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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 193 215
Rank change year-on-year -11 +22 +53
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 212 242 306
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.87% 1.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.83% 5.54% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 123 172 267
10th Percentile £46,500 £34,225 £46,000
25th Percentile £61,875 £55,469 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £63,264
Median % change year-on-year - +10.65% -2.67%
75th Percentile £88,125 £84,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,700 £95,000 £93,000
England median annual salary £61,750 £60,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year +2.92% +19.40% -7.37%

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 4,370 6,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.87% 33.86% 27.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,367 2,022 4,221
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.19% +1.48%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,100 £117,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,670 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.29% +4.85% -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 6 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 6 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 +11 27 £80,000 +23.08% 20
East London -3 13 - - 3
South London +26 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 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.25%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 75 (35.38%) Azure
2 53 (25.00%) AWS
3 22 (10.38%) GCP
4 21 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (4.25%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (4.25%) Datadog
7 6 (2.83%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.83%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.36%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.36%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.89%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.89%) OCI
9 4 (1.89%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.89%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.89%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.89%) SaaS
10 3 (1.42%) IaaS
10 3 (1.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (60.85%) Firewall
2 74 (34.91%) WAN
3 60 (28.30%) Network Security
4 57 (26.89%) LAN
4 57 (26.89%) VPN
5 51 (24.06%) SD-WAN
6 47 (22.17%) Wireless
7 43 (20.28%) VLAN
8 33 (15.57%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (13.68%) BGP
9 29 (13.68%) OSPF
10 28 (13.21%) Cisco Wireless
11 25 (11.79%) Cisco Firepower
12 24 (11.32%) Cisco ISE
13 19 (8.96%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (7.55%) MPLS
15 14 (6.60%) TCP/IP
16 13 (6.13%) WLAN
17 11 (5.19%) DNS
17 11 (5.19%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.89%) Big Data
1 4 (1.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (3.30%) JIRA
2 5 (2.36%) Git
3 3 (1.42%) Chocolatey
3 3 (1.42%) GitLab
3 3 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
General
1 70 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 65 (30.66%) Finance
3 35 (16.51%) Banking
4 25 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.08%) Retail
6 13 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.13%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.19%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.77%) Law
8 8 (3.77%) Marketing
8 8 (3.77%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.36%) Local Government
10 5 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 80 (37.74%) Network Engineer
2 35 (16.51%) Architect
3 34 (16.04%) Senior
4 33 (15.57%) Consultant
5 26 (12.26%) Cisco Engineer
5 26 (12.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 25 (11.79%) Azure Engineer
7 24 (11.32%) Network Architect
8 22 (10.38%) Senior Network Engineer
9 19 (8.96%) Network Consultant
10 14 (6.60%) Lead
11 13 (6.13%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (6.13%) LAN Engineer
11 13 (6.13%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 13 (6.13%) WAN Engineer
12 11 (5.19%) Analyst
13 10 (4.72%) Cisco Consultant
13 10 (4.72%) Cisco Network Consultant
13 10 (4.72%) Security Specialist
14 9 (4.25%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.77%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.36%) OAuth
2 5 (2.36%) OpenID
3 3 (1.42%) REST
4 2 (0.94%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.47%) LDAP
5 1 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (28.30%) Data Centre
2 22 (10.38%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.25%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.77%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.30%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.36%) PKI
8 4 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.47%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.47%) IoT
11 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.68%) Windows
2 22 (10.38%) Linux
3 11 (5.19%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.30%) Unix
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (18.87%) ITIL
2 38 (17.92%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (15.09%) Computer Science
4 31 (14.62%) High Availability
4 31 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (14.15%) Incident Response
6 28 (13.21%) Migration
6 28 (13.21%) SIEM
7 25 (11.79%) Roadmaps
7 25 (11.79%) Technical Leadership
7 25 (11.79%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (11.32%) Mentoring
9 23 (10.85%) AI
10 22 (10.38%) Presales
11 21 (9.91%) Security Operations
12 20 (9.43%) Kalman Filter
12 20 (9.43%) Network Design
12 20 (9.43%) Network Monitoring
13 19 (8.96%) Risk Management
14 17 (8.02%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.98%) Python
2 13 (6.13%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.42%) Bash
4 2 (0.94%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 124 (58.49%) CCNP
2 78 (36.79%) CCNA
3 65 (30.66%) Degree
4 62 (29.25%) CCIE
5 45 (21.23%) CISSP
6 41 (19.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 29 (13.68%) Azure Certification
8 28 (13.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (12.26%) CCSE
10 25 (11.79%) CCSP
10 25 (11.79%) CISM
11 23 (10.85%) Network+ Certification
12 22 (10.38%) CCSA
13 13 (6.13%) Security Cleared
14 12 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (5.19%) GCIH
16 10 (4.72%) JNCIP
16 10 (4.72%) Master's Degree
16 10 (4.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 9 (4.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.81%) NIST
2 39 (18.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (8.49%) GDPR
4 11 (5.19%) SLA
5 7 (3.30%) QA
6 6 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.83%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.36%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.42%) ITGC
8 3 (1.42%) PMO
9 2 (0.94%) GRC
9 2 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.47%) COBIT
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
System Software
1 20 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (8.02%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.72%) Firmware
4 6 (2.83%) vSphere
5 3 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.94%) Docker
6 2 (0.94%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.47%) Squid
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (12.74%) Ansible
2 16 (7.55%) Terraform
3 15 (7.08%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.72%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (4.25%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (3.77%) Check_MK
7 4 (1.89%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.89%) Nagios
7 4 (1.89%) SCCM
8 3 (1.42%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.42%) QRadar
9 2 (0.94%) CASB
9 2 (0.94%) Control-M
9 2 (0.94%) VxRail
10 1 (0.47%) Grafana
10 1 (0.47%) OpenView
10 1 (0.47%) Packer
10 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 144 (67.92%) Cisco
2 54 (25.47%) Fortinet
3 46 (21.70%) Microsoft
4 42 (19.81%) CheckPoint
5 35 (16.51%) Meraki
6 34 (16.04%) SolarWinds
7 33 (15.57%) Palo Alto
8 25 (11.79%) VMware
9 23 (10.85%) Arista
9 23 (10.85%) Juniper
10 18 (8.49%) Splunk
11 13 (6.13%) F5
12 9 (4.25%) Infoblox
13 8 (3.77%) ForeScout
14 7 (3.30%) Zscaler
15 6 (2.83%) Red Hat
15 6 (2.83%) Sophos
15 6 (2.83%) Tenable
16 5 (2.36%) Dell
16 5 (2.36%) Dynatrace