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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 180 212
Rank change year-on-year -35 +32 +54
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 185 260 314
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.89% 1.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.45% 5.68% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 105 182 268
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,200 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +9.62% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,250 £79,250
90th Percentile £103,350 £95,000 £95,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,036
% change year-on-year - +15.30% -5.39%

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 4,157 4,578 5,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.25% 33.26% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,202 1,969 4,155
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
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 £93,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £107,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -2 24 £75,000 -1.96% 19
East London +5 14 - - 1
South London +35 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 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.86%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 57 (30.81%) Azure
2 43 (23.24%) AWS
3 19 (10.27%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (8.65%) GCP
5 8 (4.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (3.78%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.24%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.70%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.16%) Datadog
9 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.62%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.62%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.62%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.62%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.62%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 112 (60.54%) Firewall
2 65 (35.14%) WAN
3 53 (28.65%) LAN
4 47 (25.41%) Network Security
5 46 (24.86%) VPN
6 41 (22.16%) SD-WAN
7 39 (21.08%) Wireless
8 37 (20.00%) VLAN
9 32 (17.30%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (16.22%) BGP
10 30 (16.22%) OSPF
11 26 (14.05%) Cisco Firepower
12 22 (11.89%) Cisco Wireless
13 20 (10.81%) Cisco ASA
13 20 (10.81%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (8.65%) MPLS
15 14 (7.57%) TCP/IP
16 13 (7.03%) VoIP
17 11 (5.95%) EIGRP
17 11 (5.95%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.08%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (2.16%) Git
1 4 (2.16%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.54%) GitLab
3 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (32.43%) Finance
2 58 (31.35%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.05%) Banking
4 22 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.49%) Retail
6 11 (5.95%) Law
6 11 (5.95%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.32%) Retail Banking
8 7 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.24%) Marketing
9 6 (3.24%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.16%) Local Government
11 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.62%) Legal
11 3 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Advertising
13 1 (0.54%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 74 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 31 (16.76%) Senior
3 26 (14.05%) Architect
4 24 (12.97%) Cisco Engineer
4 24 (12.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 24 (12.97%) Consultant
5 19 (10.27%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (9.73%) Senior Network Engineer
7 16 (8.65%) Network Architect
7 16 (8.65%) Network Consultant
7 16 (8.65%) WAN Engineer
8 14 (7.57%) AWS Engineer
8 14 (7.57%) LAN Engineer
8 14 (7.57%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 10 (5.41%) Analyst
9 10 (5.41%) Cisco Consultant
9 10 (5.41%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 9 (4.86%) Security Manager
11 8 (4.32%) Security Specialist
12 7 (3.78%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.86%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.16%) OAuth
2 4 (2.16%) OpenID
3 3 (1.62%) REST
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.54%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (28.65%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.11%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.86%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.32%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.24%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.16%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.62%) PKI
10 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.08%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.54%) CMDB
11 1 (0.54%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.54%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.81%) Windows
2 14 (7.57%) Linux
3 9 (4.86%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.78%) Unix
5 4 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (19.46%) Computer Science
2 32 (17.30%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (15.68%) ITIL
4 28 (15.14%) High Availability
4 28 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (14.59%) AI
6 26 (14.05%) Migration
6 26 (14.05%) SIEM
7 22 (11.89%) Incident Response
7 22 (11.89%) Mentoring
8 21 (11.35%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (10.81%) Information Security
9 20 (10.81%) Kalman Filter
10 18 (9.73%) Network Design
11 17 (9.19%) Risk Management
11 17 (9.19%) Security Operations
12 16 (8.65%) Load Balancing
12 16 (8.65%) Process Improvement
13 15 (8.11%) Change Control
13 15 (8.11%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.76%) Python
2 12 (6.49%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.54%) Bash
3 1 (0.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 108 (58.38%) CCNP
2 65 (35.14%) CCNA
3 64 (34.59%) Degree
4 55 (29.73%) CCIE
5 41 (22.16%) CISSP
6 38 (20.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 31 (16.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (12.43%) CCSE
8 23 (12.43%) CISM
9 21 (11.35%) CCSA
10 20 (10.81%) CCSP
10 20 (10.81%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (8.65%) Azure Certification
12 9 (4.86%) AWS Certification
12 9 (4.86%) CISA
12 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (4.32%) GCIH
13 8 (4.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 8 (4.32%) Master's Degree
13 8 (4.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (18.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (17.84%) NIST
3 17 (9.19%) GDPR
4 8 (4.32%) SLA
5 6 (3.24%) QA
6 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.16%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.16%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.62%) ITGC
8 2 (1.08%) GRC
8 2 (1.08%) PMO
9 1 (0.54%) COBIT
9 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.41%) Firmware
3 9 (4.86%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.70%) vSphere
5 2 (1.08%) Docker
5 2 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.54%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 23 (12.43%) Ansible
2 15 (8.11%) FortiGate
3 11 (5.95%) Terraform
4 8 (4.32%) Check_MK
5 7 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.70%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (2.16%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.62%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.62%) CASB
8 3 (1.62%) Nagios
8 3 (1.62%) QRadar
9 2 (1.08%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (1.08%) Control-M
9 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.54%) CA Spectrum
10 1 (0.54%) Grafana
10 1 (0.54%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 124 (67.03%) Cisco
2 49 (26.49%) Fortinet
3 38 (20.54%) CheckPoint
4 36 (19.46%) Microsoft
5 30 (16.22%) Palo Alto
6 29 (15.68%) SolarWinds
7 28 (15.14%) Meraki
8 24 (12.97%) Juniper
9 20 (10.81%) Arista
10 17 (9.19%) VMware
11 11 (5.95%) Splunk
12 10 (5.41%) F5
13 7 (3.78%) Infoblox
13 7 (3.78%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.16%) Dell
14 4 (2.16%) Sophos
15 3 (1.62%) Aruba
15 3 (1.62%) McAfee
15 3 (1.62%) NetApp
15 3 (1.62%) Red Hat