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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 195 225
Rank change year-on-year -3 +30 +44
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 224 240 315
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.87% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.95% 5.54% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 132 160 277
10th Percentile £50,000 £33,695 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,750 £84,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,725 £95,400 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +17.65% -5.99%

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 4,521 4,331 6,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.77% 33.79% 28.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 2,033 4,277
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.86%

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 April 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 April 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 +22 29 £80,000 +25.49% 17
East London -4 11 - - 5
South London +14 6 - -
West London -23 1 £77,500 +34.78% 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 (2.68%) Confluence
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.46%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (37.05%) Azure
2 58 (25.89%) AWS
3 27 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (10.27%) GCP
5 14 (6.25%) Datadog
6 11 (4.91%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.68%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.68%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.68%) SaaS
10 5 (2.23%) IaaS
10 5 (2.23%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.23%) PaaS
11 4 (1.79%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.79%) OCI
11 4 (1.79%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.79%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (56.70%) Firewall
2 76 (33.93%) WAN
3 67 (29.91%) Network Security
4 59 (26.34%) VPN
5 55 (24.55%) SD-WAN
6 54 (24.11%) LAN
7 45 (20.09%) Wireless
8 36 (16.07%) VLAN
9 31 (13.84%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
11 27 (12.05%) BGP
11 27 (12.05%) Cisco Wireless
11 27 (12.05%) OSPF
12 24 (10.71%) Cisco Firepower
13 18 (8.04%) DNS
14 15 (6.70%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (5.80%) WLAN
16 12 (5.36%) MPLS
16 12 (5.36%) VoIP
17 11 (4.91%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.79%) Big Data
3 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (4.46%) JIRA
2 8 (3.57%) Git
3 7 (3.13%) GitLab
3 7 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.23%) Chocolatey
5 4 (1.79%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 72 (32.14%) Finance
3 43 (19.20%) Banking
4 32 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (9.38%) Retail
6 19 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.25%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.91%) Local Government
8 11 (4.91%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.57%) Retail Banking
10 7 (3.13%) Law
11 6 (2.68%) Marketing
11 6 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.79%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.79%) Automotive
13 4 (1.79%) Electronics
13 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (36.61%) Network Engineer
2 39 (17.41%) Senior
3 33 (14.73%) Architect
4 31 (13.84%) Consultant
5 24 (10.71%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (10.71%) Network Architect
5 24 (10.71%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (10.27%) Cisco Engineer
6 23 (10.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 17 (7.59%) Lead
7 17 (7.59%) Network Consultant
8 11 (4.91%) AWS Engineer
8 11 (4.91%) LAN Engineer
8 11 (4.91%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 11 (4.91%) WAN Engineer
9 10 (4.46%) Security Specialist
10 9 (4.02%) Lead Cisco Engineer
10 9 (4.02%) Lead Network Engineer
10 9 (4.02%) Solutions Consultant
11 8 (3.57%) Cisco Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.57%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.23%) OAuth
2 5 (2.23%) OpenID
3 3 (1.34%) REST
4 2 (0.89%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.89%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.45%) LDAP
5 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (29.02%) Data Centre
2 30 (13.39%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.02%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.02%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.57%) PKI
6 7 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.89%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.89%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.96%) Windows
2 23 (10.27%) Linux
3 18 (8.04%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.34%) Unix
5 2 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.09%) ITIL
2 42 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 31 (13.84%) High Availability
6 30 (13.39%) Mentoring
6 30 (13.39%) Migration
7 29 (12.95%) Technical Leadership
8 28 (12.50%) SIEM
9 27 (12.05%) Computer Science
10 26 (11.61%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (11.61%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (11.16%) Roadmaps
12 24 (10.71%) Network Design
12 24 (10.71%) Network Monitoring
12 24 (10.71%) Risk Management
13 23 (10.27%) AI
14 22 (9.82%) Presales
15 21 (9.38%) Information Security
15 21 (9.38%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.96%) Python
2 18 (8.04%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.13%) Bash
4 5 (2.23%) Java
5 1 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 127 (56.70%) CCNP
2 83 (37.05%) CCNA
3 64 (28.57%) Degree
4 57 (25.45%) CCIE
5 51 (22.77%) CISSP
6 48 (21.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 36 (16.07%) Azure Certification
8 34 (15.18%) CISM
9 30 (13.39%) CCSP
10 23 (10.27%) CCSE
10 23 (10.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (9.38%) Network+ Certification
12 19 (8.48%) CCSA
13 18 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (7.59%) Security Cleared
15 16 (7.14%) Master's Degree
16 13 (5.80%) AWS Certification
17 12 (5.36%) GCIH
18 11 (4.91%) OSCP
18 11 (4.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (22.32%) NIST
2 45 (20.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.59%) GDPR
4 14 (6.25%) QA
4 14 (6.25%) SLA
5 9 (4.02%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.68%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.34%) COBIT
8 3 (1.34%) ITGC
9 2 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.45%) NCSC
10 1 (0.45%) PMO
10 1 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 24 (10.71%) Active Directory
1 24 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.46%) Firmware
3 9 (4.02%) vSphere
4 5 (2.23%) Docker
4 5 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.79%) Squid
5 4 (1.79%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.89%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.89%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.45%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 34 (15.18%) Ansible
2 22 (9.82%) Terraform
3 16 (7.14%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.46%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (4.02%) Check_MK
6 7 (3.13%) Kubernetes
6 7 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.68%) SCCM
8 5 (2.23%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.79%) Nagios
9 4 (1.79%) Packer
10 3 (1.34%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (1.34%) QRadar
11 2 (0.89%) Control-M
11 2 (0.89%) VxRail
12 1 (0.45%) OpenView
12 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 138 (61.61%) Cisco
2 61 (27.23%) Microsoft
3 47 (20.98%) Fortinet
4 38 (16.96%) SolarWinds
5 34 (15.18%) CheckPoint
6 32 (14.29%) Meraki
6 32 (14.29%) Palo Alto
7 31 (13.84%) VMware
8 24 (10.71%) Splunk
9 22 (9.82%) Arista
10 19 (8.48%) Juniper
11 16 (7.14%) F5
12 14 (6.25%) ForeScout
13 10 (4.46%) Infoblox
13 10 (4.46%) Red Hat
14 9 (4.02%) Tenable
15 8 (3.57%) SevOne
16 7 (3.13%) Dell
16 7 (3.13%) Dynatrace
16 7 (3.13%) Sophos