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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 204 238
Rank change year-on-year 0 +34 -33
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 264 195 261
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.59% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.58% 5.51% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 167 99 206
10th Percentile £52,500 £33,060 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £46,875 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £62,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £92,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -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 4,729 3,539 5,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.06% 28.95% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,827 1,965 2,948
10th Percentile £41,150 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,750 £49,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,850
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -0.52% -3.07%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,750 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +1 22 £75,000 +19.05% 8
West London -26 3 £77,500 -11.43% 2
East London -11 2 £70,000 +124.00% 1
South London +4 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 12 (4.55%) Confluence
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.92%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (44.70%) Azure
2 87 (32.95%) AWS
3 43 (16.29%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (12.88%) GCP
5 22 (8.33%) Datadog
6 14 (5.30%) SaaS
7 13 (4.92%) OpenShift
8 11 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (3.79%) IaaS
9 10 (3.79%) PaaS
10 9 (3.41%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.41%) Nutanix
11 8 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (3.03%) OCI
12 7 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 5 (1.89%) AWS KMS
13 5 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.89%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.52%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 129 (48.86%) Firewall
2 106 (40.15%) Network Security
3 105 (39.77%) WAN
4 96 (36.36%) VPN
5 74 (28.03%) SD-WAN
6 67 (25.38%) LAN
7 48 (18.18%) DNS
8 44 (16.67%) BGP
9 43 (16.29%) Wireless
10 40 (15.15%) OSPF
11 39 (14.77%) Cisco ISE
12 37 (14.02%) VLAN
13 31 (11.74%) TCP/IP
13 31 (11.74%) Wi-Fi
14 24 (9.09%) Cisco Wireless
15 23 (8.71%) DHCP
16 20 (7.58%) VXLAN
17 16 (6.06%) Software-Defined Networking
18 14 (5.30%) SSL
18 14 (5.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.27%) Big Data
3 5 (1.89%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (7.20%) JIRA
2 9 (3.41%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.65%) GitLab
3 7 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.89%) Git
5 4 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 123 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 68 (25.76%) Finance
3 51 (19.32%) Banking
4 44 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.85%) Telecoms
6 25 (9.47%) Retail
7 18 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (6.06%) Local Government
9 14 (5.30%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.41%) Legal
10 9 (3.41%) Marketing
11 8 (3.03%) Mandarin Language
11 8 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.65%) Law
13 6 (2.27%) Digital Health
13 6 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (31.06%) Network Engineer
2 45 (17.05%) Senior
3 39 (14.77%) Architect
4 29 (10.98%) Consultant
4 29 (10.98%) Lead
5 26 (9.85%) Network Architect
6 22 (8.33%) Security Specialist
6 22 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
7 19 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (7.20%) Network Specialist
8 18 (6.82%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (6.82%) Network Security Specialist
9 14 (5.30%) Network Consultant
9 14 (5.30%) Security Engineer
10 12 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 11 (4.17%) Principal Architect
12 10 (3.79%) IT Engineer
12 10 (3.79%) Lead Network Engineer
12 10 (3.79%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.27%) LDAP
1 6 (2.27%) OAuth
2 5 (1.89%) SAML
3 4 (1.52%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.52%) JWT
3 4 (1.52%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.52%) OpenID
3 4 (1.52%) REST
4 3 (1.14%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.76%) EDI
5 2 (0.76%) IDoc
5 2 (0.76%) JSON
5 2 (0.76%) RESTful
6 1 (0.38%) Jinja
6 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.38%) YAML
6 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 85 (32.20%) Data Centre
2 47 (17.80%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.30%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (4.92%) PKI
5 12 (4.55%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.79%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.79%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.65%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.89%) Replication
10 5 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.14%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 61 (23.11%) Windows
2 36 (13.64%) Linux
3 34 (12.88%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.14%) Unix
5 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (22.35%) Roadmaps
4 58 (21.97%) ITIL
5 51 (19.32%) Incident Response
6 49 (18.56%) Information Security
7 44 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
8 43 (16.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 43 (16.29%) Network Design
9 41 (15.53%) Mentoring
10 40 (15.15%) Security Architecture
11 36 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
11 36 (13.64%) Network Monitoring
11 36 (13.64%) Project Delivery
12 35 (13.26%) High Availability
12 35 (13.26%) Presales
13 34 (12.88%) Cloud Security
13 34 (12.88%) SIEM
14 33 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 33 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.80%) Python
2 26 (9.85%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.41%) Bash
3 9 (3.41%) Java
4 2 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.76%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.38%) C
5 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (56.82%) CCNP
2 90 (34.09%) CCNA
3 81 (30.68%) CISSP
4 79 (29.92%) Degree
5 64 (24.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (22.35%) Azure Certification
7 54 (20.45%) CCSP
8 52 (19.70%) CCIE
9 46 (17.42%) CISM
10 29 (10.98%) AWS Certification
11 27 (10.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (9.09%) Master's Degree
14 15 (5.68%) CCSE
14 15 (5.68%) Security Cleared
15 14 (5.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 13 (4.92%) MCSE
17 12 (4.55%) RHCSA
18 11 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
19 10 (3.79%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (24.24%) NIST
2 53 (20.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (8.71%) GDPR
4 22 (8.33%) QA
5 19 (7.20%) PCI DSS
6 18 (6.82%) SLA
7 12 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.65%) SOC 2
9 6 (2.27%) COBIT
10 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.14%) GRC
11 3 (1.14%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.38%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.38%) NCSC
12 1 (0.38%) PMO
12 1 (0.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 42 (15.91%) Active Directory
2 41 (15.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.03%) vSphere
5 7 (2.65%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.89%) Docker
6 5 (1.89%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.52%) Squid
8 3 (1.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.14%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.76%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (14.77%) Ansible
2 34 (12.88%) Terraform
3 19 (7.20%) Kubernetes
4 15 (5.68%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.79%) SCCM
7 8 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.89%) Check_MK
9 5 (1.89%) Control-M
9 5 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (1.89%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.52%) Packer
11 3 (1.14%) VxRail
12 2 (0.76%) Nagios
12 2 (0.76%) OpenView
12 2 (0.76%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.38%) CASB
13 1 (0.38%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 128 (48.48%) Cisco
2 86 (32.58%) Microsoft
3 70 (26.52%) Palo Alto
4 51 (19.32%) VMware
5 44 (16.67%) Fortinet
6 37 (14.02%) SolarWinds
7 34 (12.88%) Arista
8 32 (12.12%) CheckPoint
8 32 (12.12%) Splunk
9 30 (11.36%) F5
10 27 (10.23%) Zscaler
11 25 (9.47%) Meraki
12 20 (7.58%) Tenable
13 19 (7.20%) ForeScout
14 16 (6.06%) Red Hat
15 14 (5.30%) Infoblox
16 13 (4.92%) SevOne
17 12 (4.55%) Sophos
18 9 (3.41%) AppDynamics
18 9 (3.41%) Oracle