Cisco Certification Jobs 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 137 120
Rank change year-on-year -30 -17 +91
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 30 104 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.82% 1.54% 2.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.86% 4.55% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 29 70 77
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,750 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £43,294 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.59% -11.64% -24.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,625 £63,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £67,625 £69,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -13.64%

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 1,611 2,288 2,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 44.14% 33.87% 41.43%
Number of salaries quoted 490 1,355 976
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,691 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +3.96% -3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,493 £52,000
% change year-on-year +16.52% -0.98% +2.27%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 July 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 12 July 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 -2 24 £60,000 +20.00% 24
Oxfordshire +32 3 £77,500 +101.30% 8
Buckinghamshire -10 3 £45,000 +5.88% 5
Cisco Certification
South East

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.67%) IaaS
4 2 (6.67%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
5 1 (3.33%) Nutanix
5 1 (3.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) VPN
2 15 (50.00%) Firewall
2 15 (50.00%) WAN
3 13 (43.33%) LAN
4 10 (33.33%) BGP
5 9 (30.00%) IPsec
5 9 (30.00%) MPLS
6 7 (23.33%) Junos
6 7 (23.33%) Network Security
6 7 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (16.67%) OSPF
7 5 (16.67%) SAN
7 5 (16.67%) SD-WAN
8 4 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (13.33%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (13.33%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (13.33%) HSRP
8 4 (13.33%) VLAN
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Retail
2 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Advertising
3 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Architect
2 8 (26.67%) Network Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Senior
4 5 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
5 4 (13.33%) Lead
6 3 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) 1st Line Support
8 1 (3.33%) Junior
8 1 (3.33%) Network Manager
8 1 (3.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) SAML
2 4 (13.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Data Centre
2 5 (16.67%) PKI
3 3 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
3 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (23.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (23.33%) Network Design
2 7 (23.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 6 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 5 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
4 5 (16.67%) Presales
4 5 (16.67%) Project Management
5 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) Load Balancing
6 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (10.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (10.00%) SIEM
7 2 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (6.67%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (80.00%) CCNP
2 21 (70.00%) CCNA
3 12 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 12 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (20.00%) JNCIS
4 6 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (16.67%) Azure Certification
5 5 (16.67%) Degree
6 4 (13.33%) CISSP
7 3 (10.00%) JNCIA
8 2 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (6.67%) CCIE
8 2 (6.67%) CCSP
8 2 (6.67%) CISM
8 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
8 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (3.33%) GCIA
9 1 (3.33%) MCSE
9 1 (3.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) SLA
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.33%) NFS
4 1 (3.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.33%) Ansible
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Cisco
2 14 (46.67%) Juniper
3 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (26.67%) VMware
5 5 (16.67%) Veeam
6 4 (13.33%) F5
7 1 (3.33%) Aruba
7 1 (3.33%) HP
7 1 (3.33%) Oracle
7 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.33%) Snow