Cisco Certification Job Trends 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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 136 177
Rank change year-on-year -76 +41 +69
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 377 711 595
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.89% 1.98% 1.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.69% 5.11% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 284 325 515
10th Percentile £27,413 £37,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £44,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.40% +2.11%
75th Percentile £64,063 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 14,028 13,924 10,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.08% 38.76% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,116 5,300 6,854
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.21% +1.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cisco Certification

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
South East -3 105 £57,500 -0.86% 71
North of England -69 77 £48,750 -11.36% 44
Midlands -92 69 £51,058 -11.20% 26
South West +34 60 £32,500 -40.91% 23
North West -39 45 £50,000 - 21
East Midlands -33 39 £32,500 -48.00% 3
East of England +17 35 £40,000 -27.27% 25
West Midlands -83 30 £62,500 +19.05% 23
North East +17 20 £33,500 -48.46% 7
Scotland 0 19 £36,000 -44.62% 10
Yorkshire -38 12 £26,000 -62.86% 17
Northern Ireland -3 11 £37,500 -28.57% 5
Wales -27 2 £43,750 -4.13% 9
Cisco Certification
UK

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.53%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (2.92%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 100 (26.53%) Azure
2 49 (13.00%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (11.67%) AWS
4 26 (6.90%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.59%) IaaS
6 5 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.06%) GCP
7 4 (1.06%) SaaS
8 3 (0.80%) GitHub
8 3 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.53%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.53%) OCI
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.27%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.27%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 181 (48.01%) Firewall
2 138 (36.60%) LAN
3 135 (35.81%) WAN
4 87 (23.08%) VPN
5 58 (15.38%) Network Security
6 54 (14.32%) SD-WAN
7 50 (13.26%) BGP
8 44 (11.67%) OSPF
9 42 (11.14%) Wireless
10 40 (10.61%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (10.08%) VLAN
12 34 (9.02%) VSAT
13 33 (8.75%) MPLS
14 32 (8.49%) Cisco Nexus
15 31 (8.22%) TCP/IP
15 31 (8.22%) VoIP
16 24 (6.37%) Cisco ASA
17 21 (5.57%) DNS
17 21 (5.57%) EIGRP
18 19 (5.04%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 7 (1.86%) Burp Suite
1 7 (1.86%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.80%) GitLab
3 2 (0.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 125 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.32%) Finance
3 42 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.02%) Telecoms
5 32 (8.49%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.24%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.18%) Retail
9 11 (2.92%) Law
9 11 (2.92%) Legal
10 10 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.59%) Electronics
14 5 (1.33%) Billing
15 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.06%) Automotive
16 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 1 (0.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 56 (14.85%) Senior
3 51 (13.53%) Technical Engineer
4 48 (12.73%) Support Engineer
5 42 (11.14%) Technical Support
6 39 (10.34%) Senior Network Engineer
7 34 (9.02%) Technical Support Engineer
8 31 (8.22%) Administrator
9 30 (7.96%) Analyst
9 30 (7.96%) Cisco Engineer
9 30 (7.96%) IT Engineer
10 28 (7.43%) Firewall Engineer
10 28 (7.43%) WAN Engineer
11 27 (7.16%) Systems Administrator
12 20 (5.31%) LAN Engineer
12 20 (5.31%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 20 (5.31%) Presales Engineer
13 18 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (4.77%) Juniper Engineer
13 18 (4.77%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.86%) REST
2 6 (1.59%) FreeSWITCH
3 5 (1.33%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.80%) Middleware
5 2 (0.53%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.27%) React
6 1 (0.27%) Svelte
6 1 (0.27%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.96%) e-Learning
3 23 (6.10%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.77%) Security Posture
5 13 (3.45%) CCTV
6 11 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (2.92%) Smartphone
7 10 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.39%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.12%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.86%) Insider Threat
10 7 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (1.59%) Handset
12 5 (1.33%) CMDB
12 5 (1.33%) LIMS
12 5 (1.33%) SCADA
13 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (16.45%) Windows
2 44 (11.67%) Linux
3 41 (10.88%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.57%) Unix
5 11 (2.92%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.33%) Android
6 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (25.20%) Customer Service
2 74 (19.63%) ITIL
3 73 (19.36%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
5 58 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 48 (12.73%) High Availability
7 34 (9.02%) Service Delivery
8 33 (8.75%) Presales
9 31 (8.22%) Commercial Awareness
9 31 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (7.96%) Innovative Thinking
11 29 (7.69%) ITSM
12 28 (7.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 28 (7.43%) Project Delivery
13 25 (6.63%) Kalman Filter
13 25 (6.63%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (6.63%) Service Management
14 24 (6.37%) Computer Science
15 22 (5.84%) Change Control
15 22 (5.84%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.28%) Python
2 26 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.18%) Bash
4 3 (0.80%) Bicep
5 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.27%) Go
6 1 (0.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 253 (67.11%) CCNA
2 179 (47.48%) CCNP
3 104 (27.59%) Security Cleared
4 89 (23.61%) SC Cleared
5 60 (15.92%) JNCIA
6 57 (15.12%) Degree
7 49 (13.00%) DV Cleared
7 49 (13.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (10.08%) CISSP
8 38 (10.08%) MCSE
9 29 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 27 (7.16%) MCP
11 26 (6.90%) Azure Certification
11 26 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
12 24 (6.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 23 (6.10%) MCSA
14 22 (5.84%) CCIE
15 20 (5.31%) DBS Check
16 16 (4.24%) A+ Certification
17 15 (3.98%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 28 (7.43%) NIST
3 27 (7.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (4.24%) SLA
5 13 (3.45%) GDPR
6 7 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.86%) GxP
7 5 (1.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (1.33%) GRC
7 5 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.06%) PMO
9 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (10.88%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.71%) Hyper-V
2 14 (3.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.06%) ProxySG
4 3 (0.80%) Docker
4 3 (0.80%) Firmware
4 3 (0.80%) KVM
4 3 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.53%) RHEV
5 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.53%) Xen
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.84%) FortiGate
3 18 (4.77%) Ansible
4 14 (3.71%) Terraform
5 7 (1.86%) Nmap
5 7 (1.86%) SCCM
6 6 (1.59%) Nagios
7 5 (1.33%) Autotask
8 3 (0.80%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.53%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.27%) OpenView
10 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 242 (64.19%) Cisco
2 90 (23.87%) Microsoft
3 83 (22.02%) Fortinet
4 53 (14.06%) Juniper
5 47 (12.47%) Meraki
6 39 (10.34%) VMware
7 35 (9.28%) Aruba
8 31 (8.22%) Palo Alto
9 27 (7.16%) SolarWinds
10 17 (4.51%) Dell
11 16 (4.24%) F5
12 12 (3.18%) CheckPoint
13 11 (2.92%) Citrix
13 11 (2.92%) Remedy
13 11 (2.92%) ServiceNow
13 11 (2.92%) Starlink
14 7 (1.86%) Apple
14 7 (1.86%) Draytek
14 7 (1.86%) Polycom
14 7 (1.86%) WatchGuard