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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 221 247
Rank change year-on-year +28 +26 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 255 201 305
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.60% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.64% 5.29% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 162 112 254
10th Percentile £60,000 £33,200 £37,348
25th Percentile £64,063 £44,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £89,688 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,650 £87,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £53,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.93% +2.38% -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 4,525 3,801 6,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.41% 30.21% 27.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,747 1,974 3,918
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,932 £35,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +0.75% -0.74%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 9 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 9 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 +11 29 £77,500 +23.02% 12
East London +3 6 £70,000 +124.00% 2
West London -16 3 £77,500 +6.90% 7
South London +17 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 (3.14%) Confluence
2 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (45.88%) Azure
2 79 (30.98%) AWS
3 42 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (13.33%) GCP
5 23 (9.02%) Datadog
6 12 (4.71%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (4.31%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.31%) SaaS
8 10 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (3.92%) OpenShift
9 9 (3.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (3.14%) IaaS
10 8 (3.14%) OCI
10 8 (3.14%) PaaS
11 7 (2.75%) Nutanix
12 6 (2.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (2.35%) AWS KMS
12 6 (2.35%) ChatGPT
12 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 136 (53.33%) Firewall
2 104 (40.78%) WAN
3 99 (38.82%) Network Security
4 95 (37.25%) VPN
5 74 (29.02%) SD-WAN
6 65 (25.49%) LAN
7 50 (19.61%) Wireless
8 46 (18.04%) BGP
9 41 (16.08%) Cisco ISE
9 41 (16.08%) OSPF
9 41 (16.08%) VLAN
10 40 (15.69%) DNS
11 31 (12.16%) Wi-Fi
12 30 (11.76%) Cisco Wireless
13 25 (9.80%) TCP/IP
14 23 (9.02%) Cisco Firepower
15 18 (7.06%) VXLAN
16 16 (6.27%) DHCP
16 16 (6.27%) SSL
16 16 (6.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.57%) Big Data
3 3 (1.18%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (5.88%) JIRA
2 8 (3.14%) Chocolatey
2 8 (3.14%) GitLab
3 7 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.57%) Git
General
1 115 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 72 (28.24%) Finance
3 47 (18.43%) Banking
4 42 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.80%) Retail
6 21 (8.24%) Telecoms
7 17 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (6.27%) Local Government
9 12 (4.71%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.14%) Retail Banking
11 7 (2.75%) Mandarin Language
11 7 (2.75%) Marketing
12 6 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.96%) Law
14 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.57%) Automotive
14 4 (1.57%) Electronics
14 4 (1.57%) Legal
14 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (34.12%) Network Engineer
2 51 (20.00%) Senior
3 39 (15.29%) Architect
4 28 (10.98%) Consultant
4 28 (10.98%) Network Architect
5 25 (9.80%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (9.02%) Lead
7 22 (8.63%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (7.84%) Security Specialist
9 18 (7.06%) Network Specialist
10 17 (6.67%) Network Security Specialist
11 16 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
12 15 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 15 (5.88%) Network Consultant
13 12 (4.71%) Principal Architect
13 12 (4.71%) Security Engineer
14 10 (3.92%) Analyst
15 9 (3.53%) Lead Network Engineer
15 9 (3.53%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.14%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.75%) OAuth
3 5 (1.96%) OpenID
4 3 (1.18%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.18%) LDAP
4 3 (1.18%) REST
4 3 (1.18%) SAML
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
Miscellaneous
1 92 (36.08%) Data Centre
2 48 (18.82%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.88%) PKI
4 12 (4.71%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.14%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.14%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.35%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.96%) Replication
9 5 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.39%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 59 (23.14%) Windows
2 33 (12.94%) Linux
3 31 (12.16%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (22.35%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (21.96%) ITIL
2 56 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (20.39%) Roadmaps
4 44 (17.25%) Incident Response
5 42 (16.47%) Information Security
5 42 (16.47%) Technical Leadership
6 41 (16.08%) High Availability
7 40 (15.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 40 (15.69%) Mentoring
8 38 (14.90%) Security Architecture
9 37 (14.51%) Network Design
10 35 (13.73%) Network Monitoring
11 33 (12.94%) AI
11 33 (12.94%) SIEM
12 32 (12.55%) Computer Science
12 32 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (12.16%) Project Delivery
14 30 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 30 (11.76%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 45 (17.65%) Python
2 27 (10.59%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.92%) Bash
4 7 (2.75%) Java
5 2 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.39%) Bicep
6 1 (0.39%) C
6 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (57.65%) CCNP
2 93 (36.47%) CCNA
3 78 (30.59%) Degree
4 71 (27.84%) CISSP
5 59 (23.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 58 (22.75%) CCIE
7 56 (21.96%) Azure Certification
8 46 (18.04%) CCSP
9 43 (16.86%) CISM
10 28 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (9.41%) AWS Certification
13 23 (9.02%) Master's Degree
14 19 (7.45%) CCSE
15 15 (5.88%) CCSA
16 14 (5.49%) MCSE
16 14 (5.49%) Security Cleared
16 14 (5.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
18 11 (4.31%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (24.31%) NIST
2 49 (19.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (9.02%) QA
4 20 (7.84%) GDPR
5 18 (7.06%) PCI DSS
5 18 (7.06%) SLA
6 13 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.53%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.96%) COBIT
8 5 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.78%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.39%) NCSC
11 1 (0.39%) PMO
11 1 (0.39%) RMADS
System Software
1 39 (15.29%) Active Directory
2 36 (14.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (3.14%) vSphere
4 7 (2.75%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.96%) Docker
6 4 (1.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 4 (1.57%) Squid
7 3 (1.18%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.18%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (14.12%) Ansible
2 33 (12.94%) Terraform
3 17 (6.67%) Kubernetes
4 16 (6.27%) FortiGate
5 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.92%) Cisco Prime
7 9 (3.53%) Check_MK
7 9 (3.53%) SCCM
8 7 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.96%) Control-M
9 5 (1.96%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.57%) Packer
10 4 (1.57%) VxRail
11 3 (1.18%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.78%) Nagios
12 2 (0.78%) OpenView
12 2 (0.78%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 130 (50.98%) Cisco
2 88 (34.51%) Microsoft
3 64 (25.10%) Palo Alto
4 46 (18.04%) SolarWinds
4 46 (18.04%) VMware
5 43 (16.86%) Fortinet
6 34 (13.33%) Splunk
7 32 (12.55%) CheckPoint
8 31 (12.16%) Arista
9 24 (9.41%) Meraki
10 23 (9.02%) F5
11 21 (8.24%) ForeScout
12 18 (7.06%) Tenable
13 17 (6.67%) Zscaler
14 15 (5.88%) Infoblox
14 15 (5.88%) SevOne
15 14 (5.49%) Red Hat
16 11 (4.31%) Sophos
17 10 (3.92%) Dynatrace
18 8 (3.14%) AppDynamics