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 26 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 189 219
Rank change year-on-year -15 +30 +47
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 208 241 317
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.87% 1.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% 5.51% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 119 173 271
10th Percentile £46,250 £33,310 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,364
% change year-on-year - +16.81% -5.32%

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 4,370 4,373 6,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.84% 33.87% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,343 2,002 4,182
10th Percentile £34,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,250 £118,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.25% +8.05% -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 26 March 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 26 March 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 +15 27 £80,000 +25.49% 20
East London -3 15 - - 3
South London +33 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 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.85%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 73 (35.10%) Azure
2 55 (26.44%) AWS
3 22 (10.58%) GCP
3 22 (10.58%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 7 (3.37%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (3.37%) Datadog
6 6 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (2.88%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.40%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.40%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.92%) AWS Direct Connect
8 4 (1.92%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.92%) OCI
8 4 (1.92%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.92%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.92%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.92%) SaaS
9 3 (1.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 128 (61.54%) Firewall
2 74 (35.58%) WAN
3 60 (28.85%) LAN
4 56 (26.92%) Network Security
5 54 (25.96%) VPN
6 47 (22.60%) SD-WAN
7 44 (21.15%) Wireless
8 40 (19.23%) VLAN
9 35 (16.83%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (13.94%) BGP
10 29 (13.94%) OSPF
11 27 (12.98%) Cisco Firepower
12 24 (11.54%) Cisco Wireless
13 22 (10.58%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (10.10%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (7.69%) MPLS
16 15 (7.21%) TCP/IP
17 13 (6.25%) WLAN
18 11 (5.29%) VoIP
19 10 (4.81%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.44%) Big Data
3 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.88%) JIRA
2 4 (1.92%) Git
3 3 (1.44%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.96%) GitLab
4 2 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 67 (32.21%) Finance
3 34 (16.35%) Banking
4 26 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.73%) Retail
6 13 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.77%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.81%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.33%) Law
10 8 (3.85%) Retail Banking
11 7 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.37%) Marketing
12 5 (2.40%) Local Government
12 5 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.48%) Legal
14 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 78 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 34 (16.35%) Architect
3 32 (15.38%) Consultant
3 32 (15.38%) Senior
4 26 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
4 26 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 25 (12.02%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (11.06%) Network Architect
7 19 (9.13%) Network Consultant
7 19 (9.13%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) AWS Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) LAN Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) WAN Engineer
9 11 (5.29%) Analyst
9 11 (5.29%) Lead
10 10 (4.81%) Cisco Consultant
10 10 (4.81%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 10 (4.81%) Security Specialist
11 8 (3.85%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.85%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.40%) OAuth
2 5 (2.40%) OpenID
3 3 (1.44%) REST
4 2 (0.96%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.48%) LDAP
5 1 (0.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (29.33%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.62%) Security Posture
3 15 (7.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.33%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.37%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.37%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.92%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.44%) PKI
8 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.48%) IoT
10 1 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.94%) Windows
2 21 (10.10%) Linux
3 10 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.37%) Unix
5 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (19.23%) ITIL
2 38 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (16.83%) Computer Science
4 32 (15.38%) High Availability
4 32 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (13.46%) Incident Response
5 28 (13.46%) SIEM
6 27 (12.98%) Migration
7 25 (12.02%) Mentoring
7 25 (12.02%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (11.54%) AI
8 24 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 23 (11.06%) Technical Leadership
10 21 (10.10%) Presales
10 21 (10.10%) Security Operations
11 20 (9.62%) Kalman Filter
12 19 (9.13%) Risk Management
13 18 (8.65%) Information Security
13 18 (8.65%) Network Design
13 18 (8.65%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.87%) Python
2 12 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.96%) Bash
4 1 (0.48%) Bicep
4 1 (0.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 122 (58.65%) CCNP
2 75 (36.06%) CCNA
3 67 (32.21%) Degree
4 64 (30.77%) CCIE
5 45 (21.63%) CISSP
6 42 (20.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 31 (14.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (12.98%) CCSE
9 26 (12.50%) Azure Certification
10 25 (12.02%) CCSP
10 25 (12.02%) CISM
11 24 (11.54%) CCSA
12 21 (10.10%) Network+ Certification
13 13 (6.25%) Security Cleared
14 11 (5.29%) GCIH
14 11 (5.29%) JNCIP
14 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (4.81%) Master's Degree
15 10 (4.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 9 (4.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.75%) NIST
2 38 (18.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (8.17%) GDPR
4 11 (5.29%) SLA
5 7 (3.37%) QA
6 6 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.40%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.44%) ITGC
9 3 (1.44%) PMO
10 2 (0.96%) GRC
10 2 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.48%) COBIT
11 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (9.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.81%) Firmware
4 5 (2.40%) vSphere
5 3 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.96%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.96%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.48%) Docker
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (11.54%) Ansible
2 17 (8.17%) FortiGate
3 15 (7.21%) Terraform
4 9 (4.33%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.85%) Check_MK
5 8 (3.85%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.92%) Nagios
6 4 (1.92%) SCCM
7 3 (1.44%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.44%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.44%) QRadar
8 2 (0.96%) CASB
8 2 (0.96%) Control-M
8 2 (0.96%) VxRail
9 1 (0.48%) Grafana
9 1 (0.48%) OpenView
9 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 139 (66.83%) Cisco
2 55 (26.44%) Fortinet
3 44 (21.15%) CheckPoint
4 41 (19.71%) Microsoft
5 32 (15.38%) Meraki
6 31 (14.90%) Palo Alto
6 31 (14.90%) SolarWinds
7 24 (11.54%) Juniper
7 24 (11.54%) VMware
8 21 (10.10%) Arista
9 15 (7.21%) Splunk
10 10 (4.81%) F5
11 7 (3.37%) Infoblox
11 7 (3.37%) Zscaler
12 6 (2.88%) Sophos
12 6 (2.88%) Tenable
13 5 (2.40%) Dell
13 5 (2.40%) Dynatrace
13 5 (2.40%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.92%) ForeScout