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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 210 198
Rank change year-on-year -29 -12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 232 183 316
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.92% 1.55% 1.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.78% 5.37% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 161 94 214
10th Percentile £50,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +5.66% -5.36%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,688 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -

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 4,849 3,405 5,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.16% 28.75% 28.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,860 1,889 2,517
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £37,283
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,252
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.23% -6.25%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 18 £82,500 +17.86% 23
West London -18 4 £77,500 +31.36% 2
East London -11 1 £70,000 +122.22% 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 12 (5.17%) Confluence
2 2 (0.86%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.17%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.43%) Eikon
2 1 (0.43%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 104 (44.83%) Azure
2 74 (31.90%) AWS
3 37 (15.95%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (9.91%) GCP
5 21 (9.05%) Datadog
6 18 (7.76%) SaaS
7 13 (5.60%) Entra ID
7 13 (5.60%) IaaS
7 13 (5.60%) OpenShift
7 13 (5.60%) PaaS
8 6 (2.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.59%) Nutanix
9 5 (2.16%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.16%) OCI
10 4 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (1.72%) AWS KMS
10 4 (1.72%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 104 (44.83%) Firewall
2 87 (37.50%) Network Security
3 85 (36.64%) WAN
4 84 (36.21%) VPN
5 55 (23.71%) LAN
6 52 (22.41%) DNS
7 51 (21.98%) SD-WAN
8 41 (17.67%) Wireless
9 39 (16.81%) BGP
10 37 (15.95%) OSPF
11 36 (15.52%) VLAN
12 35 (15.09%) Cisco ISE
13 34 (14.66%) TCP/IP
14 29 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
15 28 (12.07%) DHCP
16 20 (8.62%) VXLAN
17 18 (7.76%) Cisco Wireless
18 15 (6.47%) MPLS
18 15 (6.47%) SSL
19 14 (6.03%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.76%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.72%) Big Data
4 1 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (7.33%) JIRA
2 9 (3.88%) Chocolatey
3 6 (2.59%) GitLab
3 6 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.16%) Git
5 4 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 104 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 58 (25.00%) Finance
3 37 (15.95%) Banking
4 35 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.91%) Telecoms
6 18 (7.76%) Retail
7 15 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.17%) Law
9 11 (4.74%) Local Government
10 10 (4.31%) Legal
11 9 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (3.45%) Mandarin Language
12 8 (3.45%) Public Sector
13 7 (3.02%) Marketing
13 7 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (2.59%) Digital Health
15 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.72%) Automotive
15 4 (1.72%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (31.90%) Network Engineer
2 42 (18.10%) Senior
3 27 (11.64%) Architect
4 22 (9.48%) Lead
4 22 (9.48%) Security Specialist
5 21 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (8.19%) Senior Network Engineer
7 17 (7.33%) Consultant
8 15 (6.47%) Network Specialist
8 15 (6.47%) Security Engineer
9 14 (6.03%) Network Security Specialist
10 12 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (4.74%) Network Architect
11 11 (4.74%) Security Architect
12 9 (3.88%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Network Security Engineer
13 8 (3.45%) Analyst
13 8 (3.45%) Cisco Engineer
13 8 (3.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.50%) Terraform
2 7 (3.02%) LDAP
3 6 (2.59%) SAML
4 5 (2.16%) OAuth
5 4 (1.72%) JWT
5 4 (1.72%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.72%) REST
6 3 (1.29%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.29%) OpenID
7 2 (0.86%) EDI
7 2 (0.86%) IDoc
7 2 (0.86%) JSON
7 2 (0.86%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.86%) RESTful
8 1 (0.43%) Jinja
8 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.43%) YAML
8 1 (0.43%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 73 (31.47%) Data Centre
2 50 (21.55%) Security Posture
3 16 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (6.03%) PKI
5 11 (4.74%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.31%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.45%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (2.59%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.59%) Replication
10 5 (2.16%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.29%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.86%) Social Media
13 2 (0.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 56 (24.14%) Windows
2 34 (14.66%) Windows Server
3 32 (13.79%) Linux
4 8 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.72%) Unix
6 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.17%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (22.84%) Incident Response
4 51 (21.98%) Roadmaps
5 49 (21.12%) Information Security
6 47 (20.26%) Disaster Recovery
6 47 (20.26%) Security Architecture
7 45 (19.40%) ITIL
8 42 (18.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 38 (16.38%) Network Design
10 35 (15.09%) Cloud Security
10 35 (15.09%) SIEM
11 34 (14.66%) Infrastructure as Code
12 33 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (13.79%) Business Continuity
13 32 (13.79%) Project Delivery
13 32 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
14 31 (13.36%) AI
14 31 (13.36%) Computer Science
15 30 (12.93%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 49 (21.12%) Python
2 20 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.31%) Java
4 8 (3.45%) Bash
5 2 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.86%) Search Processing Language
5 2 (0.86%) SQL
6 1 (0.43%) Bicep
6 1 (0.43%) C
6 1 (0.43%) C#
6 1 (0.43%) C++
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 123 (53.02%) CCNP
2 87 (37.50%) CCNA
2 87 (37.50%) CISSP
3 66 (28.45%) Degree
4 58 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 52 (22.41%) Azure Certification
5 52 (22.41%) CCSP
6 39 (16.81%) CISM
7 35 (15.09%) CCIE
8 30 (12.93%) AWS Certification
9 25 (10.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (8.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (7.76%) Master's Degree
12 13 (5.60%) CEH
13 10 (4.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (3.88%) CCSE
14 9 (3.88%) MCSE
14 9 (3.88%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (3.88%) RHCSA
14 9 (3.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (23.28%) NIST
2 47 (20.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.62%) GDPR
4 19 (8.19%) PCI DSS
5 17 (7.33%) QA
6 16 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (6.90%) SLA
7 10 (4.31%) GRC
8 7 (3.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (2.59%) SOC 2
10 5 (2.16%) COBIT
10 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.72%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.72%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.86%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.43%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.43%) NCSC
13 1 (0.43%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (18.97%) Active Directory
2 38 (16.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.45%) VMware NSX
5 7 (3.02%) vSphere
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.72%) Docker
7 4 (1.72%) Squid
8 3 (1.29%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.29%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.86%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.86%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.43%) Firmware
10 1 (0.43%) KVM
Systems Management
1 40 (17.24%) Ansible
2 17 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.90%) FortiGate
4 11 (4.74%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.88%) SCCM
6 5 (2.16%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (2.16%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.72%) Packer
8 3 (1.29%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (1.29%) Control-M
8 3 (1.29%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.86%) VxRail
10 1 (0.43%) CASB
10 1 (0.43%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.43%) OpenView
10 1 (0.43%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 103 (44.40%) Cisco
2 79 (34.05%) Microsoft
3 64 (27.59%) Palo Alto
4 47 (20.26%) VMware
5 32 (13.79%) Fortinet
6 30 (12.93%) Arista
6 30 (12.93%) F5
7 27 (11.64%) Splunk
8 26 (11.21%) Zscaler
9 23 (9.91%) SolarWinds
10 21 (9.05%) CheckPoint
11 20 (8.62%) Tenable
12 18 (7.76%) ForeScout
12 18 (7.76%) Meraki
13 13 (5.60%) Infoblox
13 13 (5.60%) Red Hat
14 12 (5.17%) SevOne
15 10 (4.31%) Oracle
16 9 (3.88%) Citrix
16 9 (3.88%) Dynatrace