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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 214 237
Rank change year-on-year +16 +23 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 257 201 288
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.69% 5.48% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 162 108 236
10th Percentile £57,750 £33,200 £37,283
25th Percentile £64,063 £45,000 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -5.88% -1.92%
75th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £84,919
90th Percentile £104,875 £88,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% - -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 4,517 3,668 6,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.27% 29.47% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,728 1,977 3,676
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,475 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £66,697
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.20% -1.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,063
90th Percentile £104,125 £110,000 £100,000
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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +8 26 £75,000 +15.38% 11
East London 0 5 £70,000 +124.00% 2
West London -19 3 £77,500 -11.43% 1
South London +9 2 - - 1
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 (4.28%) Confluence
2 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (5.84%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (46.30%) Azure
2 84 (32.68%) AWS
3 43 (16.73%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (13.62%) GCP
5 23 (8.95%) Datadog
6 12 (4.67%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (4.28%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.28%) OpenShift
8 10 (3.89%) SaaS
9 9 (3.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 9 (3.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (3.11%) IaaS
10 8 (3.11%) Nutanix
10 8 (3.11%) OCI
10 8 (3.11%) PaaS
11 6 (2.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 6 (2.33%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.33%) ChatGPT
11 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 135 (52.53%) Firewall
2 105 (40.86%) WAN
3 104 (40.47%) Network Security
4 99 (38.52%) VPN
5 76 (29.57%) SD-WAN
6 66 (25.68%) LAN
7 50 (19.46%) Wireless
8 47 (18.29%) BGP
9 42 (16.34%) Cisco ISE
9 42 (16.34%) DNS
9 42 (16.34%) OSPF
10 41 (15.95%) VLAN
11 31 (12.06%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (11.28%) Cisco Wireless
13 27 (10.51%) TCP/IP
14 21 (8.17%) Cisco Firepower
15 19 (7.39%) VXLAN
16 17 (6.61%) DHCP
17 16 (6.23%) SSL
17 16 (6.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.56%) Big Data
2 4 (1.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (7.39%) JIRA
2 8 (3.11%) Chocolatey
2 8 (3.11%) GitLab
2 8 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.56%) Git
General
1 115 (44.75%) Social Skills
2 70 (27.24%) Finance
3 47 (18.29%) Banking
4 41 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.34%) Retail
6 22 (8.56%) Telecoms
7 16 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.23%) Local Government
8 12 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.72%) Mandarin Language
9 7 (2.72%) Marketing
9 7 (2.72%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Law
11 5 (1.95%) Legal
12 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.56%) Automotive
12 4 (1.56%) Electronics
12 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (33.07%) Network Engineer
2 48 (18.68%) Senior
3 40 (15.56%) Architect
4 29 (11.28%) Network Architect
5 28 (10.89%) Consultant
6 26 (10.12%) Lead
7 24 (9.34%) Senior Network Engineer
8 22 (8.56%) Security Specialist
9 21 (8.17%) Azure Engineer
10 19 (7.39%) Network Specialist
11 18 (7.00%) Network Security Specialist
12 16 (6.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (5.84%) Network Consultant
14 14 (5.45%) Cisco Engineer
14 14 (5.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 12 (4.67%) Principal Architect
15 12 (4.67%) Security Engineer
16 10 (3.89%) Analyst
17 9 (3.50%) Lead Network Engineer
17 9 (3.50%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.72%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.33%) OAuth
3 4 (1.56%) LDAP
3 4 (1.56%) OpenID
4 3 (1.17%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.17%) REST
5 2 (0.78%) EDI
5 2 (0.78%) IDoc
5 2 (0.78%) JSON
5 2 (0.78%) JWT
5 2 (0.78%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.78%) RESTful
5 2 (0.78%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.78%) SAML
6 1 (0.39%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.39%) YAML
6 1 (0.39%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 92 (35.80%) Data Centre
2 48 (18.68%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.84%) PKI
4 12 (4.67%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.50%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.11%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.11%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.72%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.33%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.95%) Replication
9 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.78%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 60 (23.35%) Windows
2 34 (13.23%) Linux
3 32 (12.45%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (22.96%) ITIL
2 57 (22.18%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (21.40%) Roadmaps
4 54 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (18.68%) Incident Response
6 43 (16.73%) Disaster Recovery
6 43 (16.73%) Technical Leadership
7 42 (16.34%) Information Security
8 40 (15.56%) High Availability
8 40 (15.56%) Mentoring
9 37 (14.40%) Network Design
9 37 (14.40%) Security Architecture
10 36 (14.01%) Network Monitoring
11 34 (13.23%) AI
12 33 (12.84%) SIEM
13 32 (12.45%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (12.45%) Project Delivery
14 31 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 31 (12.06%) Presales
15 30 (11.67%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.29%) Python
2 28 (10.89%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.89%) Bash
4 8 (3.11%) Java
5 2 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.39%) C
6 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (57.20%) CCNP
2 93 (36.19%) CCNA
3 75 (29.18%) Degree
4 72 (28.02%) CISSP
5 59 (22.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 57 (22.18%) Azure Certification
6 57 (22.18%) CCIE
7 48 (18.68%) CCSP
8 42 (16.34%) CISM
9 26 (10.12%) AWS Certification
9 26 (10.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (9.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (8.95%) Master's Degree
12 18 (7.00%) CCSE
13 14 (5.45%) CCSA
13 14 (5.45%) Security Cleared
14 13 (5.06%) MCSE
14 13 (5.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (4.67%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (4.28%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (24.51%) NIST
2 51 (19.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (8.56%) GDPR
3 22 (8.56%) QA
4 18 (7.00%) PCI DSS
4 18 (7.00%) SLA
5 13 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.50%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.95%) COBIT
7 5 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.78%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.39%) NCSC
10 1 (0.39%) PMO
10 1 (0.39%) RMADS
System Software
1 41 (15.95%) Active Directory
2 37 (14.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (3.11%) vSphere
4 7 (2.72%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.95%) Docker
6 4 (1.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 4 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.56%) Squid
6 4 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.17%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (14.79%) Ansible
2 34 (13.23%) Terraform
3 18 (7.00%) Kubernetes
4 16 (6.23%) FortiGate
5 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.89%) Cisco Prime
7 9 (3.50%) SCCM
8 8 (3.11%) Check_MK
8 8 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.95%) Control-M
9 5 (1.95%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.56%) Packer
10 4 (1.56%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (1.56%) VxRail
11 2 (0.78%) Nagios
11 2 (0.78%) OpenView
11 2 (0.78%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 130 (50.58%) Cisco
2 88 (34.24%) Microsoft
3 64 (24.90%) Palo Alto
4 47 (18.29%) VMware
5 45 (17.51%) SolarWinds
6 44 (17.12%) Fortinet
7 36 (14.01%) Splunk
8 32 (12.45%) CheckPoint
9 31 (12.06%) Arista
10 25 (9.73%) Meraki
11 24 (9.34%) F5
12 21 (8.17%) ForeScout
13 20 (7.78%) Zscaler
14 19 (7.39%) Tenable
15 15 (5.84%) Infoblox
15 15 (5.84%) Red Hat
15 15 (5.84%) SevOne
16 13 (5.06%) Sophos
17 10 (3.89%) Dynatrace
18 8 (3.11%) AppDynamics