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 23 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 183 212
Rank change year-on-year -27 +29 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 203 247 315
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.86% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.66% 5.52% 5.20%
Number of salaries quoted 118 176 269
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,475 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £89,688 £85,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £95,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,182
% change year-on-year - +17.23% -5.66%

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 4,353 4,474 6,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.98% 33.70% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,323 1,995 4,189
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £118,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £56,638 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.60% +9.09% -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 23 March 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 23 March 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 +8 28 £73,750 +9.26% 19
East London -5 15 - - 3
South London +31 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 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.94%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 67 (33.00%) Azure
2 52 (25.62%) AWS
3 23 (11.33%) GCP
4 20 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (3.94%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.96%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.46%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (2.46%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.97%) Datadog
9 4 (1.97%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.97%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.48%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.48%) OCI
10 3 (1.48%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.48%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 125 (61.58%) Firewall
2 74 (36.45%) WAN
3 59 (29.06%) LAN
4 55 (27.09%) Network Security
5 52 (25.62%) VPN
6 47 (23.15%) SD-WAN
7 44 (21.67%) Wireless
8 38 (18.72%) VLAN
9 33 (16.26%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (14.78%) BGP
10 30 (14.78%) OSPF
11 27 (13.30%) Cisco Firepower
12 24 (11.82%) Cisco Wireless
13 22 (10.84%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (7.88%) MPLS
16 15 (7.39%) TCP/IP
17 13 (6.40%) WLAN
18 12 (5.91%) VoIP
19 10 (4.93%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (2.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.97%) Git
3 2 (0.99%) GitLab
3 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (33.00%) Finance
1 67 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.29%) Banking
3 23 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.40%) Retail
5 11 (5.42%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.43%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.94%) Law
7 8 (3.94%) Retail Banking
8 6 (2.96%) Marketing
9 5 (2.46%) Local Government
10 4 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Games
12 1 (0.49%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 77 (37.93%) Network Engineer
2 34 (16.75%) Architect
3 32 (15.76%) Senior
4 30 (14.78%) Consultant
5 25 (12.32%) Cisco Engineer
5 25 (12.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 22 (10.84%) Network Architect
7 21 (10.34%) Azure Engineer
8 19 (9.36%) Network Consultant
8 19 (9.36%) Senior Network Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) LAN Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) WAN Engineer
10 11 (5.42%) Analyst
11 10 (4.93%) Cisco Consultant
11 10 (4.93%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 10 (4.93%) Security Specialist
12 9 (4.43%) Lead
13 7 (3.45%) Cisco Wireless Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.97%) OAuth
2 4 (1.97%) OpenID
3 3 (1.48%) REST
4 2 (0.99%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (30.05%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.85%) Security Posture
3 15 (7.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.93%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.94%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.97%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.48%) PKI
9 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.49%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.49%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.49%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.49%) IoT
10 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.82%) Windows
2 19 (9.36%) Linux
3 10 (4.93%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.45%) Unix
5 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.72%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (17.24%) Computer Science
2 35 (17.24%) ITIL
3 32 (15.76%) High Availability
4 30 (14.78%) SIEM
5 29 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (13.30%) Incident Response
7 25 (12.32%) Mentoring
7 25 (12.32%) Migration
8 24 (11.82%) AI
8 24 (11.82%) Vulnerability Management
9 21 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (9.85%) Kalman Filter
10 20 (9.85%) Roadmaps
10 20 (9.85%) Security Operations
11 19 (9.36%) Information Security
11 19 (9.36%) Network Design
12 18 (8.87%) Presales
12 18 (8.87%) Risk Management
13 17 (8.37%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.76%) Python
2 13 (6.40%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.99%) Bash
4 1 (0.49%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 117 (57.64%) CCNP
2 72 (35.47%) CCNA
3 66 (32.51%) Degree
4 63 (31.03%) CCIE
5 44 (21.67%) CISSP
6 41 (20.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 31 (15.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (12.81%) CCSE
9 24 (11.82%) CCSA
9 24 (11.82%) CCSP
10 23 (11.33%) CISM
11 21 (10.34%) Azure Certification
12 20 (9.85%) Network+ Certification
13 13 (6.40%) Security Cleared
14 11 (5.42%) AWS Certification
14 11 (5.42%) GCIH
15 10 (4.93%) JNCIP
15 10 (4.93%) Master's Degree
15 10 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (4.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.72%) NIST
2 37 (18.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.88%) GDPR
4 8 (3.94%) SLA
5 7 (3.45%) QA
6 6 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.46%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.97%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.48%) ITGC
9 3 (1.48%) PMO
10 2 (0.99%) GRC
11 1 (0.49%) COBIT
11 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (7.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.93%) Firmware
4 5 (2.46%) vSphere
5 2 (0.99%) Docker
5 2 (0.99%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (11.82%) Ansible
2 17 (8.37%) FortiGate
3 14 (6.90%) Terraform
4 8 (3.94%) Check_MK
4 8 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.45%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (1.97%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.97%) Nagios
7 3 (1.48%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.48%) QRadar
8 2 (0.99%) CASB
8 2 (0.99%) Control-M
8 2 (0.99%) VxRail
9 1 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.49%) Grafana
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.49%) OpenView
9 1 (0.49%) SCCM
9 1 (0.49%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 137 (67.49%) Cisco
2 54 (26.60%) Fortinet
3 43 (21.18%) CheckPoint
4 37 (18.23%) Microsoft
5 31 (15.27%) Meraki
5 31 (15.27%) Palo Alto
5 31 (15.27%) SolarWinds
6 24 (11.82%) Juniper
7 21 (10.34%) Arista
8 20 (9.85%) VMware
9 14 (6.90%) Splunk
10 9 (4.43%) F5
11 8 (3.94%) Zscaler
12 7 (3.45%) Infoblox
13 6 (2.96%) Sophos
14 5 (2.46%) Dell
15 4 (1.97%) ArcSight
15 4 (1.97%) NetApp
15 4 (1.97%) Okta
15 4 (1.97%) Red Hat