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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 212 228
Rank change year-on-year +14 +16 -19
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 265 195 259
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.59% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.66% 5.52% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 169 99 204
10th Percentile £52,500 £33,060 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £45,625 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £61,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +27.05% -4.31% -1.92%
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £90,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -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 4,679 3,533 5,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.06% 28.88% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,798 1,968 2,948
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £49,714
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £101,250
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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +5 22 £75,000 +19.05% 8
West London -32 3 £77,500 -11.43% 2
East London -11 2 £70,000 +124.00% 1
South London +3 1 - -
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 (4.53%) Confluence
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.91%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.89%) 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 (44.91%) Azure
2 87 (32.83%) AWS
3 44 (16.60%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (13.21%) GCP
5 22 (8.30%) Datadog
6 13 (4.91%) OpenShift
6 13 (4.91%) SaaS
7 11 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (3.77%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.77%) IaaS
8 10 (3.77%) PaaS
9 9 (3.40%) Nutanix
10 8 (3.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (3.02%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.02%) OCI
11 6 (2.26%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (1.89%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.51%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 131 (49.43%) Firewall
2 106 (40.00%) Network Security
3 105 (39.62%) WAN
4 98 (36.98%) VPN
5 74 (27.92%) SD-WAN
6 68 (25.66%) LAN
7 46 (17.36%) DNS
8 45 (16.98%) BGP
9 43 (16.23%) Wireless
10 41 (15.47%) Cisco ISE
10 41 (15.47%) OSPF
11 37 (13.96%) VLAN
12 31 (11.70%) TCP/IP
12 31 (11.70%) Wi-Fi
13 24 (9.06%) Cisco Wireless
14 22 (8.30%) DHCP
15 20 (7.55%) VXLAN
16 15 (5.66%) Cisco Firepower
16 15 (5.66%) Software-Defined Networking
16 15 (5.66%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.26%) Big Data
3 5 (1.89%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (7.17%) JIRA
2 9 (3.40%) Chocolatey
3 8 (3.02%) GitLab
3 8 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.89%) Git
5 4 (1.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 124 (46.79%) Social Skills
2 67 (25.28%) Finance
3 50 (18.87%) Banking
4 44 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.81%) Telecoms
6 25 (9.43%) Retail
7 18 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (6.04%) Local Government
9 14 (5.28%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.40%) Legal
10 9 (3.40%) Marketing
11 8 (3.02%) Mandarin Language
11 8 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.64%) Law
13 6 (2.26%) Digital Health
13 6 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.89%) Retail Banking
15 4 (1.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 81 (30.57%) Network Engineer
2 46 (17.36%) Senior
3 39 (14.72%) Architect
4 29 (10.94%) Consultant
5 28 (10.57%) Lead
6 26 (9.81%) Network Architect
7 23 (8.68%) Security Specialist
8 22 (8.30%) Senior Network Engineer
9 20 (7.55%) Network Specialist
10 19 (7.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (7.17%) Network Security Specialist
11 18 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
12 14 (5.28%) Network Consultant
13 13 (4.91%) Security Engineer
14 12 (4.53%) Cisco Engineer
14 12 (4.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 11 (4.15%) Principal Architect
16 10 (3.77%) Analyst
16 10 (3.77%) IT Engineer
16 10 (3.77%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.26%) LDAP
2 5 (1.89%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.89%) OAuth
3 4 (1.51%) REST
3 4 (1.51%) SAML
4 3 (1.13%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.13%) JWT
4 3 (1.13%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.13%) OpenID
5 2 (0.75%) EDI
5 2 (0.75%) IDoc
5 2 (0.75%) JSON
5 2 (0.75%) RESTful
6 1 (0.38%) Jinja
6 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.38%) YAML
6 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 85 (32.08%) Data Centre
2 48 (18.11%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.28%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (4.91%) PKI
5 12 (4.53%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.77%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.64%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.64%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.89%) Replication
9 5 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.13%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 62 (23.40%) Windows
2 37 (13.96%) Linux
3 34 (12.83%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.02%) 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 64 (24.15%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (22.26%) ITIL
4 58 (21.89%) Roadmaps
5 52 (19.62%) Incident Response
6 49 (18.49%) Information Security
7 44 (16.60%) Disaster Recovery
7 44 (16.60%) Technical Leadership
8 42 (15.85%) Network Design
9 41 (15.47%) Mentoring
10 40 (15.09%) Security Architecture
11 36 (13.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 36 (13.58%) Network Monitoring
11 36 (13.58%) Project Delivery
11 36 (13.58%) SIEM
12 35 (13.21%) Cloud Security
12 35 (13.21%) High Availability
12 35 (13.21%) Presales
13 33 (12.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 33 (12.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.11%) Python
2 28 (10.57%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.77%) Bash
4 9 (3.40%) 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 (56.98%) CCNP
2 90 (33.96%) CCNA
3 81 (30.57%) CISSP
4 79 (29.81%) Degree
5 64 (24.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (22.26%) Azure Certification
7 54 (20.38%) CCSP
8 52 (19.62%) CCIE
9 47 (17.74%) CISM
10 29 (10.94%) AWS Certification
11 27 (10.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (9.06%) Master's Degree
14 15 (5.66%) CCSE
14 15 (5.66%) Security Cleared
15 14 (5.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 13 (4.91%) MCSE
17 12 (4.53%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (4.53%) RHCSA
18 11 (4.15%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (24.53%) NIST
2 54 (20.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (8.68%) GDPR
4 22 (8.30%) QA
5 19 (7.17%) PCI DSS
6 18 (6.79%) SLA
7 13 (4.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (3.02%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (2.26%) COBIT
11 4 (1.51%) Accessibility
12 3 (1.13%) GRC
12 3 (1.13%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.38%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.38%) NCSC
13 1 (0.38%) PMO
13 1 (0.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 43 (16.23%) Active Directory
2 41 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.02%) vSphere
5 7 (2.64%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.89%) Docker
6 5 (1.89%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.51%) Squid
8 3 (1.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
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 (15.09%) Ansible
2 35 (13.21%) Terraform
3 19 (7.17%) Kubernetes
4 15 (5.66%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.77%) SCCM
7 8 (3.02%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (2.26%) Check_MK
8 6 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.89%) Control-M
9 5 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (1.89%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.51%) Packer
11 3 (1.13%) VxRail
12 2 (0.75%) Nagios
12 2 (0.75%) OpenView
12 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.38%) CASB
13 1 (0.38%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 128 (48.30%) Cisco
2 87 (32.83%) Microsoft
3 69 (26.04%) Palo Alto
4 51 (19.25%) VMware
5 45 (16.98%) Fortinet
6 38 (14.34%) SolarWinds
7 33 (12.45%) Arista
7 33 (12.45%) Splunk
8 32 (12.08%) CheckPoint
9 29 (10.94%) F5
10 27 (10.19%) Zscaler
11 25 (9.43%) Meraki
12 21 (7.92%) Tenable
13 19 (7.17%) ForeScout
14 16 (6.04%) Red Hat
15 13 (4.91%) Infoblox
15 13 (4.91%) SevOne
15 13 (4.91%) Sophos
16 9 (3.40%) AppDynamics
16 9 (3.40%) Qualys