Cisco Certification Job Trends in Surrey

Cisco Certification
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 40 121
Rank change year-on-year -56 +81 -59
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 28 60 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.14% 5.16% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.79% 15.96% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 19 43 3
10th Percentile £42,500 £30,500 £47,400
25th Percentile £56,250 £31,000 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £34,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -37.04% +22.73%
75th Percentile £76,250 £49,375 £56,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £103,500 -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +21.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 484 376 696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 19.64% 32.36% 37.18%
Number of salaries quoted 295 266 329
10th Percentile £29,400 £27,040 £29,950
25th Percentile £39,891 £33,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,303 £44,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% -18.52% -1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,300 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.96% -6.73% +4.76%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in Surrey

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in Surrey over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in Surrey

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 19 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
Guildford -36 10 £72,500 +107.14% 7
Redhill -14 6 £45,000 +45.16% 2
Woking -23 6 £65,000 -35.00% 2
Epsom - 3 £65,000 - 2
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (50.00%) Firewall
2 13 (46.43%) LAN
2 13 (46.43%) WAN
3 7 (25.00%) VoIP
4 6 (21.43%) VLAN
4 6 (21.43%) VPN
5 5 (17.86%) BGP
5 5 (17.86%) IPsec
6 4 (14.29%) Network Security
6 4 (14.29%) OSPF
6 4 (14.29%) SD-WAN
6 4 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (10.71%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (10.71%) Internet
7 3 (10.71%) MPLS
7 3 (10.71%) Multicast
7 3 (10.71%) WLAN
8 2 (7.14%) DNS
8 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.57%) SSL
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Military
3 4 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Network Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Senior
2 6 (21.43%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Field Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Field Service Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Security Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.14%) IT Security Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Lead
6 2 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Information Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Security Posture
2 5 (17.86%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Linux
2 6 (21.43%) Windows
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (28.57%) SIEM
2 8 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (21.43%) Security Operations
5 5 (17.86%) Incident Response
5 5 (17.86%) ITIL
6 4 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 4 (14.29%) DevSecOps
7 3 (10.71%) Change Control
7 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (10.71%) Network Design
7 3 (10.71%) Operational Stability
7 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.71%) RBAC
7 3 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (10.71%) Threat Detection
8 2 (7.14%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (71.43%) CCNA
2 11 (39.29%) DV Cleared
2 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
3 8 (28.57%) CCNP
4 7 (25.00%) Azure Certification
4 7 (25.00%) CISSP
5 6 (21.43%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (17.86%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
7 4 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (10.71%) AWS Certification
8 3 (10.71%) CEH
8 3 (10.71%) CISM
8 3 (10.71%) CRISC
9 2 (7.14%) CCSP
10 1 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (3.57%) Degree
10 1 (3.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (14.29%) NIST
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Cisco
2 9 (32.14%) Fortinet
3 6 (21.43%) ForeScout
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 5 (17.86%) VMware
5 3 (10.71%) Huawei
5 3 (10.71%) Juniper
5 3 (10.71%) Splunk