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 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 171 181
Rank change year-on-year -59 +10 +145
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 165 351 339
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.29% 2.00% 1.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.23% 7.00% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 90 229 274
10th Percentile £39,750 £43,100 £43,950
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,875 £99,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 3,899 5,015 4,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.37% 28.54% 26.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,075 2,216 3,619
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.68%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 -7 18 £70,000 -3.31% 6
East London -8 7 - - 5
West London - 6 £59,000 - 3
South London +30 2 - -
North London - 1 £32,500 -
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 11 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.21%) nginx
4 1 (0.61%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (12.12%) MS Visio
2 13 (7.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (40.00%) Azure
2 44 (26.67%) AWS
3 18 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.27%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.67%) GCP
6 7 (4.24%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.64%) IaaS
7 6 (3.64%) Mimecast
8 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.42%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (2.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.42%) Dropbox
9 4 (2.42%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.42%) Rubrik
10 3 (1.82%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.21%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.21%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.21%) SaaS
11 2 (1.21%) SecurityScorecard
12 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 90 (54.55%) Firewall
2 66 (40.00%) LAN
3 53 (32.12%) WAN
4 46 (27.88%) VPN
5 42 (25.45%) Wireless
6 41 (24.85%) Network Security
7 38 (23.03%) VLAN
8 37 (22.42%) BGP
9 36 (21.82%) OSPF
9 36 (21.82%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (13.33%) Cisco Wireless
11 20 (12.12%) DNS
11 20 (12.12%) MPLS
11 20 (12.12%) SD-WAN
12 19 (11.52%) TCP/IP
13 13 (7.88%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (7.88%) EIGRP
14 11 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
14 11 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (6.67%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.82%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Git
2 3 (1.82%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.82%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.21%) GitLab
3 2 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 44 (26.67%) Finance
3 23 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.30%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (8.48%) Telecoms
6 12 (7.27%) Banking
7 10 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.06%) Law
8 8 (4.85%) Marketing
9 6 (3.64%) Legal
10 3 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.21%) Advertising
11 2 (1.21%) French Language
11 2 (1.21%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.21%) Military
11 2 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.21%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.21%) Retail
12 1 (0.61%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 81 (49.09%) Network Engineer
2 41 (24.85%) Senior
3 21 (12.73%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (8.48%) Analyst
4 14 (8.48%) Cisco Engineer
5 13 (7.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 12 (7.27%) Consultant
7 11 (6.67%) Architect
7 11 (6.67%) Security Engineer
8 10 (6.06%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Deployment Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Network Deployment Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Security Architect
11 7 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (4.24%) Cisco Consultant
11 7 (4.24%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 7 (4.24%) Network Analyst
11 7 (4.24%) Network Consultant
11 7 (4.24%) Network Support
11 7 (4.24%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.64%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.21%) REST
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 47 (28.48%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.24%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.64%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.42%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.42%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.42%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.42%) Web3
6 3 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.82%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.21%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.97%) Windows
2 21 (12.73%) Linux
3 15 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.24%) Unix
5 2 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (16.97%) Computer Science
2 28 (16.97%) Load Balancing
3 26 (15.76%) High Availability
4 25 (15.15%) Migration
5 24 (14.55%) ITIL
6 20 (12.12%) Information Security
6 20 (12.12%) Low Latency
7 19 (11.52%) DevOps
8 17 (10.30%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (9.70%) Change Management
10 15 (9.09%) Inventory Management
10 15 (9.09%) Roadmaps
10 15 (9.09%) Zero Trust
11 14 (8.48%) AI
11 14 (8.48%) Change Control
11 14 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (8.48%) Network Monitoring
12 13 (7.88%) SIEM
12 13 (7.88%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 44 (26.67%) Python
2 19 (11.52%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.42%) Bash
4 3 (1.82%) Go
5 2 (1.21%) R
5 2 (1.21%) VB
6 1 (0.61%) PromQL
6 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (63.03%) CCNP
2 65 (39.39%) Degree
3 61 (36.97%) CCNA
4 54 (32.73%) CCIE
5 25 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 21 (12.73%) CISSP
8 17 (10.30%) CCSA
9 16 (9.70%) CCSE
10 15 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (8.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (7.88%) Azure Certification
13 11 (6.67%) CCSP
14 10 (6.06%) GIAC
14 10 (6.06%) Security Cleared
15 9 (5.45%) AWS Certification
15 9 (5.45%) CISA
15 9 (5.45%) CISM
15 9 (5.45%) MCSA
15 9 (5.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.12%) GDPR
3 16 (9.70%) NIST
4 7 (4.24%) SLA
5 6 (3.64%) PMO
6 3 (1.82%) ITGC
6 3 (1.82%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.21%) GRC
7 2 (1.21%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (11.52%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.03%) vSphere
5 4 (2.42%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 4 (2.42%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.42%) pfSense
5 4 (2.42%) ProxySG
6 2 (1.21%) Docker
6 2 (1.21%) Squid
7 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (19.39%) Ansible
2 21 (12.73%) Terraform
3 8 (4.85%) FortiGate
3 8 (4.85%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.24%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (4.24%) Grafana
5 6 (3.64%) CASB
5 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.64%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.42%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.42%) VxRail
7 3 (1.82%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.82%) Nmap
7 3 (1.82%) QRadar
8 2 (1.21%) CA Spectrum
8 2 (1.21%) Kibana
8 2 (1.21%) Nagios
8 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (73.33%) Cisco
2 39 (23.64%) CheckPoint
3 34 (20.61%) Fortinet
4 31 (18.79%) Meraki
4 31 (18.79%) Microsoft
5 26 (15.76%) Palo Alto
6 23 (13.94%) Arista
6 23 (13.94%) F5
7 22 (13.33%) Juniper
8 21 (12.73%) VMware
9 17 (10.30%) SolarWinds
10 10 (6.06%) Splunk
11 7 (4.24%) Zscaler
12 6 (3.64%) Google
12 6 (3.64%) Infoblox
12 6 (3.64%) Motorola
12 6 (3.64%) ServiceNow
13 5 (3.03%) Ekahau
13 5 (3.03%) Oracle
14 4 (2.42%) Apple