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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 198 241
Rank change year-on-year +12 +43 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 243 207 296
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.72% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.59% 5.38% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 152 116 254
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £38,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £47,706 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £80,938
90th Percentile £102,725 £93,750 £96,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% +7.84% -7.27%

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 4,350 3,850 6,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.71% 32.02% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 1,811 4,147
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%

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 June 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 June 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 +10 31 £80,000 +26.98% 16
East London +1 10 £70,000 +124.00% 6
South London +11 4 - - 3
West London -16 2 £77,500 +34.78% 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 6 (2.47%) Confluence
2 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.82%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.17%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (43.62%) Azure
2 66 (27.16%) AWS
3 35 (14.40%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.58%) GCP
5 21 (8.64%) Datadog
6 11 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (4.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 9 (3.70%) SaaS
8 7 (2.88%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.88%) OCI
9 6 (2.47%) ChatGPT
9 6 (2.47%) IaaS
9 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.47%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.47%) PaaS
10 5 (2.06%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.65%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 130 (53.50%) Firewall
2 91 (37.45%) WAN
3 86 (35.39%) Network Security
4 75 (30.86%) VPN
5 66 (27.16%) SD-WAN
6 59 (24.28%) LAN
7 46 (18.93%) Wireless
8 38 (15.64%) Cisco ISE
9 32 (13.17%) BGP
10 31 (12.76%) Wi-Fi
11 30 (12.35%) OSPF
12 29 (11.93%) Cisco Wireless
12 29 (11.93%) VLAN
13 27 (11.11%) DNS
14 23 (9.47%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (6.58%) SSL
16 15 (6.17%) VoIP
17 14 (5.76%) VXLAN
18 13 (5.35%) TCP/IP
19 12 (4.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.65%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (4.94%) JIRA
2 8 (3.29%) GitLab
3 7 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.47%) Chocolatey
5 5 (2.06%) Git
6 4 (1.65%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 105 (43.21%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.28%) Finance
3 46 (18.93%) Banking
4 40 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.29%) Retail
6 19 (7.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.58%) Local Government
8 15 (6.17%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.12%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.29%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.06%) Law
13 4 (1.65%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.65%) Automotive
13 4 (1.65%) Electronics
13 4 (1.65%) Legal
13 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.65%) Marketing
13 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (35.80%) Network Engineer
2 46 (18.93%) Senior
3 39 (16.05%) Architect
4 27 (11.11%) Consultant
4 27 (11.11%) Network Architect
5 24 (9.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (9.47%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (7.82%) Cisco Engineer
7 19 (7.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 19 (7.82%) Lead
8 15 (6.17%) Network Consultant
9 12 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) Security Specialist
10 11 (4.53%) Principal Architect
10 11 (4.53%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) LAN Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Network Security Specialist
11 9 (3.70%) Network Specialist
11 9 (3.70%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.29%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.88%) OAuth
3 5 (2.06%) OpenID
4 4 (1.65%) REST
5 3 (1.23%) SAML
6 2 (0.82%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.82%) EDI
6 2 (0.82%) IDoc
6 2 (0.82%) JSON
6 2 (0.82%) JWT
6 2 (0.82%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.82%) RESTful
6 2 (0.82%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 84 (34.57%) Data Centre
2 45 (18.52%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.17%) PKI
4 14 (5.76%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (3.29%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.29%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.88%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.06%) Replication
9 5 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.65%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.41%) Home Automation
13 1 (0.41%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 50 (20.58%) Windows
2 31 (12.76%) Linux
3 24 (9.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.23%) Unix
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.40%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (20.99%) ITIL
3 45 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (16.46%) Incident Response
5 39 (16.05%) High Availability
6 37 (15.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 36 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
8 35 (14.40%) Information Security
8 35 (14.40%) Roadmaps
9 34 (13.99%) Mentoring
9 34 (13.99%) Security Architecture
10 33 (13.58%) Computer Science
10 33 (13.58%) SIEM
11 31 (12.76%) Network Design
11 31 (12.76%) Network Monitoring
12 28 (11.52%) AI
13 27 (11.11%) Presales
13 27 (11.11%) Risk Management
14 25 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 25 (10.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.11%) Python
2 23 (9.47%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.12%) Bash
4 5 (2.06%) Java
5 2 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.41%) Bicep
6 1 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 132 (54.32%) CCNP
2 86 (35.39%) CCNA
3 75 (30.86%) Degree
4 66 (27.16%) CISSP
5 61 (25.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 60 (24.69%) CCIE
7 50 (20.58%) Azure Certification
8 44 (18.11%) CISM
9 43 (17.70%) CCSP
10 28 (11.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (9.47%) Master's Degree
13 22 (9.05%) CCSE
14 18 (7.41%) CCSA
15 16 (6.58%) AWS Certification
15 16 (6.58%) Security Cleared
16 14 (5.76%) Network+ Certification
17 13 (5.35%) MCSE
17 13 (5.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 12 (4.94%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (25.51%) NIST
2 49 (20.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.64%) QA
4 18 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 17 (7.00%) SLA
6 16 (6.58%) GDPR
7 12 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.47%) SOC 2
9 5 (2.06%) COBIT
10 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.41%) NCSC
11 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.41%) PMO
11 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 29 (11.93%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.29%) vSphere
4 6 (2.47%) Firmware
4 6 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.06%) Docker
6 4 (1.65%) Squid
6 4 (1.65%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.23%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (16.05%) Ansible
2 30 (12.35%) Terraform
3 17 (7.00%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.12%) Cisco Prime
4 10 (4.12%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.70%) Check_MK
5 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.88%) SCCM
6 7 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.06%) ZABBIX
8 4 (1.65%) Control-M
8 4 (1.65%) Nagios
8 4 (1.65%) Packer
9 3 (1.23%) VxRail
10 2 (0.82%) OpenView
10 2 (0.82%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 133 (54.73%) Cisco
2 79 (32.51%) Microsoft
3 47 (19.34%) SolarWinds
4 44 (18.11%) Fortinet
4 44 (18.11%) Palo Alto
5 36 (14.81%) VMware
6 31 (12.76%) CheckPoint
6 31 (12.76%) Splunk
7 30 (12.35%) Arista
8 23 (9.47%) Meraki
9 21 (8.64%) ForeScout
10 17 (7.00%) F5
11 15 (6.17%) Infoblox
11 15 (6.17%) SevOne
12 13 (5.35%) Red Hat
13 11 (4.53%) Tenable
14 9 (3.70%) Sophos
14 9 (3.70%) Zscaler
15 8 (3.29%) Dynatrace
15 8 (3.29%) Juniper