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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 209 230
Rank change year-on-year +1 +21 -27
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 263 195 266
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.10% 1.61% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.50% 5.51% 4.98%
Number of salaries quoted 172 97 204
10th Percentile £52,500 £32,920 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,576 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +31.15% -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 4,784 3,541 5,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.99% 29.18% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,845 1,941 2,825
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £102,500
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 20 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 20 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 +2 21 £80,000 +23.08% 11
West London -26 4 £77,500 +31.36% 4
East London -12 2 £70,000 +122.22% 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 12 (4.56%) Confluence
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (4.56%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 117 (44.49%) Azure
2 89 (33.84%) AWS
3 43 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (12.55%) GCP
5 21 (7.98%) Datadog
6 14 (5.32%) SaaS
7 13 (4.94%) OpenShift
8 10 (3.80%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (3.80%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.80%) IaaS
8 10 (3.80%) PaaS
9 9 (3.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 9 (3.42%) Nutanix
10 8 (3.04%) OCI
11 7 (2.66%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (1.90%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.52%) AWS Direct Connect
13 4 (1.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 127 (48.29%) Firewall
2 104 (39.54%) Network Security
2 104 (39.54%) WAN
3 94 (35.74%) VPN
4 70 (26.62%) LAN
4 70 (26.62%) SD-WAN
5 48 (18.25%) DNS
6 45 (17.11%) Wireless
7 43 (16.35%) BGP
8 41 (15.59%) Cisco ISE
8 41 (15.59%) OSPF
9 36 (13.69%) VLAN
10 32 (12.17%) TCP/IP
11 31 (11.79%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (9.13%) DHCP
13 22 (8.37%) Cisco Wireless
14 21 (7.98%) VXLAN
15 16 (6.08%) MPLS
15 16 (6.08%) Software-Defined Networking
16 15 (5.70%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.90%) Big Data
2 5 (1.90%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 18 (6.84%) JIRA
2 9 (3.42%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.66%) GitLab
3 7 (2.66%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.90%) Git
5 4 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 119 (45.25%) Social Skills
2 68 (25.86%) Finance
3 45 (17.11%) Banking
4 40 (15.21%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.51%) Telecoms
6 22 (8.37%) Retail
7 18 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.32%) Local Government
9 13 (4.94%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.80%) Legal
11 9 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (3.04%) Mandarin Language
12 8 (3.04%) Marketing
13 7 (2.66%) Law
14 6 (2.28%) Digital Health
14 6 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (31.18%) Network Engineer
2 43 (16.35%) Senior
3 37 (14.07%) Architect
4 28 (10.65%) Lead
5 27 (10.27%) Consultant
6 22 (8.37%) Network Architect
7 21 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (7.98%) Security Specialist
8 20 (7.60%) Senior Network Engineer
9 18 (6.84%) Network Specialist
10 17 (6.46%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (6.46%) Network Security Specialist
11 14 (5.32%) Security Engineer
12 13 (4.94%) Cisco Engineer
12 13 (4.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 13 (4.94%) Network Consultant
13 11 (4.18%) IT Engineer
14 9 (3.42%) Lead Network Engineer
14 9 (3.42%) Principal Architect
14 9 (3.42%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.31%) Terraform
2 7 (2.66%) LDAP
3 6 (2.28%) OAuth
3 6 (2.28%) SAML
4 4 (1.52%) JWT
4 4 (1.52%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.52%) OpenID
4 4 (1.52%) REST
5 3 (1.14%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.14%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.76%) EDI
6 2 (0.76%) IDoc
6 2 (0.76%) JSON
6 2 (0.76%) RESTful
7 1 (0.38%) Jinja
7 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.38%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.38%) YAML
7 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 86 (32.70%) Data Centre
2 47 (17.87%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.70%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.56%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.56%) PKI
5 11 (4.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.80%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.42%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.66%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.28%) Replication
10 5 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.14%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 61 (23.19%) Windows
2 37 (14.07%) Linux
3 32 (12.17%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.14%) Unix
6 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (25.48%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (22.81%) Roadmaps
4 55 (20.91%) ITIL
5 51 (19.39%) Incident Response
5 51 (19.39%) Information Security
6 47 (17.87%) Disaster Recovery
7 45 (17.11%) Technical Leadership
8 42 (15.97%) Network Design
9 39 (14.83%) Security Architecture
9 39 (14.83%) SIEM
10 38 (14.45%) Infrastructure as Code
11 37 (14.07%) Mentoring
11 37 (14.07%) Presales
12 36 (13.69%) High Availability
12 36 (13.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 36 (13.69%) Project Delivery
13 35 (13.31%) Cloud Security
14 34 (12.93%) Computer Science
14 34 (12.93%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.25%) Python
2 25 (9.51%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.42%) Bash
3 9 (3.42%) 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 (57.03%) CCNP
2 89 (33.84%) CCNA
3 83 (31.56%) CISSP
4 80 (30.42%) Degree
5 63 (23.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 60 (22.81%) Azure Certification
7 54 (20.53%) CCIE
8 53 (20.15%) CCSP
9 44 (16.73%) CISM
10 32 (12.17%) AWS Certification
11 28 (10.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (9.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 22 (8.37%) Master's Degree
14 16 (6.08%) Security Cleared
14 16 (6.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 14 (5.32%) CCSE
16 13 (4.94%) MCSE
17 12 (4.56%) RHCSA
18 11 (4.18%) CompTIA Security+
19 10 (3.80%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (24.33%) NIST
2 54 (20.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (9.13%) GDPR
4 20 (7.60%) QA
5 19 (7.22%) PCI DSS
6 17 (6.46%) SLA
7 14 (5.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (3.04%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (2.28%) GRC
11 5 (1.90%) COBIT
12 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
12 4 (1.52%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.76%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.38%) NCSC
14 1 (0.38%) PMO
14 1 (0.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (16.73%) Active Directory
2 43 (16.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.80%) vSphere
4 9 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.04%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.90%) Docker
6 5 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.52%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.52%) Squid
8 3 (1.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.14%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.76%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (15.21%) Ansible
2 19 (7.22%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.08%) FortiGate
4 12 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (3.80%) SCCM
6 8 (3.04%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.66%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (1.90%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.90%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.52%) Check_MK
9 4 (1.52%) Control-M
9 4 (1.52%) Packer
10 3 (1.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 3 (1.14%) VxRail
11 2 (0.76%) OpenView
11 2 (0.76%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.38%) CASB
12 1 (0.38%) Nagios
12 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 130 (49.43%) Cisco
2 86 (32.70%) Microsoft
3 70 (26.62%) Palo Alto
4 55 (20.91%) VMware
5 42 (15.97%) Fortinet
6 33 (12.55%) Arista
7 32 (12.17%) SolarWinds
8 31 (11.79%) Splunk
9 30 (11.41%) CheckPoint
10 28 (10.65%) F5
10 28 (10.65%) Zscaler
11 24 (9.13%) Meraki
12 21 (7.98%) Tenable
13 18 (6.84%) ForeScout
14 16 (6.08%) Red Hat
15 13 (4.94%) Infoblox
16 12 (4.56%) SevOne
17 11 (4.18%) Sophos
18 9 (3.42%) Dynatrace
18 9 (3.42%) Oracle