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 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 179 186
Rank change year-on-year -24 +7 +177
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 174 320 369
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.48% 1.82% 1.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.09% 6.59% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 90 212 290
10th Percentile £34,750 £41,375 £43,441
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £126,875 £97,350 £102,500
England median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% +9.09% -

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 3,421 4,859 5,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.19% 27.58% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,931 2,226 3,940
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £39,085
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £89,375 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £105,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +5.45%

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025. 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 -17 18 £70,000 +2.75% 23
West London +10 7 £59,000 +35.46% 2
East London -5 5 - - 3
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 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.72%) nginx
4 1 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (11.49%) MS Visio
2 13 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.57%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (42.53%) Azure
2 49 (28.16%) AWS
3 17 (9.77%) GCP
3 17 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.32%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.02%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (4.02%) IaaS
6 6 (3.45%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (3.45%) Mimecast
6 6 (3.45%) Rubrik
7 4 (2.30%) Dropbox
7 4 (2.30%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.72%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.72%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.72%) SaaS
9 2 (1.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.15%) SecurityScorecard
Communications & Networking
1 86 (49.43%) Firewall
2 68 (39.08%) LAN
3 60 (34.48%) VPN
4 58 (33.33%) WAN
5 49 (28.16%) BGP
6 47 (27.01%) Network Security
7 46 (26.44%) OSPF
8 38 (21.84%) Wi-Fi
9 32 (18.39%) Wireless
10 25 (14.37%) VLAN
11 23 (13.22%) SD-WAN
12 22 (12.64%) MPLS
13 20 (11.49%) DNS
13 20 (11.49%) TCP/IP
14 16 (9.20%) EIGRP
15 14 (8.05%) Cisco Wireless
15 14 (8.05%) HSRP
16 13 (7.47%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (7.47%) NX-OS
17 12 (6.90%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.72%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Git
1 4 (2.30%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.72%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.72%) GitLab
2 3 (1.72%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (36.78%) Social Skills
2 53 (30.46%) Finance
3 31 (17.82%) Banking
4 29 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (11.49%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (10.92%) Telecoms
7 10 (5.75%) Law
8 7 (4.02%) Legal
9 6 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.45%) Marketing
9 6 (3.45%) Retail
10 5 (2.87%) Local Government
11 3 (1.72%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.15%) Advertising
12 2 (1.15%) French Language
12 2 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.15%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.15%) Military
12 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (48.85%) Network Engineer
2 45 (25.86%) Senior
3 22 (12.64%) Senior Network Engineer
4 12 (6.90%) Architect
4 12 (6.90%) Security Engineer
5 11 (6.32%) AWS Engineer
5 11 (6.32%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (5.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (5.17%) Analyst
7 9 (5.17%) Security Architect
8 8 (4.60%) Consultant
8 8 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.60%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (4.02%) Deployment Engineer
9 7 (4.02%) Lead
10 6 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Network Deployment Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.02%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.15%) Jinja
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.57%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (31.03%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.05%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.02%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.30%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.30%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.30%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.30%) Web3
7 3 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.72%) IPTV
7 3 (1.72%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.15%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (18.97%) Windows
2 20 (11.49%) Linux
3 19 (10.92%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.30%) Unix
5 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (18.97%) High Availability
3 28 (16.09%) Load Balancing
4 25 (14.37%) Information Security
5 24 (13.79%) Computer Science
5 24 (13.79%) ITIL
6 22 (12.64%) DevOps
6 22 (12.64%) Low Latency
7 21 (12.07%) AI
8 20 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (10.92%) Migration
10 18 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (10.34%) Incident Response
11 17 (9.77%) Change Management
12 15 (8.62%) Agile
12 15 (8.62%) Mentoring
12 15 (8.62%) Risk Management
12 15 (8.62%) Zero Trust
13 14 (8.05%) CI/CD
13 14 (8.05%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (25.86%) Python
2 21 (12.07%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.60%) Bash
4 3 (1.72%) Go
4 3 (1.72%) R
5 2 (1.15%) VB
6 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.57%) PromQL
6 1 (0.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (62.07%) CCNP
2 71 (40.80%) CCNA
3 69 (39.66%) Degree
4 54 (31.03%) CCIE
5 30 (17.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 27 (15.52%) CISSP
7 20 (11.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (9.77%) CCSP
10 16 (9.20%) Azure Certification
11 14 (8.05%) CCSA
11 14 (8.05%) CISM
12 13 (7.47%) CCSE
13 12 (6.90%) AWS Certification
14 11 (6.32%) CISA
15 10 (5.75%) MCSA
16 8 (4.60%) GIAC
16 8 (4.60%) MCSE
16 8 (4.60%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (4.60%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (10.92%) NIST
3 17 (9.77%) GDPR
4 10 (5.75%) SLA
5 6 (3.45%) PMO
6 5 (2.87%) QA
7 3 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.72%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.15%) GRC
8 2 (1.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (12.64%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (6.32%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (3.45%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 5 (2.87%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.30%) BitLocker
6 4 (2.30%) pfSense
6 4 (2.30%) ProxySG
6 4 (2.30%) vSphere
7 2 (1.15%) Docker
7 2 (1.15%) Squid
7 2 (1.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (18.97%) Ansible
2 23 (13.22%) Terraform
3 10 (5.75%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (5.17%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.45%) CASB
5 6 (3.45%) FortiGate
5 6 (3.45%) Grafana
5 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.45%) Nagios
5 6 (3.45%) Prometheus
5 6 (3.45%) VxRail
6 4 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.72%) Nmap
8 2 (1.15%) CA Spectrum
8 2 (1.15%) Kibana
8 2 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 113 (64.94%) Cisco
2 42 (24.14%) CheckPoint
3 35 (20.11%) Fortinet
4 33 (18.97%) Microsoft
5 26 (14.94%) Meraki
6 25 (14.37%) F5
6 25 (14.37%) SolarWinds
7 24 (13.79%) Arista
7 24 (13.79%) VMware
8 21 (12.07%) Palo Alto
9 14 (8.05%) Juniper
10 9 (5.17%) Splunk
10 9 (5.17%) Zscaler
11 7 (4.02%) Google
11 7 (4.02%) ServiceNow
12 6 (3.45%) Infoblox
12 6 (3.45%) Motorola
12 6 (3.45%) Sophos
13 5 (2.87%) Citrix
13 5 (2.87%) Oracle