Cisco Certification Job Trends in Lancashire

Cisco Certification
North West > Lancashire

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 98 81
Rank change year-on-year +32 -17 -22
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 17 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 1.13% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.99% 0.67% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £55,500 - £46,500
25th Percentile - £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £69,390 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £76,951
North West median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% +13.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 284 595 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 18.83% 52.52% 20.53%
Number of salaries quoted 123 145 194
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £25,725
25th Percentile £37,000 £47,000 £35,417
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,400 £50,055 £49,421
Median % change year-on-year -1.31% +1.28% -10.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,793 £57,875
90th Percentile £72,759 £59,026 £71,394
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
Blackburn -8 6 - -
Preston - 6 - - 2
Blackpool - 2 £65,576 -
Cisco Certification
North West

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) LAN
1 5 (29.41%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (11.76%) Network Security
3 2 (11.76%) VLAN
3 2 (11.76%) Wireless
3 2 (11.76%) WLAN
4 1 (5.88%) Firewall
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Coaching
1 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
1 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (5.88%) Availability Management
2 1 (5.88%) Cost Optimisation
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) CCNA
2 12 (70.59%) Azure Certification
2 12 (70.59%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (29.41%) CCNP
4 1 (5.88%) CCIE
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Cisco
2 12 (70.59%) ForeScout
2 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
3 3 (17.65%) Palo Alto
4 2 (11.76%) Aruba
5 1 (5.88%) Juniper