Cisco Certification Jobs

Cisco Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 173 299
Rank change year-on-year -14 +126 -29
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 1,131 1,191 1,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 2.09% 1.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.65% 6.34% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 549 890 1,273
10th Percentile £37,750 £35,380 £32,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,050 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,319 18,775 39,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.19% 32.88% 29.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,707 11,426 17,753
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,900
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% +1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £93,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +3.36%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in the UK

Cisco Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 November 2024. 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
England -15 1,027 £60,000 +9.09% 222
UK excluding London -23 763 £55,000 +15.79% 155
London -2 328 £70,000 +4.09% 96
Work from Home -78 289 £62,500 +13.64% 317
Midlands +20 285 £50,626 +6.88% 26
West Midlands +10 208 £52,500 +11.70% 20
South East -77 154 £56,509 +25.03% 43
North of England +4 153 £52,500 +10.53% 34
North West +14 100 £47,500 -13.24% 21
East Midlands +27 77 £47,500 -13.64% 6
East of England -65 54 £57,500 -4.17% 12
Yorkshire +3 44 £60,000 +26.32% 12
South West -67 44 £52,500 +10.53% 14
Wales +33 43 £48,000 +23.08% 9
Scotland -13 30 £63,500 +27.00% 11
North East -46 11 £65,000 +40.92% 2
Northern Ireland +13 2 £52,500 -12.50% 11

Cisco Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.97%) Confluence
4 2 (0.18%) SAS
5 1 (0.088%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.088%) IIS
5 1 (0.088%) nginx
5 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (1.33%) Ripple
2 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.088%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.088%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 276 (24.40%) Azure
2 151 (13.35%) AWS
3 78 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (3.54%) GCP
5 32 (2.83%) Entra ID
6 31 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 16 (1.41%) SaaS
9 14 (1.24%) IaaS
9 14 (1.24%) PaaS
10 12 (1.06%) OpenShift
11 10 (0.88%) Power Platform
12 7 (0.62%) Google Workspace
13 5 (0.44%) Nutanix
14 4 (0.35%) Azure AKS
14 4 (0.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 3 (0.27%) Cloudflare
15 3 (0.27%) Serverless
16 2 (0.18%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 446 (39.43%) Network Security
2 412 (36.43%) Firewall
3 273 (24.14%) WAN
4 247 (21.84%) Internet
5 244 (21.57%) WLAN
6 210 (18.57%) BGP
7 202 (17.86%) VPN
8 194 (17.15%) LAN
9 180 (15.92%) OSPF
10 144 (12.73%) SD-WAN
11 135 (11.94%) TCP/IP
12 108 (9.55%) Wireless
13 107 (9.46%) VLAN
14 103 (9.11%) MPLS
15 91 (8.05%) Cisco Firepower
16 90 (7.96%) Wi-Fi
17 84 (7.43%) DNS
18 82 (7.25%) Cisco ASA
19 66 (5.84%) IPsec
20 61 (5.39%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.62%) Power BI
2 4 (0.35%) Big Data
3 2 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.18%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.088%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.088%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.088%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (1.59%) Git
2 15 (1.33%) Artifactory
3 13 (1.15%) JIRA
4 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.27%) MSI
5 3 (0.27%) Snyk
6 2 (0.18%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.088%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 299 (26.44%) Social Skills
2 103 (9.11%) Finance
3 69 (6.10%) Telecoms
4 57 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.63%) Law
6 40 (3.54%) Public Sector
7 39 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.56%) Retail
10 25 (2.21%) Banking
11 23 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.41%) Legal
13 16 (1.41%) Military
14 15 (1.33%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.15%) Mandarin Language
16 12 (1.06%) Welsh Language
17 8 (0.71%) Marketing
18 7 (0.62%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 402 (35.54%) Network Engineer
2 243 (21.49%) IT Engineer
3 237 (20.95%) Senior
4 223 (19.72%) Support Engineer
5 221 (19.54%) IT Support
6 208 (18.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 106 (9.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 98 (8.66%) Architect
9 92 (8.13%) Senior Network Engineer
10 63 (5.57%) Consultant
11 60 (5.31%) Security Architect
12 58 (5.13%) Lead
13 51 (4.51%) Network Consultant
14 48 (4.24%) Cisco Engineer
14 48 (4.24%) Security Engineer
15 41 (3.63%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 38 (3.36%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
17 37 (3.27%) Senior Architect
18 34 (3.01%) Senior Security Architect
19 32 (2.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (4.60%) 802.1X
2 9 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (0.53%) EDI
4 5 (0.44%) XMPP
5 3 (0.27%) JSON
5 3 (0.27%) OpenMP
5 3 (0.27%) YAML
6 2 (0.18%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.088%) CSS
7 1 (0.088%) HTML
7 1 (0.088%) HTML5
7 1 (0.088%) LDAP
7 1 (0.088%) REST
7 1 (0.088%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.088%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 241 (21.31%) Driving Licence
2 229 (20.25%) Data Centre
3 67 (5.92%) Onboarding
4 57 (5.04%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.03%) Public Cloud
7 22 (1.95%) IoT
8 21 (1.86%) Security Posture
9 19 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 17 (1.50%) CMDB
10 17 (1.50%) Product Ownership
11 15 (1.33%) Blockchain
11 15 (1.33%) Cyberattack
12 13 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (1.15%) Operational Technology
13 12 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
14 11 (0.97%) PKI
15 10 (0.88%) Cloud Native
16 8 (0.71%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 357 (31.56%) Windows
2 285 (25.20%) Linux
3 72 (6.37%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (2.56%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.41%) Android
6 16 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.80%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.62%) CentOS
10 7 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.62%) VMS
11 6 (0.53%) Unix
12 5 (0.44%) MVS
13 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.27%) AIX
14 3 (0.27%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (31.65%) ITIL
2 355 (31.39%) Problem-Solving
3 276 (24.40%) Mentoring
4 271 (23.96%) Computer Science
5 236 (20.87%) Network Management
6 218 (19.27%) Asset Management
7 201 (17.77%) IT Asset Management
8 139 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
9 135 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 96 (8.49%) Information Security
11 79 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 79 (6.98%) Network Monitoring
12 78 (6.90%) Network Design
13 74 (6.54%) Customer Service
14 61 (5.39%) Roadmaps
15 60 (5.31%) Migration
16 59 (5.22%) Presales
17 56 (4.95%) Agile
17 56 (4.95%) Cloud Security
17 56 (4.95%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (7.25%) Python
2 52 (4.60%) PowerShell
3 20 (1.77%) Bash
4 15 (1.33%) SQL
5 8 (0.71%) PHP
6 6 (0.53%) Perl
7 4 (0.35%) C
8 3 (0.27%) C++
8 3 (0.27%) C-shell
8 3 (0.27%) Fortran
9 2 (0.18%) C#
9 2 (0.18%) Java
9 2 (0.18%) Rust
10 1 (0.088%) Go
Qualifications
1 715 (63.22%) CCNA
2 670 (59.24%) CCNP
3 373 (32.98%) Degree
4 284 (25.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 241 (21.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 239 (21.13%) MCSE
7 219 (19.36%) MCP
7 219 (19.36%) Security Cleared
8 201 (17.77%) LPIC
9 145 (12.82%) CISSP
10 114 (10.08%) CCIE
11 107 (9.46%) SC Cleared
12 103 (9.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 83 (7.34%) CCSP
14 76 (6.72%) DV Cleared
15 54 (4.77%) CISM
16 51 (4.51%) Azure Certification
17 44 (3.89%) AWS Certification
18 43 (3.80%) CEH
19 37 (3.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (3.63%) SLA
3 36 (3.18%) NIST
4 29 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (2.39%) GDPR
6 26 (2.30%) QA
7 16 (1.41%) SOC 2
8 14 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.06%) IASME
11 9 (0.80%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.44%) COBIT
12 5 (0.44%) Def Stans
12 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.18%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 107 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 84 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (5.13%) Hyper-V
4 40 (3.54%) VMware NSX
5 25 (2.21%) vSphere
6 23 (2.03%) Firmware
7 19 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (0.62%) Docker
10 5 (0.44%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.18%) LXC
14 1 (0.088%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 68 (6.01%) FortiGate
2 53 (4.69%) Ansible
3 41 (3.63%) Terraform
4 27 (2.39%) vCenter Server
5 25 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (1.59%) Kubernetes
6 18 (1.59%) Stealthwatch
7 15 (1.33%) SCCM
8 11 (0.97%) WSUS
9 9 (0.80%) CASB
9 9 (0.80%) Nagios
9 9 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.71%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.35%) Cacti
12 4 (0.35%) Cisco Prime
13 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 762 (67.37%) Cisco
2 422 (37.31%) Microsoft
3 171 (15.12%) Fortinet
4 150 (13.26%) Juniper
4 150 (13.26%) Palo Alto
5 132 (11.67%) VMware
6 112 (9.90%) Meraki
7 69 (6.10%) F5
8 68 (6.01%) Aruba
9 57 (5.04%) CheckPoint
10 40 (3.54%) SolarWinds
11 30 (2.65%) Apple
12 29 (2.56%) Dell
13 28 (2.48%) Citrix
14 26 (2.30%) Veeam
15 25 (2.21%) HP
16 22 (1.95%) Zscaler
17 21 (1.86%) Arista
17 21 (1.86%) Red Hat
18 20 (1.77%) Adobe