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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 186 221
Rank change year-on-year -23 +35 +54
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 216 244 309
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.89% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 5.53% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 127 167 271
10th Percentile £47,500 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.17% -3.08%
75th Percentile £88,125 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £103,150 £95,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% -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 4,463 4,410 6,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.43% 34.17% 28.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,406 2,042 4,224
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £50,000
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 £110,000 £117,375 £105,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +12 27 £80,000 +18.52% 17
East London -2 12 - - 2
South London +18 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 4 (1.85%) Confluence
1 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.17%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (36.11%) Azure
2 55 (25.46%) AWS
3 24 (11.11%) GCP
4 23 (10.65%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.09%) Datadog
6 10 (4.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (4.63%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (3.24%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (3.24%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.31%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.31%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.85%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.85%) OCI
9 4 (1.85%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.85%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.85%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.85%) SaaS
10 3 (1.39%) GitHub
10 3 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (58.80%) Firewall
2 75 (34.72%) WAN
3 64 (29.63%) Network Security
4 56 (25.93%) VPN
5 55 (25.46%) LAN
6 53 (24.54%) SD-WAN
7 48 (22.22%) Wireless
8 41 (18.98%) VLAN
9 30 (13.89%) Cisco Wireless
10 29 (13.43%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (12.04%) BGP
11 26 (12.04%) Cisco ISE
11 26 (12.04%) OSPF
12 24 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
13 16 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (6.94%) DNS
15 14 (6.48%) MPLS
16 13 (6.02%) WLAN
17 12 (5.56%) TCP/IP
18 10 (4.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.85%) Big Data
1 4 (1.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (3.70%) JIRA
2 6 (2.78%) Git
3 5 (2.31%) GitLab
3 5 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.39%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 74 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.02%) Finance
3 36 (16.67%) Banking
4 26 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.87%) Retail
6 15 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.02%) Telecoms
8 11 (5.09%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.70%) Retail Banking
10 7 (3.24%) Law
10 7 (3.24%) Local Government
11 6 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.78%) Marketing
11 6 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.93%) Automotive
14 2 (0.93%) Electronics
14 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 35 (16.20%) Senior
3 34 (15.74%) Architect
4 32 (14.81%) Consultant
5 25 (11.57%) Cisco Engineer
5 25 (11.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 24 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
6 24 (11.11%) Network Architect
7 22 (10.19%) Senior Network Engineer
8 19 (8.80%) Network Consultant
9 15 (6.94%) Lead
10 12 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (5.56%) LAN Engineer
10 12 (5.56%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 12 (5.56%) WAN Engineer
11 10 (4.63%) Analyst
11 10 (4.63%) Cisco Consultant
11 10 (4.63%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 10 (4.63%) Security Specialist
12 9 (4.17%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.70%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.31%) OAuth
2 5 (2.31%) OpenID
3 3 (1.39%) REST
4 2 (0.93%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.46%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.46%) LDAP
5 1 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (28.70%) Data Centre
2 26 (12.04%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.24%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (3.24%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.24%) PKI
6 4 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.46%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.35%) Windows
2 22 (10.19%) Linux
3 13 (6.02%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.31%) Unix
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (18.98%) ITIL
2 39 (18.06%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (14.81%) Incident Response
5 31 (14.35%) High Availability
6 30 (13.89%) Migration
7 28 (12.96%) Computer Science
7 28 (12.96%) SIEM
7 28 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
8 26 (12.04%) Mentoring
8 26 (12.04%) Vulnerability Management
9 25 (11.57%) Roadmaps
10 23 (10.65%) AI
11 22 (10.19%) Network Design
11 22 (10.19%) Network Monitoring
11 22 (10.19%) Presales
12 21 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (9.72%) Risk Management
12 21 (9.72%) Security Operations
13 18 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.13%) Python
2 16 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.31%) Bash
4 3 (1.39%) Java
5 1 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 125 (57.87%) CCNP
2 79 (36.57%) CCNA
3 62 (28.70%) Degree
4 58 (26.85%) CCIE
5 47 (21.76%) CISSP
6 44 (20.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (15.28%) Azure Certification
8 29 (13.43%) CISM
9 27 (12.50%) CCSP
10 25 (11.57%) CCSE
11 24 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (10.65%) Network+ Certification
13 21 (9.72%) CCSA
14 14 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (6.48%) Security Cleared
15 12 (5.56%) GCIH
15 12 (5.56%) Master's Degree
16 11 (5.09%) AWS Certification
17 10 (4.63%) JNCIP
17 10 (4.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (20.83%) NIST
2 41 (18.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (8.33%) GDPR
4 11 (5.09%) SLA
5 9 (4.17%) QA
6 8 (3.70%) PCI DSS
7 7 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.78%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.39%) ITGC
10 2 (0.93%) COBIT
10 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.46%) GRC
11 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (8.80%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.63%) Firmware
4 7 (3.24%) vSphere
5 3 (1.39%) Docker
5 3 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.93%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.93%) Squid
6 2 (0.93%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (14.35%) Ansible
2 19 (8.80%) Terraform
3 15 (6.94%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.63%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (3.70%) Check_MK
5 8 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.31%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.85%) Nagios
7 4 (1.85%) SCCM
8 3 (1.39%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.39%) QRadar
9 2 (0.93%) Control-M
9 2 (0.93%) Packer
9 2 (0.93%) VxRail
9 2 (0.93%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.46%) Grafana
10 1 (0.46%) OpenView
10 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 142 (65.74%) Cisco
2 53 (24.54%) Microsoft
3 50 (23.15%) Fortinet
4 38 (17.59%) CheckPoint
5 35 (16.20%) Meraki
5 35 (16.20%) SolarWinds
6 33 (15.28%) Palo Alto
7 25 (11.57%) VMware
8 22 (10.19%) Arista
9 21 (9.72%) Juniper
9 21 (9.72%) Splunk
10 15 (6.94%) F5
11 12 (5.56%) ForeScout
12 9 (4.17%) Infoblox
13 7 (3.24%) Dell
13 7 (3.24%) Red Hat
13 7 (3.24%) SevOne
13 7 (3.24%) Tenable
13 7 (3.24%) Zscaler
14 6 (2.78%) Sophos