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 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 159 189
Rank change year-on-year -66 +30 +89
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 156 325 327
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.10% 2.10% 1.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.88% 6.48% 6.42%
Number of salaries quoted 92 217 267
10th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £47,950
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £85,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £125,938 £95,400 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +2.80%

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 4,021 5,017 5,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.26% 32.47% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,108 2,000 3,679
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,963 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.20%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,625 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -2.61%

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 19 January 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 19 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
Central London -9 17 £75,000 -1.96% 13
East London +1 12 - - 2
South London +36 4 - - 1
West London +2 1 £28,500 -50.43% 2
North London - 1 £32,500 - 3
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 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.64%) CMS
3 1 (0.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (8.97%) MS Visio
2 10 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 51 (32.69%) Azure
2 39 (25.00%) AWS
3 15 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.77%) GCP
5 7 (4.49%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.56%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.92%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.28%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.64%) Datadog
10 1 (0.64%) IaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.64%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.64%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.64%) Stackdriver
10 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 84 (53.85%) Firewall
2 50 (32.05%) LAN
3 42 (26.92%) WAN
4 35 (22.44%) Wireless
5 33 (21.15%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (20.51%) VLAN
6 32 (20.51%) VPN
7 29 (18.59%) Network Security
8 26 (16.67%) BGP
8 26 (16.67%) OSPF
9 19 (12.18%) Cisco Wireless
10 17 (10.90%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (10.90%) MPLS
10 17 (10.90%) SD-WAN
11 15 (9.62%) Cisco Firepower
12 14 (8.97%) TCP/IP
13 11 (7.05%) DNS
14 10 (6.41%) EIGRP
15 8 (5.13%) HSRP
16 7 (4.49%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Git
2 3 (1.92%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.92%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.64%) JIRA
General
1 52 (33.33%) Finance
2 45 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.97%) Banking
5 12 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (7.05%) Law
7 10 (6.41%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.85%) Marketing
9 5 (3.21%) Legal
9 5 (3.21%) Retail
10 3 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.92%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.28%) Advertising
11 2 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.64%) Games
12 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (45.51%) Network Engineer
2 40 (25.64%) Senior
3 20 (12.82%) Senior Network Engineer
4 17 (10.90%) Cisco Engineer
4 17 (10.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (9.62%) Consultant
6 14 (8.97%) AWS Engineer
7 13 (8.33%) WAN Engineer
8 12 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (7.05%) LAN Engineer
9 11 (7.05%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 10 (6.41%) Cisco Consultant
10 10 (6.41%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 10 (6.41%) Network Consultant
10 10 (6.41%) Security Manager
11 9 (5.77%) Analyst
12 8 (5.13%) Architect
12 8 (5.13%) Security Engineer
13 7 (4.49%) Firewall Consultant
13 7 (4.49%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.56%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.92%) REST
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.64%) OAuth
4 1 (0.64%) OpenID
4 1 (0.64%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (6.41%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.21%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.56%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.92%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.92%) Web3
8 2 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.28%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.28%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.64%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.64%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.62%) Windows
2 13 (8.33%) Linux
3 7 (4.49%) Unix
3 7 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (21.79%) Computer Science
2 23 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (14.74%) Information Security
2 23 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (14.10%) High Availability
4 21 (13.46%) AI
4 21 (13.46%) Change Control
4 21 (13.46%) Load Balancing
4 21 (13.46%) SIEM
5 20 (12.82%) Migration
5 20 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
6 17 (10.90%) ITIL
6 17 (10.90%) Kalman Filter
6 17 (10.90%) Zero Trust
7 16 (10.26%) Change Management
8 15 (9.62%) Data Loss Prevention
8 15 (9.62%) Low Latency
9 14 (8.97%) Process Improvement
9 14 (8.97%) Security Operations
10 13 (8.33%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.36%) Python
2 15 (9.62%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.92%) Bash
4 2 (1.28%) VB
5 1 (0.64%) Bicep
5 1 (0.64%) Go
5 1 (0.64%) PromQL
5 1 (0.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (60.26%) CCNP
2 66 (42.31%) Degree
3 53 (33.97%) CCIE
4 49 (31.41%) CCNA
5 35 (22.44%) CISSP
6 34 (21.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 30 (19.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (12.82%) CCSA
8 20 (12.82%) CCSE
9 18 (11.54%) Network+ Certification
10 17 (10.90%) CCSP
11 16 (10.26%) CISM
12 10 (6.41%) GCIH
13 9 (5.77%) CISA
13 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (5.13%) AWS Certification
14 8 (5.13%) Azure Certification
14 8 (5.13%) GIAC
14 8 (5.13%) Security Cleared
15 6 (3.85%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (12.18%) GDPR
2 19 (12.18%) NIST
3 5 (3.21%) SLA
4 4 (2.56%) PMO
4 4 (2.56%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.92%) ITGC
6 2 (1.28%) GRC
6 2 (1.28%) QA
7 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (7.05%) Active Directory
1 11 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.41%) Firmware
3 5 (3.21%) vSphere
4 4 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.28%) Docker
5 2 (1.28%) pfSense
5 2 (1.28%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.64%) Squid
Systems Management
1 29 (18.59%) Ansible
2 14 (8.97%) FortiGate
2 14 (8.97%) Terraform
3 6 (3.85%) CASB
3 6 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.92%) ArcSight ESM
4 3 (1.92%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (1.92%) Grafana
4 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.92%) Nagios
4 3 (1.92%) Nmap
4 3 (1.92%) QRadar
4 3 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.64%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (0.64%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.64%) Kibana
6 1 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.64%) VxRail
6 1 (0.64%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 108 (69.23%) Cisco
2 42 (26.92%) Fortinet
3 35 (22.44%) CheckPoint
4 27 (17.31%) Juniper
5 25 (16.03%) Microsoft
6 24 (15.38%) Palo Alto
7 23 (14.74%) Meraki
8 19 (12.18%) Arista
9 15 (9.62%) VMware
10 13 (8.33%) F5
10 13 (8.33%) SolarWinds
11 6 (3.85%) Infoblox
11 6 (3.85%) Splunk
12 4 (2.56%) Motorola
12 4 (2.56%) ServiceNow
12 4 (2.56%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.92%) ArcSight
13 3 (1.92%) LogicMonitor
13 3 (1.92%) LogLogic
13 3 (1.92%) Rapid7