortinet
3 8 (23.53%) Meraki
4 6 (17.65%) F5
5 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.88%) HP
6 2 (5.88%) SolarWinds
6 2 (5.88%) VMware
7 1 (2.94%) ArcSight
7 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.94%) Citrix
7 1 (2.94%) Dell
7 1 (2.94%) EMC
7 1 (2.94%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.94%) Mellanox
7 1 (2.94%) NVIDIA
7 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.94%) Riverbed
7 1 (2.94%) Siebel