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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 208 235
Rank change year-on-year +24 +27 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 264 198 276
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.61% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.80% 5.52% 4.67%
Number of salaries quoted 168 105 224
10th Percentile £57,500 £33,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £64,688 £45,000 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -5.88% -1.92%
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £88,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +24.40% -0.48% -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 4,552 3,588 5,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.15% 29.10% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,755 1,969 3,403
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,312 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,938
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,000
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 23 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 23 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 +5 25 £72,500 +11.54% 15
East London -7 4 £70,000 +124.00% 1
West London -21 3 £77,500 -11.43% 1
South London +12 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 (4.17%) Confluence
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (5.68%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (44.70%) Azure
2 85 (32.20%) AWS
3 43 (16.29%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (13.64%) GCP
5 24 (9.09%) Datadog
6 12 (4.55%) OpenShift
7 11 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.17%) SaaS
8 9 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (3.41%) IaaS
8 9 (3.41%) PaaS
9 8 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (3.03%) Nutanix
9 8 (3.03%) OCI
10 6 (2.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 6 (2.27%) AWS KMS
10 6 (2.27%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.89%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 136 (51.52%) Firewall
2 107 (40.53%) Network Security
3 106 (40.15%) WAN
4 98 (37.12%) VPN
5 76 (28.79%) SD-WAN
6 69 (26.14%) LAN
7 49 (18.56%) Wireless
8 48 (18.18%) BGP
9 43 (16.29%) Cisco ISE
9 43 (16.29%) DNS
9 43 (16.29%) OSPF
10 42 (15.91%) VLAN
11 31 (11.74%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (10.98%) Cisco Wireless
13 27 (10.23%) TCP/IP
14 21 (7.95%) VXLAN
15 18 (6.82%) Cisco Firepower
15 18 (6.82%) DHCP
16 16 (6.06%) SSL
17 15 (5.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.89%) Big Data
3 4 (1.52%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (7.20%) JIRA
2 9 (3.41%) Chocolatey
3 8 (3.03%) GitLab
3 8 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.89%) Git
5 4 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 120 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 69 (26.14%) Finance
3 49 (18.56%) Banking
4 42 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.47%) Retail
6 24 (9.09%) Telecoms
7 16 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.06%) Local Government
8 13 (4.92%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.03%) Mandarin Language
9 8 (3.03%) Marketing
10 7 (2.65%) Legal
10 7 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.27%) Law
11 6 (2.27%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (32.20%) Network Engineer
2 48 (18.18%) Senior
3 41 (15.53%) Architect
4 30 (11.36%) Consultant
5 29 (10.98%) Network Architect
6 25 (9.47%) Lead
7 24 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
8 23 (8.71%) Security Specialist
9 20 (7.58%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (7.58%) Network Specialist
10 19 (7.20%) Network Security Specialist
11 17 (6.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (5.68%) Network Consultant
13 14 (5.30%) Cisco Engineer
13 14 (5.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 12 (4.55%) Principal Architect
14 12 (4.55%) Security Engineer
15 10 (3.79%) Analyst
16 9 (3.41%) Principal Consultant
16 9 (3.41%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.27%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.89%) OAuth
3 4 (1.52%) LDAP
3 4 (1.52%) REST
4 3 (1.14%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.14%) OpenID
5 2 (0.76%) EDI
5 2 (0.76%) IDoc
5 2 (0.76%) JSON
5 2 (0.76%) JWT
5 2 (0.76%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.76%) RESTful
5 2 (0.76%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.76%) SAML
6 1 (0.38%) Jinja
6 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.38%) YAML
6 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 93 (35.23%) Data Centre
2 48 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.68%) PKI
4 14 (5.30%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.92%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (3.79%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (3.41%) Public Cloud
8 8 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (2.65%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.89%) Replication
11 5 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 2 (0.76%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 60 (22.73%) Windows
2 35 (13.26%) Linux
3 32 (12.12%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.14%) Unix
6 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (22.73%) ITIL
2 59 (22.35%) Cybersecurity
3 56 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (21.21%) Roadmaps
4 48 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 47 (17.80%) Technical Leadership
6 45 (17.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 45 (17.05%) Information Security
7 40 (15.15%) Mentoring
7 40 (15.15%) Network Design
8 39 (14.77%) High Availability
8 39 (14.77%) Security Architecture
9 36 (13.64%) Network Monitoring
10 35 (13.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 35 (13.26%) SIEM
11 34 (12.88%) Presales
11 34 (12.88%) Project Delivery
12 33 (12.50%) AI
12 33 (12.50%) Cloud Security
13 31 (11.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.56%) Python
2 28 (10.61%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.79%) Bash
4 8 (3.03%) Java
5 2 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.76%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.38%) C
6 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 151 (57.20%) CCNP
2 90 (34.09%) CCNA
3 76 (28.79%) CISSP
4 75 (28.41%) Degree
5 61 (23.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (22.35%) CCIE
7 57 (21.59%) Azure Certification
8 50 (18.94%) CCSP
9 45 (17.05%) CISM
10 27 (10.23%) AWS Certification
11 25 (9.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (8.71%) Master's Degree
13 17 (6.44%) CCSE
14 14 (5.30%) Security Cleared
14 14 (5.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 13 (4.92%) MCSE
16 12 (4.55%) CCSA
16 12 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (4.55%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (24.24%) NIST
2 52 (19.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (8.33%) GDPR
3 22 (8.33%) QA
4 19 (7.20%) PCI DSS
4 19 (7.20%) SLA
5 13 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.41%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.89%) COBIT
7 5 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.76%) GRC
9 2 (0.76%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.38%) NCSC
10 1 (0.38%) PMO
10 1 (0.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 42 (15.91%) Active Directory
2 39 (14.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.03%) vSphere
5 7 (2.65%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.89%) Docker
7 4 (1.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (1.52%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.52%) Squid
7 4 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.14%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 41 (15.53%) Ansible
2 35 (13.26%) Terraform
3 19 (7.20%) Kubernetes
4 16 (6.06%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.79%) SCCM
7 9 (3.41%) Cisco Prime
8 7 (2.65%) Check_MK
8 7 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.89%) Control-M
9 5 (1.89%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.52%) Packer
10 4 (1.52%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (1.52%) VxRail
11 2 (0.76%) Nagios
11 2 (0.76%) OpenView
11 2 (0.76%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.38%) CASB
Vendors
1 133 (50.38%) Cisco
2 88 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 65 (24.62%) Palo Alto
4 49 (18.56%) VMware
5 45 (17.05%) Fortinet
6 42 (15.91%) SolarWinds
7 36 (13.64%) Splunk
8 34 (12.88%) Arista
9 33 (12.50%) CheckPoint
10 26 (9.85%) F5
11 25 (9.47%) Meraki
12 24 (9.09%) Zscaler
13 21 (7.95%) ForeScout
14 20 (7.58%) Tenable
15 15 (5.68%) Infoblox
15 15 (5.68%) Red Hat
15 15 (5.68%) SevOne
16 13 (4.92%) Sophos
17 10 (3.79%) Dynatrace
18 9 (3.41%) AppDynamics