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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 155 142
Rank change year-on-year +17 -13 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 39 25 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.67% 0.74% 1.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.20% 1.53% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 19 24 78
10th Percentile £40,700 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,875 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £44,089
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +27.58% -10.02%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,125 £59,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £78,000 £67,875
South East median annual salary £65,000 £46,250 £49,000
% change year-on-year +40.54% -5.61% +3.16%

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 1,217 1,631 2,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.87% 48.30% 34.30%
Number of salaries quoted 703 449 1,493
10th Percentile £33,750 £28,700 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,020
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.90% -1.89%

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 17 June 2026.

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 17 June 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
Berkshire +13 17 £70,000 +12.00% 7
Oxfordshire 0 11 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Buckinghamshire -1 11 £42,500 - 17
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 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 33 (84.62%) Azure
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.82%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) GCP
4 1 (2.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) Firewall
2 7 (17.95%) VPN
3 6 (15.38%) Network Security
3 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 6 (15.38%) VLAN
3 6 (15.38%) WAN
4 5 (12.82%) DHCP
4 5 (12.82%) DNS
4 5 (12.82%) LAN
4 5 (12.82%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.26%) Internet
5 4 (10.26%) Wireless
6 2 (5.13%) OSPF
6 2 (5.13%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
6 2 (5.13%) WLAN
7 1 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (10.26%) Retail
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Digital Health
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Network Engineer
2 5 (12.82%) Architect
2 5 (12.82%) Security Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Principal Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Principal Security Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Senior
4 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Head of Infrastructure
4 3 (7.69%) Head of Security
4 3 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Network Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) Network Architect
6 1 (2.56%) NOC Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (20.51%) ITIL
3 7 (17.95%) Application Security
3 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
3 7 (17.95%) OWASP
3 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (12.82%) TOGAF
5 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
5 4 (10.26%) Data Security
5 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (10.26%) High Availability
5 4 (10.26%) SDLC
5 4 (10.26%) Security Architecture
5 4 (10.26%) SIEM
5 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (10.26%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (7.69%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Bicep
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (79.49%) CCNA
2 21 (53.85%) Azure Certification
3 20 (51.28%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (28.21%) CISSP
5 9 (23.08%) CCNP
6 8 (20.51%) CISM
7 7 (17.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (17.95%) CCSP
8 6 (15.38%) Degree
9 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (7.69%) GCIA
10 3 (7.69%) SANS
11 2 (5.13%) MCSA
11 2 (5.13%) MCSE
11 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (2.56%) CCIE
12 1 (2.56%) CCSE
12 1 (2.56%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (12.82%) NIST
3 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (66.67%) Cisco
2 24 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 18 (46.15%) ForeScout
4 8 (20.51%) Fortinet
5 6 (15.38%) VMware
6 5 (12.82%) Aruba
6 5 (12.82%) Palo Alto
7 4 (10.26%) WatchGuard
8 3 (7.69%) Veeam
9 2 (5.13%) Adobe
9 2 (5.13%) Citrix
9 2 (5.13%) Dell
9 2 (5.13%) Draytek
9 2 (5.13%) Juniper
9 2 (5.13%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (5.13%) SonicWALL
10 1 (2.56%) 3PAR
10 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.56%) HP
10 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds