Cisco Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 213 225
Rank change year-on-year -71 +12 -87
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 364 1,006 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.92% 1.23% 1.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.81% 4.87% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 287 737 589
10th Percentile £28,200 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £53,594 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.08% -4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,139 20,645 20,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.68% 25.34% 38.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,228 12,373 7,896
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +9.09%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
South East -48 98 £45,000 -8.16% 219
North of England -67 86 £55,000 +10.00% 195
South West +102 78 £47,500 -5.00% 90
Midlands -18 68 £47,500 -5.00% 123
North West -67 49 £57,500 +23.66% 109
East Midlands +43 41 £38,500 -16.76% 43
Yorkshire +2 33 £28,750 -47.73% 65
West Midlands -47 27 £65,000 +30.00% 80
Scotland +63 14 £47,500 -20.83% 79
Northern Ireland +49 9 £57,500 +76.92% 39
East of England -17 8 £47,500 +5.56% 93
North East +41 4 £43,750 -37.50% 21
Wales +6 4 £48,000 +18.52% 24
Isle of Man +4 1 £34,500 -21.14%
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 22 (6.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) nginx
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (5.49%) MS Visio
2 10 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.82%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.43%) Azure
2 52 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (11.54%) AWS
4 11 (3.02%) GCP
5 10 (2.75%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.75%) SaaS
6 8 (2.20%) PaaS
7 7 (1.92%) IaaS
8 6 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (0.82%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.27%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.27%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.27%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.27%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 157 (43.13%) Firewall
2 139 (38.19%) WAN
3 120 (32.97%) LAN
4 75 (20.60%) VPN
5 71 (19.51%) Network Security
6 61 (16.76%) BGP
7 49 (13.46%) MPLS
8 45 (12.36%) Wi-Fi
9 44 (12.09%) DNS
9 44 (12.09%) Wireless
10 41 (11.26%) VLAN
11 40 (10.99%) IPsec
12 37 (10.16%) Cisco Firepower
13 36 (9.89%) OSPF
13 36 (9.89%) SD-WAN
13 36 (9.89%) TCP/IP
14 35 (9.62%) DHCP
15 30 (8.24%) Cisco IOS
16 28 (7.69%) Junos
17 24 (6.59%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.27%) MySQL
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.27%) Power BI
2 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.02%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.10%) GitLab
3 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 110 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.58%) Finance
3 29 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.42%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (4.95%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.40%) Law
8 15 (4.12%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.85%) Legal
10 13 (3.57%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.20%) Billing
12 6 (1.65%) Automotive
12 6 (1.65%) Retail
13 5 (1.37%) Advertising
13 5 (1.37%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.10%) Electronics
15 3 (0.82%) Aviation
15 3 (0.82%) Local Government
15 3 (0.82%) Police
16 2 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 112 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 67 (18.41%) Architect
3 62 (17.03%) Support Engineer
4 40 (10.99%) IT Support
5 34 (9.34%) Technical Support
6 33 (9.07%) Network Architect
7 32 (8.79%) Technical Engineer
7 32 (8.79%) Technical Support Engineer
8 25 (6.87%) Junior
9 24 (6.59%) Administrator
9 24 (6.59%) Senior
10 23 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support
11 22 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (5.49%) Junior Architect
12 20 (5.49%) Junior Solutions Architect
13 19 (5.22%) Analyst
13 19 (5.22%) NOC Engineer
13 19 (5.22%) Systems Administrator
14 18 (4.95%) Cisco Engineer
15 17 (4.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.85%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.65%) SAML
3 3 (0.82%) JSON
4 2 (0.55%) YAML
5 1 (0.27%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (0.27%) HTML
5 1 (0.27%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.27%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.81%) Data Centre
2 29 (7.97%) Driving Licence
3 18 (4.95%) e-Learning
4 12 (3.30%) Security Posture
4 12 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.02%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.47%) PMI
7 8 (2.20%) PKI
8 6 (1.65%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.65%) Social Media
8 6 (1.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.37%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.10%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.82%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 82 (22.53%) Windows
2 66 (18.13%) Linux
3 51 (14.01%) Windows Server
4 19 (5.22%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.75%) Mac OS X
6 7 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.65%) Windows Vista
8 5 (1.37%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.10%) CentOS
10 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (17.31%) Mentoring
3 53 (14.56%) Customer Service
3 53 (14.56%) Presales
4 40 (10.99%) Technical Leadership
5 38 (10.44%) Network Design
6 36 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (8.24%) Information Security
8 29 (7.97%) ITIL
9 28 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (7.69%) Migration
10 26 (7.14%) High Availability
11 25 (6.87%) Commercial Awareness
11 25 (6.87%) Computer Science
11 25 (6.87%) Project Management
11 25 (6.87%) Risk Management
11 25 (6.87%) Service Delivery
12 23 (6.32%) Project Delivery
12 23 (6.32%) Requirements Gathering
13 22 (6.04%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.32%) Python
2 22 (6.04%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.02%) SQL
4 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.27%) Bash
5 1 (0.27%) Bicep
5 1 (0.27%) Java
5 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 258 (70.88%) CCNA
2 183 (50.27%) CCNP
3 115 (31.59%) Security Cleared
4 94 (25.82%) SC Cleared
5 72 (19.78%) JNCIA
6 66 (18.13%) Degree
7 49 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (10.99%) DV Cleared
9 37 (10.16%) CISSP
10 31 (8.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 28 (7.69%) MCSA
12 27 (7.42%) JNCIS
12 27 (7.42%) MCSE
13 24 (6.59%) Network+ Certification
14 22 (6.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 19 (5.22%) CCIE
15 19 (5.22%) CISA
15 19 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
16 17 (4.67%) Azure Certification
16 17 (4.67%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.24%) SLA
2 22 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (3.30%) NIST
5 9 (2.47%) GDPR
6 6 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.55%) QA
8 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 45 (12.36%) Active Directory
2 36 (9.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (7.14%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.75%) vSphere
5 7 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.65%) Firmware
7 4 (1.10%) Docker
7 4 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.82%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.27%) NFS
Systems Management
1 19 (5.22%) Ansible
2 14 (3.85%) Terraform
3 12 (3.30%) FortiGate
4 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.92%) Autotask
5 7 (1.92%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.65%) CASB
7 5 (1.37%) SCCM
7 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.82%) Iperf
9 2 (0.55%) Nessus
9 2 (0.55%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.27%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.27%) QRadar
10 1 (0.27%) VxRail
10 1 (0.27%) WMI
10 1 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 243 (66.76%) Cisco
2 96 (26.37%) Juniper
3 92 (25.27%) Microsoft
4 86 (23.63%) Fortinet
5 61 (16.76%) Palo Alto
6 54 (14.84%) VMware
7 43 (11.81%) Aruba
8 39 (10.71%) Meraki
9 26 (7.14%) HP
10 22 (6.04%) CheckPoint
10 22 (6.04%) Red Hat
11 15 (4.12%) SolarWinds
12 14 (3.85%) F5
13 10 (2.75%) Veeam
14 8 (2.20%) Citrix
14 8 (2.20%) Ekahau
15 7 (1.92%) SonicWALL
16 6 (1.65%) Arista
16 6 (1.65%) Datto
16 6 (1.65%) Dell