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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 201 237
Rank change year-on-year +3 +36 -29
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 270 200 260
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.65% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.64% 5.64% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 174 101 202
10th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £64,063 £50,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,576 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +31.15% -9.09% -

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 4,791 3,543 5,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.06% 29.18% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,845 1,962 2,863
10th Percentile £41,100 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,125 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 August 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 August 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 +7 23 £77,500 +19.23% 10
West London -26 4 £77,500 +31.36% 2
East London -12 2 £70,000 +124.00% 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 12 (4.44%) Confluence
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (4.44%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 119 (44.07%) Azure
2 89 (32.96%) AWS
3 44 (16.30%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (12.59%) GCP
5 21 (7.78%) Datadog
6 14 (5.19%) SaaS
7 13 (4.81%) OpenShift
8 11 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 10 (3.70%) IaaS
9 10 (3.70%) PaaS
10 9 (3.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 9 (3.33%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.96%) OCI
12 7 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 5 (1.85%) AWS KMS
13 5 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.85%) Mimecast
14 4 (1.48%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 132 (48.89%) Firewall
2 108 (40.00%) Network Security
3 105 (38.89%) WAN
4 97 (35.93%) VPN
5 72 (26.67%) SD-WAN
6 69 (25.56%) LAN
7 48 (17.78%) DNS
8 44 (16.30%) BGP
9 43 (15.93%) Wireless
10 42 (15.56%) OSPF
11 40 (14.81%) Cisco ISE
12 36 (13.33%) VLAN
13 32 (11.85%) TCP/IP
14 31 (11.48%) Wi-Fi
15 24 (8.89%) DHCP
16 22 (8.15%) Cisco Wireless
16 22 (8.15%) VXLAN
17 16 (5.93%) MPLS
17 16 (5.93%) Software-Defined Networking
18 15 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.22%) Big Data
3 5 (1.85%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 18 (6.67%) JIRA
2 9 (3.33%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.59%) GitLab
3 7 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.85%) Git
5 4 (1.48%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 124 (45.93%) Social Skills
2 72 (26.67%) Finance
3 51 (18.89%) Banking
4 44 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 25 (9.26%) Retail
7 20 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (5.93%) Local Government
9 14 (5.19%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.33%) Legal
10 9 (3.33%) Marketing
10 9 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.96%) Mandarin Language
12 7 (2.59%) Law
13 6 (2.22%) Digital Health
13 6 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.48%) Electronics
15 4 (1.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 84 (31.11%) Network Engineer
2 44 (16.30%) Senior
3 38 (14.07%) Architect
4 29 (10.74%) Consultant
4 29 (10.74%) Lead
5 24 (8.89%) Network Architect
6 22 (8.15%) Security Specialist
7 21 (7.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (7.78%) Senior Network Engineer
8 19 (7.04%) Network Specialist
9 18 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (6.67%) Network Security Specialist
10 14 (5.19%) Cisco Engineer
10 14 (5.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 14 (5.19%) Network Consultant
10 14 (5.19%) Security Engineer
11 12 (4.44%) IT Engineer
12 10 (3.70%) Lead Network Engineer
12 10 (3.70%) Principal Architect
12 10 (3.70%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.59%) LDAP
2 6 (2.22%) OAuth
2 6 (2.22%) SAML
3 4 (1.48%) JWT
3 4 (1.48%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.48%) OpenID
3 4 (1.48%) REST
4 3 (1.11%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.11%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.74%) EDI
5 2 (0.74%) IDoc
5 2 (0.74%) JSON
5 2 (0.74%) RESTful
6 1 (0.37%) Jinja
6 1 (0.37%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.37%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.37%) YAML
6 1 (0.37%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 85 (31.48%) Data Centre
2 49 (18.15%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.44%) PKI
5 11 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.70%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.59%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (2.22%) Replication
10 4 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.11%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 62 (22.96%) Windows
2 38 (14.07%) Linux
3 33 (12.22%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.11%) Unix
5 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (22.59%) Roadmaps
3 55 (20.37%) ITIL
4 52 (19.26%) Incident Response
4 52 (19.26%) Information Security
5 46 (17.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 46 (17.04%) Technical Leadership
6 43 (15.93%) Network Design
7 40 (14.81%) Mentoring
7 40 (14.81%) Security Architecture
8 38 (14.07%) Infrastructure as Code
8 38 (14.07%) SIEM
9 37 (13.70%) Presales
9 37 (13.70%) Project Delivery
10 36 (13.33%) Computer Science
10 36 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 36 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
10 36 (13.33%) Risk Management
11 35 (12.96%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.78%) Python
2 26 (9.63%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.33%) Bash
3 9 (3.33%) Java
4 2 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.74%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.37%) C
5 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 154 (57.04%) CCNP
2 91 (33.70%) CCNA
3 85 (31.48%) CISSP
4 84 (31.11%) Degree
5 65 (24.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 60 (22.22%) Azure Certification
7 55 (20.37%) CCIE
7 55 (20.37%) CCSP
8 47 (17.41%) CISM
9 31 (11.48%) AWS Certification
10 29 (10.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (8.89%) Master's Degree
11 24 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (5.93%) Security Cleared
12 16 (5.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 15 (5.56%) CCSE
14 13 (4.81%) MCSE
15 12 (4.44%) RHCSA
16 11 (4.07%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (3.70%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (24.81%) NIST
2 57 (21.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (8.89%) GDPR
4 22 (8.15%) QA
5 20 (7.41%) PCI DSS
6 17 (6.30%) SLA
7 13 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.59%) SOC 2
9 6 (2.22%) COBIT
10 4 (1.48%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.48%) GRC
10 4 (1.48%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.74%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.37%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.37%) NCSC
12 1 (0.37%) PMO
12 1 (0.37%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (16.30%) Active Directory
1 44 (16.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (3.70%) vSphere
3 9 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.96%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.85%) Docker
5 5 (1.85%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.48%) Squid
7 3 (1.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.11%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.74%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.37%) Firmware
9 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (14.81%) Ansible
2 35 (12.96%) Terraform
3 19 (7.04%) Kubernetes
4 16 (5.93%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.70%) SCCM
7 8 (2.96%) Cisco Prime
8 7 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (1.85%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.48%) Check_MK
10 4 (1.48%) Control-M
10 4 (1.48%) Packer
11 3 (1.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (1.11%) VxRail
12 2 (0.74%) Nagios
12 2 (0.74%) OpenView
12 2 (0.74%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.37%) CASB
13 1 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 132 (48.89%) Cisco
2 86 (31.85%) Microsoft
3 71 (26.30%) Palo Alto
4 55 (20.37%) VMware
5 45 (16.67%) Fortinet
6 35 (12.96%) Arista
7 34 (12.59%) SolarWinds
8 32 (11.85%) CheckPoint
8 32 (11.85%) Splunk
9 29 (10.74%) F5
10 28 (10.37%) Zscaler
11 25 (9.26%) Meraki
12 21 (7.78%) Tenable
13 18 (6.67%) ForeScout
14 16 (5.93%) Red Hat
15 13 (4.81%) Infoblox
16 12 (4.44%) SevOne
16 12 (4.44%) Sophos
17 9 (3.33%) AppDynamics
17 9 (3.33%) Dynatrace