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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 211 248
Rank change year-on-year +18 +37 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 241 201 297
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.70% 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.56% 5.26% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 151 114 261
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,125 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,750 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% +7.84% -6.42%

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 4,338 3,822 6,632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.77% 32.29% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 1,766 4,207
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,428
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £92,375 £87,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,875 £103,570
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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +9 31 £80,000 +23.08% 12
East London -2 10 - - 5
South London +11 4 - -
West London -15 1 £77,500 +34.78% 3
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 6 (2.49%) Confluence
2 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.83%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 13 (5.39%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (42.32%) Azure
2 67 (27.80%) AWS
3 34 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.69%) GCP
5 19 (7.88%) Datadog
6 11 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (3.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 9 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (3.73%) SaaS
8 7 (2.90%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.90%) OCI
9 6 (2.49%) ChatGPT
9 6 (2.49%) IaaS
9 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (2.49%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.49%) PaaS
10 5 (2.07%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.66%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.66%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.66%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 131 (54.36%) Firewall
2 86 (35.68%) WAN
3 82 (34.02%) Network Security
4 69 (28.63%) VPN
5 64 (26.56%) SD-WAN
6 57 (23.65%) LAN
7 45 (18.67%) Wireless
8 36 (14.94%) Cisco ISE
9 30 (12.45%) BGP
9 30 (12.45%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (11.62%) Cisco Wireless
10 28 (11.62%) OSPF
10 28 (11.62%) VLAN
11 25 (10.37%) DNS
12 24 (9.96%) Cisco Firepower
13 15 (6.22%) VoIP
14 14 (5.81%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (5.81%) SSL
15 13 (5.39%) Software-Defined Networking
16 12 (4.98%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.66%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (4.98%) JIRA
2 8 (3.32%) GitLab
3 7 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.49%) Chocolatey
5 5 (2.07%) Git
6 4 (1.66%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 101 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 75 (31.12%) Finance
3 46 (19.09%) Banking
4 38 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.37%) Retail
6 19 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.64%) Local Government
8 14 (5.81%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.56%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.32%) Retail Banking
11 6 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Law
13 4 (1.66%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.66%) Automotive
13 4 (1.66%) Electronics
13 4 (1.66%) Legal
13 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.66%) Marketing
13 4 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (36.51%) Network Engineer
2 44 (18.26%) Senior
3 39 (16.18%) Architect
4 28 (11.62%) Consultant
5 27 (11.20%) Network Architect
6 25 (10.37%) Senior Network Engineer
7 24 (9.96%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (8.30%) Cisco Engineer
8 20 (8.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 18 (7.47%) Lead
10 16 (6.64%) Network Consultant
11 12 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Security Specialist
12 11 (4.56%) Principal Architect
13 10 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) LAN Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) LAN/WAN Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) WAN Engineer
14 9 (3.73%) IT Engineer
14 9 (3.73%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.32%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.90%) OAuth
3 5 (2.07%) OpenID
4 4 (1.66%) REST
5 3 (1.24%) SAML
6 2 (0.83%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.83%) EDI
6 2 (0.83%) IDoc
6 2 (0.83%) JWT
6 2 (0.83%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.83%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 81 (33.61%) Data Centre
2 43 (17.84%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.39%) PKI
4 12 (4.98%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.32%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.32%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.32%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.07%) Replication
10 4 (1.66%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.41%) IPTV
13 1 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.92%) Windows
2 31 (12.86%) Linux
3 22 (9.13%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.24%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (20.75%) Cybersecurity
1 50 (20.75%) ITIL
2 42 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (16.18%) High Availability
4 37 (15.35%) Incident Response
5 36 (14.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 35 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
7 34 (14.11%) Mentoring
8 33 (13.69%) Roadmaps
8 33 (13.69%) SIEM
9 32 (13.28%) Information Security
10 31 (12.86%) Computer Science
11 29 (12.03%) Network Design
11 29 (12.03%) Network Monitoring
11 29 (12.03%) Security Architecture
12 28 (11.62%) Risk Management
12 28 (11.62%) Vulnerability Management
13 27 (11.20%) Presales
14 26 (10.79%) AI
15 25 (10.37%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.26%) Python
2 21 (8.71%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.32%) Bash
4 5 (2.07%) Java
5 1 (0.41%) Bicep
5 1 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 134 (55.60%) CCNP
2 85 (35.27%) CCNA
3 73 (30.29%) Degree
4 64 (26.56%) CISSP
5 61 (25.31%) CCIE
6 60 (24.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 46 (19.09%) Azure Certification
8 43 (17.84%) CISM
9 41 (17.01%) CCSP
10 26 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (9.54%) CCSE
11 23 (9.54%) Master's Degree
12 21 (8.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (7.88%) CCSA
14 16 (6.64%) AWS Certification
14 16 (6.64%) Network+ Certification
14 16 (6.64%) Security Cleared
15 13 (5.39%) JNCIP
15 13 (5.39%) MCSE
15 13 (5.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (24.90%) NIST
2 50 (20.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.30%) QA
4 15 (6.22%) GDPR
4 15 (6.22%) PCI DSS
4 15 (6.22%) SLA
5 11 (4.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.49%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.07%) COBIT
8 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.41%) NCSC
9 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.41%) PMO
9 1 (0.41%) RMADS
System Software
1 28 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (11.20%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.15%) Firmware
4 8 (3.32%) vSphere
5 6 (2.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.07%) Docker
7 4 (1.66%) Squid
7 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.24%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (17.43%) Ansible
2 28 (11.62%) Terraform
3 18 (7.47%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.15%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.73%) Check_MK
5 9 (3.73%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.90%) SCCM
6 7 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.07%) ZABBIX
8 4 (1.66%) Nagios
8 4 (1.66%) Packer
9 3 (1.24%) VxRail
10 2 (0.83%) Control-M
10 2 (0.83%) OpenView
10 2 (0.83%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 135 (56.02%) Cisco
2 73 (30.29%) Microsoft
3 48 (19.92%) Fortinet
4 43 (17.84%) SolarWinds
5 40 (16.60%) Palo Alto
6 36 (14.94%) VMware
7 33 (13.69%) CheckPoint
8 27 (11.20%) Arista
8 27 (11.20%) Splunk
9 24 (9.96%) Meraki
10 19 (7.88%) ForeScout
11 18 (7.47%) F5
12 14 (5.81%) Infoblox
13 13 (5.39%) Red Hat
13 13 (5.39%) SevOne
14 12 (4.98%) Juniper
15 11 (4.56%) Tenable
16 8 (3.32%) Dynatrace
16 8 (3.32%) Sophos
16 8 (3.32%) Zscaler