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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 174 185
Rank change year-on-year -34 +11 +158
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 176 322 342
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.46% 1.87% 1.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.95% 6.71% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 90 208 268
10th Percentile £34,750 £40,875 £42,784
25th Percentile £56,188 £52,188 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £88,438 £82,813 £88,750
90th Percentile £126,875 £97,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +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 3,558 4,800 5,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.47% 27.82% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,016 2,117 3,710
10th Percentile £35,500 £38,698 £39,085
25th Percentile £51,003 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £105,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%

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 3 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 3 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 -12 18 £70,000 -3.31% 26
East London +2 7 - - 2
West London - 7 £59,000 - 3
North London - 1 £32,500 - 1
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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.70%) nginx
4 1 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (10.80%) MS Visio
2 12 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.57%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 72 (40.91%) Azure
2 48 (27.27%) AWS
3 18 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.52%) GCP
5 12 (6.82%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.41%) IaaS
7 6 (3.41%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.84%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (2.84%) Rubrik
9 4 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.27%) Dropbox
9 4 (2.27%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.70%) Cloudflare
10 3 (1.70%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.14%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.14%) SaaS
11 2 (1.14%) SecurityScorecard
11 2 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 90 (51.14%) Firewall
2 69 (39.20%) LAN
3 59 (33.52%) WAN
4 58 (32.95%) VPN
5 49 (27.84%) BGP
6 46 (26.14%) OSPF
7 45 (25.57%) Network Security
8 39 (22.16%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (22.16%) Wireless
9 33 (18.75%) VLAN
10 24 (13.64%) MPLS
11 22 (12.50%) SD-WAN
12 21 (11.93%) DNS
12 21 (11.93%) TCP/IP
13 18 (10.23%) Cisco Wireless
13 18 (10.23%) EIGRP
14 14 (7.95%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (7.95%) HSRP
15 12 (6.82%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (6.82%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.70%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Git
2 4 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.70%) Burp Suite
3 3 (1.70%) GitLab
3 3 (1.70%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 52 (29.55%) Finance
3 31 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (15.91%) Banking
5 19 (10.80%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (10.80%) Telecoms
6 11 (6.25%) Law
7 7 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.98%) Marketing
8 6 (3.41%) Legal
8 6 (3.41%) Retail
9 5 (2.84%) Local Government
10 3 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.70%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.14%) Advertising
11 2 (1.14%) French Language
11 2 (1.14%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 88 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 43 (24.43%) Senior
3 21 (11.93%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (7.95%) Cisco Engineer
5 13 (7.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 12 (6.82%) Architect
7 11 (6.25%) Analyst
7 11 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (6.25%) Security Engineer
8 10 (5.68%) Consultant
9 9 (5.11%) Security Architect
10 8 (4.55%) Deployment Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Network Deployment Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Operations Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) WAN Engineer
12 6 (3.41%) Lead
12 6 (3.41%) Network Analyst
12 6 (3.41%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.98%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.14%) Jinja
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.14%) REST
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.57%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (31.25%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.82%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.41%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.41%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.84%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.27%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.27%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.27%) Web3
7 3 (1.70%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.70%) IPTV
7 3 (1.70%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 30 (17.05%) Windows
2 20 (11.36%) Linux
3 17 (9.66%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.84%) Unix
5 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (18.18%) High Availability
3 27 (15.34%) Load Balancing
4 25 (14.20%) Computer Science
4 25 (14.20%) ITIL
5 24 (13.64%) Low Latency
6 23 (13.07%) Migration
7 22 (12.50%) Information Security
8 21 (11.93%) DevOps
9 19 (10.80%) AI
10 18 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (10.23%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (9.09%) Change Management
11 16 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 15 (8.52%) Agile
12 15 (8.52%) Risk Management
12 15 (8.52%) Roadmaps
12 15 (8.52%) Zero Trust
13 14 (7.95%) Incident Response
13 14 (7.95%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (27.84%) Python
2 20 (11.36%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.98%) Bash
4 3 (1.70%) Go
5 2 (1.14%) R
5 2 (1.14%) VB
6 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.57%) PromQL
6 1 (0.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (63.64%) CCNP
2 70 (39.77%) Degree
3 68 (38.64%) CCNA
4 57 (32.39%) CCIE
5 27 (15.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 26 (14.77%) CISSP
7 22 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (9.66%) CCSA
9 16 (9.09%) CCSE
9 16 (9.09%) CCSP
9 16 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (7.95%) Azure Certification
10 14 (7.95%) CISM
11 11 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (5.68%) AWS Certification
12 10 (5.68%) MCSA
13 9 (5.11%) CISA
13 9 (5.11%) Security Cleared
14 8 (4.55%) MCSE
15 7 (3.98%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (10.23%) NIST
3 17 (9.66%) GDPR
4 8 (4.55%) SLA
5 6 (3.41%) PMO
6 5 (2.84%) QA
7 3 (1.70%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.14%) GRC
8 2 (1.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (11.93%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.68%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.84%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 4 (2.27%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.27%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.27%) pfSense
5 4 (2.27%) ProxySG
5 4 (2.27%) vSphere
6 2 (1.14%) Docker
6 2 (1.14%) Squid
6 2 (1.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (19.89%) Ansible
2 23 (13.07%) Terraform
3 9 (5.11%) Cisco CUCM
3 9 (5.11%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.55%) FortiGate
5 7 (3.98%) Grafana
6 6 (3.41%) CASB
6 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.41%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.84%) Nagios
7 5 (2.84%) VxRail
8 4 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.70%) Nmap
10 2 (1.14%) CA Spectrum
10 2 (1.14%) Kibana
10 2 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 123 (69.89%) Cisco
2 44 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 36 (20.45%) Fortinet
4 31 (17.61%) Meraki
5 29 (16.48%) Microsoft
6 26 (14.77%) Arista
7 24 (13.64%) F5
7 24 (13.64%) Palo Alto
7 24 (13.64%) SolarWinds
8 21 (11.93%) VMware
9 18 (10.23%) Juniper
10 8 (4.55%) Splunk
10 8 (4.55%) Zscaler
11 7 (3.98%) ServiceNow
12 6 (3.41%) Google
12 6 (3.41%) Infoblox
12 6 (3.41%) Motorola
13 5 (2.84%) Citrix
13 5 (2.84%) Oracle
13 5 (2.84%) Sophos