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 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 213 195
Rank change year-on-year -34 -18 -12
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 222 177 314
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.86% 1.52% 1.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.60% 5.19% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 153 91 208
10th Percentile £45,500 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £83,125
90th Percentile £110,000 £126,875 £99,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -11.02% +7.27%

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 4,822 3,410 5,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.59% 29.22% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,832 1,912 2,295
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £117,375 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +15 16 £75,000 +7.14% 33
West London -22 4 £77,500 +31.36% 6
East London -11 1 £70,000 - 4
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 10 (4.50%) Confluence
2 2 (0.90%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.05%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.45%) Eikon
2 1 (0.45%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 92 (41.44%) Azure
2 74 (33.33%) AWS
3 35 (15.77%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (13.06%) GCP
5 22 (9.91%) SaaS
6 16 (7.21%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.76%) Datadog
8 13 (5.86%) OpenShift
9 10 (4.50%) IaaS
9 10 (4.50%) PaaS
10 7 (3.15%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (3.15%) Google Compute Engine
10 7 (3.15%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 7 (3.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (2.25%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.25%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.80%) OCI
12 4 (1.80%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 106 (47.75%) Firewall
2 85 (38.29%) Network Security
3 84 (37.84%) VPN
4 81 (36.49%) WAN
5 56 (25.23%) LAN
6 48 (21.62%) DNS
7 46 (20.72%) BGP
8 44 (19.82%) SD-WAN
8 44 (19.82%) TCP/IP
9 37 (16.67%) OSPF
9 37 (16.67%) Wireless
10 32 (14.41%) Cisco ISE
10 32 (14.41%) VLAN
11 27 (12.16%) DHCP
11 27 (12.16%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (9.01%) VXLAN
13 15 (6.76%) MPLS
14 14 (6.31%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (5.86%) Cisco Wireless
16 12 (5.41%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.80%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.90%) Big Data
6 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 15 (6.76%) JIRA
2 7 (3.15%) TeamCity
3 6 (2.70%) Chocolatey
3 6 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (2.25%) GitLab
4 5 (2.25%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.80%) Git
6 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
General
1 108 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 64 (28.83%) Finance
3 30 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.06%) Banking
5 22 (9.91%) Telecoms
6 15 (6.76%) Retail
7 13 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.41%) Law
8 12 (5.41%) Legal
9 10 (4.50%) Financial Institution
10 9 (4.05%) Local Government
11 8 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.60%) Mandarin Language
12 7 (3.15%) Back Office
13 6 (2.70%) Digital Health
13 6 (2.70%) Public Sector
14 5 (2.25%) Marketing
14 5 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.35%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 68 (30.63%) Network Engineer
2 41 (18.47%) Senior
3 27 (12.16%) Architect
4 23 (10.36%) Security Engineer
5 22 (9.91%) Security Specialist
6 19 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (7.66%) Lead
8 15 (6.76%) Network Specialist
8 15 (6.76%) Senior Network Engineer
9 14 (6.31%) Consultant
9 14 (6.31%) Network Security Specialist
9 14 (6.31%) Security Architect
10 12 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (4.95%) Senior Security Engineer
12 10 (4.50%) IT Engineer
12 10 (4.50%) Network Architect
13 9 (4.05%) Network Security Engineer
14 8 (3.60%) Analyst
14 8 (3.60%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (3.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.41%) Terraform
2 6 (2.70%) LDAP
2 6 (2.70%) SAML
3 4 (1.80%) JWT
3 4 (1.80%) OAuth
3 4 (1.80%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.80%) REST
4 2 (0.90%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.90%) EDI
4 2 (0.90%) IDoc
4 2 (0.90%) JSON
4 2 (0.90%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.90%) OpenID
4 2 (0.90%) Rendezvous
4 2 (0.90%) RESTful
5 1 (0.45%) Jinja
5 1 (0.45%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.45%) YAML
5 1 (0.45%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 69 (31.08%) Data Centre
2 54 (24.32%) Security Posture
3 19 (8.56%) Cloud Native
4 17 (7.66%) Management Information System
5 13 (5.86%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (5.41%) PKI
7 10 (4.50%) Onboarding
8 9 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (3.15%) Blog
10 7 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (2.70%) Private Cloud
11 6 (2.70%) Replication
12 5 (2.25%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (1.80%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 52 (23.42%) Windows
2 34 (15.32%) Windows Server
3 30 (13.51%) Linux
4 7 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.80%) Unix
6 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (31.53%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (25.23%) Incident Response
3 56 (25.23%) Information Security
4 55 (24.77%) Security Architecture
5 47 (21.17%) Roadmaps
6 46 (20.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 44 (19.82%) Cloud Security
8 41 (18.47%) ITIL
9 39 (17.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 38 (17.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 35 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (15.77%) SIEM
11 35 (15.77%) Vulnerability Management
12 33 (14.86%) AI
13 32 (14.41%) Network Design
14 31 (13.96%) Zero Trust
15 29 (13.06%) Computer Science
15 29 (13.06%) Project Delivery
16 28 (12.61%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.87%) Python
2 17 (7.66%) PowerShell
3 15 (6.76%) Java
4 9 (4.05%) SQL
5 8 (3.60%) Bash
6 7 (3.15%) Go
7 2 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.90%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.45%) Bicep
8 1 (0.45%) C
8 1 (0.45%) C#
8 1 (0.45%) C++
8 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 108 (48.65%) CCNP
2 90 (40.54%) CISSP
3 82 (36.94%) CCNA
4 62 (27.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 59 (26.58%) Degree
6 58 (26.13%) CCSP
7 42 (18.92%) CISM
8 38 (17.12%) Azure Certification
9 31 (13.96%) CCIE
10 27 (12.16%) AWS Certification
11 23 (10.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (7.21%) Master's Degree
12 16 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (6.31%) CEH
14 9 (4.05%) Security Cleared
14 9 (4.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (3.60%) MCSE
16 7 (3.15%) GCIH
16 7 (3.15%) RHCSA
17 6 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (24.32%) NIST
2 50 (22.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (10.81%) PCI DSS
4 17 (7.66%) GDPR
5 16 (7.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (6.76%) QA
7 13 (5.86%) SLA
7 13 (5.86%) SOC 2
8 11 (4.95%) GRC
9 6 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.80%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.80%) COBIT
11 4 (1.80%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.90%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.45%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.45%) NCSC
13 1 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 41 (18.47%) Active Directory
2 32 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.15%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.25%) vSphere
6 4 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.35%) Docker
7 3 (1.35%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.35%) Squid
7 3 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.35%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.90%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.90%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.45%) Firmware
9 1 (0.45%) KVM
Systems Management
1 39 (17.57%) Ansible
2 23 (10.36%) Kubernetes
3 17 (7.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (7.21%) FortiGate
5 11 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.15%) Cilium
6 7 (3.15%) Grafana
7 6 (2.70%) SCCM
8 4 (1.80%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (1.80%) ZABBIX
9 3 (1.35%) CASB
9 3 (1.35%) Control-M
9 3 (1.35%) Packer
9 3 (1.35%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.90%) VxRail
11 1 (0.45%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.45%) OpenView
11 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 89 (40.09%) Cisco
2 68 (30.63%) Microsoft
3 61 (27.48%) Palo Alto
4 41 (18.47%) VMware
5 33 (14.86%) Fortinet
6 28 (12.61%) Zscaler
7 27 (12.16%) Arista
8 25 (11.26%) F5
9 22 (9.91%) Splunk
10 18 (8.11%) CheckPoint
10 18 (8.11%) SolarWinds
11 16 (7.21%) Tenable
12 15 (6.76%) Meraki
13 14 (6.31%) Google
14 12 (5.41%) Red Hat
15 11 (4.95%) ForeScout
16 10 (4.50%) Infoblox
17 9 (4.05%) Citrix
17 9 (4.05%) SevOne
18 8 (3.60%) Oracle