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 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 198 247
Rank change year-on-year +8 +49 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 246 205 302
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.68% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.78% 5.32% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 155 116 254
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £38,250
25th Percentile £64,375 £47,706 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,650 £92,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% +7.84% -7.27%

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 4,255 3,856 6,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.14% 31.52% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,645 1,820 4,124
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,903 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,543
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +10 31 £80,000 +26.98% 13
East London 0 9 £70,000 +124.00% 6
South London +19 4 - - 2
West London -11 2 £77,500 +6.90% 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 6 (2.44%) Confluence
2 4 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.81%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.10%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 109 (44.31%) Azure
2 67 (27.24%) AWS
3 37 (15.04%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (13.82%) GCP
5 22 (8.94%) Datadog
6 11 (4.47%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (4.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (4.07%) SaaS
8 9 (3.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (3.25%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.25%) OCI
10 7 (2.85%) IaaS
10 7 (2.85%) PaaS
11 6 (2.44%) ChatGPT
11 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.44%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.44%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.63%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.63%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.63%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 133 (54.07%) Firewall
2 92 (37.40%) WAN
3 88 (35.77%) Network Security
4 79 (32.11%) VPN
5 67 (27.24%) SD-WAN
6 59 (23.98%) LAN
7 48 (19.51%) Wireless
8 38 (15.45%) Cisco ISE
9 35 (14.23%) BGP
10 32 (13.01%) OSPF
10 32 (13.01%) VLAN
10 32 (13.01%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (11.79%) Cisco Wireless
11 29 (11.79%) DNS
12 24 (9.76%) Cisco Firepower
13 16 (6.50%) SSL
13 16 (6.50%) VXLAN
14 15 (6.10%) VoIP
15 14 (5.69%) TCP/IP
16 13 (5.28%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.63%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (4.88%) JIRA
2 8 (3.25%) GitLab
3 7 (2.85%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.85%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.03%) Git
5 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 105 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 75 (30.49%) Finance
3 47 (19.11%) Banking
4 41 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.76%) Retail
6 18 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.50%) Local Government
8 15 (6.10%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.66%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.25%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.03%) Law
13 4 (1.63%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.63%) Automotive
13 4 (1.63%) Electronics
13 4 (1.63%) Legal
13 4 (1.63%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.63%) Marketing
13 4 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (35.77%) Network Engineer
2 48 (19.51%) Senior
3 40 (16.26%) Architect
4 29 (11.79%) Consultant
5 28 (11.38%) Network Architect
6 25 (10.16%) Senior Network Engineer
7 24 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (7.72%) Lead
9 18 (7.32%) Cisco Engineer
9 18 (7.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 17 (6.91%) Network Consultant
11 14 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.28%) Security Specialist
13 12 (4.88%) Principal Architect
14 11 (4.47%) Security Engineer
15 10 (4.07%) Network Security Specialist
15 10 (4.07%) Network Specialist
16 9 (3.66%) Lead Cisco Engineer
16 9 (3.66%) Lead Network Engineer
16 9 (3.66%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.25%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.85%) OAuth
3 5 (2.03%) OpenID
4 4 (1.63%) REST
5 3 (1.22%) SAML
6 2 (0.81%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.81%) EDI
6 2 (0.81%) IDoc
6 2 (0.81%) JSON
6 2 (0.81%) JWT
6 2 (0.81%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.81%) RESTful
6 2 (0.81%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 87 (35.37%) Data Centre
2 44 (17.89%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.10%) PKI
4 13 (5.28%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.47%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.25%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.85%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (2.85%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.03%) Replication
9 5 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.63%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.41%) Home Automation
13 1 (0.41%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 52 (21.14%) Windows
2 31 (12.60%) Linux
3 25 (10.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.22%) Unix
6 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (21.95%) ITIL
2 50 (20.33%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (15.85%) High Availability
4 39 (15.85%) Incident Response
5 38 (15.45%) Disaster Recovery
5 38 (15.45%) Roadmaps
5 38 (15.45%) Technical Leadership
6 35 (14.23%) Information Security
6 35 (14.23%) Security Architecture
7 33 (13.41%) Mentoring
8 32 (13.01%) Computer Science
8 32 (13.01%) Network Monitoring
8 32 (13.01%) SIEM
9 31 (12.60%) Network Design
10 30 (12.20%) AI
11 28 (11.38%) Presales
12 27 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 27 (10.98%) Project Delivery
13 26 (10.57%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.29%) Python
2 23 (9.35%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.07%) Bash
4 5 (2.03%) Java
5 2 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.41%) Bicep
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 137 (55.69%) CCNP
2 86 (34.96%) CCNA
3 74 (30.08%) Degree
4 65 (26.42%) CISSP
5 62 (25.20%) CCIE
6 59 (23.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 53 (21.54%) Azure Certification
8 42 (17.07%) CCSP
8 42 (17.07%) CISM
9 27 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (8.94%) CCSE
11 22 (8.94%) Master's Degree
12 18 (7.32%) CCSA
13 17 (6.91%) AWS Certification
14 16 (6.50%) Security Cleared
15 14 (5.69%) Network+ Certification
16 13 (5.28%) MCSE
16 13 (5.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (4.88%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (24.80%) NIST
2 47 (19.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (8.94%) QA
4 18 (7.32%) PCI DSS
4 18 (7.32%) SLA
5 17 (6.91%) GDPR
6 11 (4.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.44%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.03%) COBIT
9 3 (1.22%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) NCSC
10 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.41%) PMO
10 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (12.60%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.25%) vSphere
4 7 (2.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.44%) Firmware
6 5 (2.03%) Docker
7 4 (1.63%) Squid
7 4 (1.63%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.22%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (16.26%) Ansible
2 31 (12.60%) Terraform
3 16 (6.50%) FortiGate
4 11 (4.47%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.07%) Cisco Prime
6 9 (3.66%) Check_MK
7 8 (3.25%) SCCM
8 7 (2.85%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (2.03%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.63%) Control-M
10 4 (1.63%) Nagios
10 4 (1.63%) Packer
11 3 (1.22%) VxRail
12 2 (0.81%) OpenView
12 2 (0.81%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 136 (55.28%) Cisco
2 81 (32.93%) Microsoft
3 47 (19.11%) Palo Alto
3 47 (19.11%) SolarWinds
4 45 (18.29%) Fortinet
5 38 (15.45%) VMware
6 32 (13.01%) CheckPoint
7 31 (12.60%) Arista
7 31 (12.60%) Splunk
8 24 (9.76%) Meraki
9 21 (8.54%) ForeScout
10 17 (6.91%) F5
11 15 (6.10%) Infoblox
11 15 (6.10%) SevOne
12 13 (5.28%) Red Hat
13 12 (4.88%) Tenable
14 10 (4.07%) Zscaler
15 9 (3.66%) Dynatrace
15 9 (3.66%) Sophos
16 8 (3.25%) Juniper