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 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 167 191
Rank change year-on-year -63 +24 +130
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 156 350 327
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 2.04% 1.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.02% 7.00% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 84 231 271
10th Percentile £38,250 £43,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £59,375 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,875 £99,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 3,885 4,997 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.81% 29.12% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,062 2,184 3,588
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £112,725
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.86%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025. 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 -13 12 £71,250 -6.86% 8
East London -9 8 - - 4
West London - 6 £59,000 -
South London +34 2 - -
North London - 1 £32,500 -
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 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.64%) CMS
3 1 (0.64%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (12.82%) MS Visio
2 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.64%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (40.38%) Azure
2 45 (28.85%) AWS
3 15 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.05%) Entra ID
4 11 (7.05%) GCP
5 7 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (3.85%) Mimecast
7 5 (3.21%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (2.56%) Dropbox
8 4 (2.56%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.92%) Cloudflare
9 3 (1.92%) IaaS
10 2 (1.28%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.28%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.28%) SecurityScorecard
10 2 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 87 (55.77%) Firewall
2 61 (39.10%) LAN
3 48 (30.77%) WAN
4 42 (26.92%) VPN
5 39 (25.00%) Wireless
6 37 (23.72%) Network Security
6 37 (23.72%) OSPF
7 36 (23.08%) BGP
7 36 (23.08%) VLAN
8 34 (21.79%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (14.10%) Cisco Wireless
10 21 (13.46%) MPLS
11 20 (12.82%) SD-WAN
12 18 (11.54%) DNS
13 17 (10.90%) TCP/IP
14 14 (8.97%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (8.33%) EIGRP
16 11 (7.05%) Cisco Firepower
17 10 (6.41%) Cisco Nexus
17 10 (6.41%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.92%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Burp Suite
1 3 (1.92%) Git
1 3 (1.92%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.64%) GitLab
2 1 (0.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 46 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 40 (25.64%) Finance
3 20 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.90%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 11 (7.05%) Banking
6 11 (7.05%) Law
7 10 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (5.13%) Marketing
9 6 (3.85%) Legal
10 3 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Advertising
11 2 (1.28%) French Language
11 2 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.28%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.28%) Retail
12 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.64%) Games
12 1 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (49.36%) Network Engineer
2 39 (25.00%) Senior
3 20 (12.82%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (8.97%) Cisco Engineer
4 14 (8.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 13 (8.33%) Analyst
5 13 (8.33%) Consultant
6 11 (7.05%) AWS Engineer
6 11 (7.05%) Security Engineer
7 9 (5.77%) Architect
7 9 (5.77%) Deployment Engineer
8 8 (5.13%) Cisco Consultant
8 8 (5.13%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 8 (5.13%) Network Consultant
8 8 (5.13%) Network Deployment Engineer
8 8 (5.13%) WAN Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Cisco Wireless Consultant
9 7 (4.49%) Firewall Consultant
9 7 (4.49%) Wireless Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.85%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.28%) REST
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 44 (28.21%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.49%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.21%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.21%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.21%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.56%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.56%) Web3
6 3 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.28%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.28%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.46%) Windows
2 18 (11.54%) Linux
3 9 (5.77%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.49%) Unix
5 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (18.59%) Computer Science
1 29 (18.59%) Load Balancing
2 28 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (16.67%) Migration
4 24 (15.38%) High Availability
5 21 (13.46%) ITIL
6 20 (12.82%) Information Security
7 18 (11.54%) DevOps
7 18 (11.54%) Low Latency
8 16 (10.26%) Change Control
8 16 (10.26%) Change Management
8 16 (10.26%) Zero Trust
9 15 (9.62%) AI
9 15 (9.62%) Inventory Management
9 15 (9.62%) Kalman Filter
10 14 (8.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (8.97%) Roadmaps
11 13 (8.33%) CI/CD
11 13 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 44 (28.21%) Python
2 16 (10.26%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.56%) Bash
4 2 (1.28%) R
4 2 (1.28%) VB
5 1 (0.64%) Go
5 1 (0.64%) PromQL
5 1 (0.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (62.82%) CCNP
2 65 (41.67%) Degree
3 54 (34.62%) CCIE
3 54 (34.62%) CCNA
4 26 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (14.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 21 (13.46%) CISSP
7 18 (11.54%) CCSA
8 17 (10.90%) CCSE
9 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (7.69%) CCSP
11 10 (6.41%) AWS Certification
11 10 (6.41%) Azure Certification
11 10 (6.41%) Security Cleared
12 9 (5.77%) CISA
12 9 (5.77%) CISM
12 9 (5.77%) GIAC
12 9 (5.77%) MCSA
12 9 (5.77%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.82%) GDPR
3 15 (9.62%) NIST
4 6 (3.85%) PMO
5 4 (2.56%) SLA
5 4 (2.56%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.92%) ITGC
7 2 (1.28%) GRC
7 2 (1.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.41%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.21%) vSphere
4 4 (2.56%) BitLocker
4 4 (2.56%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.56%) pfSense
4 4 (2.56%) ProxySG
5 2 (1.28%) Docker
5 2 (1.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.28%) Firmware
5 2 (1.28%) Squid
6 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (20.51%) Ansible
2 19 (12.18%) Terraform
3 9 (5.77%) FortiGate
4 7 (4.49%) Grafana
4 7 (4.49%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.85%) CASB
5 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.85%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.21%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.92%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.92%) Nmap
8 3 (1.92%) QRadar
9 2 (1.28%) CA Spectrum
9 2 (1.28%) Kibana
9 2 (1.28%) Nagios
9 2 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.28%) VxRail
10 1 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.64%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (73.08%) Cisco
2 39 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 35 (22.44%) Fortinet
4 30 (19.23%) Meraki
5 27 (17.31%) Microsoft
5 27 (17.31%) Palo Alto
6 22 (14.10%) Juniper
7 21 (13.46%) Arista
7 21 (13.46%) F5
8 17 (10.90%) VMware
9 16 (10.26%) SolarWinds
10 8 (5.13%) Splunk
11 7 (4.49%) Infoblox
12 6 (3.85%) Google
12 6 (3.85%) Motorola
12 6 (3.85%) ServiceNow
12 6 (3.85%) Zscaler
13 5 (3.21%) Oracle
14 4 (2.56%) Apple
14 4 (2.56%) McAfee