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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 165 182
Rank change year-on-year -54 +17 +133
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 164 352 329
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.25% 2.02% 1.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.15% 6.98% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 90 231 269
10th Percentile £37,250 £43,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,875 £99,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 3,951 5,040 4,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.03% 28.93% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,102 2,210 3,600
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,175 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £113,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.68%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 -26 16 £70,000 -8.50% 8
East London -6 8 - - 4
West London - 6 £59,000 - 2
South London +32 2 - -
North London - 1 £32,500 -
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
3 1 (0.61%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (12.20%) MS Visio
2 13 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (40.24%) Azure
2 45 (27.44%) AWS
3 17 (10.37%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.32%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.71%) GCP
6 7 (4.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.66%) Mimecast
8 5 (3.05%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.44%) Dropbox
9 4 (2.44%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.44%) IaaS
10 3 (1.83%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.22%) Rubrik
11 2 (1.22%) SecurityScorecard
11 2 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 90 (54.88%) Firewall
2 64 (39.02%) LAN
3 52 (31.71%) WAN
4 45 (27.44%) VPN
5 41 (25.00%) Wireless
6 39 (23.78%) Network Security
7 38 (23.17%) VLAN
8 37 (22.56%) BGP
8 37 (22.56%) OSPF
8 37 (22.56%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (13.41%) Cisco Wireless
10 21 (12.80%) MPLS
11 20 (12.20%) DNS
11 20 (12.20%) SD-WAN
11 20 (12.20%) TCP/IP
12 14 (8.54%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (7.93%) EIGRP
14 12 (7.32%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (6.71%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (6.10%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.83%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.44%) Git
2 3 (1.83%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.83%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.61%) GitLab
3 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.61%) JIRA
3 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (30.49%) Social Skills
2 44 (26.83%) Finance
3 23 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.37%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (7.93%) Banking
5 13 (7.93%) Telecoms
6 11 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.71%) Law
7 8 (4.88%) Marketing
8 6 (3.66%) Legal
9 3 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Advertising
10 2 (1.22%) French Language
10 2 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.22%) Retail
11 1 (0.61%) Games
11 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 81 (49.39%) Network Engineer
2 41 (25.00%) Senior
3 21 (12.80%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (8.54%) Analyst
4 14 (8.54%) Cisco Engineer
4 14 (8.54%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 13 (7.93%) Consultant
6 11 (6.71%) AWS Engineer
6 11 (6.71%) Security Engineer
7 10 (6.10%) Architect
8 9 (5.49%) Deployment Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Cisco Consultant
9 8 (4.88%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 8 (4.88%) Network Consultant
9 8 (4.88%) Network Deployment Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) WAN Engineer
10 7 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.27%) Cisco Wireless Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Firewall Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Wireless Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.66%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.22%) REST
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 45 (27.44%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.27%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.05%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.05%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.05%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.44%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.44%) Web3
6 3 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.22%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (14.63%) Windows
2 19 (11.59%) Linux
3 11 (6.71%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.27%) Unix
5 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (17.68%) Computer Science
2 29 (17.68%) Load Balancing
3 26 (15.85%) Migration
4 25 (15.24%) High Availability
5 24 (14.63%) ITIL
6 20 (12.20%) Information Security
7 19 (11.59%) Low Latency
8 18 (10.98%) DevOps
9 16 (9.76%) AI
9 16 (9.76%) Change Control
9 16 (9.76%) Change Management
9 16 (9.76%) Zero Trust
10 15 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (9.15%) Inventory Management
10 15 (9.15%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (8.54%) Network Monitoring
11 14 (8.54%) Roadmaps
12 13 (7.93%) CI/CD
12 13 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 45 (27.44%) Python
2 17 (10.37%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.44%) Bash
4 2 (1.22%) Go
4 2 (1.22%) R
4 2 (1.22%) VB
5 1 (0.61%) PromQL
5 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (62.80%) CCNP
2 67 (40.85%) Degree
3 60 (36.59%) CCNA
4 56 (34.15%) CCIE
5 26 (15.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (13.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 21 (12.80%) CISSP
8 18 (10.98%) CCSA
9 17 (10.37%) CCSE
10 15 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (9.15%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (7.32%) Azure Certification
11 12 (7.32%) CCSP
12 10 (6.10%) AWS Certification
12 10 (6.10%) MCSA
12 10 (6.10%) Security Cleared
13 9 (5.49%) CISA
13 9 (5.49%) CISM
13 9 (5.49%) GIAC
13 9 (5.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (12.80%) GDPR
3 16 (9.76%) NIST
4 6 (3.66%) PMO
5 5 (3.05%) SLA
6 4 (2.44%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.83%) ITGC
8 2 (1.22%) GRC
8 2 (1.22%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (10.37%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.10%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.05%) vSphere
5 4 (2.44%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.44%) Hyper-V
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%) Firmware
6 2 (1.22%) Squid
7 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (20.12%) Ansible
2 20 (12.20%) Terraform
3 9 (5.49%) FortiGate
4 7 (4.27%) Grafana
4 7 (4.27%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.66%) CASB
5 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.66%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.83%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.83%) Nmap
8 3 (1.83%) QRadar
9 2 (1.22%) CA Spectrum
9 2 (1.22%) Kibana
9 2 (1.22%) Nagios
9 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.22%) VxRail
10 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (73.17%) Cisco
2 39 (23.78%) CheckPoint
3 36 (21.95%) Fortinet
4 31 (18.90%) Meraki
4 31 (18.90%) Microsoft
5 27 (16.46%) Palo Alto
6 24 (14.63%) Juniper
7 22 (13.41%) Arista
7 22 (13.41%) F5
8 18 (10.98%) VMware
9 17 (10.37%) SolarWinds
10 8 (4.88%) Splunk
11 7 (4.27%) Infoblox
12 6 (3.66%) Google
12 6 (3.66%) Motorola
12 6 (3.66%) ServiceNow
12 6 (3.66%) Zscaler
13 5 (3.05%) Ekahau
13 5 (3.05%) Oracle
14 4 (2.44%) Apple