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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 216 254
Rank change year-on-year +10 +38 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 242 198 310
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.63% 1.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.62% 5.26% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 152 111 258
10th Percentile £61,250 £33,200 £39,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £45,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -5.88% -1.92%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £87,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £53,688 £51,850
% change year-on-year +25.73% +3.54% -5.73%

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 4,307 3,765 6,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.97% 30.93% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,678 1,837 4,111
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,903 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,900 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +2.07% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 20 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 20 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 -3 28 £75,000 +15.38% 9
East London 0 8 £70,000 +124.00% 3
South London +20 4 - - 2
West London -14 3 £77,500 +6.90% 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 7 (2.89%) Confluence
2 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.83%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (6.20%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 111 (45.87%) Azure
2 72 (29.75%) AWS
3 38 (15.70%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (14.05%) GCP
5 22 (9.09%) Datadog
6 11 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (4.13%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.13%) SaaS
8 9 (3.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (3.31%) OCI
10 7 (2.89%) IaaS
10 7 (2.89%) PaaS
11 6 (2.48%) ChatGPT
11 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.48%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.48%) Nutanix
11 6 (2.48%) OpenShift
12 5 (2.07%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (2.07%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (53.31%) Firewall
2 98 (40.50%) WAN
3 90 (37.19%) Network Security
4 84 (34.71%) VPN
5 70 (28.93%) SD-WAN
6 60 (24.79%) LAN
7 48 (19.83%) Wireless
8 38 (15.70%) Cisco ISE
9 36 (14.88%) BGP
10 35 (14.46%) VLAN
11 34 (14.05%) DNS
12 33 (13.64%) OSPF
13 32 (13.22%) Wi-Fi
14 29 (11.98%) Cisco Wireless
15 24 (9.92%) Cisco Firepower
16 19 (7.85%) TCP/IP
17 16 (6.61%) SSL
18 15 (6.20%) VoIP
18 15 (6.20%) VXLAN
19 14 (5.79%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.65%) Big Data
3 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (5.37%) JIRA
2 8 (3.31%) GitLab
3 7 (2.89%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.89%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.07%) Git
5 4 (1.65%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 108 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 71 (29.34%) Finance
3 46 (19.01%) Banking
4 41 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.50%) Retail
6 17 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.61%) Local Government
7 16 (6.61%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.13%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.31%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.07%) Law
11 5 (2.07%) Marketing
12 4 (1.65%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.65%) Automotive
12 4 (1.65%) Electronics
12 4 (1.65%) Legal
12 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 84 (34.71%) Network Engineer
2 48 (19.83%) Senior
3 39 (16.12%) Architect
4 29 (11.98%) Consultant
5 28 (11.57%) Network Architect
6 23 (9.50%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (9.50%) Senior Network Engineer
7 21 (8.68%) Lead
8 17 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
8 17 (7.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 16 (6.61%) Network Consultant
10 14 (5.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.37%) Security Specialist
12 12 (4.96%) Network Security Specialist
12 12 (4.96%) Network Specialist
12 12 (4.96%) Principal Architect
12 12 (4.96%) Security Engineer
13 10 (4.13%) Analyst
14 9 (3.72%) Lead Network Engineer
14 9 (3.72%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.31%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.89%) OAuth
3 5 (2.07%) OpenID
4 3 (1.24%) REST
4 3 (1.24%) SAML
5 2 (0.83%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.83%) EDI
5 2 (0.83%) IDoc
5 2 (0.83%) JSON
5 2 (0.83%) JWT
5 2 (0.83%) LDAP
5 2 (0.83%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.83%) RESTful
5 2 (0.83%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 89 (36.78%) Data Centre
2 45 (18.60%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.20%) PKI
4 14 (5.79%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (4.55%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.31%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (2.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.07%) Replication
8 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.65%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.41%) Home Automation
12 1 (0.41%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 54 (22.31%) Windows
2 31 (12.81%) Linux
3 27 (11.16%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.24%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.14%) ITIL
2 51 (21.07%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 41 (16.94%) High Availability
6 39 (16.12%) Incident Response
6 39 (16.12%) Technical Leadership
7 38 (15.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 38 (15.70%) Information Security
8 37 (15.29%) Security Architecture
9 35 (14.46%) Mentoring
9 35 (14.46%) Network Design
10 34 (14.05%) Computer Science
11 32 (13.22%) Network Monitoring
12 29 (11.98%) AI
12 29 (11.98%) SIEM
13 28 (11.57%) Project Delivery
14 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
14 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (11.16%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.53%) Python
2 24 (9.92%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.13%) Bash
4 6 (2.48%) Java
5 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.83%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.41%) Bicep
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (55.37%) CCNP
2 89 (36.78%) CCNA
3 75 (30.99%) Degree
4 65 (26.86%) CISSP
5 59 (24.38%) CCIE
6 57 (23.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 54 (22.31%) Azure Certification
8 43 (17.77%) CISM
9 42 (17.36%) CCSP
10 30 (12.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (10.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (8.68%) AWS Certification
12 21 (8.68%) CCSE
12 21 (8.68%) Master's Degree
13 17 (7.02%) CCSA
14 15 (6.20%) Security Cleared
15 14 (5.79%) MCSE
16 12 (4.96%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (4.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 11 (4.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (24.79%) NIST
2 46 (19.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (9.09%) QA
4 19 (7.85%) SLA
5 18 (7.44%) GDPR
5 18 (7.44%) PCI DSS
6 12 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.31%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.07%) COBIT
9 4 (1.65%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.83%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.41%) NCSC
11 1 (0.41%) PMO
11 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 34 (14.05%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.31%) vSphere
4 7 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.07%) Docker
5 5 (2.07%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.65%) Squid
7 3 (1.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.24%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 34 (14.05%) Ansible
2 31 (12.81%) Terraform
3 14 (5.79%) FortiGate
4 13 (5.37%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (4.13%) Cisco Prime
7 9 (3.72%) Check_MK
8 8 (3.31%) SCCM
9 7 (2.89%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (2.07%) Control-M
10 5 (2.07%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.65%) Packer
12 3 (1.24%) VxRail
13 2 (0.83%) Nagios
13 2 (0.83%) OpenView
13 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.83%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 127 (52.48%) Cisco
2 82 (33.88%) Microsoft
3 54 (22.31%) Palo Alto
4 46 (19.01%) SolarWinds
5 38 (15.70%) Fortinet
5 38 (15.70%) VMware
6 32 (13.22%) CheckPoint
6 32 (13.22%) Splunk
7 30 (12.40%) Arista
8 23 (9.50%) Meraki
9 21 (8.68%) F5
9 21 (8.68%) ForeScout
10 15 (6.20%) Infoblox
10 15 (6.20%) SevOne
10 15 (6.20%) Tenable
11 13 (5.37%) Red Hat
12 12 (4.96%) Zscaler
13 9 (3.72%) Dynatrace
13 9 (3.72%) Sophos
14 7 (2.89%) AppDynamics