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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 162 195
Rank change year-on-year -74 +33 +80
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 165 310 335
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.07% 2.07% 1.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.02% 6.24% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 98 208 283
10th Percentile £45,875 £33,200 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,563 £57,188 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,250 £81,875
90th Percentile £108,000 £95,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,644 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% +17.42% -4.55%

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 4,104 4,966 5,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.53% 33.10% 27.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,173 1,981 4,192
10th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £36,908
25th Percentile £51,004 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -21 20 £73,750 -3.59% 14
East London +6 14 - - 4
South London +37 6 - - 5
North London - 1 £32,500 - 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 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (7.27%) MS Visio
2 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.52%) Azure
2 40 (24.24%) AWS
3 17 (10.30%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.27%) GCP
5 7 (4.24%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.64%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.42%) Datadog
8 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.42%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.21%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.21%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.61%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.61%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 101 (61.21%) Firewall
2 55 (33.33%) WAN
3 52 (31.52%) LAN
4 39 (23.64%) VLAN
4 39 (23.64%) VPN
4 39 (23.64%) Wireless
5 35 (21.21%) Network Security
6 34 (20.61%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (18.79%) SD-WAN
8 30 (18.18%) BGP
8 30 (18.18%) OSPF
9 23 (13.94%) Cisco Firepower
9 23 (13.94%) Cisco Wireless
10 20 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
11 19 (11.52%) MPLS
12 14 (8.48%) Cisco ISE
12 14 (8.48%) TCP/IP
13 11 (6.67%) EIGRP
14 10 (6.06%) HSRP
14 10 (6.06%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Git
2 3 (1.82%) JIRA
3 2 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.61%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.61%) GitLab
4 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.61%) Metasploit
General
1 56 (33.94%) Finance
2 43 (26.06%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.09%) Banking
5 12 (7.27%) Law
6 9 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.85%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.64%) Retail
9 5 (3.03%) Legal
9 5 (3.03%) Retail Banking
10 4 (2.42%) Marketing
11 3 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.82%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.61%) Advertising
12 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.61%) Games
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 75 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 33 (20.00%) Senior
3 21 (12.73%) Cisco Engineer
3 21 (12.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 17 (10.30%) Senior Network Engineer
5 16 (9.70%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (9.70%) Consultant
5 16 (9.70%) WAN Engineer
6 15 (9.09%) Architect
7 14 (8.48%) AWS Engineer
7 14 (8.48%) LAN Engineer
7 14 (8.48%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 12 (7.27%) Network Consultant
9 10 (6.06%) Analyst
9 10 (6.06%) Cisco Consultant
9 10 (6.06%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 10 (6.06%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.24%) Cisco Wireless Consultant
10 7 (4.24%) Firewall Consultant
10 7 (4.24%) Wireless Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.64%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.82%) OAuth
2 3 (1.82%) OpenID
2 3 (1.82%) REST
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.61%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (28.48%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (7.27%) Security Posture
4 9 (5.45%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.03%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.42%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.82%) PKI
8 2 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.21%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.61%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.61%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.61%) IoT
9 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.09%) Windows
2 12 (7.27%) Linux
3 7 (4.24%) Unix
4 6 (3.64%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.21%) Computer Science
2 29 (17.58%) High Availability
3 25 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (15.15%) ITIL
4 24 (14.55%) SIEM
5 23 (13.94%) AI
5 23 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (13.33%) Migration
7 20 (12.12%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (11.52%) Information Security
9 18 (10.91%) Change Control
10 17 (10.30%) Kalman Filter
10 17 (10.30%) Zero Trust
11 16 (9.70%) Incident Response
11 16 (9.70%) Load Balancing
11 16 (9.70%) Process Improvement
12 15 (9.09%) Security Architecture
12 15 (9.09%) Security Operations
13 14 (8.48%) Network Design
14 13 (7.88%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.82%) Python
2 15 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.21%) Bash
4 1 (0.61%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 100 (60.61%) CCNP
2 61 (36.97%) Degree
3 58 (35.15%) CCNA
4 54 (32.73%) CCIE
5 35 (21.21%) CISSP
6 34 (20.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 31 (18.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (13.94%) CCSA
8 23 (13.94%) CCSE
9 20 (12.12%) Network+ Certification
10 17 (10.30%) CCSP
10 17 (10.30%) CISM
11 10 (6.06%) Azure Certification
11 10 (6.06%) CISA
12 9 (5.45%) AWS Certification
12 9 (5.45%) GCIH
12 9 (5.45%) GIAC
13 7 (4.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (3.64%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (14.55%) NIST
3 17 (10.30%) GDPR
4 7 (4.24%) SLA
5 5 (3.03%) SOC 2
6 4 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.82%) ITGC
7 3 (1.82%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.21%) GRC
8 2 (1.21%) PMO
8 2 (1.21%) QA
9 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.06%) Firmware
2 10 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.82%) vSphere
4 2 (1.21%) Docker
4 2 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 27 (16.36%) Ansible
2 16 (9.70%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.67%) Terraform
4 7 (4.24%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.64%) CASB
5 6 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.03%) Check_MK
7 3 (1.82%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.82%) QRadar
8 2 (1.21%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (1.21%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.21%) Nagios
9 1 (0.61%) CA Spectrum
9 1 (0.61%) Control-M
9 1 (0.61%) Grafana
9 1 (0.61%) Nmap
9 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 117 (70.91%) Cisco
2 47 (28.48%) Fortinet
3 36 (21.82%) CheckPoint
4 31 (18.79%) Microsoft
5 30 (18.18%) Palo Alto
6 29 (17.58%) Meraki
7 26 (15.76%) Juniper
8 21 (12.73%) SolarWinds
9 18 (10.91%) Arista
10 13 (7.88%) VMware
11 11 (6.67%) F5
12 9 (5.45%) Splunk
13 7 (4.24%) Infoblox
14 5 (3.03%) ForeScout
14 5 (3.03%) Zscaler
15 3 (1.82%) ArcSight
15 3 (1.82%) Aruba
15 3 (1.82%) LogLogic
15 3 (1.82%) ServiceNow
15 3 (1.82%) SevOne