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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 188 213
Rank change year-on-year -20 +25 +51
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 207 238 317
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.85% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.72% 5.48% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 119 169 271
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,640 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £89,375 £85,250 £78,875
90th Percentile £102,950 £95,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -5.99%

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 4,390 4,344 6,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.15% 33.84% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,369 2,001 4,232
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.45% +2.22%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £118,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 +16 27 £80,000 +23.08% 20
East London -4 13 - - 3
South London +27 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 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.38%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 73 (35.27%) Azure
2 52 (25.12%) AWS
3 22 (10.63%) GCP
3 22 (10.63%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (3.38%) Datadog
7 6 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.90%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.42%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.42%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.93%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.93%) OCI
9 4 (1.93%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.93%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.93%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.93%) SaaS
10 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 126 (60.87%) Firewall
2 72 (34.78%) WAN
3 58 (28.02%) LAN
3 58 (28.02%) Network Security
4 54 (26.09%) VPN
5 48 (23.19%) SD-WAN
6 44 (21.26%) Wireless
7 41 (19.81%) VLAN
8 33 (15.94%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (13.04%) BGP
9 27 (13.04%) OSPF
10 25 (12.08%) Cisco Firepower
10 25 (12.08%) Cisco Wireless
11 22 (10.63%) Cisco ISE
12 19 (9.18%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (7.73%) MPLS
14 15 (7.25%) TCP/IP
15 13 (6.28%) WLAN
16 10 (4.83%) VoIP
16 10 (4.83%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.93%) Big Data
1 4 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.93%) Git
3 3 (1.45%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.97%) GitLab
4 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 65 (31.40%) Finance
3 35 (16.91%) Banking
4 26 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.25%) Retail
6 13 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.28%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.31%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.86%) Law
8 8 (3.86%) Marketing
8 8 (3.86%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.42%) Local Government
10 5 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.48%) Games
12 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (37.20%) Network Engineer
2 34 (16.43%) Architect
3 33 (15.94%) Consultant
4 32 (15.46%) Senior
5 25 (12.08%) Cisco Engineer
5 25 (12.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 24 (11.59%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (11.11%) Network Architect
8 20 (9.66%) Senior Network Engineer
9 19 (9.18%) Network Consultant
10 13 (6.28%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (6.28%) LAN Engineer
10 13 (6.28%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 13 (6.28%) WAN Engineer
11 12 (5.80%) Lead
12 11 (5.31%) Analyst
13 10 (4.83%) Cisco Consultant
13 10 (4.83%) Cisco Network Consultant
13 10 (4.83%) Security Specialist
14 9 (4.35%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.86%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.42%) OAuth
2 5 (2.42%) OpenID
3 3 (1.45%) REST
4 2 (0.97%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.48%) LDAP
5 1 (0.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (28.02%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.66%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.86%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.38%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.93%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.45%) PKI
9 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.48%) IoT
10 1 (0.48%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.01%) Windows
2 21 (10.14%) Linux
3 10 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (19.32%) ITIL
2 38 (18.36%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (15.46%) Computer Science
3 32 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (14.01%) High Availability
4 29 (14.01%) Incident Response
5 28 (13.53%) SIEM
6 26 (12.56%) Migration
7 25 (12.08%) Roadmaps
7 25 (12.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (11.59%) Mentoring
9 23 (11.11%) AI
9 23 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (10.63%) Presales
11 21 (10.14%) Security Operations
12 20 (9.66%) Kalman Filter
13 19 (9.18%) Risk Management
14 18 (8.70%) Network Design
15 17 (8.21%) Information Security
15 17 (8.21%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.94%) Python
2 12 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.97%) Bash
4 1 (0.48%) Bicep
4 1 (0.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 121 (58.45%) CCNP
2 75 (36.23%) CCNA
3 64 (30.92%) Degree
4 62 (29.95%) CCIE
5 45 (21.74%) CISSP
6 41 (19.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 28 (13.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (13.04%) Azure Certification
9 26 (12.56%) CCSE
10 25 (12.08%) CCSP
10 25 (12.08%) CISM
11 22 (10.63%) CCSA
11 22 (10.63%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (6.28%) Security Cleared
13 11 (5.31%) GCIH
13 11 (5.31%) JNCIP
13 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (4.83%) Master's Degree
14 10 (4.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.84%) NIST
2 38 (18.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (8.21%) GDPR
4 11 (5.31%) SLA
5 7 (3.38%) QA
6 6 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.42%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.93%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.45%) ITGC
9 3 (1.45%) PMO
10 2 (0.97%) GRC
10 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.48%) COBIT
11 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.73%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.83%) Firmware
4 5 (2.42%) vSphere
5 3 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.97%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.48%) Docker
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (11.59%) Ansible
2 15 (7.25%) FortiGate
2 15 (7.25%) Terraform
3 9 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
3 9 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (3.86%) Check_MK
5 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.93%) Nagios
5 4 (1.93%) SCCM
6 3 (1.45%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.45%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.45%) QRadar
7 2 (0.97%) CASB
7 2 (0.97%) Control-M
7 2 (0.97%) VxRail
8 1 (0.48%) Grafana
8 1 (0.48%) OpenView
8 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 139 (67.15%) Cisco
2 54 (26.09%) Fortinet
3 42 (20.29%) CheckPoint
3 42 (20.29%) Microsoft
4 33 (15.94%) Meraki
5 31 (14.98%) Palo Alto
5 31 (14.98%) SolarWinds
6 24 (11.59%) Juniper
6 24 (11.59%) VMware
7 21 (10.14%) Arista
8 15 (7.25%) Splunk
9 11 (5.31%) F5
10 7 (3.38%) Infoblox
10 7 (3.38%) Zscaler
11 6 (2.90%) Sophos
11 6 (2.90%) Tenable
12 5 (2.42%) Dell
12 5 (2.42%) Dynatrace
12 5 (2.42%) ForeScout
12 5 (2.42%) Red Hat