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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 191 224
Rank change year-on-year -11 +33 +44
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 218 245 312
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.90% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.83% 5.54% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 127 163 274
10th Percentile £47,500 £33,310 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £63,132
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +2.96% -2.87%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £103,150 £95,000 £94,625
England median annual salary £62,538 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.23% +20.00% -7.41%

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 4,509 4,425 6,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.36% 34.28% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,429 2,046 4,243
10th Percentile £36,750 £40,951 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £58,497 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.73% +4.55% -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 18 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 18 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 +12 28 £80,000 +18.52% 15
East London -2 12 - - 6
South London +18 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 5 (2.29%) Confluence
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.13%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 79 (36.24%) Azure
2 56 (25.69%) AWS
3 24 (11.01%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (10.55%) GCP
5 11 (5.05%) Datadog
6 10 (4.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (3.21%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.75%) Mimecast
9 5 (2.29%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.83%) ChatGPT
10 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.83%) OCI
10 4 (1.83%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.83%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.83%) SaaS
11 3 (1.38%) GitHub
11 3 (1.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 126 (57.80%) Firewall
2 76 (34.86%) WAN
3 65 (29.82%) Network Security
4 57 (26.15%) VPN
5 56 (25.69%) LAN
6 54 (24.77%) SD-WAN
7 47 (21.56%) Wireless
8 38 (17.43%) VLAN
9 29 (13.30%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (12.84%) Cisco Wireless
11 27 (12.39%) BGP
11 27 (12.39%) Cisco ISE
11 27 (12.39%) OSPF
12 25 (11.47%) Cisco Firepower
13 16 (7.34%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (6.88%) DNS
15 13 (5.96%) MPLS
15 13 (5.96%) WLAN
16 11 (5.05%) TCP/IP
16 11 (5.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.83%) Big Data
1 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (4.13%) JIRA
2 7 (3.21%) Git
3 6 (2.75%) GitLab
3 6 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.38%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.38%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (35.32%) Social Skills
2 70 (32.11%) Finance
3 38 (17.43%) Banking
4 28 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.72%) Retail
6 17 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.42%) Telecoms
8 11 (5.05%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.13%) Local Government
10 8 (3.67%) Retail Banking
11 7 (3.21%) Law
12 6 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.75%) Marketing
12 6 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.38%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.38%) Automotive
14 3 (1.38%) Electronics
14 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (37.61%) Network Engineer
2 35 (16.06%) Senior
3 33 (15.14%) Architect
4 32 (14.68%) Consultant
5 24 (11.01%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (11.01%) Cisco Engineer
5 24 (11.01%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 24 (11.01%) Network Architect
6 22 (10.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 18 (8.26%) Network Consultant
8 16 (7.34%) Lead
9 12 (5.50%) AWS Engineer
9 12 (5.50%) LAN Engineer
9 12 (5.50%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 12 (5.50%) WAN Engineer
10 10 (4.59%) Security Specialist
11 9 (4.13%) Analyst
11 9 (4.13%) Cisco Consultant
11 9 (4.13%) Lead Network Engineer
11 9 (4.13%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.67%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.29%) OAuth
2 5 (2.29%) OpenID
3 3 (1.38%) REST
4 2 (0.92%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.46%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.46%) LDAP
5 1 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (28.90%) Data Centre
2 27 (12.39%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.13%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.13%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (3.21%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.21%) PKI
6 5 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.92%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.92%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.46%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.68%) Windows
2 22 (10.09%) Linux
3 14 (6.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.83%) Unix
5 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (19.27%) ITIL
2 41 (18.81%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (14.68%) Incident Response
5 31 (14.22%) High Availability
6 29 (13.30%) Migration
7 28 (12.84%) Mentoring
7 28 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
8 27 (12.39%) Computer Science
8 27 (12.39%) SIEM
9 26 (11.93%) Vulnerability Management
10 24 (11.01%) Roadmaps
11 23 (10.55%) AI
12 22 (10.09%) Network Design
12 22 (10.09%) Network Monitoring
12 22 (10.09%) Presales
12 22 (10.09%) Risk Management
13 21 (9.63%) Disaster Recovery
13 21 (9.63%) Security Operations
14 18 (8.26%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.97%) Python
2 17 (7.80%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.75%) Bash
4 4 (1.83%) Java
5 1 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 125 (57.34%) CCNP
2 79 (36.24%) CCNA
3 62 (28.44%) Degree
4 58 (26.61%) CCIE
5 49 (22.48%) CISSP
6 46 (21.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (15.14%) Azure Certification
8 32 (14.68%) CISM
9 28 (12.84%) CCSP
10 25 (11.47%) CCSE
11 23 (10.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (10.09%) Network+ Certification
13 21 (9.63%) CCSA
14 16 (7.34%) Security Cleared
15 15 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
16 14 (6.42%) Master's Degree
17 12 (5.50%) AWS Certification
17 12 (5.50%) GCIH
18 10 (4.59%) JNCIP
18 10 (4.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (21.56%) NIST
2 43 (19.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.80%) GDPR
4 11 (5.05%) QA
4 11 (5.05%) SLA
5 8 (3.67%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.75%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.38%) ITGC
9 2 (0.92%) COBIT
9 2 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.46%) NCSC
10 1 (0.46%) PMO
10 1 (0.46%) RMADS
System Software
1 21 (9.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (9.17%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.59%) Firmware
4 8 (3.67%) vSphere
5 4 (1.83%) Docker
6 3 (1.38%) Squid
6 3 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.38%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.92%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.92%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (14.68%) Ansible
2 20 (9.17%) Terraform
3 15 (6.88%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.59%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (4.13%) Check_MK
6 7 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.75%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.83%) Nagios
8 4 (1.83%) SCCM
9 3 (1.38%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (1.38%) Packer
9 3 (1.38%) QRadar
9 3 (1.38%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.92%) Control-M
10 2 (0.92%) VxRail
11 1 (0.46%) Grafana
11 1 (0.46%) OpenView
11 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.46%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 141 (64.68%) Cisco
2 55 (25.23%) Microsoft
3 49 (22.48%) Fortinet
4 37 (16.97%) CheckPoint
5 36 (16.51%) SolarWinds
6 34 (15.60%) Meraki
7 33 (15.14%) Palo Alto
8 26 (11.93%) VMware
9 22 (10.09%) Splunk
10 21 (9.63%) Arista
11 20 (9.17%) Juniper
12 15 (6.88%) F5
13 12 (5.50%) ForeScout
14 9 (4.13%) Infoblox
15 8 (3.67%) Red Hat
16 7 (3.21%) Dell
16 7 (3.21%) SevOne
16 7 (3.21%) Tenable
16 7 (3.21%) Zscaler
17 6 (2.75%) Sophos