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 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 198 244
Rank change year-on-year +13 +46 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 241 207 295
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.74% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.52% 5.39% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 151 116 258
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £39,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £64,132
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.35% -1.34%
75th Percentile £88,125 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,750 £93,750 £97,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% +7.84% -6.42%

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 4,363 3,842 6,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.84% 32.30% 28.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,603 1,795 4,195
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,100 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £91,000 £87,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £103,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,967
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.06% -8.39%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +9 31 £80,000 +23.08% 5
East London -2 9 - - 5
South London +11 4 - - 3
West London -14 2 £77,500 +34.78% 2
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 (2.49%) Confluence
2 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.83%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (5.81%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 103 (42.74%) Azure
2 66 (27.39%) AWS
3 35 (14.52%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.69%) GCP
5 20 (8.30%) Datadog
6 11 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (4.15%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (3.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 9 (3.73%) SaaS
9 7 (2.90%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.90%) OCI
10 6 (2.49%) ChatGPT
10 6 (2.49%) IaaS
10 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (2.49%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.49%) PaaS
11 5 (2.07%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.66%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.66%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.66%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 131 (54.36%) Firewall
2 87 (36.10%) WAN
3 84 (34.85%) Network Security
4 71 (29.46%) VPN
5 65 (26.97%) SD-WAN
6 57 (23.65%) LAN
7 46 (19.09%) Wireless
8 37 (15.35%) Cisco ISE
9 31 (12.86%) BGP
9 31 (12.86%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (12.03%) OSPF
11 28 (11.62%) Cisco Wireless
11 28 (11.62%) VLAN
12 26 (10.79%) DNS
13 24 (9.96%) Cisco Firepower
14 15 (6.22%) SSL
14 15 (6.22%) VoIP
15 13 (5.39%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (5.39%) Software-Defined Networking
16 12 (4.98%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.66%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (4.98%) JIRA
2 8 (3.32%) GitLab
3 7 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.49%) Chocolatey
5 5 (2.07%) Git
6 4 (1.66%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 103 (42.74%) Social Skills
2 74 (30.71%) Finance
3 46 (19.09%) Banking
4 38 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.37%) Retail
6 19 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.64%) Local Government
8 15 (6.22%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.56%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.32%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Law
13 4 (1.66%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.66%) Automotive
13 4 (1.66%) Electronics
13 4 (1.66%) Legal
13 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.66%) Marketing
13 4 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (36.51%) Network Engineer
2 45 (18.67%) Senior
3 39 (16.18%) Architect
4 27 (11.20%) Consultant
4 27 (11.20%) Network Architect
5 25 (10.37%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (9.54%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (7.88%) Cisco Engineer
7 19 (7.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (7.47%) Lead
9 15 (6.22%) Network Consultant
10 12 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.98%) Security Specialist
11 11 (4.56%) Principal Architect
12 9 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (3.73%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.73%) LAN Engineer
12 9 (3.73%) LAN/WAN Engineer
12 9 (3.73%) Security Engineer
12 9 (3.73%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.32%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.90%) OAuth
3 5 (2.07%) OpenID
4 4 (1.66%) REST
5 3 (1.24%) SAML
6 2 (0.83%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.83%) EDI
6 2 (0.83%) IDoc
6 2 (0.83%) JWT
6 2 (0.83%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.83%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.41%) JSON
7 1 (0.41%) LDAP
7 1 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (34.02%) Data Centre
2 44 (18.26%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.81%) PKI
4 13 (5.39%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.32%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.32%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.07%) Replication
9 4 (1.66%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.41%) Home Automation
12 1 (0.41%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.92%) Windows
2 31 (12.86%) Linux
3 22 (9.13%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.24%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.16%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (20.75%) ITIL
3 43 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (15.77%) High Availability
4 38 (15.77%) Incident Response
5 37 (15.35%) Disaster Recovery
6 35 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (14.11%) Mentoring
7 34 (14.11%) Roadmaps
7 34 (14.11%) SIEM
8 33 (13.69%) Information Security
9 31 (12.86%) Computer Science
9 31 (12.86%) Network Monitoring
9 31 (12.86%) Security Architecture
10 30 (12.45%) Network Design
11 28 (11.62%) Risk Management
12 27 (11.20%) Presales
13 26 (10.79%) Vulnerability Management
14 25 (10.37%) AI
14 25 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.26%) Python
2 22 (9.13%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.73%) Bash
4 5 (2.07%) Java
5 1 (0.41%) Bicep
5 1 (0.41%) C
5 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 133 (55.19%) CCNP
2 85 (35.27%) CCNA
3 74 (30.71%) Degree
4 65 (26.97%) CISSP
5 61 (25.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 60 (24.90%) CCIE
7 47 (19.50%) Azure Certification
8 43 (17.84%) CISM
9 42 (17.43%) CCSP
10 26 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (9.54%) Master's Degree
12 22 (9.13%) CCSE
12 22 (9.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (7.47%) CCSA
14 16 (6.64%) AWS Certification
14 16 (6.64%) Security Cleared
15 15 (6.22%) Network+ Certification
16 13 (5.39%) MCSE
16 13 (5.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (4.98%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (25.31%) NIST
2 50 (20.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.71%) QA
4 16 (6.64%) PCI DSS
5 15 (6.22%) GDPR
5 15 (6.22%) SLA
6 11 (4.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.49%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.07%) COBIT
9 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) NCSC
10 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.41%) PMO
10 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 28 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (11.20%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.32%) Firmware
3 8 (3.32%) vSphere
4 6 (2.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.07%) Docker
6 4 (1.66%) Squid
6 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.24%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (17.01%) Ansible
2 29 (12.03%) Terraform
3 17 (7.05%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.15%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.73%) Check_MK
5 9 (3.73%) Kubernetes
6 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.90%) SCCM
7 7 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.07%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.66%) Nagios
9 4 (1.66%) Packer
10 3 (1.24%) VxRail
11 2 (0.83%) Control-M
11 2 (0.83%) OpenView
11 2 (0.83%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 134 (55.60%) Cisco
2 76 (31.54%) Microsoft
3 45 (18.67%) Fortinet
4 44 (18.26%) SolarWinds
5 42 (17.43%) Palo Alto
6 36 (14.94%) VMware
7 32 (13.28%) CheckPoint
8 29 (12.03%) Arista
8 29 (12.03%) Splunk
9 23 (9.54%) Meraki
10 20 (8.30%) ForeScout
11 18 (7.47%) F5
12 15 (6.22%) Infoblox
13 14 (5.81%) SevOne
14 13 (5.39%) Red Hat
15 11 (4.56%) Tenable
16 10 (4.15%) Juniper
17 9 (3.73%) Sophos
18 8 (3.32%) Dynatrace
18 8 (3.32%) Zscaler