Cisco Certification Job Trends in London

Cisco Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cisco Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 210 196
Rank change year-on-year -20 -14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 231 187 315
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.90% 1.57% 1.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.74% 5.46% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 161 97 211
10th Percentile £50,000 £34,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £51,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -8.70% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,869 3,428 5,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.04% 28.82% 28.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,881 1,911 2,469
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £37,283
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.70% -5.79%

Cisco Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cisco Certification job vacancy trend in London

Cisco Certification
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Certification

Cisco Certification
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Certification in London over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Certification in London

Cisco Certification
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Central London +6 18 £82,500 +17.86% 28
West London -17 4 £77,500 +31.36% 2
East London -8 1 £70,000 +122.22% 5
Cisco Certification
England

Cisco Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 12 (5.19%) Confluence
2 2 (0.87%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.19%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.43%) Eikon
2 1 (0.43%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 102 (44.16%) Azure
2 73 (31.60%) AWS
3 37 (16.02%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (9.96%) GCP
5 21 (9.09%) Datadog
6 19 (8.23%) SaaS
7 14 (6.06%) Entra ID
8 13 (5.63%) IaaS
8 13 (5.63%) OpenShift
8 13 (5.63%) PaaS
9 7 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.60%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.16%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (2.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (1.73%) AWS KMS
12 4 (1.73%) OCI
12 4 (1.73%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 103 (44.59%) Firewall
2 86 (37.23%) Network Security
3 84 (36.36%) VPN
4 83 (35.93%) WAN
5 54 (23.38%) LAN
6 53 (22.94%) DNS
7 49 (21.21%) SD-WAN
8 40 (17.32%) BGP
8 40 (17.32%) Wireless
9 37 (16.02%) OSPF
10 36 (15.58%) VLAN
11 35 (15.15%) Cisco ISE
11 35 (15.15%) TCP/IP
12 29 (12.55%) DHCP
13 28 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (8.66%) VXLAN
15 18 (7.79%) Cisco Wireless
16 15 (6.49%) MPLS
16 15 (6.49%) SSL
17 14 (6.06%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.79%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.73%) Big Data
4 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 17 (7.36%) JIRA
2 9 (3.90%) Chocolatey
3 6 (2.60%) GitLab
3 6 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.16%) Git
5 4 (1.73%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.73%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 105 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.54%) Finance
3 36 (15.58%) Banking
4 35 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.52%) Telecoms
6 18 (7.79%) Retail
7 15 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (5.63%) Law
9 11 (4.76%) Local Government
10 10 (4.33%) Legal
11 9 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (3.46%) Mandarin Language
12 8 (3.46%) Public Sector
13 7 (3.03%) Marketing
13 7 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (2.60%) Digital Health
15 4 (1.73%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.73%) Automotive
15 4 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (31.60%) Network Engineer
2 43 (18.61%) Senior
3 26 (11.26%) Architect
4 22 (9.52%) Security Specialist
5 21 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 21 (9.09%) Lead
6 19 (8.23%) Senior Network Engineer
7 17 (7.36%) Security Engineer
8 16 (6.93%) Consultant
9 15 (6.49%) Network Specialist
10 14 (6.06%) Network Security Specialist
11 11 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (4.76%) Security Architect
12 10 (4.33%) Network Architect
13 9 (3.90%) IT Engineer
13 9 (3.90%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.90%) Network Security Engineer
14 8 (3.46%) Analyst
14 8 (3.46%) Senior Security Engineer
15 7 (3.03%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.12%) Terraform
2 7 (3.03%) LDAP
3 6 (2.60%) SAML
4 5 (2.16%) OAuth
5 4 (1.73%) JWT
5 4 (1.73%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.73%) REST
6 3 (1.30%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.30%) OpenID
7 2 (0.87%) EDI
7 2 (0.87%) IDoc
7 2 (0.87%) JSON
7 2 (0.87%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.87%) RESTful
8 1 (0.43%) Jinja
8 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.43%) YAML
8 1 (0.43%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 72 (31.17%) Data Centre
2 52 (22.51%) Security Posture
3 16 (6.93%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (6.49%) PKI
5 12 (5.19%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.46%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (2.60%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.60%) Replication
10 5 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.73%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.30%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.87%) Social Media
13 2 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 56 (24.24%) Windows
2 35 (15.15%) Windows Server
3 31 (13.42%) Linux
4 8 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.73%) Unix
6 3 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.74%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (23.38%) Incident Response
4 50 (21.65%) Information Security
4 50 (21.65%) Roadmaps
5 49 (21.21%) Security Architecture
6 47 (20.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 45 (19.48%) ITIL
8 44 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 38 (16.45%) Network Design
10 36 (15.58%) Cloud Security
11 35 (15.15%) SIEM
12 33 (14.29%) Business Continuity
12 33 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (13.42%) AI
13 31 (13.42%) Computer Science
13 31 (13.42%) Project Delivery
14 30 (12.99%) Technical Leadership
15 29 (12.55%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 49 (21.21%) Python
2 20 (8.66%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.76%) Java
4 8 (3.46%) Bash
5 3 (1.30%) SQL
6 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.43%) Bicep
7 1 (0.43%) C
7 1 (0.43%) C#
7 1 (0.43%) C++
7 1 (0.43%) Go
7 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 120 (51.95%) CCNP
2 89 (38.53%) CISSP
3 86 (37.23%) CCNA
4 66 (28.57%) Degree
5 59 (25.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 53 (22.94%) CCSP
7 49 (21.21%) Azure Certification
8 40 (17.32%) CISM
9 34 (14.72%) CCIE
10 29 (12.55%) AWS Certification
11 25 (10.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (7.79%) Master's Degree
12 18 (7.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (6.06%) CEH
14 9 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (3.90%) Security Cleared
14 9 (3.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (3.46%) CCSE
15 8 (3.46%) MCSE
15 8 (3.46%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (23.38%) NIST
2 47 (20.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.66%) PCI DSS
4 19 (8.23%) GDPR
5 17 (7.36%) QA
6 16 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (6.93%) SLA
7 11 (4.76%) GRC
8 7 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (3.03%) SOC 2
9 5 (2.16%) COBIT
9 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.73%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.73%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.87%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.43%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.43%) NCSC
12 1 (0.43%) RMADS
System Software
1 45 (19.48%) Active Directory
2 37 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.46%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.60%) vSphere
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.73%) Docker
7 4 (1.73%) Squid
8 3 (1.30%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.30%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.87%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.87%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.43%) Firmware
10 1 (0.43%) KVM
Systems Management
1 39 (16.88%) Ansible
2 18 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.93%) FortiGate
4 12 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.90%) SCCM
6 5 (2.16%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (2.16%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.73%) Packer
8 3 (1.30%) Control-M
8 3 (1.30%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.87%) VxRail
10 1 (0.43%) CASB
10 1 (0.43%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.43%) Cilium
10 1 (0.43%) Grafana
10 1 (0.43%) OpenView
10 1 (0.43%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 100 (43.29%) Cisco
2 78 (33.77%) Microsoft
3 63 (27.27%) Palo Alto
4 46 (19.91%) VMware
5 31 (13.42%) Fortinet
6 30 (12.99%) Arista
6 30 (12.99%) F5
7 27 (11.69%) Splunk
8 26 (11.26%) Zscaler
9 22 (9.52%) SolarWinds
10 20 (8.66%) CheckPoint
10 20 (8.66%) Tenable
11 18 (7.79%) ForeScout
12 17 (7.36%) Meraki
13 13 (5.63%) Infoblox
13 13 (5.63%) Red Hat
14 12 (5.19%) SevOne
15 10 (4.33%) Oracle
16 9 (3.90%) Citrix
16 9 (3.90%) Qualys