Cisco Certification Job Trends in the South West

Cisco Certification
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 67 198
Rank change year-on-year -89 +131 -73
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 81 116 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.91% 3.30% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.53% 8.86% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22 67 39
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,500 £35,881
25th Percentile £39,029 £31,000 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -17.53% +2.11%
75th Percentile £73,250 £57,500 £55,625
90th Percentile £98,750 £63,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,292 1,309 2,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.61% 37.28% 29.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,155 832 1,535
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,538 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £68,525 £70,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £86,250
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 South West

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the South West

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the South West

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Devon -3 17 £26,150 -53.80% 14
Somerset -23 16 £50,000 +17.65% 11
Bristol -26 15 £60,000 - 10
Gloucestershire -36 15 £60,500 +10.00%
Dorset -5 7 £97,500 +56.00%
Wiltshire -49 3 £38,378 -24.84% 10
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (4.94%) Confluence
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 59 (72.84%) Azure
2 20 (24.69%) AWS
3 6 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (4.94%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (4.94%) Amazon S3
4 4 (4.94%) AWS CloudTrail
4 4 (4.94%) AWS Fargate
4 4 (4.94%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (4.94%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.94%) Serverless
5 3 (3.70%) GCP
6 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.23%) GitHub
6 1 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.52%) Firewall
2 11 (13.58%) WAN
3 10 (12.35%) LAN
4 9 (11.11%) DNS
5 8 (9.88%) SAN
6 7 (8.64%) DHCP
6 7 (8.64%) Network Security
6 7 (8.64%) Software-Defined Networking
7 6 (7.41%) DMZ
7 6 (7.41%) SD-WAN
7 6 (7.41%) VLAN
7 6 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (6.17%) VPN
8 5 (6.17%) Wireshark
9 4 (4.94%) BGP
9 4 (4.94%) IPv4
9 4 (4.94%) NGFW
9 4 (4.94%) OSPF
9 4 (4.94%) VXLAN
9 4 (4.94%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (6.17%) GitLab
1 5 (6.17%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.94%) Bitbucket
2 4 (4.94%) Git
2 4 (4.94%) JIRA
3 1 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (69.14%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.17%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.17%) Finance
5 4 (4.94%) Legal
6 3 (3.70%) Retail
7 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (59.26%) Network Engineer
2 11 (13.58%) IT Engineer
3 10 (12.35%) Field Engineer
4 7 (8.64%) Field Service Engineer
5 6 (7.41%) Consultant
5 6 (7.41%) Cyber Defence Consultant
5 6 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 6 (7.41%) IT Support
5 6 (7.41%) Lead
5 6 (7.41%) Lead Consultant
5 6 (7.41%) Lead Security Consultant
5 6 (7.41%) Security Consultant
6 4 (4.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (4.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.47%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (7.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.94%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.94%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.47%) CMDB
5 2 (2.47%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.88%) Windows
1 8 (9.88%) Windows Server
2 5 (6.17%) Linux
3 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.05%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (12.35%) Cloud Security
2 10 (12.35%) Containerisation
3 9 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 9 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 9 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 9 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 8 (9.88%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (9.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (8.64%) CI/CD
5 7 (8.64%) ITIL
5 7 (8.64%) Performance Optimisation
5 7 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (7.41%) Business Continuity
6 6 (7.41%) Coaching
6 6 (7.41%) ISMS
6 6 (7.41%) Thought Leadership
6 6 (7.41%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (7.41%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.64%) Python
2 5 (6.17%) Bash
2 5 (6.17%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.94%) Java
4 1 (1.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 62 (76.54%) CCNA
2 49 (60.49%) Network+ Certification
3 47 (58.02%) Azure Certification
4 18 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (13.58%) CCNP
5 11 (13.58%) Security Cleared
6 10 (12.35%) MCSE
7 9 (11.11%) CISM
8 8 (9.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (9.88%) AWS Certification
8 8 (9.88%) CISSP
9 7 (8.64%) A+ Certification
9 7 (8.64%) DV Cleared
10 6 (7.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (6.17%) Degree
12 4 (4.94%) ISTQB
12 4 (4.94%) MCSA
12 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (4.94%) RHCE
12 4 (4.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 6 (7.41%) GDPR
3 6 (7.41%) GRC
3 6 (7.41%) JSP 440
3 6 (7.41%) NIST
4 4 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.88%) VMware NSX
3 5 (6.17%) vSphere
4 4 (4.94%) Docker
4 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.94%) Squid
5 3 (3.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (13.58%) Ansible
2 10 (12.35%) Terraform
3 4 (4.94%) Iperf
3 4 (4.94%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.94%) Packer
3 4 (4.94%) ZABBIX
4 1 (1.23%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 54 (66.67%) Cisco
2 52 (64.20%) Microsoft
3 42 (51.85%) ForeScout
4 12 (14.81%) VMware
5 8 (9.88%) Dell
6 7 (8.64%) Fortinet
7 4 (4.94%) Oracle
7 4 (4.94%) Red Hat
7 4 (4.94%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (4.94%) SonicWALL
7 4 (4.94%) Splunk
8 3 (3.70%) Meraki
9 2 (2.47%) Aruba
9 2 (2.47%) Avaya
9 2 (2.47%) F5
9 2 (2.47%) Infoblox
9 2 (2.47%) Netskope
9 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.23%) Juniper