Cisco Job Trends in London

Cisco
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Cisco products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cisco over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Cisco Systems, Inc.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 96 82
Rank change year-on-year -29 -14 +83
Permanent jobs citing Cisco 359 504 726
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.18% 3.55% 3.40%
As % of the Vendors category 6.70% 8.71% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 226 367 495
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £35,800
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +19.35% +3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -

All Vendors
London

Cisco falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5,356 5,787 8,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 32.53% 40.78% 39.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,307 3,240 6,428
10th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £66,056
Median % change year-on-year - +5.97% -3.58%
75th Percentile £88,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £105,225
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%

Cisco
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cisco job vacancy trend in London

Cisco
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco

Cisco
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco in London over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco in London

Cisco
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Central London -21 55 £70,000 -6.67% 56
East London +4 18 £87,500 +34.62% 12
South London +38 15 £48,750 - 2
West London -8 9 £43,750 -10.71% 9
North London - 3 £55,000 - 6
Cisco
England

Cisco
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 19 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.56%) Confluence
3 2 (0.56%) nginx
3 2 (0.56%) WordPress
4 1 (0.28%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.62%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.79%) AutoCAD
5 6 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.39%) InDesign
6 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (1.11%) Revit
8 3 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 121 (33.70%) Azure
2 57 (15.88%) AWS
3 41 (11.42%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (10.86%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.01%) SaaS
6 15 (4.18%) AWS Direct Connect
7 12 (3.34%) Nutanix
7 12 (3.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (2.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.23%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.67%) GCP
9 6 (1.67%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.11%) Datadog
10 4 (1.11%) IaaS
10 4 (1.11%) PaaS
11 3 (0.84%) Asana
11 3 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.84%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 159 (44.29%) Firewall
2 128 (35.65%) WAN
3 105 (29.25%) LAN
4 82 (22.84%) VPN
5 75 (20.89%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (20.33%) SD-WAN
7 63 (17.55%) Wireless
8 61 (16.99%) BGP
8 61 (16.99%) Network Security
9 51 (14.21%) OSPF
10 47 (13.09%) VLAN
11 44 (12.26%) Cisco ISE
12 40 (11.14%) MPLS
13 39 (10.86%) Cisco ASA
14 36 (10.03%) Cisco Firepower
15 28 (7.80%) Cisco IOS
16 27 (7.52%) TCP/IP
16 27 (7.52%) WLAN
17 25 (6.96%) VoIP
17 25 (6.96%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.39%) Metadata
3 2 (0.56%) Big Data
3 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.56%) KNIME
3 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.56%) MySQL
3 2 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.56%) Power BI
3 2 (0.56%) QlikView
3 2 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.06%) Git
2 10 (2.79%) JIRA
3 4 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Jaeger
4 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.56%) MLflow
General
1 117 (32.59%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.91%) Finance
3 35 (9.75%) Telecoms
4 26 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (6.13%) Retail
6 20 (5.57%) Banking
7 18 (5.01%) Marketing
8 17 (4.74%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (3.90%) Law
10 14 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.51%) Retail Banking
12 8 (2.23%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.67%) Electronics
15 4 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.84%) Advertising
16 3 (0.84%) Legal
17 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.56%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 149 (41.50%) Network Engineer
2 73 (20.33%) Senior
3 49 (13.65%) Cisco Engineer
4 47 (13.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 41 (11.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (8.64%) Analyst
7 30 (8.36%) Senior Network Engineer
8 29 (8.08%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (7.24%) Consultant
9 26 (7.24%) Lead
10 23 (6.41%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (6.41%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (5.01%) Firewall Engineer
11 18 (5.01%) Operations Manager
12 16 (4.46%) Architect
12 16 (4.46%) LAN Engineer
12 16 (4.46%) WAN Engineer
13 14 (3.90%) LAN/WAN Engineer
13 14 (3.90%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.90%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.23%) 802.1X
1 8 (2.23%) Jinja
1 8 (2.23%) NETCONF
1 8 (2.23%) REST
1 8 (2.23%) YANG
2 5 (1.39%) SOAP
2 5 (1.39%) Web Services
3 3 (0.84%) WebRTC
4 2 (0.56%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.56%) Kafka
4 2 (0.56%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.28%) .NET
5 1 (0.28%) LDAP
5 1 (0.28%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 84 (23.40%) Data Centre
2 23 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.29%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (4.74%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.18%) Social Media
6 14 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (3.34%) Public Cloud
8 11 (3.06%) CMDB
9 10 (2.79%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.51%) PKI
10 9 (2.51%) Smart Home
11 8 (2.23%) IoT
11 8 (2.23%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.95%) Digital Signage
12 7 (1.95%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.67%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.67%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.67%) Home Automation
13 6 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 82 (22.84%) Windows
2 27 (7.52%) Windows Server
3 22 (6.13%) Linux
4 12 (3.34%) Android
5 10 (2.79%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.51%) Unix
7 3 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.84%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.56%) Solaris
8 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (15.04%) ITIL
2 50 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (10.58%) High Availability
4 37 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (10.03%) Migration
6 35 (9.75%) Network Monitoring
7 33 (9.19%) Zero Trust
8 30 (8.36%) Computer Science
8 30 (8.36%) Network Design
9 29 (8.08%) Load Balancing
10 28 (7.80%) Change Management
10 28 (7.80%) Kalman Filter
10 28 (7.80%) Runbook
11 26 (7.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 26 (7.24%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (6.96%) Project Delivery
13 24 (6.69%) Customer Service
13 24 (6.69%) Mentoring
13 24 (6.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (6.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (13.65%) PowerShell
1 49 (13.65%) Python
2 4 (1.11%) SQL
3 2 (0.56%) Bash
3 2 (0.56%) R
4 1 (0.28%) C#
4 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 125 (34.82%) Cisco Certification
2 99 (27.58%) CCNP
3 66 (18.38%) Degree
4 55 (15.32%) CCNA
5 47 (13.09%) CCIE
6 25 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (6.69%) Security Cleared
8 23 (6.41%) CCSE
9 21 (5.85%) CCSA
9 21 (5.85%) SC Cleared
10 19 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (5.29%) Network+ Certification
11 18 (5.01%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.95%) MCSA
12 7 (1.95%) MCSE
12 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (1.67%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.67%) JNCIP
13 6 (1.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.85%) SLA
3 11 (3.06%) NIST
4 6 (1.67%) GDPR
4 6 (1.67%) PMO
5 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.39%) GRC
5 5 (1.39%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.28%) QA
7 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (11.70%) Active Directory
2 30 (8.36%) Firmware
3 26 (7.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.06%) vSphere
5 4 (1.11%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.84%) KVM
7 2 (0.56%) Docker
7 2 (0.56%) NFS
7 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.28%) NLBS
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (9.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (8.08%) FortiGate
2 29 (8.08%) Terraform
3 28 (7.80%) Ansible
4 21 (5.85%) SCCM
5 14 (3.90%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.95%) Check_MK
7 6 (1.67%) Cisco Prime
7 6 (1.67%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.67%) VxRail
8 5 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (1.11%) Grafana
9 4 (1.11%) Nagios
10 3 (0.84%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.56%) Argo
11 2 (0.56%) CASB
11 2 (0.56%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 91 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 90 (25.07%) Meraki
3 79 (22.01%) Fortinet
4 78 (21.73%) Palo Alto
5 69 (19.22%) CheckPoint
6 53 (14.76%) SolarWinds
7 51 (14.21%) VMware
8 41 (11.42%) Juniper
9 22 (6.13%) Arista
10 21 (5.85%) F5
10 21 (5.85%) Ruckus Wireless
10 21 (5.85%) Zscaler
11 20 (5.57%) ServiceNow
12 19 (5.29%) Salesforce
13 14 (3.90%) Dynatrace
14 13 (3.62%) Dell
15 12 (3.34%) Aruba
15 12 (3.34%) Splunk
16 10 (2.79%) Adobe
16 10 (2.79%) Reuters