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 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 180 186
Rank change year-on-year -30 +6 +146
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 171 331 346
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.34% 1.91% 1.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.39% 6.76% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 91 214 271
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,775 £42,905
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £126,875 £97,500 £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 3,894 4,894 4,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.54% 28.29% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,075 2,126 3,657
10th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £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 £112,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +4.55%

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 17 November 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 17 November 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 -6 18 £70,000 -8.50% 38
East London -10 7 - - 4
West London - 7 £59,000 - 2
South London +30 1 - - 1
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 11 (6.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.17%) nginx
4 1 (0.58%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 12 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.58%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (40.94%) Azure
2 47 (27.49%) AWS
3 19 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.60%) GCP
5 12 (7.02%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.51%) IaaS
7 6 (3.51%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.92%) Rubrik
9 4 (2.34%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (2.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.34%) Dropbox
9 4 (2.34%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.75%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.17%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.17%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.17%) SaaS
11 2 (1.17%) SecurityScorecard
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 92 (53.80%) Firewall
2 67 (39.18%) LAN
3 56 (32.75%) WAN
4 52 (30.41%) VPN
5 43 (25.15%) Network Security
6 41 (23.98%) BGP
6 41 (23.98%) Wireless
7 39 (22.81%) OSPF
8 37 (21.64%) VLAN
9 36 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (13.45%) MPLS
11 21 (12.28%) Cisco Wireless
11 21 (12.28%) SD-WAN
11 21 (12.28%) TCP/IP
12 20 (11.70%) DNS
13 13 (7.60%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (7.60%) EIGRP
14 11 (6.43%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (6.43%) HSRP
14 11 (6.43%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.75%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Git
2 3 (1.75%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.75%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.75%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.17%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (32.16%) Social Skills
2 48 (28.07%) Finance
3 25 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (9.94%) Banking
6 15 (8.77%) Telecoms
7 11 (6.43%) Law
8 10 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (4.68%) Marketing
10 6 (3.51%) Legal
11 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.75%) Retail
12 2 (1.17%) Advertising
12 2 (1.17%) French Language
12 2 (1.17%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.17%) Military
12 2 (1.17%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 84 (49.12%) Network Engineer
2 42 (24.56%) Senior
3 21 (12.28%) Senior Network Engineer
4 15 (8.77%) Analyst
5 14 (8.19%) Cisco Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 12 (7.02%) Consultant
8 11 (6.43%) Architect
8 11 (6.43%) Security Engineer
9 10 (5.85%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Deployment Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Security Architect
11 7 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.09%) Network Analyst
11 7 (4.09%) Network Deployment Engineer
11 7 (4.09%) Network Support
11 7 (4.09%) WAN Engineer
12 6 (3.51%) Operations Engineer
12 6 (3.51%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.51%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.17%) REST
3 1 (0.58%) Jinja
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 51 (29.82%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.68%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.51%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.92%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.34%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.34%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.34%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.34%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.34%) Web3
6 3 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.17%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (17.54%) Windows
2 22 (12.87%) Linux
3 17 (9.94%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.09%) Unix
5 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (16.96%) High Availability
3 28 (16.37%) Computer Science
4 27 (15.79%) ITIL
4 27 (15.79%) Load Balancing
5 25 (14.62%) Migration
6 21 (12.28%) Information Security
7 20 (11.70%) DevOps
7 20 (11.70%) Low Latency
8 18 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (9.94%) AI
10 15 (8.77%) Change Management
10 15 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (8.77%) Incident Response
10 15 (8.77%) Roadmaps
10 15 (8.77%) Zero Trust
11 14 (8.19%) Inventory Management
11 14 (8.19%) Network Monitoring
11 14 (8.19%) SIEM
12 13 (7.60%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 48 (28.07%) Python
2 20 (11.70%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.51%) Bash
4 3 (1.75%) Go
5 2 (1.17%) R
5 2 (1.17%) VB
6 1 (0.58%) PromQL
6 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (63.16%) CCNP
2 67 (39.18%) Degree
3 66 (38.60%) CCNA
4 54 (31.58%) CCIE
5 25 (14.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (13.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 22 (12.87%) CISSP
8 16 (9.36%) CCSA
8 16 (9.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (8.77%) CCSE
10 14 (8.19%) Azure Certification
10 14 (8.19%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (7.02%) CCSP
12 10 (5.85%) CISM
12 10 (5.85%) GIAC
12 10 (5.85%) MCSA
12 10 (5.85%) Security Cleared
13 9 (5.26%) AWS Certification
13 9 (5.26%) CISA
13 9 (5.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (11.70%) GDPR
3 17 (9.94%) NIST
4 8 (4.68%) SLA
5 6 (3.51%) PMO
6 3 (1.75%) ITGC
6 3 (1.75%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.17%) GRC
7 2 (1.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.58%) QA
8 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (12.28%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.85%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.92%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 5 (2.92%) vSphere
5 4 (2.34%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.34%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.34%) pfSense
5 4 (2.34%) ProxySG
6 2 (1.17%) Docker
6 2 (1.17%) Squid
6 2 (1.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (19.88%) Ansible
2 22 (12.87%) Terraform
3 8 (4.68%) Cisco CUCM
3 8 (4.68%) FortiGate
3 8 (4.68%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.09%) Grafana
5 6 (3.51%) CASB
5 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.92%) VxRail
7 4 (2.34%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (2.34%) Nagios
8 3 (1.75%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.75%) Nmap
8 3 (1.75%) QRadar
9 2 (1.17%) CA Spectrum
9 2 (1.17%) Kibana
9 2 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.58%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 122 (71.35%) Cisco
2 40 (23.39%) CheckPoint
3 35 (20.47%) Fortinet
4 32 (18.71%) Microsoft
5 30 (17.54%) Meraki
6 27 (15.79%) Palo Alto
7 24 (14.04%) Arista
8 23 (13.45%) F5
8 23 (13.45%) VMware
9 22 (12.87%) Juniper
10 19 (11.11%) SolarWinds
11 11 (6.43%) Splunk
12 8 (4.68%) Zscaler
13 6 (3.51%) Google
13 6 (3.51%) Infoblox
13 6 (3.51%) Motorola
13 6 (3.51%) ServiceNow
14 5 (2.92%) Citrix
14 5 (2.92%) Oracle
14 5 (2.92%) Sophos