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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 206 240
Rank change year-on-year +18 +34 -24
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 266 201 261
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.64% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.76% 5.66% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 167 104 208
10th Percentile £52,500 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £45,000 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.10% -6.92% -
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £89,625 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £54,000
% change year-on-year +27.31% -5.45% -1.82%

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 4,616 3,553 5,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.16% 28.99% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,767 1,979 3,100
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,312 £36,302
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £101,600
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 29 July 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 July 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 +8 24 £70,000 +11.11% 12
East London -10 3 £70,000 +124.00% 1
West London -26 3 £77,500 -11.43% 2
South London +3 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 11 (4.14%) Confluence
2 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.89%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (44.74%) Azure
2 87 (32.71%) AWS
3 44 (16.54%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (13.53%) GCP
5 22 (8.27%) Datadog
6 13 (4.89%) OpenShift
7 12 (4.51%) SaaS
8 11 (4.14%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (4.14%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (3.38%) IaaS
9 9 (3.38%) PaaS
10 8 (3.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (3.01%) Nutanix
10 8 (3.01%) OCI
11 6 (2.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 6 (2.26%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.26%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.88%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 133 (50.00%) Firewall
2 107 (40.23%) Network Security
3 104 (39.10%) WAN
4 98 (36.84%) VPN
5 73 (27.44%) SD-WAN
6 68 (25.56%) LAN
7 45 (16.92%) BGP
7 45 (16.92%) DNS
8 44 (16.54%) Wireless
9 41 (15.41%) Cisco ISE
10 40 (15.04%) OSPF
11 38 (14.29%) VLAN
12 31 (11.65%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (11.28%) TCP/IP
14 24 (9.02%) Cisco Wireless
15 21 (7.89%) DHCP
16 20 (7.52%) VXLAN
17 15 (5.64%) Cisco Firepower
17 15 (5.64%) Software-Defined Networking
17 15 (5.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.39%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.26%) Big Data
3 4 (1.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (7.14%) JIRA
2 9 (3.38%) Chocolatey
3 8 (3.01%) GitLab
3 8 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.88%) Git
5 4 (1.50%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 124 (46.62%) Social Skills
2 67 (25.19%) Finance
3 50 (18.80%) Banking
4 43 (16.17%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.77%) Retail
5 26 (9.77%) Telecoms
6 18 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.02%) Local Government
8 14 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.38%) Legal
9 9 (3.38%) Marketing
10 8 (3.01%) Mandarin Language
10 8 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.26%) Law
11 6 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.88%) Digital Health
12 5 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.88%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (30.45%) Network Engineer
2 46 (17.29%) Senior
3 39 (14.66%) Architect
4 31 (11.65%) Consultant
5 27 (10.15%) Lead
5 27 (10.15%) Network Architect
6 24 (9.02%) Security Specialist
7 22 (8.27%) Senior Network Engineer
8 21 (7.89%) Network Specialist
9 20 (7.52%) Network Security Specialist
10 19 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
10 19 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (5.64%) Network Consultant
12 13 (4.89%) Cisco Engineer
12 13 (4.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 13 (4.89%) Security Engineer
13 12 (4.51%) Principal Architect
14 10 (3.76%) Analyst
14 10 (3.76%) IT Engineer
14 10 (3.76%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.88%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.88%) LDAP
1 5 (1.88%) OAuth
2 4 (1.50%) REST
2 4 (1.50%) SAML
3 3 (1.13%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.13%) JWT
3 3 (1.13%) OAuth2
3 3 (1.13%) OpenID
4 2 (0.75%) EDI
4 2 (0.75%) IDoc
4 2 (0.75%) JSON
4 2 (0.75%) RESTful
4 2 (0.75%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.38%) Jinja
5 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.38%) YAML
5 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 88 (33.08%) Data Centre
2 46 (17.29%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (4.89%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.89%) PKI
5 10 (3.76%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.76%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.76%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.63%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.88%) Replication
8 5 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.13%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 62 (23.31%) Windows
2 37 (13.91%) Linux
3 34 (12.78%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.13%) Unix
5 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (22.56%) ITIL
4 57 (21.43%) Roadmaps
5 50 (18.80%) Incident Response
6 48 (18.05%) Information Security
7 45 (16.92%) Technical Leadership
8 44 (16.54%) Disaster Recovery
9 41 (15.41%) Mentoring
9 41 (15.41%) Network Design
10 40 (15.04%) Security Architecture
11 36 (13.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 36 (13.53%) Network Monitoring
11 36 (13.53%) Presales
11 36 (13.53%) Project Delivery
11 36 (13.53%) SIEM
12 35 (13.16%) Cloud Security
12 35 (13.16%) High Availability
13 33 (12.41%) AI
13 33 (12.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.67%) Python
2 28 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.76%) Bash
4 8 (3.01%) Java
5 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.38%) C
6 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 151 (56.77%) CCNP
2 93 (34.96%) CCNA
3 80 (30.08%) CISSP
4 79 (29.70%) Degree
5 63 (23.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (22.18%) Azure Certification
7 54 (20.30%) CCIE
8 53 (19.92%) CCSP
9 47 (17.67%) CISM
10 29 (10.90%) AWS Certification
11 27 (10.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (9.40%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (9.02%) Master's Degree
14 16 (6.02%) CCSE
15 15 (5.64%) Security Cleared
16 14 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 13 (4.89%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (4.89%) MCSE
18 12 (4.51%) RHCSA
19 11 (4.14%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (24.06%) NIST
2 53 (19.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (8.27%) GDPR
3 22 (8.27%) QA
4 19 (7.14%) PCI DSS
4 19 (7.14%) SLA
5 13 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.38%) SOC 2
7 6 (2.26%) COBIT
7 6 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.13%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.75%) GRC
11 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.38%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.38%) NCSC
11 1 (0.38%) PMO
11 1 (0.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (16.54%) Active Directory
2 41 (15.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.01%) vSphere
5 7 (2.63%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.88%) Docker
6 5 (1.88%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.50%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (1.50%) Squid
7 4 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.13%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.38%) Firmware
9 1 (0.38%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 40 (15.04%) Ansible
2 36 (13.53%) Terraform
3 20 (7.52%) Kubernetes
4 16 (6.02%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.76%) SCCM
7 9 (3.38%) Cisco Prime
8 7 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (2.26%) Check_MK
10 5 (1.88%) Control-M
10 5 (1.88%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.50%) Packer
11 4 (1.50%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (1.50%) VxRail
12 2 (0.75%) Nagios
12 2 (0.75%) OpenView
12 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.38%) CASB
Vendors
1 130 (48.87%) Cisco
2 88 (33.08%) Microsoft
3 67 (25.19%) Palo Alto
4 51 (19.17%) VMware
5 46 (17.29%) Fortinet
6 38 (14.29%) SolarWinds
7 34 (12.78%) Splunk
8 33 (12.41%) Arista
8 33 (12.41%) CheckPoint
9 28 (10.53%) F5
10 27 (10.15%) Zscaler
11 25 (9.40%) Meraki
12 20 (7.52%) Tenable
13 19 (7.14%) ForeScout
14 15 (5.64%) Red Hat
15 14 (5.26%) Sophos
16 13 (4.89%) Infoblox
16 13 (4.89%) SevOne
17 9 (3.38%) AppDynamics
17 9 (3.38%) Dynatrace