Cisco Certification Job Trends in the North of England

Cisco Certification
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 230 182
Rank change year-on-year +38 -48 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 169 80 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.77% 0.84% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.08% 2.10% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 59 64 120
10th Percentile £33,650 £25,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £26,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,219 £63,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,625 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,329 3,809 3,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.20% 39.81% 21.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,753 1,215 1,731
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £75,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the North of England

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Yorkshire +24 83 £62,500 +119.30% 22
North West +16 64 £57,500 -0.86% 29
North East -39 22 £80,288 +114.10% 11
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (4.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 110 (65.09%) Azure
2 11 (6.51%) AWS
3 10 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.33%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.96%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.37%) GCP
7 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.78%) Serverless
7 3 (1.78%) Vertex AI
8 1 (0.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 43 (25.44%) Firewall
2 40 (23.67%) WAN
3 38 (22.49%) Network Security
4 37 (21.89%) LAN
5 27 (15.98%) Wireless
6 18 (10.65%) SD-WAN
6 18 (10.65%) VPN
6 18 (10.65%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (10.06%) VLAN
8 16 (9.47%) BGP
9 12 (7.10%) WLAN
10 10 (5.92%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (5.33%) MPLS
11 9 (5.33%) OSPF
12 8 (4.73%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (4.73%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (4.73%) VoIP
13 6 (3.55%) Unified Communications
14 5 (2.96%) Internet
15 4 (2.37%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) GitLab
General
1 118 (69.82%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (4.14%) Banking
4 6 (3.55%) Telecoms
5 5 (2.96%) Finance
6 4 (2.37%) Advertising
6 4 (2.37%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.18%) Social Housing
7 2 (1.18%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.59%) French Language
Job Titles
1 129 (76.33%) Network Engineer
2 12 (7.10%) Architect
3 11 (6.51%) Senior
4 10 (5.92%) Senior Network Engineer
5 9 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.14%) Analyst
7 7 (4.14%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (4.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (4.14%) LAN Engineer
8 6 (3.55%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 6 (3.55%) Consultant
8 6 (3.55%) IT Engineer
8 6 (3.55%) IT Support
8 6 (3.55%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (3.55%) Juniper Consultant
8 6 (3.55%) Juniper Engineer
8 6 (3.55%) Network Analyst
8 6 (3.55%) Network Consultant
8 6 (3.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.59%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.59%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.47%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.55%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.78%) Cloud Native
3 3 (1.78%) Security Posture
3 3 (1.78%) Social Media
4 2 (1.18%) Housing Association
4 2 (1.18%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.59%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (0.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.10%) Windows
2 9 (5.33%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.73%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.78%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (11.83%) ITIL
3 17 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (8.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (7.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (6.51%) Computer Science
7 11 (6.51%) Network Design
7 11 (6.51%) Root Cause Analysis
8 10 (5.92%) Load Balancing
9 9 (5.33%) Coaching
9 9 (5.33%) Customer Service
9 9 (5.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (5.33%) Identity Management
9 9 (5.33%) Mentoring
9 9 (5.33%) Presales
10 8 (4.73%) Kalman Filter
10 8 (4.73%) Security Architecture
10 8 (4.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.33%) Python
2 7 (4.14%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.59%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 122 (72.19%) CCNA
2 98 (57.99%) Network+ Certification
3 97 (57.40%) Azure Certification
4 43 (25.44%) CCNP
5 19 (11.24%) Degree
6 11 (6.51%) CCIE
7 10 (5.92%) CISSP
7 10 (5.92%) DBS Check
7 10 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (5.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (5.33%) CCSP
8 9 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.73%) Security Cleared
10 7 (4.14%) SC Cleared
11 6 (3.55%) CISM
12 5 (2.96%) MCSA
13 4 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (1.78%) AWS Certification
15 2 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 2 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.92%) NIST
3 8 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.37%) PMO
5 3 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 9 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.37%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.78%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.59%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.96%) Ansible
3 3 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.18%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.18%) Terraform
5 1 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 136 (80.47%) Cisco
2 102 (60.36%) Microsoft
3 90 (53.25%) ForeScout
4 21 (12.43%) Aruba
5 12 (7.10%) Juniper
6 11 (6.51%) Palo Alto
7 9 (5.33%) Fortinet
8 7 (4.14%) CheckPoint
8 7 (4.14%) Meraki
9 6 (3.55%) F5
10 5 (2.96%) Veeam
11 4 (2.37%) Blue Coat
11 4 (2.37%) HP
11 4 (2.37%) Huawei
11 4 (2.37%) Infoblox
11 4 (2.37%) Motorola
11 4 (2.37%) Polycom
11 4 (2.37%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.37%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.78%) Splunk