Cisco Certification Job Trends in London

Cisco Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 159 176
Rank change year-on-year -61 +17 +94
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 162 329 322
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 2.12% 1.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.04% 6.57% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 94 219 260
10th Percentile £41,500 £42,500 £48,700
25th Percentile £60,625 £55,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £124,063 £96,300 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +1.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,013 5,007 4,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.45% 32.27% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,128 2,016 3,535
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.87%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,125 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in London

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in London

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London -8 18 £75,000 -1.96% 14
East London +3 13 - - 2
South London +37 4 - - 1
West London +2 1 £28,500 -50.43% 2
North London - 1 £32,500 - 3
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.62%) CMS
3 1 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (10.49%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 53 (32.72%) Azure
2 42 (25.93%) AWS
3 14 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.56%) GCP
5 7 (4.32%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.47%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.85%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.23%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.23%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.23%) SecurityScorecard
10 1 (0.62%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.62%) Datadog
10 1 (0.62%) IaaS
10 1 (0.62%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.62%) Stackdriver
10 1 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 90 (55.56%) Firewall
2 53 (32.72%) LAN
3 43 (26.54%) WAN
4 37 (22.84%) Wireless
5 35 (21.60%) VPN
5 35 (21.60%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (20.37%) Network Security
7 32 (19.75%) VLAN
8 28 (17.28%) BGP
8 28 (17.28%) OSPF
9 21 (12.96%) Cisco Wireless
10 19 (11.73%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (10.49%) MPLS
12 16 (9.88%) SD-WAN
13 15 (9.26%) Cisco Firepower
13 15 (9.26%) TCP/IP
14 12 (7.41%) EIGRP
15 11 (6.79%) DNS
16 10 (6.17%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (6.17%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.62%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Git
2 3 (1.85%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.85%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 52 (32.10%) Finance
2 47 (29.01%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.64%) Banking
5 13 (8.02%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (6.79%) Law
8 10 (6.17%) Telecoms
9 8 (4.94%) Marketing
10 5 (3.09%) Legal
11 4 (2.47%) Retail
12 3 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.85%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.23%) Advertising
13 2 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.62%) Games
14 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (46.91%) Network Engineer
2 43 (26.54%) Senior
3 22 (13.58%) Senior Network Engineer
4 17 (10.49%) Cisco Engineer
4 17 (10.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (9.26%) Consultant
6 14 (8.64%) AWS Engineer
7 13 (8.02%) WAN Engineer
8 12 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (6.79%) LAN Engineer
9 11 (6.79%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 10 (6.17%) Cisco Consultant
10 10 (6.17%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 10 (6.17%) Network Consultant
10 10 (6.17%) Security Engineer
10 10 (6.17%) Security Manager
11 9 (5.56%) Analyst
12 8 (4.94%) Architect
13 7 (4.32%) Firewall Consultant
13 7 (4.32%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.09%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.85%) REST
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 42 (25.93%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.09%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.47%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.47%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.85%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.85%) Web3
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.23%) PKI
9 1 (0.62%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.49%) Windows
2 16 (9.88%) Linux
3 9 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.32%) Unix
5 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 25 (15.43%) Load Balancing
3 24 (14.81%) High Availability
3 24 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (14.20%) Information Security
5 22 (13.58%) Change Control
5 22 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (13.58%) Migration
5 22 (13.58%) SIEM
5 22 (13.58%) Vulnerability Management
6 21 (12.96%) AI
7 19 (11.73%) Kalman Filter
8 17 (10.49%) ITIL
8 17 (10.49%) Low Latency
8 17 (10.49%) Zero Trust
9 16 (9.88%) Change Management
10 15 (9.26%) Data Loss Prevention
10 15 (9.26%) Incident Response
11 14 (8.64%) Process Improvement
11 14 (8.64%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 41 (25.31%) Python
2 14 (8.64%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.85%) Bash
4 2 (1.23%) VB
5 1 (0.62%) Go
5 1 (0.62%) PromQL
5 1 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (61.73%) CCNP
2 68 (41.98%) Degree
3 57 (35.19%) CCIE
4 52 (32.10%) CCNA
5 35 (21.60%) CISSP
6 34 (20.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 31 (19.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (12.96%) CCSA
8 21 (12.96%) CCSE
9 18 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
10 17 (10.49%) CCSP
10 17 (10.49%) CISM
11 10 (6.17%) CISA
11 10 (6.17%) GCIH
11 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (5.56%) Security Cleared
13 8 (4.94%) AWS Certification
13 8 (4.94%) Azure Certification
13 8 (4.94%) GIAC
14 6 (3.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (12.96%) GDPR
3 19 (11.73%) NIST
4 6 (3.70%) PMO
4 6 (3.70%) SLA
5 4 (2.47%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.85%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.85%) ITGC
7 2 (1.23%) GRC
7 2 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 11 (6.79%) Active Directory
1 11 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.17%) Firmware
3 6 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.09%) vSphere
5 4 (2.47%) pfSense
5 4 (2.47%) ProxySG
6 2 (1.23%) Docker
6 2 (1.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.23%) Squid
Systems Management
1 30 (18.52%) Ansible
2 14 (8.64%) FortiGate
3 13 (8.02%) Terraform
4 6 (3.70%) CASB
4 6 (3.70%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.47%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (2.47%) Grafana
6 3 (1.85%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.85%) Nagios
6 3 (1.85%) Nmap
6 3 (1.85%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.85%) QRadar
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.23%) VxRail
8 1 (0.62%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.62%) Kibana
8 1 (0.62%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (70.37%) Cisco
2 44 (27.16%) Fortinet
3 40 (24.69%) CheckPoint
4 27 (16.67%) Juniper
5 26 (16.05%) Microsoft
6 24 (14.81%) Meraki
7 23 (14.20%) Palo Alto
8 20 (12.35%) Arista
9 17 (10.49%) F5
9 17 (10.49%) VMware
10 14 (8.64%) SolarWinds
11 8 (4.94%) Infoblox
12 7 (4.32%) Splunk
13 6 (3.70%) Motorola
14 5 (3.09%) Zscaler
15 4 (2.47%) Blue Coat
15 4 (2.47%) Dell
15 4 (2.47%) LogicMonitor
15 4 (2.47%) ServiceNow
16 3 (1.85%) Citrix