Cisco Certification Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 142 87
Rank change year-on-year -14 -55 +77
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 18 52 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.48% 1.22% 3.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.54% 3.54% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 51
10th Percentile £51,250 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,625 £41,732 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,509 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.18% +8.67% -5.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,813 £68,125
90th Percentile - £63,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year -2.54% +39.64% -23.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,170 1,467 1,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 31.49% 34.50% 45.17%
Number of salaries quoted 471 572 972
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,800 £29,762
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £39,074
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +10.09% +6.92%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +0.96%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 November 2025. 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
Berkshire -9 15 £60,000 - 13
Oxfordshire +19 2 £77,500 +75.78% 1
Buckinghamshire +7 1 £65,000 +23.81% 2
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (5.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (77.78%) Firewall
2 9 (50.00%) Network Security
3 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
4 6 (33.33%) VPN
4 6 (33.33%) WAN
5 5 (27.78%) LAN
6 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (11.11%) DHCP
7 2 (11.11%) DNS
7 2 (11.11%) Junos
7 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
8 1 (5.56%) InfiniBand
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Security Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Security Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Field Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) CMDB
3 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (44.44%) ITIL
3 7 (38.89%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (38.89%) Security Operations
3 7 (38.89%) SIEM
4 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.11%) Identity Management
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (11.11%) Network Architecture
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 2 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 2 (11.11%) Web Filtering
6 1 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.56%) Project Planning
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) CCNA
2 12 (66.67%) CCNP
3 10 (55.56%) CISSP
4 7 (38.89%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (38.89%) GCIA
4 7 (38.89%) SANS
5 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) Degree
7 2 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (11.11%) CCSP
7 2 (11.11%) CEH
7 2 (11.11%) CISA
7 2 (11.11%) CISM
7 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
7 2 (11.11%) JNCIA
7 2 (11.11%) MCSE
7 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
8 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (5.56%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (11.11%) GRC
3 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.56%) NFS
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Terraform
2 1 (5.56%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
2 5 (27.78%) Juniper
3 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 2 (11.11%) Google
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) Tenable
5 1 (5.56%) Aruba
5 1 (5.56%) HP
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle
5 1 (5.56%) VMware