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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 218 245
Rank change year-on-year +22 +27 -6
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 250 198 304
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.62% 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.69% 5.26% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 159 109 255
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £89,375 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £104,000 £87,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £53,594 £52,000
% change year-on-year +21.28% +3.07% -5.45%

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 4,390 3,762 6,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.14% 30.80% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,722 1,870 4,022
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,225 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,813 £51,694 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £66,697
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.20% -1.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 28 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 28 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 +5 29 £77,500 +23.02% 8
East London +3 7 £70,000 +124.00% 3
South London +15 3 - - 1
West London -17 3 £77,500 +6.90% 4
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 (3.20%) Confluence
2 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.80%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.00%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (46.00%) Azure
2 77 (30.80%) AWS
3 41 (16.40%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (13.60%) GCP
5 23 (9.20%) Datadog
6 12 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (4.40%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.40%) SaaS
8 10 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (3.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (3.20%) IaaS
10 8 (3.20%) OCI
10 8 (3.20%) PaaS
11 7 (2.80%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.80%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (2.40%) AWS KMS
12 6 (2.40%) ChatGPT
12 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.40%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 132 (52.80%) Firewall
2 101 (40.40%) WAN
3 95 (38.00%) Network Security
4 90 (36.00%) VPN
5 72 (28.80%) SD-WAN
6 62 (24.80%) LAN
7 49 (19.60%) Wireless
8 41 (16.40%) BGP
9 40 (16.00%) Cisco ISE
10 39 (15.60%) VLAN
11 37 (14.80%) DNS
11 37 (14.80%) OSPF
12 33 (13.20%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (12.00%) Cisco Wireless
14 24 (9.60%) Cisco Firepower
15 21 (8.40%) TCP/IP
16 16 (6.40%) SSL
16 16 (6.40%) VXLAN
17 15 (6.00%) DHCP
17 15 (6.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.60%) Big Data
3 3 (1.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (6.00%) JIRA
2 8 (3.20%) Chocolatey
2 8 (3.20%) GitLab
3 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.00%) Git
5 4 (1.60%) Bitbucket
General
1 111 (44.40%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.40%) Finance
3 46 (18.40%) Banking
4 42 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.20%) Retail
6 17 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.80%) Telecoms
7 16 (6.40%) Local Government
8 10 (4.00%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.20%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.00%) Law
11 5 (2.00%) Mandarin Language
11 5 (2.00%) Marketing
12 4 (1.60%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.60%) Automotive
12 4 (1.60%) Electronics
12 4 (1.60%) Legal
12 4 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (34.40%) Network Engineer
2 51 (20.40%) Senior
3 39 (15.60%) Architect
4 28 (11.20%) Consultant
4 28 (11.20%) Network Architect
5 25 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (9.20%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (9.20%) Lead
7 16 (6.40%) Cisco Engineer
7 16 (6.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 16 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (6.40%) Security Specialist
8 15 (6.00%) Network Consultant
8 15 (6.00%) Network Specialist
9 14 (5.60%) Network Security Specialist
10 12 (4.80%) Principal Architect
10 12 (4.80%) Security Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Analyst
12 9 (3.60%) Lead Network Engineer
12 9 (3.60%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.20%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.80%) OAuth
3 5 (2.00%) OpenID
4 3 (1.20%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.20%) LDAP
4 3 (1.20%) REST
4 3 (1.20%) SAML
5 2 (0.80%) EDI
5 2 (0.80%) IDoc
5 2 (0.80%) JSON
5 2 (0.80%) JWT
5 2 (0.80%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.80%) RESTful
5 2 (0.80%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 89 (35.60%) Data Centre
2 48 (19.20%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.00%) PKI
4 12 (4.80%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.20%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.00%) Private Cloud
10 5 (2.00%) Replication
10 5 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
14 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 58 (23.20%) Windows
2 33 (13.20%) Linux
3 30 (12.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.20%) Unix
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.00%) ITIL
2 54 (21.60%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (19.60%) Roadmaps
4 43 (17.20%) Incident Response
5 42 (16.80%) High Availability
6 41 (16.40%) Technical Leadership
7 40 (16.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 40 (16.00%) Information Security
8 38 (15.20%) Mentoring
8 38 (15.20%) Security Architecture
9 35 (14.00%) Network Design
10 33 (13.20%) Computer Science
10 33 (13.20%) Network Monitoring
11 32 (12.80%) AI
11 32 (12.80%) SIEM
12 29 (11.60%) Infrastructure as Code
12 29 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 28 (11.20%) Presales
13 28 (11.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (17.60%) Python
2 27 (10.80%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.00%) Bash
4 7 (2.80%) Java
5 2 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.40%) Bicep
6 1 (0.40%) C
6 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 141 (56.40%) CCNP
2 92 (36.80%) CCNA
3 77 (30.80%) Degree
4 68 (27.20%) CISSP
5 59 (23.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 59 (23.60%) CCIE
6 55 (22.00%) Azure Certification
7 45 (18.00%) CCSP
8 44 (17.60%) CISM
9 29 (11.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (10.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (9.20%) AWS Certification
12 22 (8.80%) Master's Degree
13 20 (8.00%) CCSE
14 16 (6.40%) CCSA
15 14 (5.60%) MCSE
15 14 (5.60%) Security Cleared
16 13 (5.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (4.80%) CompTIA Security+
18 11 (4.40%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (24.80%) NIST
2 49 (19.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (9.20%) QA
4 20 (8.00%) GDPR
5 19 (7.60%) SLA
6 18 (7.20%) PCI DSS
7 13 (5.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (3.60%) SOC 2
9 5 (2.00%) COBIT
9 5 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.60%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.80%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.40%) NCSC
12 1 (0.40%) PMO
12 1 (0.40%) RMADS
System Software
1 38 (15.20%) Active Directory
2 34 (13.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (3.20%) vSphere
4 5 (2.00%) Docker
4 5 (2.00%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 4 (1.60%) Squid
6 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.20%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.80%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (13.60%) Ansible
2 32 (12.80%) Terraform
3 15 (6.00%) FortiGate
4 14 (5.60%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (4.00%) Cisco Prime
7 9 (3.60%) Check_MK
7 9 (3.60%) SCCM
8 7 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (2.00%) Control-M
9 5 (2.00%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.60%) Packer
10 4 (1.60%) VxRail
11 3 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.80%) Nagios
12 2 (0.80%) OpenView
12 2 (0.80%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 128 (51.20%) Cisco
2 86 (34.40%) Microsoft
3 58 (23.20%) Palo Alto
4 47 (18.80%) SolarWinds
5 42 (16.80%) VMware
6 38 (15.20%) Fortinet
7 34 (13.60%) Splunk
8 31 (12.40%) Arista
8 31 (12.40%) CheckPoint
9 23 (9.20%) Meraki
10 21 (8.40%) F5
10 21 (8.40%) ForeScout
11 18 (7.20%) Tenable
12 15 (6.00%) Infoblox
12 15 (6.00%) SevOne
13 14 (5.60%) Red Hat
13 14 (5.60%) Zscaler
14 10 (4.00%) Dynatrace
14 10 (4.00%) Sophos
15 8 (3.20%) AppDynamics