Cisco Certification Job Trends in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 128 163
Rank change year-on-year -26 +35 +49
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 111 100 157
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.86% 1.97% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 4.92% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 40 61 121
10th Percentile £47,184 £31,250 £36,900
25th Percentile £51,604 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +22.45% +11.05%
75th Percentile £83,375 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% +12.75% -6.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,299 2,032 2,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.44% 40.02% 24.44%
Number of salaries quoted 920 796 1,876
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,375 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £74,014 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,021 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.05% +0.04% -7.60%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the Midlands

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
West Midlands -20 64 £67,500 +3.85% 36
East Midlands -20 47 £51,058 +40.85% 2
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 9 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (67.57%) Azure
2 8 (7.21%) AWS
3 1 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.90%) GCP
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.51%) WAN
2 14 (12.61%) VPN
3 13 (11.71%) Firewall
3 13 (11.71%) LAN
4 12 (10.81%) BGP
4 12 (10.81%) OSPF
5 10 (9.01%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (9.01%) EIGRP
6 9 (8.11%) Wireless
7 6 (5.41%) SD-WAN
7 6 (5.41%) Wireshark
8 5 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.70%) Network Security
10 2 (1.80%) NGFW
11 1 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.90%) SAN
11 1 (0.90%) SSL
11 1 (0.90%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.90%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.60%) Metasploit
1 4 (3.60%) Yeoman
General
1 81 (72.97%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (6.31%) Law
4 4 (3.60%) Finance
4 4 (3.60%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.60%) Retail
5 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.90%) Banking
6 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (73.87%) Network Engineer
2 15 (13.51%) Senior
3 12 (10.81%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (9.91%) Architect
5 9 (8.11%) Security Architect
6 5 (4.50%) Firewall Engineer
6 5 (4.50%) WAN Engineer
7 4 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 4 (3.60%) Security Specialist
7 4 (3.60%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 3 (2.70%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (2.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (2.70%) IT Engineer
8 3 (2.70%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (2.70%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (2.70%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 2 (1.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 2 (1.80%) LAN Engineer
9 2 (1.80%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 2 (1.80%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Security Posture
2 4 (3.60%) Insider Threat
3 3 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.80%) CCTV
4 2 (1.80%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.90%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.90%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.70%) Linux
1 3 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (9.91%) Identity Access Management
3 11 (9.91%) Security Architecture
4 10 (9.01%) TOGAF
5 9 (8.11%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (8.11%) SABSA
5 9 (8.11%) Threat Modelling
6 8 (7.21%) High Availability
7 7 (6.31%) ITIL
7 7 (6.31%) Mentoring
8 5 (4.50%) Agile
8 5 (4.50%) Customer Service
8 5 (4.50%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (3.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (3.60%) Ethical Hacking
9 4 (3.60%) Open Source
9 4 (3.60%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (3.60%) SIEM
9 4 (3.60%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 81 (72.97%) CCNA
2 68 (61.26%) Network+ Certification
3 66 (59.46%) Azure Certification
4 21 (18.92%) CCNP
5 18 (16.22%) CISSP
6 13 (11.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (10.81%) CCSP
7 12 (10.81%) CISM
8 9 (8.11%) Degree
9 8 (7.21%) Security Cleared
10 7 (6.31%) SC Cleared
11 6 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (4.50%) MCSE
12 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (4.50%) OSCP
13 4 (3.60%) CEH
13 4 (3.60%) CISMP
13 4 (3.60%) GIAC
13 4 (3.60%) GPEN
13 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (11.71%) NIST
2 9 (8.11%) GDPR
3 4 (3.60%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (3.60%) GRC
4 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.90%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.80%) Firmware
1 2 (1.80%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Nmap
2 2 (1.80%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 89 (80.18%) Cisco
2 72 (64.86%) Microsoft
3 66 (59.46%) ForeScout
4 9 (8.11%) SAP
5 6 (5.41%) Meraki
6 4 (3.60%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.60%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.70%) Dell
8 2 (1.80%) Progress
9 1 (0.90%) Rapid7