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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 212 238
Rank change year-on-year +14 +26 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 247 200 307
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.64% 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.64% 5.31% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 157 112 257
10th Percentile £60,750 £33,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £45,938 £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 £88,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £104,250 £87,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £53,750 £51,850
% change year-on-year +20.93% +3.66% -5.73%

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 4,378 3,765 6,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.13% 30.89% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,715 1,866 4,055
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,950 £66,650
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +3.45% -1.26%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,500
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 26 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 26 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 29 £77,500 +19.23% 7
East London +6 7 £70,000 +124.00% 2
South London +20 3 - - 1
West London -19 3 £77,500 +6.90% 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 (3.24%) Confluence
2 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.81%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.07%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 114 (46.15%) Azure
2 76 (30.77%) AWS
3 40 (16.19%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (13.77%) GCP
5 22 (8.91%) Datadog
6 12 (4.86%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (4.45%) Entra ID
8 10 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (4.05%) SaaS
9 9 (3.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (3.24%) OCI
11 7 (2.83%) IaaS
11 7 (2.83%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.83%) PaaS
12 6 (2.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (2.43%) AWS KMS
12 6 (2.43%) ChatGPT
12 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.43%) Mimecast
12 6 (2.43%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 130 (52.63%) Firewall
2 100 (40.49%) WAN
3 94 (38.06%) Network Security
4 88 (35.63%) VPN
5 72 (29.15%) SD-WAN
6 61 (24.70%) LAN
7 49 (19.84%) Wireless
8 40 (16.19%) BGP
8 40 (16.19%) Cisco ISE
9 37 (14.98%) VLAN
10 36 (14.57%) OSPF
11 35 (14.17%) DNS
12 32 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (12.15%) Cisco Wireless
14 24 (9.72%) Cisco Firepower
15 21 (8.50%) TCP/IP
16 16 (6.48%) SSL
17 15 (6.07%) VoIP
17 15 (6.07%) VXLAN
18 14 (5.67%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.62%) Big Data
3 3 (1.21%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (6.07%) JIRA
2 8 (3.24%) GitLab
3 7 (2.83%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.02%) Git
5 4 (1.62%) Bitbucket
General
1 110 (44.53%) Social Skills
2 70 (28.34%) Finance
3 45 (18.22%) Banking
4 41 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.31%) Retail
6 17 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.48%) Local Government
7 16 (6.48%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.05%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.24%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.02%) Law
11 5 (2.02%) Marketing
12 4 (1.62%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.62%) Automotive
12 4 (1.62%) Electronics
12 4 (1.62%) Legal
12 4 (1.62%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (34.82%) Network Engineer
2 50 (20.24%) Senior
3 39 (15.79%) Architect
4 28 (11.34%) Consultant
4 28 (11.34%) Network Architect
5 25 (10.12%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (9.31%) Lead
7 22 (8.91%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (6.48%) Cisco Engineer
8 16 (6.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 15 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (6.07%) Network Consultant
9 15 (6.07%) Security Specialist
10 14 (5.67%) Network Specialist
11 13 (5.26%) Network Security Specialist
12 12 (4.86%) Principal Architect
12 12 (4.86%) Security Engineer
13 10 (4.05%) Analyst
14 9 (3.64%) Lead Network Engineer
14 9 (3.64%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.24%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.83%) OAuth
3 5 (2.02%) OpenID
4 3 (1.21%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.21%) LDAP
4 3 (1.21%) REST
4 3 (1.21%) SAML
5 2 (0.81%) EDI
5 2 (0.81%) IDoc
5 2 (0.81%) JSON
5 2 (0.81%) JWT
5 2 (0.81%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.81%) RESTful
5 2 (0.81%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 88 (35.63%) Data Centre
2 48 (19.43%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.07%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.07%) PKI
4 11 (4.45%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.24%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (2.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (2.43%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.02%) Replication
10 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.62%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
14 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Storage
14 1 (0.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (23.08%) Windows
2 33 (13.36%) Linux
3 30 (12.15%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.21%) Unix
6 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (21.86%) Cybersecurity
1 54 (21.86%) ITIL
2 52 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (19.43%) Roadmaps
4 43 (17.41%) Incident Response
5 42 (17.00%) High Availability
6 41 (16.60%) Technical Leadership
7 39 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 39 (15.79%) Information Security
8 38 (15.38%) Security Architecture
9 37 (14.98%) Mentoring
10 35 (14.17%) Network Design
11 33 (13.36%) Computer Science
11 33 (13.36%) Network Monitoring
12 32 (12.96%) SIEM
13 31 (12.55%) AI
14 28 (11.34%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (11.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 28 (11.34%) Project Delivery
15 27 (10.93%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 44 (17.81%) Python
2 27 (10.93%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.05%) Bash
4 7 (2.83%) Java
5 2 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.40%) Bicep
6 1 (0.40%) C
6 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (55.87%) CCNP
2 92 (37.25%) CCNA
3 76 (30.77%) Degree
4 67 (27.13%) CISSP
5 59 (23.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 59 (23.89%) CCIE
6 54 (21.86%) Azure Certification
7 45 (18.22%) CCSP
8 44 (17.81%) CISM
9 29 (11.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (9.31%) AWS Certification
12 22 (8.91%) Master's Degree
13 20 (8.10%) CCSE
14 16 (6.48%) CCSA
15 14 (5.67%) MCSE
15 14 (5.67%) Security Cleared
16 12 (4.86%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (4.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 11 (4.45%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (25.10%) NIST
2 49 (19.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (9.31%) QA
4 20 (8.10%) GDPR
5 18 (7.29%) PCI DSS
5 18 (7.29%) SLA
6 13 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.64%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.02%) COBIT
8 5 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.62%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.81%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.40%) NCSC
11 1 (0.40%) PMO
11 1 (0.40%) RMADS
System Software
1 37 (14.98%) Active Directory
2 32 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.24%) vSphere
4 7 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.02%) Docker
5 5 (2.02%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 4 (1.62%) Squid
7 3 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.21%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (13.77%) Ansible
2 32 (12.96%) Terraform
3 15 (6.07%) FortiGate
4 13 (5.26%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (4.05%) Cisco Prime
7 9 (3.64%) Check_MK
8 8 (3.24%) SCCM
9 7 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (2.02%) Control-M
10 5 (2.02%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.62%) Packer
11 4 (1.62%) VxRail
12 3 (1.21%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.81%) Nagios
13 2 (0.81%) OpenView
13 2 (0.81%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 128 (51.82%) Cisco
2 85 (34.41%) Microsoft
3 57 (23.08%) Palo Alto
4 47 (19.03%) SolarWinds
5 40 (16.19%) VMware
6 37 (14.98%) Fortinet
7 34 (13.77%) Splunk
8 31 (12.55%) Arista
8 31 (12.55%) CheckPoint
9 23 (9.31%) Meraki
10 21 (8.50%) F5
10 21 (8.50%) ForeScout
11 17 (6.88%) Tenable
12 15 (6.07%) Infoblox
12 15 (6.07%) SevOne
13 14 (5.67%) Red Hat
14 13 (5.26%) Zscaler
15 10 (4.05%) Sophos
16 9 (3.64%) Dynatrace
17 7 (2.83%) AppDynamics