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 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 165 196
Rank change year-on-year -58 +31 +74
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Certification 163 318 337
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.10% 2.07% 1.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.99% 6.28% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 98 212 282
10th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £116,625 £95,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £61,644 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.72% +17.42% -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 4,084 5,067 5,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 27.55% 32.97% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,138 1,998 4,145
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,888 £36,939
25th Percentile £51,001 £55,040 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,875 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 1 February 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 1 February 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 19 £75,000 -1.96% 16
East London +2 13 - - 5
South London +29 4 - - 1
West London +1 1 £28,500 -50.43% 4
North London - 1 £32,500 - 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 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) CMS
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (9.20%) MS Visio
2 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 55 (33.74%) Azure
2 42 (25.77%) AWS
3 17 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.13%) GCP
5 7 (4.29%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.68%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.07%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.45%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.84%) Cloudflare
9 3 (1.84%) Datadog
10 2 (1.23%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.23%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.23%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 93 (57.06%) Firewall
2 52 (31.90%) LAN
3 51 (31.29%) WAN
4 39 (23.93%) Wireless
5 36 (22.09%) VLAN
5 36 (22.09%) Wi-Fi
6 35 (21.47%) VPN
7 31 (19.02%) Network Security
8 30 (18.40%) BGP
8 30 (18.40%) OSPF
9 26 (15.95%) SD-WAN
10 23 (14.11%) Cisco Wireless
11 21 (12.88%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (12.27%) Cisco Firepower
13 19 (11.66%) MPLS
14 13 (7.98%) TCP/IP
15 12 (7.36%) EIGRP
16 11 (6.75%) DNS
16 11 (6.75%) HSRP
17 8 (4.91%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Git
2 3 (1.84%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.84%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 57 (34.97%) Finance
2 44 (26.99%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.59%) Banking
5 13 (7.98%) Law
6 11 (6.75%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.13%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.68%) Marketing
9 5 (3.07%) Legal
9 5 (3.07%) Retail
10 3 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.84%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.23%) Advertising
12 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.61%) Games
12 1 (0.61%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (47.24%) Network Engineer
2 37 (22.70%) Senior
3 20 (12.27%) Cisco Engineer
3 20 (12.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 19 (11.66%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (9.20%) Azure Engineer
5 15 (9.20%) WAN Engineer
6 14 (8.59%) AWS Engineer
6 14 (8.59%) Consultant
7 13 (7.98%) LAN Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 12 (7.36%) Architect
9 10 (6.13%) Cisco Consultant
9 10 (6.13%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 10 (6.13%) Network Consultant
9 10 (6.13%) Security Manager
10 9 (5.52%) Analyst
11 7 (4.29%) Firewall Consultant
11 7 (4.29%) Network Support
11 7 (4.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.84%) OAuth
2 3 (1.84%) OpenID
2 3 (1.84%) REST
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (27.61%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (7.36%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.91%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.07%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.45%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.23%) PKI
9 1 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.61%) IoT
9 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.61%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.20%) Windows
2 12 (7.36%) Linux
3 7 (4.29%) Unix
4 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.70%) Computer Science
2 26 (15.95%) High Availability
3 23 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (13.50%) Information Security
4 22 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (12.88%) AI
5 21 (12.88%) Migration
6 20 (12.27%) Change Control
6 20 (12.27%) ITIL
6 20 (12.27%) SIEM
6 20 (12.27%) Vulnerability Management
7 19 (11.66%) Load Balancing
8 17 (10.43%) Kalman Filter
8 17 (10.43%) Zero Trust
9 16 (9.82%) Process Improvement
10 14 (8.59%) Change Management
10 14 (8.59%) Data Loss Prevention
10 14 (8.59%) Security Operations
11 13 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (7.98%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.54%) Python
2 15 (9.20%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.84%) Bash
4 1 (0.61%) Bicep
4 1 (0.61%) Go
4 1 (0.61%) PromQL
4 1 (0.61%) SQL
4 1 (0.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (60.12%) CCNP
2 68 (41.72%) Degree
3 57 (34.97%) CCIE
4 52 (31.90%) CCNA
5 37 (22.70%) CISSP
6 36 (22.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (20.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (14.11%) CCSA
8 23 (14.11%) CCSE
9 18 (11.04%) Network+ Certification
10 17 (10.43%) CCSP
11 16 (9.82%) CISM
12 10 (6.13%) GCIH
13 9 (5.52%) Azure Certification
13 9 (5.52%) CISA
14 8 (4.91%) AWS Certification
14 8 (4.91%) GIAC
14 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (4.29%) Security Cleared
16 6 (3.68%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (18.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (13.50%) NIST
3 20 (12.27%) GDPR
4 4 (2.45%) PMO
4 4 (2.45%) SLA
4 4 (2.45%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.84%) ITGC
6 2 (1.23%) GRC
6 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.23%) QA
7 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (6.13%) Active Directory
1 10 (6.13%) Firmware
1 10 (6.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.45%) vSphere
3 2 (1.23%) Docker
3 2 (1.23%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 28 (17.18%) Ansible
2 15 (9.20%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.75%) Terraform
4 6 (3.68%) CASB
4 6 (3.68%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.84%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.84%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.84%) Grafana
6 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.84%) Nagios
6 3 (1.84%) Nmap
6 3 (1.84%) QRadar
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.61%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.61%) Kibana
8 1 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 113 (69.33%) Cisco
2 45 (27.61%) Fortinet
3 37 (22.70%) CheckPoint
4 29 (17.79%) Microsoft
5 27 (16.56%) Meraki
5 27 (16.56%) Palo Alto
6 26 (15.95%) Juniper
7 20 (12.27%) Arista
7 20 (12.27%) SolarWinds
8 14 (8.59%) F5
9 13 (7.98%) VMware
10 8 (4.91%) Infoblox
11 7 (4.29%) Splunk
12 4 (2.45%) ForeScout
12 4 (2.45%) Motorola
12 4 (2.45%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.84%) ArcSight
13 3 (1.84%) Citrix
13 3 (1.84%) McAfee
13 3 (1.84%) Zscaler