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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 184 229
Rank change year-on-year -29 +45 +37
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 213 244 309
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.90% 1.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.80% 5.57% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 124 171 270
10th Percentile £46,625 £33,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,313 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year - +11.55% -3.46%
75th Percentile £87,813 £83,750 £78,438
90th Percentile £102,675 £95,000 £92,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -6.54%

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 4,442 4,380 6,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.77% 34.04% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,390 2,039 4,248
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £68,405
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +1.34%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% +4.65% -4.35%

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 9 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 9 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 +10 27 £80,000 +23.08% 20
East London 0 13 - - 3
South London +25 6 - -
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 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.69%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 77 (36.15%) Azure
2 55 (25.82%) AWS
3 23 (10.80%) GCP
4 21 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (4.69%) Datadog
6 9 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.35%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.35%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.88%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.88%) OCI
9 4 (1.88%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.88%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.88%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.88%) SaaS
10 3 (1.41%) IaaS
10 3 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (59.62%) Firewall
2 76 (35.68%) WAN
3 62 (29.11%) Network Security
4 57 (26.76%) LAN
5 56 (26.29%) VPN
6 52 (24.41%) SD-WAN
7 49 (23.00%) Wireless
8 41 (19.25%) VLAN
9 32 (15.02%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (13.62%) Cisco Wireless
11 28 (13.15%) BGP
11 28 (13.15%) OSPF
12 25 (11.74%) Cisco Firepower
12 25 (11.74%) Cisco ISE
13 19 (8.92%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (6.57%) MPLS
15 13 (6.10%) DNS
15 13 (6.10%) TCP/IP
15 13 (6.10%) WLAN
16 10 (4.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.88%) Big Data
1 4 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (3.29%) JIRA
2 5 (2.35%) Git
3 3 (1.41%) Chocolatey
3 3 (1.41%) GitLab
3 3 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
General
1 73 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 66 (30.99%) Finance
3 35 (16.43%) Banking
4 27 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.51%) Retail
6 14 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.10%) Telecoms
8 11 (5.16%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.76%) Law
9 8 (3.76%) Marketing
9 8 (3.76%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.82%) Local Government
10 6 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.47%) Automotive
13 1 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (38.03%) Network Engineer
2 35 (16.43%) Architect
2 35 (16.43%) Senior
3 33 (15.49%) Consultant
4 26 (12.21%) Cisco Engineer
4 26 (12.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 25 (11.74%) Azure Engineer
6 24 (11.27%) Network Architect
7 23 (10.80%) Senior Network Engineer
8 19 (8.92%) Network Consultant
9 14 (6.57%) Lead
10 13 (6.10%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (6.10%) LAN Engineer
10 13 (6.10%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 13 (6.10%) WAN Engineer
11 10 (4.69%) Cisco Consultant
11 10 (4.69%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 10 (4.69%) Security Specialist
12 9 (4.23%) Analyst
12 9 (4.23%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.76%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.35%) OAuth
2 5 (2.35%) OpenID
3 3 (1.41%) REST
4 2 (0.94%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.47%) LDAP
5 1 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (30.05%) Data Centre
2 24 (11.27%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.23%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.23%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.29%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.82%) PKI
7 4 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.47%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.47%) IoT
10 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.15%) Windows
2 20 (9.39%) Linux
3 11 (5.16%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (19.25%) ITIL
2 39 (18.31%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (15.02%) Computer Science
5 31 (14.55%) High Availability
5 31 (14.55%) Incident Response
6 29 (13.62%) Migration
7 28 (13.15%) SIEM
8 27 (12.68%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (12.21%) Roadmaps
10 25 (11.74%) Mentoring
10 25 (11.74%) Vulnerability Management
11 23 (10.80%) AI
12 22 (10.33%) Presales
13 21 (9.86%) Network Design
13 21 (9.86%) Network Monitoring
13 21 (9.86%) Security Operations
14 20 (9.39%) Kalman Filter
14 20 (9.39%) Risk Management
15 19 (8.92%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.43%) Python
2 13 (6.10%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.41%) Bash
4 2 (0.94%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 126 (59.15%) CCNP
2 76 (35.68%) CCNA
3 65 (30.52%) Degree
4 61 (28.64%) CCIE
5 47 (22.07%) CISSP
6 43 (20.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 31 (14.55%) Azure Certification
8 28 (13.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (12.68%) CCSP
9 27 (12.68%) CISM
10 26 (12.21%) CCSE
11 22 (10.33%) CCSA
11 22 (10.33%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (6.10%) Security Cleared
13 11 (5.16%) GCIH
13 11 (5.16%) Master's Degree
14 10 (4.69%) AWS Certification
14 10 (4.69%) JNCIP
14 10 (4.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (20.66%) NIST
2 40 (18.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (8.45%) GDPR
4 11 (5.16%) SLA
5 8 (3.76%) QA
6 7 (3.29%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.35%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.41%) ITGC
9 3 (1.41%) PMO
10 2 (0.94%) COBIT
10 2 (0.94%) GRC
10 2 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (8.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.51%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.69%) Firmware
4 6 (2.82%) vSphere
5 3 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.94%) Docker
6 2 (0.94%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.47%) Squid
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (13.15%) Ansible
2 16 (7.51%) Terraform
3 15 (7.04%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.69%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (3.76%) Check_MK
7 4 (1.88%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.88%) Nagios
7 4 (1.88%) SCCM
8 3 (1.41%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.41%) QRadar
9 2 (0.94%) CASB
9 2 (0.94%) Control-M
9 2 (0.94%) VxRail
10 1 (0.47%) Grafana
10 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 142 (66.67%) Cisco
2 51 (23.94%) Fortinet
3 47 (22.07%) Microsoft
4 39 (18.31%) CheckPoint
5 35 (16.43%) Meraki
5 35 (16.43%) SolarWinds
6 32 (15.02%) Palo Alto
7 24 (11.27%) VMware
8 21 (9.86%) Arista
8 21 (9.86%) Juniper
9 19 (8.92%) Splunk
10 14 (6.57%) F5
11 10 (4.69%) Infoblox
12 9 (4.23%) ForeScout
13 7 (3.29%) Dell
13 7 (3.29%) Zscaler
14 6 (2.82%) Red Hat
14 6 (2.82%) SevOne
14 6 (2.82%) Sophos
14 6 (2.82%) Tenable