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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 175 208
Rank change year-on-year -41 +33 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 180 298 319
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 2.03% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.32% 6.10% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 106 200 269
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,200 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,563 £57,188 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £84,125 £81,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £95,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,644 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% +17.42% -4.55%

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 4,164 4,889 5,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.03% 33.37% 27.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,213 1,985 4,084
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £116,250 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -6 23 £72,500 -5.23% 17
East London 0 14 - - 2
South London +34 6 - - 1
North London - 1 £32,500 - 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 8 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.56%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 56 (31.11%) Azure
2 42 (23.33%) AWS
3 19 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.22%) GCP
5 7 (3.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 7 (3.89%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.33%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.22%) Datadog
8 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.22%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.11%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.11%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.11%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.11%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.56%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 108 (60.00%) Firewall
2 61 (33.89%) WAN
3 51 (28.33%) LAN
4 43 (23.89%) Network Security
4 43 (23.89%) VPN
5 39 (21.67%) VLAN
5 39 (21.67%) Wireless
6 36 (20.00%) SD-WAN
7 34 (18.89%) Wi-Fi
8 30 (16.67%) BGP
8 30 (16.67%) OSPF
9 24 (13.33%) Cisco Firepower
10 23 (12.78%) Cisco Wireless
11 20 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
12 18 (10.00%) MPLS
13 16 (8.89%) Cisco ISE
14 14 (7.78%) TCP/IP
15 11 (6.11%) EIGRP
15 11 (6.11%) VoIP
16 9 (5.00%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.11%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (2.22%) Git
1 4 (2.22%) JIRA
2 2 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) Metasploit
General
1 58 (32.22%) Finance
2 54 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.78%) Banking
4 21 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.67%) Law
6 11 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.11%) Retail
6 11 (6.11%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.33%) Marketing
8 6 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.33%) Retail Banking
9 5 (2.78%) Legal
10 3 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.67%) Local Government
10 3 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Games
12 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 75 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 33 (18.33%) Senior
3 23 (12.78%) Cisco Engineer
3 23 (12.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 21 (11.67%) Consultant
5 20 (11.11%) Architect
6 18 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 16 (8.89%) WAN Engineer
8 14 (7.78%) AWS Engineer
8 14 (7.78%) LAN Engineer
8 14 (7.78%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 14 (7.78%) Network Consultant
9 12 (6.67%) Network Architect
10 10 (5.56%) Analyst
10 10 (5.56%) Cisco Consultant
10 10 (5.56%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 10 (5.56%) Security Manager
11 7 (3.89%) Cisco Wireless Consultant
11 7 (3.89%) Wireless Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.89%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.67%) OAuth
2 3 (1.67%) OpenID
2 3 (1.67%) REST
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.56%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (27.22%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.89%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.78%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.67%) PKI
9 2 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.11%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.56%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.56%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.56%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.56%) IoT
10 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.00%) Windows
2 14 (7.78%) Linux
3 8 (4.44%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.89%) Unix
5 4 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (21.11%) Computer Science
2 30 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (15.56%) High Availability
4 26 (14.44%) AI
4 26 (14.44%) ITIL
4 26 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (13.89%) SIEM
6 24 (13.33%) Migration
7 22 (12.22%) Information Security
8 21 (11.67%) Vulnerability Management
9 19 (10.56%) Incident Response
9 19 (10.56%) Kalman Filter
10 18 (10.00%) Mentoring
10 18 (10.00%) Network Design
11 17 (9.44%) Zero Trust
12 16 (8.89%) Change Control
12 16 (8.89%) Process Improvement
12 16 (8.89%) Risk Management
12 16 (8.89%) Security Architecture
12 16 (8.89%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 35 (19.44%) Python
2 15 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.11%) Bash
4 1 (0.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 107 (59.44%) CCNP
2 65 (36.11%) Degree
3 64 (35.56%) CCNA
4 56 (31.11%) CCIE
5 41 (22.78%) CISSP
6 38 (21.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (18.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (13.33%) CCSE
9 23 (12.78%) CISM
10 22 (12.22%) CCSA
11 20 (11.11%) CCSP
11 20 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (7.22%) Azure Certification
13 11 (6.11%) CISA
14 9 (5.00%) AWS Certification
14 9 (5.00%) GCIH
14 9 (5.00%) GIAC
15 8 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (3.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (3.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (18.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (16.67%) NIST
3 19 (10.56%) GDPR
4 7 (3.89%) SLA
5 5 (2.78%) QA
5 5 (2.78%) SOC 2
6 4 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.67%) ITGC
8 2 (1.11%) GRC
8 2 (1.11%) PMO
9 1 (0.56%) COBIT
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (7.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.56%) Firmware
3 4 (2.22%) vSphere
4 2 (1.11%) Docker
4 2 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (14.44%) Ansible
2 16 (8.89%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.11%) Terraform
4 6 (3.33%) Check_MK
4 6 (3.33%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.78%) CASB
6 4 (2.22%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (1.67%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.67%) Nagios
7 3 (1.67%) QRadar
8 2 (1.11%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.56%) CA Spectrum
9 1 (0.56%) Control-M
9 1 (0.56%) Grafana
9 1 (0.56%) Nmap
9 1 (0.56%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 123 (68.33%) Cisco
2 50 (27.78%) Fortinet
3 37 (20.56%) CheckPoint
4 34 (18.89%) Microsoft
5 31 (17.22%) Palo Alto
6 30 (16.67%) Meraki
7 25 (13.89%) Juniper
7 25 (13.89%) SolarWinds
8 20 (11.11%) Arista
9 16 (8.89%) VMware
10 11 (6.11%) F5
11 10 (5.56%) Splunk
12 7 (3.89%) Infoblox
13 6 (3.33%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.22%) ForeScout
15 3 (1.67%) ArcSight
15 3 (1.67%) Aruba
15 3 (1.67%) LogLogic
15 3 (1.67%) McAfee
15 3 (1.67%) SevOne