Cisco Certification Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certification
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -78 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 9 13 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.63% 4.05% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.64% 14.77% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 247 88 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.25% 27.41% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 32 30 57
10th Percentile £24,000 £35,895 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,743 £41,750 £34,112
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £76,612 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £93,750 £69,880
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -3.45%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
County Antrim -52 9 £65,000 +23.81% 18
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Stack
2 2 (22.22%) IaaS
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) PaaS
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Big Data
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Information Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Security Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Assurance Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Security Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Agile
1 2 (22.22%) AI
1 2 (22.22%) Change Management
1 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
1 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
1 2 (22.22%) Data Security
1 2 (22.22%) Epics
1 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
1 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
1 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
1 2 (22.22%) Information Security
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
1 2 (22.22%) SABSA
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Azure Certification
2 6 (66.67%) CCNA
2 6 (66.67%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (22.22%) CCSK
4 2 (22.22%) CCSP
4 2 (22.22%) CISM
4 2 (22.22%) CISSP
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
5 1 (11.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (22.22%) Def Stans
1 2 (22.22%) GDPR
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) NCSC
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
1 2 (22.22%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) ForeScout
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) Thales