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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 198 247
Rank change year-on-year +7 +49 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 238 209 299
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.73% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.50% 5.29% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 148 121 263
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £63,264
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +10.65% -2.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £102,575 £95,000 £97,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £56,097 £51,000
% change year-on-year +20.33% +9.99% -6.42%

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 4,329 3,950 6,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.85% 32.73% 28.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,552 1,829 4,220
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £35,502
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,125
90th Percentile £102,725 £112,500 £103,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,967
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.06% -8.39%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +15 31 £80,000 +23.08% 12
East London -3 10 - - 5
South London +12 4 - -
West London -18 1 £77,500 +34.78% 2
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 7 (2.94%) Confluence
2 4 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (5.04%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (42.86%) Azure
2 67 (28.15%) AWS
3 34 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.87%) GCP
5 19 (7.98%) Datadog
6 11 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (3.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 9 (3.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.78%) SaaS
8 7 (2.94%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.94%) OCI
9 6 (2.52%) ChatGPT
9 6 (2.52%) IaaS
9 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.52%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.52%) PaaS
10 5 (2.10%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.68%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.68%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 128 (53.78%) Firewall
2 84 (35.29%) WAN
3 79 (33.19%) Network Security
4 66 (27.73%) VPN
5 64 (26.89%) SD-WAN
6 55 (23.11%) LAN
7 44 (18.49%) Wireless
8 34 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
9 30 (12.61%) BGP
9 30 (12.61%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (11.76%) OSPF
11 27 (11.34%) Cisco Wireless
11 27 (11.34%) VLAN
12 24 (10.08%) Cisco Firepower
13 23 (9.66%) DNS
14 14 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (5.88%) VoIP
15 13 (5.46%) Software-Defined Networking
16 12 (5.04%) HSRP
16 12 (5.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.68%) Big Data
3 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (5.04%) JIRA
2 8 (3.36%) GitLab
3 7 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.52%) Chocolatey
4 6 (2.52%) Git
5 4 (1.68%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 100 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.93%) Finance
3 47 (19.75%) Banking
4 38 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.50%) Retail
6 20 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.72%) Local Government
8 13 (5.46%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.20%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.36%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.52%) Law
11 6 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.68%) Automotive
12 4 (1.68%) Electronics
12 4 (1.68%) Legal
12 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.68%) Marketing
12 4 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (35.71%) Network Engineer
2 43 (18.07%) Senior
3 40 (16.81%) Architect
4 28 (11.76%) Consultant
4 28 (11.76%) Network Architect
5 25 (10.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 24 (10.08%) Azure Engineer
7 20 (8.40%) Cisco Engineer
7 20 (8.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (7.56%) Lead
9 16 (6.72%) Network Consultant
10 12 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.62%) Principal Architect
12 10 (4.20%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (4.20%) IT Engineer
12 10 (4.20%) LAN Engineer
12 10 (4.20%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 10 (4.20%) Security Specialist
12 10 (4.20%) WAN Engineer
13 9 (3.78%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.36%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.94%) OAuth
3 5 (2.10%) OpenID
4 3 (1.26%) REST
4 3 (1.26%) SAML
5 2 (0.84%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.84%) EDI
5 2 (0.84%) IDoc
5 2 (0.84%) JWT
5 2 (0.84%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.84%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.42%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 78 (32.77%) Data Centre
2 41 (17.23%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.46%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.04%) PKI
5 10 (4.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.36%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.36%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.10%) Replication
9 5 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.84%) Private Cloud
13 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
13 1 (0.42%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 46 (19.33%) Windows
2 29 (12.18%) Linux
3 21 (8.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.26%) Unix
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (21.01%) ITIL
2 48 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (15.55%) High Availability
5 35 (14.71%) Incident Response
5 35 (14.71%) Technical Leadership
6 34 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 34 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 33 (13.87%) SIEM
8 31 (13.03%) Information Security
8 31 (13.03%) Roadmaps
9 30 (12.61%) Computer Science
10 29 (12.18%) Vulnerability Management
11 28 (11.76%) Network Design
11 28 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
11 28 (11.76%) Risk Management
11 28 (11.76%) Security Architecture
12 26 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 25 (10.50%) AI
13 25 (10.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.65%) Python
2 19 (7.98%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.36%) Bash
4 5 (2.10%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) Bicep
5 1 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 129 (54.20%) CCNP
2 84 (35.29%) CCNA
3 72 (30.25%) Degree
4 64 (26.89%) CISSP
5 61 (25.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 61 (25.63%) CCIE
6 46 (19.33%) Azure Certification
7 43 (18.07%) CISM
8 42 (17.65%) CCSP
9 25 (10.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (9.66%) CCSE
11 22 (9.24%) Master's Degree
11 22 (9.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (7.98%) CCSA
13 17 (7.14%) AWS Certification
14 16 (6.72%) Network+ Certification
15 15 (6.30%) Security Cleared
16 13 (5.46%) JNCIP
16 13 (5.46%) MCSE
17 12 (5.04%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (24.79%) NIST
2 51 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.40%) QA
4 16 (6.72%) GDPR
5 15 (6.30%) SLA
6 14 (5.88%) PCI DSS
7 11 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.94%) SOC 2
9 5 (2.10%) COBIT
10 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.42%) NCSC
11 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.42%) PMO
11 1 (0.42%) RMADS
System Software
1 26 (10.92%) Active Directory
1 26 (10.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.20%) Firmware
3 8 (3.36%) vSphere
4 6 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.10%) Docker
6 4 (1.68%) Squid
6 4 (1.68%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.26%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.84%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (17.23%) Ansible
2 28 (11.76%) Terraform
3 17 (7.14%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.20%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.78%) Check_MK
6 8 (3.36%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.94%) SCCM
7 7 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.10%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.68%) Nagios
9 4 (1.68%) Packer
10 2 (0.84%) Control-M
10 2 (0.84%) VxRail
11 1 (0.42%) OpenView
11 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.42%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 133 (55.88%) Cisco
2 73 (30.67%) Microsoft
3 46 (19.33%) Fortinet
4 42 (17.65%) SolarWinds
5 39 (16.39%) Palo Alto
6 34 (14.29%) VMware
7 32 (13.45%) CheckPoint
8 26 (10.92%) Arista
9 25 (10.50%) Splunk
10 24 (10.08%) Meraki
11 18 (7.56%) F5
11 18 (7.56%) ForeScout
12 14 (5.88%) Infoblox
13 13 (5.46%) Red Hat
14 12 (5.04%) Juniper
14 12 (5.04%) SevOne
15 11 (4.62%) Tenable
16 8 (3.36%) Dynatrace
17 7 (2.94%) Sophos
17 7 (2.94%) Zscaler