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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 188 231
Rank change year-on-year -13 +43 +41
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 220 241 310
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.87% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.87% 5.52% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 130 161 272
10th Percentile £47,500 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,125 £51,750 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,438 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,850 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +18.81% -4.72%

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 4,515 4,363 6,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.07% 33.88% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 2,042 4,257
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,875 £52,500 £49,750
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 £58,728 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% +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 23 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 23 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 +17 28 £80,000 +25.49% 16
East London -8 11 - - 6
South London +19 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 (2.27%) Confluence
2 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 80 (36.36%) Azure
2 56 (25.45%) AWS
3 25 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (10.45%) GCP
5 13 (5.91%) Datadog
6 11 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (4.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.73%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.73%) Mimecast
10 5 (2.27%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.27%) SaaS
11 4 (1.82%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.82%) IaaS
11 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.82%) OCI
11 4 (1.82%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.82%) PaaS
11 4 (1.82%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 128 (58.18%) Firewall
2 76 (34.55%) WAN
3 66 (30.00%) Network Security
4 59 (26.82%) VPN
5 55 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 54 (24.55%) LAN
7 47 (21.36%) Wireless
8 38 (17.27%) VLAN
9 29 (13.18%) Cisco Wireless
9 29 (13.18%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (12.73%) Cisco ISE
11 27 (12.27%) BGP
11 27 (12.27%) OSPF
12 24 (10.91%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (7.73%) DNS
14 15 (6.82%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (5.91%) MPLS
15 13 (5.91%) WLAN
16 12 (5.45%) TCP/IP
17 11 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.82%) Big Data
3 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (4.09%) JIRA
2 7 (3.18%) Git
3 6 (2.73%) GitLab
3 6 (2.73%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.82%) Chocolatey
5 3 (1.36%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 70 (31.82%) Finance
3 39 (17.73%) Banking
4 29 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.64%) Retail
6 17 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.36%) Telecoms
8 11 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.09%) Local Government
10 8 (3.64%) Retail Banking
11 7 (3.18%) Law
12 6 (2.73%) Marketing
12 6 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.36%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.36%) Automotive
15 3 (1.36%) Electronics
15 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (37.27%) Network Engineer
2 37 (16.82%) Senior
3 33 (15.00%) Architect
4 32 (14.55%) Consultant
5 24 (10.91%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (10.91%) Cisco Engineer
5 24 (10.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 24 (10.91%) Network Architect
6 23 (10.45%) Senior Network Engineer
7 18 (8.18%) Network Consultant
8 16 (7.27%) Lead
9 11 (5.00%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (5.00%) LAN Engineer
9 11 (5.00%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 11 (5.00%) WAN Engineer
10 10 (4.55%) Security Specialist
11 9 (4.09%) Analyst
11 9 (4.09%) Cisco Consultant
11 9 (4.09%) Lead Network Engineer
11 9 (4.09%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.64%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.27%) OAuth
2 5 (2.27%) OpenID
3 3 (1.36%) REST
4 2 (0.91%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.91%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.45%) LDAP
5 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (29.09%) Data Centre
2 28 (12.73%) Security Posture
3 11 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.09%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.09%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.64%) PKI
6 7 (3.18%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.91%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.45%) Windows
2 22 (10.00%) Linux
3 15 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.82%) Unix
5 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (19.09%) ITIL
2 40 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (14.55%) Incident Response
5 31 (14.09%) High Availability
6 30 (13.64%) Migration
7 29 (13.18%) Technical Leadership
8 28 (12.73%) Mentoring
9 27 (12.27%) SIEM
10 26 (11.82%) Computer Science
10 26 (11.82%) Vulnerability Management
11 24 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
11 24 (10.91%) Roadmaps
12 23 (10.45%) AI
12 23 (10.45%) Network Design
12 23 (10.45%) Network Monitoring
13 22 (10.00%) Presales
13 22 (10.00%) Risk Management
14 21 (9.55%) Security Operations
15 19 (8.64%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.27%) Python
2 17 (7.73%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.73%) Bash
4 4 (1.82%) Java
5 1 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 126 (57.27%) CCNP
2 79 (35.91%) CCNA
3 61 (27.73%) Degree
4 56 (25.45%) CCIE
5 49 (22.27%) CISSP
6 46 (20.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 35 (15.91%) Azure Certification
8 32 (14.55%) CISM
9 28 (12.73%) CCSP
10 23 (10.45%) CCSE
11 22 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
12 19 (8.64%) CCSA
13 16 (7.27%) Security Cleared
14 15 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (6.36%) Master's Degree
16 12 (5.45%) AWS Certification
16 12 (5.45%) GCIH
17 10 (4.55%) JNCIP
17 10 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (21.82%) NIST
2 43 (19.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.73%) GDPR
4 12 (5.45%) SLA
5 11 (5.00%) QA
6 9 (4.09%) PCI DSS
7 7 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.73%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.36%) ITGC
10 2 (0.91%) COBIT
10 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.45%) NCSC
11 1 (0.45%) PMO
11 1 (0.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 22 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (9.55%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.55%) Firmware
4 8 (3.64%) vSphere
5 4 (1.82%) Docker
5 4 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.36%) Squid
6 3 (1.36%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.91%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.91%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (15.00%) Ansible
2 21 (9.55%) Terraform
3 16 (7.27%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.55%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (4.09%) Check_MK
6 7 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.73%) Kubernetes
8 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.27%) SCCM
9 4 (1.82%) Nagios
10 3 (1.36%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (1.36%) Packer
10 3 (1.36%) QRadar
10 3 (1.36%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.91%) Control-M
11 2 (0.91%) VxRail
12 1 (0.45%) OpenView
12 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 141 (64.09%) Cisco
2 58 (26.36%) Microsoft
3 48 (21.82%) Fortinet
4 37 (16.82%) SolarWinds
5 35 (15.91%) CheckPoint
6 34 (15.45%) Meraki
7 33 (15.00%) Palo Alto
8 27 (12.27%) VMware
9 23 (10.45%) Splunk
10 22 (10.00%) Arista
11 20 (9.09%) Juniper
12 16 (7.27%) F5
13 14 (6.36%) ForeScout
14 10 (4.55%) Infoblox
15 8 (3.64%) Red Hat
15 8 (3.64%) SevOne
15 8 (3.64%) Tenable
16 7 (3.18%) Dell
16 7 (3.18%) Zscaler
17 6 (2.73%) Dynatrace