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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 231 243
Rank change year-on-year -38 +12 -119
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 399 917 868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.01% 1.23% 1.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.87% 4.63% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 301 751 598
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £29,925
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,825 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £49,000 £47,236
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% +3.73% -5.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,750 £69,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,364 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.08% -6.61% -

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 21,309 19,804 21,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.11% 26.56% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 12,268 8,007
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -47 101 £45,000 -8.16% 267
Midlands +35 96 £50,594 +3.25% 145
North of England -74 96 £57,500 +21.05% 166
South West +94 70 £47,500 -5.00% 97
North West -84 53 £57,500 +27.78% 84
West Midlands -1 51 £65,000 +33.33% 81
East Midlands +52 45 £38,500 -23.00% 55
Yorkshire +9 36 £32,500 -40.91% 66
Scotland +84 16 £50,890 -7.47% 27
Northern Ireland +47 7 £57,500 +76.92% 15
North East +41 7 £60,000 -14.29% 17
East of England -8 7 £50,000 +11.11% 117
Wales +15 5 £49,750 +22.84% 19
Isle of Man +5 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 19 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.50%) nginx
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (4.51%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.75%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 69 (17.29%) Azure
2 45 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (9.52%) AWS
4 10 (2.51%) Entra ID
4 10 (2.51%) SaaS
5 8 (2.01%) GCP
5 8 (2.01%) PaaS
6 7 (1.75%) IaaS
7 4 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.50%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.50%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.25%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.25%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.25%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.25%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 162 (40.60%) Firewall
2 137 (34.34%) WAN
3 131 (32.83%) LAN
4 102 (25.56%) Network Security
5 72 (18.05%) VPN
6 66 (16.54%) BGP
7 56 (14.04%) Wireless
8 49 (12.28%) MPLS
9 43 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (10.28%) IPsec
10 41 (10.28%) OSPF
11 39 (9.77%) DNS
11 39 (9.77%) VLAN
11 39 (9.77%) WLAN
12 38 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
13 36 (9.02%) TCP/IP
14 35 (8.77%) Cisco Nexus
15 34 (8.52%) DHCP
15 34 (8.52%) SD-WAN
16 33 (8.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.25%) MySQL
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.25%) Power BI
2 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.76%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.75%) GitLab
3 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 109 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.04%) Finance
3 31 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (4.01%) Law
7 15 (3.76%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.51%) Legal
9 12 (3.01%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.51%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.50%) Retail
12 4 (1.00%) Advertising
12 4 (1.00%) Automotive
13 3 (0.75%) Aviation
13 3 (0.75%) Billing
13 3 (0.75%) Police
14 2 (0.50%) Electronics
14 2 (0.50%) Local Government
14 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 113 (28.32%) Network Engineer
2 81 (20.30%) Support Engineer
3 65 (16.29%) IT Support
4 64 (16.04%) Architect
5 41 (10.28%) IT Engineer
5 41 (10.28%) Senior
6 38 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 31 (7.77%) Network Architect
8 30 (7.52%) Technical Support
9 28 (7.02%) Consultant
10 27 (6.77%) Junior
10 27 (6.77%) Technical Engineer
10 27 (6.77%) Technical Support Engineer
11 23 (5.76%) 2nd Line Support
11 23 (5.76%) Analyst
11 23 (5.76%) Network Consultant
12 22 (5.51%) Junior Architect
12 22 (5.51%) Junior Solutions Architect
12 22 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (5.26%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.01%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.50%) SAML
3 3 (0.75%) JSON
4 2 (0.50%) YAML
5 1 (0.25%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (0.25%) HTML
5 1 (0.25%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.28%) Driving Licence
2 47 (11.78%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.01%) e-Learning
4 13 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.51%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.26%) PMI
8 8 (2.01%) PKI
9 7 (1.75%) Social Media
9 7 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.25%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.00%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.75%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.75%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.50%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
13 2 (0.50%) Smartphone
13 2 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 104 (26.07%) Windows
2 91 (22.81%) Linux
3 46 (11.53%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.01%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.51%) Mac OS X
6 7 (1.75%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.75%) Windows Vista
7 6 (1.50%) CentOS
7 6 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (21.80%) Mentoring
3 57 (14.29%) Presales
4 56 (14.04%) ITIL
5 54 (13.53%) Customer Service
6 52 (13.03%) Computer Science
7 40 (10.03%) Network Design
8 39 (9.77%) Migration
9 38 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (9.27%) Network Management
11 34 (8.52%) Information Security
12 33 (8.27%) Asset Management
13 31 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
14 28 (7.02%) IT Asset Management
15 26 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (6.52%) Risk Management
16 24 (6.02%) Service Delivery
17 23 (5.76%) High Availability
17 23 (5.76%) Project Management
18 22 (5.51%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.02%) Python
2 17 (4.26%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.76%) SQL
4 3 (0.75%) Bash
5 2 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.25%) Bicep
6 1 (0.25%) Java
6 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 277 (69.42%) CCNA
2 224 (56.14%) CCNP
3 111 (27.82%) Security Cleared
4 91 (22.81%) SC Cleared
5 90 (22.56%) Degree
6 76 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 68 (17.04%) JNCIA
8 56 (14.04%) MCSE
9 46 (11.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 42 (10.53%) MCP
11 39 (9.77%) DV Cleared
12 35 (8.77%) CCIE
12 35 (8.77%) CISSP
13 30 (7.52%) MCSA
14 29 (7.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 28 (7.02%) JNCIS
15 28 (7.02%) LPIC
16 25 (6.27%) Network+ Certification
17 20 (5.01%) CISA
18 19 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.27%) SLA
2 24 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 13 (3.26%) NIST
5 11 (2.76%) GDPR
6 5 (1.25%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.50%) QA
9 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.25%) COBIT
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 40 (10.03%) Active Directory
2 36 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.76%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.50%) Firmware
5 5 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.25%) vSphere
6 3 (0.75%) Docker
6 3 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 20 (5.01%) Ansible
2 15 (3.76%) Terraform
3 14 (3.51%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.50%) CASB
4 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (1.00%) Autotask
7 3 (0.75%) Iperf
8 2 (0.50%) Nessus
8 2 (0.50%) SCCM
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.25%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.25%) Opsview
9 1 (0.25%) QRadar
9 1 (0.25%) VxRail
9 1 (0.25%) WMI
9 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 287 (71.93%) Cisco
2 115 (28.82%) Microsoft
3 102 (25.56%) Juniper
4 92 (23.06%) Fortinet
5 64 (16.04%) Palo Alto
6 51 (12.78%) VMware
7 42 (10.53%) Aruba
8 37 (9.27%) Meraki
9 24 (6.02%) HP
9 24 (6.02%) Red Hat
10 22 (5.51%) CheckPoint
11 16 (4.01%) SolarWinds
12 14 (3.51%) F5
13 10 (2.51%) Veeam
14 8 (2.01%) Citrix
14 8 (2.01%) Ekahau
15 7 (1.75%) SonicWALL
16 6 (1.50%) Arista
16 6 (1.50%) Dell
17 5 (1.25%) Extreme Networks