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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 211 232
Rank change year-on-year +6 +21 -33
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 266 195 261
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.11% 1.61% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.55% 5.52% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 171 98 202
10th Percentile £52,500 £32,990 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £99,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,576 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +31.15% -9.09% -

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 4,794 3,535 5,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.99% 29.14% 27.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,848 1,956 2,835
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,731 £49,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,625 £102,500
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 18 August 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 August 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 +6 22 £80,000 +23.08% 5
West London -22 4 £77,500 +31.36% 4
East London -9 2 £70,000 +122.22% 2
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 (4.51%) Confluence
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.75%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (4.51%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 116 (43.61%) Azure
2 88 (33.08%) AWS
3 43 (16.17%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (12.41%) GCP
5 21 (7.89%) Datadog
6 14 (5.26%) SaaS
7 13 (4.89%) OpenShift
8 10 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (3.76%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.76%) IaaS
8 10 (3.76%) PaaS
9 9 (3.38%) Nutanix
10 8 (3.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (3.01%) OCI
11 7 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (1.88%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.88%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.50%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 127 (47.74%) Firewall
2 106 (39.85%) Network Security
3 104 (39.10%) WAN
4 95 (35.71%) VPN
5 70 (26.32%) LAN
6 69 (25.94%) SD-WAN
7 48 (18.05%) DNS
8 44 (16.54%) Wireless
9 43 (16.17%) BGP
10 41 (15.41%) Cisco ISE
10 41 (15.41%) OSPF
11 36 (13.53%) VLAN
12 32 (12.03%) TCP/IP
13 31 (11.65%) Wi-Fi
14 24 (9.02%) DHCP
15 22 (8.27%) Cisco Wireless
16 21 (7.89%) VXLAN
17 16 (6.02%) MPLS
17 16 (6.02%) Software-Defined Networking
18 15 (5.64%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.88%) Big Data
2 5 (1.88%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 19 (7.14%) JIRA
2 9 (3.38%) Chocolatey
3 7 (2.63%) GitLab
3 7 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.88%) Git
5 4 (1.50%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 120 (45.11%) Social Skills
2 71 (26.69%) Finance
3 48 (18.05%) Banking
4 43 (16.17%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.40%) Telecoms
6 24 (9.02%) Retail
7 20 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (6.02%) Local Government
9 13 (4.89%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.38%) Legal
11 8 (3.01%) Mandarin Language
11 8 (3.01%) Marketing
11 8 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.63%) Law
13 6 (2.26%) Digital Health
13 6 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (30.83%) Network Engineer
2 43 (16.17%) Senior
3 36 (13.53%) Architect
4 28 (10.53%) Lead
5 27 (10.15%) Consultant
6 22 (8.27%) Network Architect
6 22 (8.27%) Security Specialist
7 21 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (7.52%) Senior Network Engineer
9 19 (7.14%) Network Specialist
10 18 (6.77%) Network Security Specialist
11 17 (6.39%) Azure Engineer
12 14 (5.26%) Security Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Cisco Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Network Consultant
14 11 (4.14%) IT Engineer
15 9 (3.38%) Analyst
15 9 (3.38%) Lead Network Engineer
15 9 (3.38%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.63%) LDAP
2 6 (2.26%) OAuth
2 6 (2.26%) SAML
3 4 (1.50%) JWT
3 4 (1.50%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.50%) OpenID
3 4 (1.50%) REST
4 3 (1.13%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.13%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.75%) EDI
5 2 (0.75%) IDoc
5 2 (0.75%) JSON
5 2 (0.75%) RESTful
6 1 (0.38%) Jinja
6 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.38%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.38%) YAML
6 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 86 (32.33%) Data Centre
2 49 (18.42%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.64%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.51%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.51%) PKI
5 11 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.76%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.38%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.63%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.26%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (2.26%) Replication
10 5 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.13%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 61 (22.93%) Windows
2 37 (13.91%) Linux
3 32 (12.03%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.13%) Unix
6 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (22.18%) Roadmaps
4 56 (21.05%) ITIL
5 52 (19.55%) Information Security
6 51 (19.17%) Incident Response
7 47 (17.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 45 (16.92%) Technical Leadership
9 43 (16.17%) Network Design
10 40 (15.04%) Security Architecture
11 39 (14.66%) Mentoring
12 38 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 38 (14.29%) SIEM
13 37 (13.91%) Project Delivery
14 36 (13.53%) High Availability
14 36 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (13.53%) Presales
15 35 (13.16%) Cloud Security
15 35 (13.16%) Computer Science
15 35 (13.16%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.05%) Python
2 26 (9.77%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.38%) Bash
3 9 (3.38%) Java
4 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.38%) C
5 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 151 (56.77%) CCNP
2 91 (34.21%) CCNA
3 84 (31.58%) CISSP
4 82 (30.83%) Degree
5 65 (24.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 59 (22.18%) Azure Certification
7 55 (20.68%) CCSP
8 53 (19.92%) CCIE
9 46 (17.29%) CISM
10 31 (11.65%) AWS Certification
11 28 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (9.02%) Master's Degree
12 24 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (6.02%) Security Cleared
13 16 (6.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 14 (5.26%) CCSE
15 13 (4.89%) MCSE
16 12 (4.51%) RHCSA
17 11 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (3.76%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (24.81%) NIST
2 56 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (8.65%) GDPR
4 22 (8.27%) QA
5 20 (7.52%) PCI DSS
6 17 (6.39%) SLA
7 13 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.63%) SOC 2
9 6 (2.26%) COBIT
10 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.50%) GRC
10 4 (1.50%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.75%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.38%) NCSC
12 1 (0.38%) PMO
12 1 (0.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (16.54%) Active Directory
2 42 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.76%) vSphere
4 9 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (3.01%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.88%) Docker
6 5 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.50%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.50%) Squid
8 3 (1.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.13%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.75%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.38%) Firmware
10 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (15.04%) Ansible
2 35 (13.16%) Terraform
3 19 (7.14%) Kubernetes
4 16 (6.02%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.76%) SCCM
7 7 (2.63%) Cisco Prime
7 7 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.88%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.88%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.50%) Check_MK
9 4 (1.50%) Control-M
9 4 (1.50%) Packer
10 3 (1.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 3 (1.13%) VxRail
11 2 (0.75%) OpenView
11 2 (0.75%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.38%) CASB
12 1 (0.38%) Nagios
12 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 131 (49.25%) Cisco
2 86 (32.33%) Microsoft
3 70 (26.32%) Palo Alto
4 54 (20.30%) VMware
5 43 (16.17%) Fortinet
6 33 (12.41%) Arista
7 32 (12.03%) SolarWinds
7 32 (12.03%) Splunk
8 31 (11.65%) CheckPoint
9 28 (10.53%) F5
9 28 (10.53%) Zscaler
10 24 (9.02%) Meraki
11 21 (7.89%) Tenable
12 18 (6.77%) ForeScout
13 16 (6.02%) Red Hat
14 13 (4.89%) Infoblox
15 12 (4.51%) SevOne
15 12 (4.51%) Sophos
16 9 (3.38%) Dynatrace
16 9 (3.38%) Oracle