Cisco Certification Job Trends in Southampton

Cisco Certification
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 53 60
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 9 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 1.68% 2.37% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.98% 7.98% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 1
10th Percentile £41,100 £35,050 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% +23.08% -27.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £54,375 £33,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 -
Hampshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +14.58% -4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 163 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 24.11% 29.69% 26.72%
Number of salaries quoted 72 104 84
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,625 £27,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £66,159
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £84,950
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Southampton

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Southampton over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in Southampton

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) BGP
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
1 7 (77.78%) LAN
1 7 (77.78%) MPLS
1 7 (77.78%) OSPF
1 7 (77.78%) SD-WAN
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) VPN
2 6 (66.67%) VXLAN
2 6 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) VoIP
General
1 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Consultant
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 6 (66.67%) Consultant
1 6 (66.67%) Network Consultant
1 6 (66.67%) WAN Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Support
3 1 (11.11%) Head of IT
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Network Management
1 6 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) AI
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) ITSM
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CCNP
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCIE
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) FortiGate
2 6 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
1 8 (88.89%) Meraki
2 7 (77.78%) Fortinet
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft