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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 203 200
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 250 189 295
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.03% 1.59% 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.26% 5.48% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 171 96 214
10th Percentile £52,500 £34,100 £38,250
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +5.77% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £85,313 £85,188
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.31% -7.17% -

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 4,755 3,450 5,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.52% 29.08% 27.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,858 1,909 2,642
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £102,725
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 5 September 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 5 September 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 19 £80,000 +14.29% 19
West London -23 4 £77,500 +31.36% 4
East London -6 2 £70,000 +122.22% 3
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 12 (4.80%) Confluence
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.80%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (4.80%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.40%) Eikon
2 1 (0.40%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 114 (45.60%) Azure
2 85 (34.00%) AWS
3 41 (16.40%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (12.00%) GCP
5 21 (8.40%) Datadog
6 16 (6.40%) SaaS
7 14 (5.60%) Entra ID
8 13 (5.20%) OpenShift
9 11 (4.40%) IaaS
9 11 (4.40%) PaaS
10 8 (3.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (3.20%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.20%) OCI
11 7 (2.80%) Nutanix
12 5 (2.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (2.00%) AWS Direct Connect
12 5 (2.00%) AWS KMS
12 5 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.60%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 116 (46.40%) Firewall
2 96 (38.40%) Network Security
3 93 (37.20%) WAN
4 89 (35.60%) VPN
5 62 (24.80%) LAN
6 61 (24.40%) SD-WAN
7 49 (19.60%) DNS
8 45 (18.00%) Wireless
9 41 (16.40%) BGP
10 39 (15.60%) OSPF
11 38 (15.20%) Cisco ISE
12 36 (14.40%) VLAN
13 32 (12.80%) TCP/IP
14 29 (11.60%) Wi-Fi
15 25 (10.00%) DHCP
16 21 (8.40%) Cisco Wireless
16 21 (8.40%) VXLAN
17 17 (6.80%) MPLS
18 16 (6.40%) Software-Defined Networking
19 15 (6.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.00%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.60%) Big Data
4 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (7.20%) JIRA
2 9 (3.60%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.80%) GitLab
3 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.00%) Git
5 4 (1.60%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 114 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 65 (26.00%) Finance
3 42 (16.80%) Banking
4 38 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.60%) Telecoms
6 20 (8.00%) Retail
7 17 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (5.20%) Local Government
9 11 (4.40%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.00%) Legal
11 9 (3.60%) Law
11 9 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (3.20%) Mandarin Language
13 7 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.80%) Marketing
14 6 (2.40%) Digital Health
15 4 (1.60%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (31.60%) Network Engineer
2 43 (17.20%) Senior
3 30 (12.00%) Architect
4 25 (10.00%) Lead
5 22 (8.80%) Consultant
5 22 (8.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 22 (8.80%) Security Specialist
6 20 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 17 (6.80%) Network Specialist
7 17 (6.80%) Security Engineer
8 16 (6.40%) Network Security Specialist
9 15 (6.00%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (6.00%) Network Architect
10 11 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
10 11 (4.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (4.40%) IT Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Network Consultant
11 10 (4.00%) Network Security Engineer
12 9 (3.60%) Analyst
12 9 (3.60%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.20%) Terraform
2 7 (2.80%) LDAP
3 6 (2.40%) SAML
4 5 (2.00%) OAuth
5 4 (1.60%) JWT
5 4 (1.60%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.60%) REST
6 3 (1.20%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.20%) OpenID
7 2 (0.80%) EDI
7 2 (0.80%) IDoc
7 2 (0.80%) JSON
7 2 (0.80%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.80%) RESTful
8 1 (0.40%) Jinja
8 1 (0.40%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.40%) YAML
8 1 (0.40%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 80 (32.00%) Data Centre
2 52 (20.80%) Security Posture
3 16 (6.40%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (5.20%) Cloud Native
4 13 (5.20%) PKI
5 12 (4.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.00%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.80%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (2.40%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.40%) Replication
10 4 (1.60%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.20%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 60 (24.00%) Windows
2 36 (14.40%) Linux
3 34 (13.60%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.60%) Unix
6 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.80%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (22.80%) Roadmaps
4 54 (21.60%) Incident Response
5 51 (20.40%) ITIL
6 50 (20.00%) Information Security
7 48 (19.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 44 (17.60%) Security Architecture
9 42 (16.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 40 (16.00%) Network Design
10 40 (16.00%) SIEM
10 40 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
11 37 (14.80%) Cloud Security
11 37 (14.80%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (14.40%) High Availability
13 35 (14.00%) Project Delivery
14 33 (13.20%) Computer Science
15 32 (12.80%) Network Monitoring
15 32 (12.80%) Risk Management
15 32 (12.80%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.00%) Python
2 24 (9.60%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.60%) Bash
3 9 (3.60%) Java
4 2 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (0.80%) SQL
5 1 (0.40%) Bicep
5 1 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 140 (56.00%) CCNP
2 88 (35.20%) CISSP
3 87 (34.80%) CCNA
4 75 (30.00%) Degree
5 62 (24.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 58 (23.20%) Azure Certification
7 53 (21.20%) CCSP
8 47 (18.80%) CCIE
9 42 (16.80%) CISM
10 33 (13.20%) AWS Certification
11 27 (10.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (8.40%) Master's Degree
12 21 (8.40%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (5.60%) Security Cleared
14 13 (5.20%) CCSE
15 12 (4.80%) CEH
15 12 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 11 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (4.40%) MCSE
17 10 (4.00%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (24.40%) NIST
2 52 (20.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (8.80%) GDPR
4 19 (7.60%) PCI DSS
4 19 (7.60%) QA
5 16 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (6.40%) SLA
6 9 (3.60%) GRC
7 8 (3.20%) SOC 2
8 7 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.00%) COBIT
10 4 (1.60%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.60%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.80%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.40%) NCSC
13 1 (0.40%) PMO
13 1 (0.40%) RMADS
System Software
1 46 (18.40%) Active Directory
2 41 (16.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.20%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.20%) vSphere
5 5 (2.00%) Docker
5 5 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.60%) Squid
7 3 (1.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.20%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.80%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 41 (16.40%) Ansible
2 19 (7.60%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.40%) FortiGate
4 15 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.00%) SCCM
5 10 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.00%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (2.00%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (2.00%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.60%) Packer
8 3 (1.20%) Control-M
8 3 (1.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 3 (1.20%) VxRail
9 2 (0.80%) OpenView
9 2 (0.80%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.40%) CASB
10 1 (0.40%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.40%) Nagios
10 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 120 (48.00%) Cisco
2 83 (33.20%) Microsoft
3 65 (26.00%) Palo Alto
4 51 (20.40%) VMware
5 39 (15.60%) Fortinet
6 31 (12.40%) Arista
7 30 (12.00%) Splunk
8 28 (11.20%) F5
8 28 (11.20%) Zscaler
9 27 (10.80%) CheckPoint
10 26 (10.40%) SolarWinds
11 23 (9.20%) Meraki
12 21 (8.40%) Tenable
13 18 (7.20%) ForeScout
14 14 (5.60%) Red Hat
15 13 (5.20%) Infoblox
16 12 (4.80%) SevOne
17 10 (4.00%) Oracle
17 10 (4.00%) Sophos
18 9 (3.60%) Citrix