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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 188 244
Rank change year-on-year -7 +56 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 236 224 301
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.81% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.49% 5.49% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 146 136 265
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £63,264
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,625 £95,000 £96,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% +12.75% -6.42%

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 4,302 4,080 6,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.90% 32.92% 28.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,517 1,945 4,236
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
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 £105,000 £112,500 £104,375
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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +9 32 £80,000 +25.49% 15
East London -1 10 - - 5
South London +15 5 - -
West London -16 1 £77,500 +34.78% 3
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 7 (2.97%) Confluence
2 4 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 13 (5.51%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 99 (41.95%) Azure
2 65 (27.54%) AWS
3 34 (14.41%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (13.14%) GCP
5 19 (8.05%) Datadog
6 11 (4.66%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (3.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 9 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.81%) SaaS
8 7 (2.97%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.54%) IaaS
9 6 (2.54%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.54%) OCI
9 6 (2.54%) PaaS
10 5 (2.12%) ChatGPT
10 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (2.12%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.69%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (53.81%) Firewall
2 82 (34.75%) WAN
3 77 (32.63%) Network Security
4 64 (27.12%) SD-WAN
4 64 (27.12%) VPN
5 55 (23.31%) LAN
6 45 (19.07%) Wireless
7 34 (14.41%) Cisco ISE
8 29 (12.29%) Cisco Wireless
8 29 (12.29%) Wi-Fi
9 28 (11.86%) BGP
9 28 (11.86%) VLAN
10 26 (11.02%) OSPF
11 23 (9.75%) Cisco Firepower
11 23 (9.75%) DNS
12 14 (5.93%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (5.93%) VoIP
13 12 (5.08%) HSRP
13 12 (5.08%) Software-Defined Networking
13 12 (5.08%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.69%) Big Data
3 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (4.66%) JIRA
2 8 (3.39%) GitLab
3 7 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.54%) Chocolatey
4 6 (2.54%) Git
5 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 96 (40.68%) Social Skills
2 77 (32.63%) Finance
3 47 (19.92%) Banking
4 38 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.59%) Retail
6 20 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.78%) Local Government
8 13 (5.51%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.24%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.39%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.54%) Law
11 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.69%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.69%) Automotive
12 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.69%) Electronics
12 4 (1.69%) Legal
12 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.69%) Marketing
12 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (36.44%) Network Engineer
2 42 (17.80%) Senior
3 39 (16.53%) Architect
4 27 (11.44%) Consultant
4 27 (11.44%) Network Architect
5 25 (10.59%) Senior Network Engineer
6 24 (10.17%) Azure Engineer
7 20 (8.47%) Cisco Engineer
7 20 (8.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (7.63%) Lead
9 15 (6.36%) Network Consultant
10 11 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) IT Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) LAN Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) Principal Architect
11 10 (4.24%) Security Specialist
11 10 (4.24%) WAN Engineer
12 9 (3.81%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.39%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.97%) OAuth
3 5 (2.12%) OpenID
4 3 (1.27%) REST
4 3 (1.27%) SAML
5 2 (0.85%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.85%) EDI
5 2 (0.85%) IDoc
5 2 (0.85%) JWT
5 2 (0.85%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.85%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.42%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (31.36%) Data Centre
2 41 (17.37%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.51%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.08%) PKI
5 10 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.81%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.39%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.39%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.97%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.97%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.69%) Replication
9 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.85%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (18.64%) Windows
2 28 (11.86%) Linux
3 20 (8.47%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.27%) Unix
6 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.34%) Cybersecurity
1 48 (20.34%) ITIL
2 39 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (15.68%) High Availability
4 35 (14.83%) Incident Response
5 34 (14.41%) Mentoring
6 33 (13.98%) SIEM
6 33 (13.98%) Technical Leadership
7 32 (13.56%) Disaster Recovery
8 30 (12.71%) Information Security
9 29 (12.29%) Roadmaps
9 29 (12.29%) Vulnerability Management
10 28 (11.86%) Computer Science
10 28 (11.86%) Risk Management
11 27 (11.44%) Network Monitoring
11 27 (11.44%) Security Architecture
12 26 (11.02%) Migration
12 26 (11.02%) Network Design
13 25 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 24 (10.17%) AI
Programming Languages
1 41 (17.37%) Python
2 19 (8.05%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.39%) Bash
4 5 (2.12%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 128 (54.24%) CCNP
2 81 (34.32%) CCNA
3 71 (30.08%) Degree
4 64 (27.12%) CISSP
5 61 (25.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 60 (25.42%) CCIE
7 45 (19.07%) Azure Certification
8 43 (18.22%) CISM
9 42 (17.80%) CCSP
10 23 (9.75%) CCSE
10 23 (9.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (9.32%) Master's Degree
12 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (8.05%) CCSA
14 17 (7.20%) Network+ Certification
15 16 (6.78%) AWS Certification
16 15 (6.36%) Security Cleared
17 12 (5.08%) GCIH
17 12 (5.08%) JNCIP
17 12 (5.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (25.00%) NIST
2 51 (21.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (8.05%) QA
4 16 (6.78%) GDPR
4 16 (6.78%) SLA
5 14 (5.93%) PCI DSS
6 11 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.97%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.69%) COBIT
9 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.42%) NCSC
10 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.42%) PMO
10 1 (0.42%) RMADS
System Software
1 26 (11.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (10.59%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.24%) Firmware
4 8 (3.39%) vSphere
5 6 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.12%) Docker
7 4 (1.69%) Squid
7 4 (1.69%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.85%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.85%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (16.95%) Ansible
2 27 (11.44%) Terraform
3 17 (7.20%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.24%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.81%) Check_MK
6 8 (3.39%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.97%) SCCM
7 7 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.12%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.69%) Nagios
9 4 (1.69%) Packer
10 2 (0.85%) Control-M
10 2 (0.85%) VxRail
11 1 (0.42%) OpenView
11 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.42%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 133 (56.36%) Cisco
2 73 (30.93%) Microsoft
3 45 (19.07%) Fortinet
4 42 (17.80%) SolarWinds
5 37 (15.68%) Palo Alto
6 33 (13.98%) VMware
7 32 (13.56%) CheckPoint
8 25 (10.59%) Arista
8 25 (10.59%) Meraki
8 25 (10.59%) Splunk
9 19 (8.05%) F5
10 18 (7.63%) ForeScout
11 14 (5.93%) Infoblox
12 13 (5.51%) Red Hat
13 12 (5.08%) Juniper
13 12 (5.08%) SevOne
14 11 (4.66%) Tenable
15 8 (3.39%) Dynatrace
16 7 (2.97%) Sophos
16 7 (2.97%) Zscaler