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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 152 168
Rank change year-on-year -83 +16 +124
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 164 337 322
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 2.13% 1.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.08% 6.74% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 96 223 257
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,800 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,875 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,625 £85,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £126,875 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.08% +9.09% +1.38%

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 4,999 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.32% 31.65% 26.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,109 2,063 3,457
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £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 - - +2.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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 1 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 1 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 -2 15 £75,000 -1.96% 6
East London -3 12 - - 3
South London +30 4 - - 1
West London - 3 £58,000 -
North London - 1 £32,500 - 1
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 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) CMS
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (10.37%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 56 (34.15%) Azure
2 42 (25.61%) AWS
3 14 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.88%) GCP
5 5 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (2.44%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.83%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.83%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.22%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.22%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.61%) Datadog
9 1 (0.61%) Dropbox
9 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 89 (54.27%) Firewall
2 54 (32.93%) LAN
3 44 (26.83%) WAN
4 38 (23.17%) VPN
4 38 (23.17%) Wireless
5 35 (21.34%) Wi-Fi
6 34 (20.73%) Network Security
7 32 (19.51%) VLAN
8 29 (17.68%) BGP
8 29 (17.68%) OSPF
9 20 (12.20%) Cisco Wireless
10 18 (10.98%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (10.37%) MPLS
12 16 (9.76%) SD-WAN
13 15 (9.15%) Cisco Firepower
14 14 (8.54%) DNS
14 14 (8.54%) TCP/IP
15 12 (7.32%) EIGRP
16 11 (6.71%) Cisco Nexus
17 10 (6.10%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.83%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Burp Suite
1 3 (1.83%) Git
1 3 (1.83%) Metasploit
1 3 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 51 (31.10%) Finance
2 48 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.93%) Banking
4 13 (7.93%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.10%) Law
6 10 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.88%) Marketing
8 6 (3.66%) Legal
9 5 (3.05%) Retail
10 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.83%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.22%) Advertising
11 2 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.61%) French Language
12 1 (0.61%) Games
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (48.78%) Network Engineer
2 44 (26.83%) Senior
3 24 (14.63%) Senior Network Engineer
4 16 (9.76%) Cisco Engineer
4 16 (9.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (9.15%) Consultant
6 14 (8.54%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) WAN Engineer
8 11 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Analyst
9 10 (6.10%) Cisco Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) LAN Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Network Consultant
9 10 (6.10%) Security Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.27%) Architect
10 7 (4.27%) Firewall Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.66%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.83%) REST
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 43 (26.22%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (5.49%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.05%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.44%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.44%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.44%) Web3
7 3 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.22%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.22%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.22%) PKI
9 1 (0.61%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.98%) Linux
2 17 (10.37%) Windows
3 8 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.27%) Unix
5 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (20.73%) Computer Science
2 26 (15.85%) Load Balancing
2 26 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (14.02%) High Availability
3 23 (14.02%) Information Security
4 22 (13.41%) Change Control
5 21 (12.80%) AI
5 21 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (12.80%) Migration
5 21 (12.80%) Vulnerability Management
6 20 (12.20%) Kalman Filter
6 20 (12.20%) Low Latency
6 20 (12.20%) SIEM
7 18 (10.98%) ITIL
8 17 (10.37%) Change Management
9 16 (9.76%) Zero Trust
10 14 (8.54%) Data Loss Prevention
10 14 (8.54%) DevOps
10 14 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (8.54%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.05%) Python
2 15 (9.15%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.83%) Bash
4 2 (1.22%) VB
5 1 (0.61%) Go
5 1 (0.61%) PromQL
5 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (60.37%) CCNP
2 66 (40.24%) Degree
3 56 (34.15%) CCIE
4 53 (32.32%) CCNA
5 33 (20.12%) CISSP
6 32 (19.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 30 (18.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (12.20%) CCSA
8 20 (12.20%) CCSE
9 18 (10.98%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (9.76%) CCSP
10 16 (9.76%) CISM
11 10 (6.10%) GCIH
11 10 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (5.49%) CISA
12 9 (5.49%) Security Cleared
13 8 (4.88%) AWS Certification
13 8 (4.88%) Azure Certification
13 8 (4.88%) GIAC
14 6 (3.66%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (17.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.20%) GDPR
3 19 (11.59%) NIST
4 6 (3.66%) PMO
4 6 (3.66%) SLA
5 4 (2.44%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.83%) ITGC
7 2 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.22%) GRC
7 2 (1.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.61%) QA
8 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.10%) Firmware
2 10 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.05%) vSphere
5 4 (2.44%) pfSense
5 4 (2.44%) ProxySG
6 2 (1.22%) Docker
6 2 (1.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.22%) Squid
7 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (21.95%) Ansible
2 15 (9.15%) Terraform
3 13 (7.93%) FortiGate
4 6 (3.66%) CASB
4 6 (3.66%) Grafana
4 6 (3.66%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (3.05%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.83%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.83%) Nagios
6 3 (1.83%) Nmap
6 3 (1.83%) QRadar
7 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.22%) VxRail
8 1 (0.61%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.61%) Kibana
8 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 118 (71.95%) Cisco
2 46 (28.05%) Fortinet
3 39 (23.78%) CheckPoint
4 27 (16.46%) Meraki
5 26 (15.85%) Juniper
6 25 (15.24%) Microsoft
7 23 (14.02%) Palo Alto
8 22 (13.41%) Arista
9 17 (10.37%) F5
10 16 (9.76%) VMware
11 14 (8.54%) SolarWinds
12 8 (4.88%) Infoblox
13 7 (4.27%) Splunk
14 6 (3.66%) Motorola
15 5 (3.05%) Zscaler
16 4 (2.44%) Blue Coat
16 4 (2.44%) Dell
16 4 (2.44%) LogicMonitor
16 4 (2.44%) ServiceNow
17 3 (1.83%) Citrix